SPECIAL TOPICS-Mitigation of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from animal operations: II. A review of manure management mitigation options

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5070-5094

  Montes, F ^a   Meinen, R ^a   Dell, C ^b   Rotz, A ^b   Hristov, A N ^a   Oh, J ^a   Waghorn, G ^c   Gerber, P J ^d   Henderson, B ^d   Makkar, H P S ^d   Dijkstra, J ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c DAIRYNZ   (New Zealand)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Manure; Methane; Mitigation; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVIDS; CHEMISTRY; MANURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; MANURE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; RUMINANTS;

EID: 84887012372     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2013-6584     Document Type: Review

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