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Environmental trade-offs of pig production systems under varied operational efficiencies

Production of pork, the most consumed meat globally, is estimated to emit 668 m tonnes CO(2)-eq of greenhouse gases each year. Amongst various production systems that comprise the pig industry, grain-based intensive production is widely regarded as the largest polluter of the environment, and thus i...

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Autores principales: McAuliffe, G.A., Takahashi, T., Mogensen, L., Hermansen, J.E., Sage, C.L., Chapman, D.V., Lee, M.R.F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5589118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29104375
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.191