Short communication: Evaluation of nitrogen excretion equations from cattle

Prediction of nitrogen excretion by beef cattle: a meta-analysis.

Reliable estimates of N excretion in the urine and feces of beef cattle are essential for developing cost-effective and environmentally sound nutrient management plans. A meta-analysis dataset was compiled that included data for starting live BW, DMI, N intake, dietary CP and RDP concentrations, urine N excretion, and feces N excretion. The data were taken from 12 individual feeding trials that...

Prediction of urinary and fecal nitrogen excretion by beef cattle.

An analysis of predicting urinary and fecal N excretion from beef cattle was conducted using a data set summarizing 49 published studies representing 180 treatment means for 869 animals. Variables included in the data set were initial BW (kg), DMI (kg/d), dietary CP content (% of DM), N intake (g/d), apparent total tract N digestibility (%), and urinary and fecal N excretion (g/d). Correlation ...

Short Communication: DNA Extraction Using Liquid Nitrogen in Staphylococcus aureus

Short Communication: DNA Extraction Using Liquid Nitrogen in Staphylococcus aureus

Decreasing Nitrogen and Phosphorus Excretion by Dairy Cattle

In 1996, the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) published a report entitled Integrated Animal Waste Management. One of the recommendations in that report was to “change animal diets to decrease nutrient outputs” (CAST 1996, 1). Since that time, concentration of animal production units has continued, public concern about the environmental effects of animal manure has increase...