Life Cycle Assessment of broiler chicken production: A Portuguese case study

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-134

  González García, Sara ^a,b   Gomez Fernández, Zaira ^a   Dias, Ana Cláudia ^b   Feijoo, Gumersindo ^a   Moreira, Ma Teresa ^a   Arroja, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Broiler chicken; Chicken farm; Environmental analysis; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Portugal; Slaughterhouse

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; MEATS; PACKAGING MATERIALS;

BROILER CHICKENS; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PORTUGAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ANIMALS;

EID: 84901445275     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.03.067     Document Type: Article

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