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Table 3 The parameters of eight types of livestock

From: The impact of human and livestock respiration on CO2 emissions from 14 global cities

Livestock

BMR

(kg O2 yr− 1)

LR l 1

(kg C yr− 1 per head)

Global total production (million head in 2010)2

References

horses

813.43

305.04

59.66

M. A. Elgar and P. H. Harvey (1987)

pigs

103.24

19.36

974.41

cattle and buffalo

578.66

217.00

1603.86

goats

85.60

32.10

910.83

sheep

127.65

47.87

1076.36

chickens and ducks

26.95

1.25

22311.21

B. M. Freeman (1963)

  1. 1. LRl is the CO2 release from respiration of per head of livestock
  2. 2. Data comes from FAOSTAT, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home