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. 2018 Nov 12;9(1):69-76.
doi: 10.1093/af/vfy034. eCollection 2019 Jan.

Livestock and climate change: impact of livestock on climate and mitigation strategies

Giampiero Grossi  1 , Pietro Goglio  2 , Andrea Vitali  3 , Adrian G Williams  2
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Livestock and climate change: impact of livestock on climate and mitigation strategies

Giampiero Grossi et al. Anim Front. .
No abstract available

Keywords: climate change; greenhouse gases; livestock; mitigation.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Greenhouse gases incidence of enteric fermentation and manure storage by animal type, expressed as Gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents. Data referred to 2010 (FAO, 2017).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Livestock emissions by source (adapted from Gerber et al., 2013). Direct livestock emissions are shown in red.
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