Developing breeding schemes to assist mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-376

  Wall, E ^a   Simm, G ^a   Moran, D ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal breeding; Efficiency; Environmental valuation; Greenhouse gas emissions

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 77951245009     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173110999070X     Document Type: Article

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