Estimating daily methane production in individual cattle with irregular feed intake patterns from short-term methane emission measurements

Animal

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1949-1957

  Cottle, D J ^a   Velazco, J ^a,c   Hegarty, R S ^a   Mayer, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

GreenFeed; models; splines

Indexed keywords

COTTON SEED OIL; METHANE;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; EATING; HORDEUM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COTTONSEED OIL; EATING; HORDEUM; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84949315372     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731115001676     Document Type: Article

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