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Table 1 Search criteria and terms used to facilitate the scientific and grey literature review

From: Hotspots and bottlenecks for the enhancement of the environmental sustainability of pig systems, with emphasis on European pig systems

Environmental implications

Production system

System component

Broad search at environmental impact level incl., any potential impact categories and pollutants i.e., no specific exclusion criteria here

Exclusive focus on pig systems also referred to as pork or swine production systems

Production (i.e., whole-farm)

Feed (incl., production, use, strategies, diet formulations)

Animal growth & performance (incl., pig, swine genetics, health & welfare)

Manure (incl., management, storage, treatment within and beyond farm gate)

  1. While our focus was exclusively on pig production systems, we did not limit our search to specific criteria relating to potential environmental implications, and investigated impacts and potential for abatement of those across different system components