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ReviewTropical animal health and production2023

Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emission from the dairy production system - review.

Arunasalam Singaravadivelan, Patil B Sachin, S Harikumar, Periyasamy Vijayakumar, M V Vindhya, F M Beegum Farhana, K K Rameesa, Joseph Mathew

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Review in Tropical animal health and production, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Arunasalam SingaravadivelanDepartment of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, KVASU, Mannuthy, 680 651, Kerala, India. che.velan@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-0561
Patil B SachinDepartment of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, KVASU, Mannuthy, 680 651, Kerala, India.
S HarikumarDepartment of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, KVASU, Mannuthy, 680 651, Kerala, India.
Periyasamy VijayakumarLivestock Farm Complex, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu, 614 625, Tamil Nadu, India.
M V VindhyaDepartment of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, KVASU, Mannuthy, 680 651, Kerala, India.
F M Beegum FarhanaDepartment of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, KVASU, Mannuthy, 680 651, Kerala, India.
K K RameesaDepartment of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, KVASU, Mannuthy, 680 651, Kerala, India.
Joseph MathewDepartment of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, KVASU, Mannuthy, 680 651, Kerala, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change is altering ecological systems and poses a serious threat to human life. Climate change also seriously influences on livestock production by interfering with growth, reproduction, and production. Livestock, on the other hand, is blamed for being a significant contributor to climate change, emitting 8.1 gigatonnes of CO2-eq per year and accounting for two-thirds of global ammonia emissions. Methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and carbon dioxide (CO2) are three major greenhouse gases (GHG) that are primarily produced by enteric fermentation, feed production, diet management, and total product output. Ruminants account for three-quarters of total CO2-equivalent (CO2-eq) emissions from the livestock sector. The global dairy sector alone emits 4.0% of global anthropogenic GHG emissions. Hence, dairy farming needs to engage in environmental impact assessment. Public concern for a sustainable and environmentally friendly farming system is growing, resulting in the significant importance of food-based life cycle assessment (LCA). Over the last decade, LCA has been used in agriculture to assess total GHG emissions associated with products such as milk and manure. It includes the production of farm inputs, farm emissions, milk processing, transportation, consumer use, and waste. LCA studies on milk production would assist us in identifying the specific production processes/areas that contribute to excessive greenhouse gas emissions when producing milk and recommending appropriate mitigation strategies to be implemented for a clean, green, and resilient environment.

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Carbon DioxideGreenhouse GasesAgricultureAnimalsFarmsHumansLife Cycle StagesLivestockCarbon DioxideGreenhouse GasesClimate changeEnvironmental impactGreenhouse gas emissionLCA studiesMilk production

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