Methane emissions from beef cattle: Effects of monensin, sunflower oil, enzymes, yeast, and fumaric acid

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3346-3356

  McGinn, S M ^a,b   Beauchemin, K A ^a   Coates, T ^a   Colombatto, D ^a,c  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Box 3000 ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Carbon Dioxide; Feed Additives; Greenhouse Gases; Methane

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; HELIANTHUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 7244220101     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.82113346x     Document Type: Article

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