Eating beef: Cattle, methane and food production

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-24

  Wahlquist, Asa K ^a  

^a Rural Writer   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Grain fed; Grassland; Methane

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL; METHANE; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; CATERING SERVICE; CATTLE; HERBIVORY; MEAT; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FOOD SUPPLY; FOSSIL FUELS; HERBIVORY; MEAT; METHANE; PESTICIDES;

EID: 84873255180     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.1.04     Document Type: Review

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