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Real time in situ measurement of rumen methane concentration in the rumen of cattle : Brief Communication

Real time in situ measurement of rumen methane concentration in the rumen of cattle : Brief Communication
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Laporte-Uribe J, Gibbs SJ
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Volume 69, pp 184-187, Jun 2009

Article class: Brief Communication

Subject Terms: Alimentary system/gastroenterology, Diagnostic procedures, Environment

Animal Type: Cattle

Publisher: New Zealand Society of Animal Production

Abstract

Methane dominates agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand (Leslie et al., 2008). Research efforts in New Zealand to date have been directed toward prediction of emissions, most often using the rumen gas marker sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) (Lassey et al., 1997) to predict methane emissions in grazing livestock. However, the errors associated with this method necessitate the use of multiple day sampling programmes and large numbers of individuals to overcome... Continued

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