Effect of dried distillers' grains with solubles on enteric methane emissions and nitrogen excretion from finishing beef cattle

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 373-385

  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

EID: 84897745357     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: 19181825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJAS2012-151     Document Type: Article

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