Effect of solid and slatted floors and temperature on ammonia and GHG emissions in a scale model of dairy cattle houses

Pereira, J.; Misselbrook, T.H.; Chadwick, D.R.; Coutinho, J.; Trindade, H.

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Dairy cattle are usually housed in naturally ventilated dairy houses, in witch the presence of urine and faeces, during a few hours or some days, lead to gaseous emissions. The aim of this study was to evaluate, at a scale model, the effect of a solid and a slatted floor at different air temperatures on NH3 and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (N2O, CO2 and CH4).

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Air temperature Slatted floor

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/1043

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Pereira J., Misselbrook T.H., Chadwick D.R., Coutinho J., Trindade H., 2010. Effect of solid and slatted floors and temperature on ammonia and GHG emissions in a scale model of dairy cattle houses. In: C. Marques dos Santos Cordovil, L. Ferreira (Eds). Proceedings of the 14th Ramiran International Conference, of the FAO ESCORENA Network on the Recycling of Agricultural, Municipal and Industrial Residues in Agriculture: Treatment and use of organic residues in agriculture - Challenges and opportunities towards sustainable management. 13th - 15th September 2010, Lisbon, Portugal, ISBN 978-972-8669-47-8, pp. 181-184.