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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023

Life Cycle Assessment Project for the Brazilian Egg Industry.

Fabiane de Fátima Maciel, Richard Stephen Gates, Ilda de Fátima Ferreira Tinôco, Fernanda Campos de Sousa, Nathan Pelletier, Maro A Ibarburu-Blanc, Carlos Eduardo Alves Oliveira

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Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Fabiane de Fátima MacielDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7117-6965
Richard Stephen GatesDepartments of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2812-1739
Ilda de Fátima Ferreira TinôcoDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.
Fernanda Campos de SousaDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5584-728X
Nathan PelletierFaculty of Management, University of Britishi Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC V0A-V9Z, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1943-9008
Maro A Ibarburu-BlancDepartments of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
Carlos Eduardo Alves OliveiraDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2104-7428
Universidade Federal de Viçosa · BRIowa State University · USOkanagan University College · CA

Funding

Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Finance Code 001Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais 001National Council for Scientific and Technological Development Process 422912/2018-2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brazil is among the ten largest egg producers in the world. The domestic consumption of Brazilian eggs is 99.6%, the rest being exported to more than 82 countries, with an expectation of growth in the foreign market. The Brazilian egg industry has evolved considerably in recent decades, incorporating new technologies and smart practices. However, there is no assessment of how production could become more sustainable over the years. The LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) approach aims to recognize the polluting potential, identify the environmental impacts generated and reduce these impacts throughout production. On a global scale, researchers approach LCA as a constructive and quantitative technique, and there is great interest in implementing an LCA for the Brazilian egg production sector. With the aim of introducing the LCA methodology to the Brazilian egg industry, this review presents the concept and accounting structure of LCA through LCI (Life Cycle Inventory) and LCIA (Life Cycle Impact Assessment), based on the ISO 14040 and 14044:2006 standards, to quantify the environmental performance of production and identify areas for future improvement, thus promoting the environmental footprint of the Brazilian egg industry.

Indexed as

agricultural sectoregg productionintensive systemLCALCILCIAsustainability

Identifiers

PMID37174516
PMCPMC10177111
OpenAlexW4367183078

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