Effect of dried distillers grains plus solubles on enteric methane emissions and nitrogen excretion from growing beef cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2846-2857

  Hunerberg M ^a,b   McGinn, S M ^b   Beauchemin, K A ^b   Okine, E K ^a   Harstad, O M ^c   McAllister, T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Dried distillers grains with solubles; Methane; Nitrogen excretion

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; METHANE; NITROGEN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CEREALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CORN OIL; DIET; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; METHANE; NITROGEN; RUMEN;

EID: 84882717996     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5564     Document Type: Article

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