Short communication: Evaluation of milk urea nitrogen as a management tool to reduce ammonia emissions from dairy farms

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4690-4694

  Powell, J M ^a   Wattiaux, M A ^b   Broderick, G A ^a  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia emissions; Dietary crude protein; Milk urea nitrogen; Urinary urea nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MILK; POLLUTION; URINE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MILK; NITROGEN; UREA;

EID: 80051773568     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4476     Document Type: Article

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