Variation in enteric methane emissions among cows on commercial dairy farms

Animal

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1540-1546

  Bell, M J ^a   Potterton, S L ^a   Craigon, J ^a   Saunders, N ^a   Wilcox, R H ^a   Hunter, M ^a   Goodman, J R ^a   Garnsworthy, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

commercial farms; dairy cows; enteric methane; variation

Indexed keywords

BOS; FRIESIA;

METHANE;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; DAIRYING; ERUCTATION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ERUCTATION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LACTATION; METHANE; MILK;

EID: 84906327573     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114001530     Document Type: Article

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