Predicting the environmental impacts of chicken systems in the United Kingdom through a life cycle assessment: Broiler production systems

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-25

  Leinonen, I ^a   Williams, A G ^b   Wiseman, J ^c   Guy, J ^a   Kyriazakis, I ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broiler; Carbon footprint; Energy use; Environmental impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755178045     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-01634     Document Type: Article

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