Environmental impacts of a Japanese dairy farming system using whole-crop rice silage as evaluated by life cycle assessment

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 727-736

  Ogino, Akifumi ^a   Ishida, Motohiko ^b   Ishikawa, Tetsuya ^b   Ikeguchi, Atsuo ^a   Waki, Miyoko ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Yasuo ^a   Hirooka, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Domestic feed production; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment; Rice silage

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 55349087942     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2008.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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