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Table 3 Details of livestock categories and characteristic[21]used to calculate the nitrogen excretion rate per head (N ex (T) )

From: Exploration of ‘hot-spots’ of methane and nitrous oxide emission from the agriculture fields of Assam, India

Livestock characteristics

Livestock category

Cattle

Buffalo

Sheep

Goat

Wet dung excreted by cattle (kg per day)

8.335

10.380

1.430

0.625

Body weight (kg)

350

350

50 to 60

40

Urine ( litres per day)

12.960

6.810

0.950

0.498

Dry matter content(%)

18

18

32

32

Nitrogen content (oven-dry,%)

1

1

1.87

1.87