Dietary strategies to reducing N excretion from cattle: Implications for methane emissions

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 414-422

  Dijkstra, J ^a   Oenema, O ^a   Bannink, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ARTIFICIAL DIET; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CATTLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIGESTIBILITY; EMISSION CONTROL; EXCRETION; FECES; FERMENTATION; METHANE; MITIGATION; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; STARCH; URINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 80053229542     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2011.07.008     Document Type: Review

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