Enteric methane emissions from dairy cows fed different proportions of highly digestible grass silage

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 128-136

  Patel, M ^a   Wredle, E ^a   Borjesson G ^a   Danielsson, R ^a   Iwaasa, A D ^b   Sporndly E ^a   Bertilsson, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forage concentrate ratio; Greenhouse gases (GHG); Ruminal volatile fatty acids (VFA); Sulfur hexafluoride

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84855808465     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064702.2011.616216     Document Type: Article

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