Literature Cited – E-letter on Environmentally Friendly Red Meat

Bittman, M.  2008.  Rethinking the meat guzzler. Retrieved Jan. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/weekinreview/27bittman.html?emc=eta1.

Bouwman, A.F., K.W. Van der Hoek, B. Eickhout, and I. Scenario. 2005. Exploring changes in world ruminant production systems. Agric. Sys. 84:121–153.

Capper, J.L.  2010.  The environmental impact of conventional, natural and grass-fed beef production systems, Proc. Greenhouse Gases and Anim. Agric. Conf. 2010, Banff, Canada.

Capper, J.L.  2011.  The environmental impact of beef production in the United States: 1977 compared with 2007 J. Anim. Sci. 89:4249–4261. 

Capper, J.L., R.A. Cady, and D.E. Bauman.  2009.  The environmental impact of dairy production: 1944 compared with 2007.  J. Anim. Sci. 87:2160–2167.

Capper, J.L., E. Castaneda-Gutierrez, R.A. Cady, and D.E. Bauman.  2008.  The environmental impact of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) use in dairy production.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105:9668–9673. 

Elam, N.A., J.A. Vasconcelos, G. Hilton, D.L. VanOverbeke, T.E. Lawrence, T.H. Montgomery, W.T. Nichols, M.N. Streeter, J.P. Hutcheson, D.A. Yates, and M.L. Galyon.  2009.  Effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride duration of feeding on performance, and carcass characteristics of feedyard cattle.  J. Anim. Sci. 87:2133-2141. 

Gerber, P.J., A. Mottet, C.A. Opio, and F.T. Falcucci, 2015.  Environmental impacts of beef production: Review of challenges and perspectives for durability.  Meat Sci. 109:2–12.

Herrero, M., P. Havlík, H. Valin, A. Notenbaert, M.C. Rufino, P.K. Thornton, et al.  2013.  Biomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions from global livestock systems.  Proc. Natl. Acad. of Sci. 110:20888–20893. 

Hilton, G.G., J.L. Montgomery, C.R. Krehbiel, D.A. Yates, J.P. Hutcheson, W.T. Nichols, M.N. Streeter, J.R. Blanton, Jr., and M.F. Miller.  2009.  Effects of feeding zilpaterol hydrochloride with and without monensin and tylosin on carcass cutability and meat palatability of beef steers.  J. Anim. Sci. 2009. 87:1394–1406.

Hristov, A.N., J. Oh, J.L. Firkins, J. Dijkstra, E. Kebreab, G. Waghorn, H.P.S. Makkar, A.T. Adesogan, W. Yang, C. Lee, P.J. Gerber, B. Henderson, and J.M. Tricarico.  2013a.  Special Topics—Mitigation of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from animal operations: I. A review of enteric methane mitigation options.  J. Anim. Sci. 91:5045–5069.

Hristov, A.N., T. Ott, J. Tricarico, A. Rotz, G. Waghorn, A. Adesogan, J. Dijkstra, F. Montes, J. Oh, E. Kebreab, S.J. Oosting, P.J. Gerber, B. Henderson, H.P.S. Makkar, and J.L. Firkins. 2013b. SPECIAL TOPICS—Mitigation of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from animal operations: III. A review of animal management, mitigation options J. Anim. Sci. 91:5095–5113.

Hyland, J.J., M. Henchiona, M. McCarthy, Sinéad, and N. McCarthy. 2017. The role of meat in strategies to achieve a sustainable diet lower in greenhouse gas emissions: A review. Meat Sci. 132:189-195.

Koneswaran, G., and D. Nierenberg.  2008.  Global farm animal production and global warming: Impacting and mitigating climate change. Environ. Health Perspect. 116:578–582.

Martineau, R., H.V. Petit, C. Benchaar, H. Lapierre, D.R. Ouellet, D. Pellerin, et al.  2008. Effects of lasalocid or monensin on in situ biohydrogenation of flaxseed and sunflower seed unsaturated fatty acids. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 88:335–339.

Nierenberg, D.  2005.  Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry. Worldwatch Paper 171, Worldwatch, Washington, DC.

Place, S.E., and F.M. Mitloehner.  2012.  Review: Beef production in balance: Considerations for life cycle analyses.  Meat Sci. 92:179–181.

Rathmann, R.J., B.C. Bernhard, R.S. Swingle, T.E. Lawrence, W.T. Nichols, D.A. Yates, J.P. Hutcheson, M.N. Streeter, J.C. Brooks, M.F. Miller, and B.J. Johnson.  2012.  Effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride and days on the finishing diet on feedyard performance, carcass characteristics, and tenderness in beef heifers.  J. Anim. Sci. 90:3301–3311.

Rosenthal, E.  2008. As more eat meat, a bid to cut emissions. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/science/earth/04meat.html?emc=eta1

Sauvant, D., and S. Giger-Reverdin.  2009. Modélisation des interactions digestives et de la production de méthane chez les ruminants. INRA Prod. Anim. 22:375–384.

Smith, J. 2015. The meat we eat, the lives we lift. Livestock (like people) are different the world over.

Steinfeld, H., P. Gerber, T. Wassenaar, V. Castel, M. Rosales, and C. de Haan.  2006.  Livestock’s Long Shadow — Environmental issues and options. Rome: Food, Agr. Organiz. UN.

Van Donkersgoed, J., G. Royan, J. Berg, J. Hutcheson, and M. Brown. 2011. Comparative effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride and ractopamine hydrochloride on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and longissimus tenderness of feedyard heifers fed barley-based diets.  Prof. Anim. Sci. 27:116–121.