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

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-

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

^a NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b Finca Ecologica TOSOLY   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fermentation; Gas production; Greenhouse gases; Potassium nitrate; Urea

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 84855471914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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