Ammonia and Greenhouse Gas Flux from Manure in Freestall Barn with Dairy Cows on Precision Fed Rations

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1251-1266

  Adviento Borbe, M A A ^a   Wheeler, E F ^a   Brown, N E ^b   Topper, P A ^a   Graves, R E ^a   Ishler, V A ^c   Varga, G A ^c  

^a University Park   (United States)

^b Alliance for Education Science   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Ammonia emissions; Corn; Dairy cow; Diet; Freestall barn; Grass; Greenhouse gas emissions; Manure; Scraping

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; CORN; DAIRY COW; DIET; FREESTALL BARN; GRASS; SCRAPING;

AMMONIA; ANESTHETICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DAIRIES; FLOORS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MANURES; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUTRITION; POTABLE WATER;

GAS EMISSIONS;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; DIET; DRINKING WATER; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HAY; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR; LEGUME; MAIZE; MANURE; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROUS OXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN; SILAGE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956474996     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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