Gas Emissions from Dairy Cows Fed Typical Diets of Midwest, South, and West Regions of the United States

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1228-1237

  Liu, Zifei ^a   Powers, Wendy ^a   Oldick, Bradley ^b   Davidson, Jill ^c,e   Meyer, Deanne ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern States Coop   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DAIRIES; FARM BUILDINGS; NITROGEN OXIDES; THORIUM; UREA;

CRUDE PROTEINS; DAIRY BARNS; DRY MATTERS; FEED INGREDIENTS; LACTATION STAGE; LOWER EMISSIONS; N EXCRETIONS; NITROUS OXIDE;

GAS EMISSIONS;

AMMONIA; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SULFUR;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LACTATION; MILK YIELD; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864513555     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0435     Document Type: Article

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