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Measurement Duration but Not Distance, Angle, and Neighbour-Proximity Affects Precision in Enteric Methane Emissions when Using the Laser Methane Detector Technique in Lactating Dairy Cows
| Title: | Measurement Duration but Not Distance, Angle, and Neighbour-Proximity Affects Precision in Enteric Methane Emissions when Using the Laser Methane Detector Technique in Lactating Dairy Cows |
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| Authors: | Raphaël Boré, Thiphaine Bruder, Mohammed El Jabri, Margaret March, Paul R. Hargreaves, Benoît Rouillé, Richard J. Dewhurst, Mizeck G. G. Chagunda |
| Source: | Animals, Vol 12, Iss 10, p 1295 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: | MDPI AG, 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Collection: | LCC:Veterinary medicine LCC:Zoology |
| Subject Terms: | laser methane detector (LMD), enteric methane, measurement reliability, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100, Zoology, QL1-991 |
| More Details: | The laser methane detector (LMD), is a proprietary hand-held open path laser measuring device. Its measurements are based on infrared absorption spectroscopy using a semiconductor laser as a collimated excitation source. In the current study, LMD measurements were carried out in two experiments using 20 and 71 lactating dairy cows in Spain and Scotland, respectively. The study aimed at testing four assumptions that may impact on the reliability and repeatability of the LMD measurements of ruminants. The study has verified that there is no difference in enteric methane measurements taken from a distance of 3 m than from those taken at a distance of 2 m; there was no effect to the measurements when the measurement angle was adjusted from 90° to 45°; that the presence of an adjacent animal had no effect on the methane measurements; and that measurements lasting up to 240 s are more precise than those taken for a shorter duration. The results indicate that angle, proximity to other animals, and distance had no effects and that measurements need to last a minimum of 240 s to maintain precision. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2076-2615 |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/10/1295; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ani12101295 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/7e365a077a024299bb6c05e42f4cb5f6 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.7e365a077a024299bb6c05e42f4cb5f6 |
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| ISSN: | 20762615 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/ani12101295 |
| Published in: | Animals |
| Language: | English |