Measures of methane production and their phenotypic relationships with dry matter intake, growth, and body composition traits in beef cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5267-5274

  Herd, R M ^a   Arthur, P F ^b   Donoghue, K A ^c   Bird, S H ^a   Bird Gardiner, T ^c   Hegarty, R S ^d  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Greenhouse gas; Methane; Respiration chamber

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BOVINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EATING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VETERINARY;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; METHANE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84908288713     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2014-8273     Document Type: Article

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