Table 4.
Environmental impacts at farm gate (per kilogram of body weight gain in fattening unit and per kilogram of pig live weight at farrow-to-finish farm gate).
Impacts at fattening unit gate (per kilogram of body weight gain) | |||||
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Control-diet | Eco-diet | Local-diet | RSD | Statistics | |
CC (kg CO2-eq) | 2.40a | 2.04b | 1.95b | 0.14 | G**, S***, D*** |
NRE (MJ) | 19.06a | 17.30b | 12.82c | 0.19 | G***, S***, D*** |
AC (molc H+-eq) | 0.112a | 0.104b | 0.108a | 0.11 | G**, S***, D** |
EU (g -eq) | 226a | 208b | 234a | 0.11 | G**, S***, D*** |
LO (m2year) | 4.65b | 4.58b | 5.68a | 0.14 | G***, S***, D*** |
PD (g P) | 115a | 74c | 97b | 0.20 | G*, S***, D*** |
Impacts at farm gate (per kilogram of body weight) | |||||
CC (kg CO2-eq) | 2.40a | 2.17b | 2.11b | 0.08 | G***, S***, D*** |
NRE (MJ) | 22.37a | 21.22b | 18.30c | 0.10 | G***, S**, D*** |
AC (molc H+-eq) | 0.085a | 0.080b | 0.083a | 0.08 | G*, S***, D** |
EU (g -eq) | 198a | 186b | 203a | 0.08 | G**, S***, D*** |
LO (m2year) | 4.33b | 4.28b | 4.99a | 0.1 | G**, S***, D*** |
PD (g P) | 122a | 95c | 110b | 0.12 | G***, S***, D*** |
CC, climate change; NRE, non-renewable and fossil energy demand; AC, acidification; EU, eutrophication; LO, land occupation; PD, P demand; G, gender; S, sire; D, diet; RSD, residual standard deviation;
p < 0.01,
p < 0.001;
Means with different superscripts (a, b, c) are significantly different between the experimental diet (p < 0.05).