Ammonia emissions from dairy farms and beef feedlots

AN Hristov, M Hanigan, A Cole, R Todd… - Canadian journal of …, 2011 - cdnsciencepub.com
Hristov, AN, Hanigan, M., Cole, A., Todd, R., McAllister TA, Ndegwa, P. and Rotz, A. 2011.
Review: Ammonia emissions from dairy farms and beef feedlots. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 91: 1–35 …

Management to reduce nitrogen losses in animal production

CA Rotz - Journal of animal science, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Reduction of nitrogen loss in animal production requires whole-farm management. Reduced
loss from one farm component is easily negated in another if all components are not equally …

Determining ammonia emissions from a cattle feedlot with an inverse dispersion technique

TK Flesch, JD Wilson, LA Harper, RW Todd… - Agricultural and forest …, 2007 - Elsevier
An inverse-dispersion technique is used to calculate ammonia (NH3) gas emissions from a
cattle feedlot. The technique relies on a simple backward Lagrangian stochastic (bLS) …

Prediction of urinary and fecal nitrogen excretion by beef cattle

RL Dong, GY Zhao, LL Chai… - Journal of animal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
An analysis of predicting urinary and fecal N excretion from beef cattle was conducted using
a data set summarizing 49 published studies representing 180 treatment means for 869 …

Influence of oscillating dietary crude protein concentration on performance, acid-base balance, and nitrogen excretion of steers,,

NA Cole, LW Greene, FT McCollum… - Journal of animal …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Decreasing dietary N inputs into beef cattle feeding operations could potentially decrease
environmental concerns relating to air and water quality. Previous studies with sheep …

Ammonia emissions from a beef cattle feedyard on the southern High Plains

RW Todd, NA Cole, RN Clark, TK Flesch… - Atmospheric …, 2008 - Elsevier
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are major sources of ammonia emitted
into the atmosphere. There is considerable literature on ammonia emissions from poultry …

Prediction of nitrogen excretion by beef cattle: A meta-analysis,,

HM Waldrip, RW Todd, NA Cole - Journal of Animal Science, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Reliable estimates of N excretion in the urine and feces of beef cattle are essential for
developing cost-effective and environmentally sound nutrient management plans. A meta …

Effects of phase-feeding of crude protein on performance, carcass characteristics, serum urea nitrogen concentrations, and manure nitrogen of finishing beef steers,

NA Cole, PJ Defoor, ML Galyean, GC Duff… - Journal of Animal …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
As cattle mature, the dietary protein requirement, as a percentage of the diet, decreases.
Thus, decreasing the dietary CP concentration during the latter part of the finishing period …

[PDF][PDF] Measuring fiber and its effectiveness in ruminant diets

DR Mertens - Proc. Plains Nutr. Cncl. Spring Conf. San Antonio, TX, 2002 - Citeseer
It appears that ruminants such as cattle and sheep evolved as forage consumers. Plant cell
walls, which we measure as fiber, cannot be digested by animals, but must be fermented by …

Quantifying ammonia emissions from a cattle feedlot using a dispersion model

SM McGinn, TK Flesch, BP Crenna… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Livestock manure is a significant source of ammonia (NH3) emissions. In the atmosphere,
NH3 is a precursor to the formation of fine aerosols that contribute to poor air quality …