Does increasing milk yield per cow reduce greenhouse gas emissions? A system approach

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 154-166

  Zehetmeier, M ^a   Baudracco, J ^b,c   Hoffmann, H ^a   Heissenhuber A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

beef production; co product; dairy cow; greenhouse gas emissions; milk yield

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CROP; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MANURE; MEAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SILAGE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; MANURE; MEAT; METHANE; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NITRIC OXIDE; SILAGE;

EID: 82955239795     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111001467     Document Type: Article

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