Evaluation of the environmental implications of the incorporation of feed-use amino acids in pig production using Life Cycle Assessment

Livestock Science

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 158-175

  Garcia Launay, F ^a,c   van der Werf, H M G ^b,c   Nguyen, T T H ^b,c   Le Tutour, L ^d   Dourmad, J Y ^a,c  

^a PEGASE   (France)

^b UMR SAS   (France)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^d Ajinomoto Eurolysine sas   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Feed composition; Life Cycle Assessment; Pig

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893783778     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2013.11.027     Document Type: Article

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