Comparison of open-circuit respiration chambers with a micrometeorological method for determining methane emissions from beef cattle grazing a tropical pasture

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2011, Pages 240-247

  Tomkins, N W ^a   McGinn, S M ^b   Turner, D A ^c   Charmley, E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Dispersion; Methane; Micrometeorology; Rhodes grass

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; CHLORIS GAYANA;

EID: 79958767670     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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