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Table 6 Daily methane production (DMP) (kg methane (CH4)/head/day) for different categories of animal across farming systems

From: Enteric methane emission factors of smallholder dairy farming systems across intensification gradients in the central highlands of Ethiopia

Farming system

Adult female

Adult male

Growing female

Growing male

Calf ≤ 1r

Fattening

Urban

199.21

82.60

93.72

99.47

77.70

NA

Peri-urban

190.21

118.56

97.62

102.12

78.39

NA

Rural

92.09

98.51

82.76

90.45

71.15

100.86

  1. NA Not applicable