Sow rearing in north Italy: II. analysis of nitrogen balance in different herds
The evolution of the legislation concerning the environmental impact of livestock make necessary to find solution useful to evaluate and reduce the total excretion of nitrogen (N) and other possible pollutants at territorial and farm level. The methodological approach to evaluate the amount of nitro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Italian Journal of Animal Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/806 |
| Summary: | The evolution of the legislation concerning the environmental impact of livestock make necessary to find solution useful to evaluate and reduce the total excretion of nitrogen (N) and other possible pollutants at territorial and farm level. The methodological approach to evaluate the amount of nitrogen excreted proposed by ERM (1999) suggested that the amount of N excreted can be calculated as a difference between the amount of nitrogen consumed less the amount of N retained in the animal products. |
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| ISSN: | 1594-4077 1828-051X |