LCA of animal production

Food Engineering Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 83-113

  Vergé, Xavier P C ^a   Worth, Devon E ^a   Desjardins, Raymond L ^a   McConkey, Brian G ^a   Dyer, James A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Agro Environmental Consultant   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal Production; Beef Production; Carbon Footprint; Life Cycle Assessment; Life Cycle Assessment Study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872410150     PISSN: 15710297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1587-9_5     Document Type: Chapter

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