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An experiment was conducted and the facemask system was compared with the GF system. Five mid-lactation cows were fed a lactation diet ad libitum (Period 1) for 5 days and then fed the same diet at 90% of the ad libitum intake for 5 days (Period 2) where CH4 and CO2 productions were measured at the end of each period. While daily CH4 and CO2 productions were different (p \u2264 0.04) between Period 1 and 2, those did not differ between the methods, and no interaction between period and method was observed. A linear regression analysis indicated a good correlation for CH4 (CCC = 0.72; RMSE = 22% of the mean) and CO2 (CCC = 0.79; RMSE = 10% of the mean) between the facemask and the GF system, while systemic bias was observed for CO2. 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