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  Carbon Footprints of Dairy Animals: Causes and Its Mitigation

  By Poonam Ratwan, Ajoy Mandal, Manoj Kumar, M Karunakaran, TK Dutta

  Abstract: Greenhouse gases are building up in the atmosphere to a larger degree leading to “global warming”. The total quantity of gaseous emissions of greenhouse gases emitted by an individual in one year; directly or indirectly is measured in terms of 'carbon footprint'. Livestock play an important role for emission of greenhouse gases through various ways like rumen fermentation, manure and fodder production, milk, beef production etc. The demand for livestock …

  Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Dairy Science and Technology · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 6–11 Read article →