Evaluating Sustainable Livestock Production Systems—Focus on Animal Welfare, Environmental Impact, and Economics
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Welfare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 4586
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal welfare; cattle; slaughter; timely euthanasia; well-being
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit manuscripts to this Special Issue of Animals titled “Evaluating Sustainable Livestock Production Systems—Focus on Animal Welfare, Environmental Impact, and Economics”.
Sustainability is an increasingly important topic in food animal production. As societal expectations and company commitments related to sustainable livestock production continue to grow across areas of the world, so does the need to evaluate current livestock production practices and management strategies. This Special Issue aims to explore the nexus between animal welfare and other aspects of sustainability in the social, environmental, and economic domains.
Manuscripts need not cover all domains of sustainability but should include a component related to animal health and welfare. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
Dr. Lily Nowell Edwards-Callaway
Dr. Sara Place
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- animal welfare
- animal well-being
- sustainability
- greenhouse gas emissions
- economics
- animal health
- environmental impacts
- antibiotics
- stockmanship
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