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Methods and consequences of including reduction in greenhouse gas emission in beef cattle multiple-trait selection

BACKGROUND: Societal pressures exist to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from farm animals, especially in beef cattle. Both total GHG and GHG emissions per unit of product decrease as productivity increases. Limitations of previous studies on GHG emissions are that they generally describe feed...

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Autores principales: Barwick, Stephen A., Henzell, Anthony L., Herd, Robert M., Walmsley, Bradley J., Arthur, Paul F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6489274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31035930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-019-0459-5