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. 2018 Feb 17;4(2):215–221. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2018.01.009

Table 5.

Effect of dietary concentrate level on manure methane and nitrous oxide emissions.


Parameter
Diets1
C20 C40 C60
Total gas, mL/kg DM 4.19 ± 0.301 3.67 ± 0.275 4.16 ± 0.347
CH4, g/kg DM 0.61 ± 0.035 0.42 ± 0.051 0.53 ± 0.033
N2O, mg/kg DM 0.21 ± 0.005a 0.23 ± 0.014a 0.34 ± 0.021b
N2O, mg/kg nitrogen 3.62 ± 0.303 3.38 ± 0.932 2.61 ± 0.154

a, b Within a row, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05); number of animals sampled in each group (n = 5).

1

C20, 20:60:20 maize:wheat straw:concentrate; C40, 20:40:40 maize:wheat straw:concentrate; C60, 10:30:60 maize:wheat straw:concentrate.