The importance of pigs’ castration strategy on carbon footprint of feed intake, nitrogen and phosphorus efficiency under different management conditions

The environmental impact of livestock production is under scrutiny nowadays and is being situated both on a global level and local level. On a global level, the global warming potential (GWP) of meat production is criticised. On a local level, the excretion of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) is of c...

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Main Authors: A. Van den Broeke, C. De Cuyper, K. Kress, V. Stefanski, M. Škrlep, M. Čandek-Potokar, H. Maribo, S. Millet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731122002269