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Ammonia and nitrous oxide emission factors for excreta deposited by livestock and land‐applied manure

Tony J. van der Weerden, Alasdair Noble, Cecile A. M. de Klein, Nicholas John Hutchings, R. E. Thorman, Marta Alfaro, Barbara Amon, Ignacio Beltrán, Peter Grace, Mélynda Hassouna, Dominika Król, April B. Leytem, Francisco Salazar, G.L. Velthof

Journal of Environmental Quality · 2021

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Summary

Abstract Manure application to land and deposition of urine and dung by grazing animals are major sources of ammonia (NH 3 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions. Using data on NH 3 and N 2 O emissions following land‐applied manures and excreta deposited during grazing, emission factors (EFs) disaggregated by climate zone were developed, and the effects of mitigation strategies were evaluated. The NH 3 data represent emissions from cattle and swine manures in temperate wet climates, and the N 2 O data include cattle, sheep, and swine manure emissions in temperate wet/dry and tropical wet/dry climates. The NH 3 EFs for broadcast cattle solid manure and slurry were 0.03 and 0.24 kg NH 3 –N kg –1 total N (TN), respectively, whereas the NH 3 EF of broadcast swine slurry was 0.29. Emissions from

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1002/jeq2.20259
Catalogue ID
SNmohktx3d-d5zox7
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