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Ammonia Emission

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-001307

Ammonia is produced as a by-product of the microbial decomposition of the organic nitrogen compounds in manure. Nitrogen occurs as both unabsorbed nutrients in animal feces and as either urea (mammals) or uric acid (poultry) in urine.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-001307
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesEPA National Emission Inventory - Ammonia Emissions from Animal Husbandry at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/ch09/related/nh3inventoryfactsheet_jan2004.pdf
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-001307",
  "term": "Ammonia Emission",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Ammonia is produced as a by-product of the microbial decomposition of the organic nitrogen compounds in manure. Nitrogen occurs as both unabsorbed nutrients in animal feces and as either urea (mammals) or uric acid (poultry) in urine.",
  "references": [
    "EPA National Emission Inventory - Ammonia Emissions from Animal Husbandry at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/ch09/related/nh3inventoryfactsheet_jan2004.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ammonia-emission/"
}

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