Mitigating methane production from ruminants; effect of supplementary sulphate and nitrate on methane production in an in vitro incubation using sugar cane stalk and cassava leaf meal as substrate

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Phuong, Le Thuy Binh ^a   Preston, T R ^b   Leng, R A ^c  

^a NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b TOSOLY   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium nitrate; Climate change; Fermentation; Gas production; Greenhouse gases; Substrate; Urea

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SACCHARUM;

EID: 79951560145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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