Assessing environmental consequences of using co-products in animal feed

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-88

  Van Zanten, Hannah H E ^a   Mollenhorst, Herman ^a   De Vries, Jerke W ^a   Van Middelaar, Corina E ^a   Van Kernebeek, Heleen R J ^a   De Boer, Imke J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Co product; Consequential LCA; Dairy cattle; Land use change; Livestock feed; Pigs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893815347     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0633-x     Document Type: Article

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