Case study: Seasonal and Spatial Distribution of Ambient Ammonia Concentrations Measured at a Large Open-Lot Dairy

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 786-793

  Leytem, A B ^a   Dungan, R S ^a   Bjorneberg, D L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Confined animal feeding operation; Dairy; Emission; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355164073     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30790-7     Document Type: Article

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