Effect of breeding for milk yield, diet and management on enteric methane emissions from dairy cows

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 817-826

  Bell, M J ^a   Wall, E ^a   Russell, G ^b   Morgan, C ^a   Simm, G ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dry; grazing; housed; lactating; methane prediction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; DIET; EMISSION CONTROL; FORAGE; GRAZING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LACTATION; METHANE; MILK PRODUCTION; PROTEIN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 77956372373     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN10038     Document Type: Article

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