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. 2021 Jul 6;8:689012. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.689012

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)
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 PO43--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 PO43--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;

a,b,c

Means with different superscripts (a, b, c) are significantly different between the experimental diet (p < 0.05).