The effect of lactation length on greenhouse gas emissions from the national dairy herd

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1857-1867

  Wall, E ^a   Coffey, M P ^a   Pollott, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dairy herd; greenhouse gases; lactation duration

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LACTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LACTATION; METHANE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84867088864     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112000936     Document Type: Article

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