Evaluation of the effect of accounting method, IPCC v. LCA, on grass-based and confinement dairy systems' greenhouse gas emissions

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1512-1527

  O'Brien, D ^a,b   Shalloo, L ^a   Patton, J ^a   Buckley, F ^a   Grainger, C ^a   Wallace, M ^b  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

confinement; grass based; greenhouse gas; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change method; life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FOOD INTAKE; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING METHODS; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IRELAND;

EID: 84864355157     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112000316     Document Type: Article

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