Technical note: Can the sulfur hexafluoride tracer gas technique be used to accurately measure enteric methane production from ruminally cannulated cattle?

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2727-2732

  Beauchemin, K A ^a   Coates, T ^a   Farr, B ^a   McGinn, S M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Methane; Rumen cannulation; Sulfur hexafluoride tracer gas technique

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METHANE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; RUMEN; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 84882690761     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4681     Document Type: Article

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