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Allard, Helena, 2009. Methane emissions from Swedish sheep production. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: SLU, Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

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The quantity of methane emissions from sheep depend on several factors, for example, the composition of the diet, feed quality, the age of the animals, time of the day and maybe also breed and sex. A comprising literature review was made about which factors that affect the size of emissions. In addition, a questionnaire was sent to two farms, one with a more intensive production system and another with a more extensive system. Inventories of the two farms were made; the rest of the data needed to conduct the study was taken from literature and other sources. Meat produced at the more intensive farm caused emissions of 0.4 kg of methane per kg of bone free meat and the more extensive farm caused emissions of 0.9 kg methane per kg of bone free meat. The higher emissions on the extensive farm were probably caused by the longer raising period of the lambs and the inclusion of more roughage in the diet of the ewes and lambs.

Main title:Methane emissions from Swedish sheep production
Authors:Allard, Helena
Supervisor:Meiner, Mie
Examiner:Bertilsson, Jan
Series:UNSPECIFIED
Volume/Sequential designation:UNSPECIFIED
Year of Publication:2009
Level and depth descriptor:Second cycle, A2E
Student's programme affiliation:VY001 Agricultural Science Programme - Animal Science 270 HEC
Supervising department:(VH) > Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management
Keywords:sheep, methane, får, metan, ruminants
URN:NBN:urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-8-117
Permanent URL:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-8-117
Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.:Animal feeding
Agricultural research
Feed composition
Language:English
Deposited On:11 Aug 2009 11:37
Metadata Last Modified:20 Apr 2012 14:09

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