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Measurement of Methane from Grazing Animals - the Tunnel Method

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Measuring Methane Production From Ruminants

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  1. Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke Research Station, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2SB, UK

    P.J. Murray, D.C. Chadwick & D.R. Lockyer

  2. Institute of Rural Science, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3AL, UK

    C.J. Newbold

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  1. Animal Production and Health Section Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria

    Harinder P.S. Makkar

  2. School of Animal Biology Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

    Philip E. Vercoe

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Murray, P., Chadwick, D., Newbold, C., Lockyer, D. (2007). Measurement of Methane from Grazing Animals - the Tunnel Method. In: Makkar, H.P., Vercoe, P.E. (eds) Measuring Methane Production From Ruminants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6133-2_6

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