How feasible is it to replace urea with nitrates to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from extensively managed beef cattle?

Animal Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1300-1304

  Callaghan, M J ^a   Tomkins, N W ^b   Benu, I ^c   Parker, A J ^b  

^a Ridley AgriProducts Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NUSA CENDANA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

methane; non protein nitrogen; rangelands; supplementation.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905678850     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: 18365787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN14270     Document Type: Article

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