Enteric methane in grazing beef cattle under full sun, and in a silvopastoral system in the Amazon

Abstract: The objective of this work was to evaluate the quality of pasture and enteric methane (CH4) emission of Curraleiro Pé-duro x Nellore cattle in a pasture of Megathyrsus maximus 'Mombaça', both in full sun and in a consortium with babassu palms (Attalea spp.) in the Amazonian biome...

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Main Authors: Marcílio Nilton Lopes da Frota, Maria Socorro de Souza Carneiro, Elzânia Sales Pereira, Alexandre Berndt, Rosa Toyoko Shiraishi Frighetto, Leandro Sannomiya Sakamoto, Miguel Arcanjo Moreira Filho, José Antônio Alves Cutrim Júnior, Geraldo Magela Côrtes Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica 2017-11-01
Series:Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/pab/v52n11/1678-3921-pab-52-11-01099.pdf