Improving Livestock Productivity and Sustainability: Use of Sensor Data and Livestock Behavior
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal System and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 14901
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable animal production; smart farming; environmental and animal variables modeling and control; smart farming; agriculture monitoring; animal behavior; agriculture emissions
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Interests: environmental and animal variables modeling and control; sustainability and energy efficiency; smart farming; agriculture monitoring; precision farming; livestock management; animal behavior; agriculture emissions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Animal production is a basic activity for the goal of supplying food to a growing global population. This activity involves multiple aspects in terms of productivity, animal health and welfare, and the environment. Within this complex system, farms must find a balance between sustainability and productivity. Respecting the environment is a requirement to ensure the future of a production that must also be economically profitable, while providing dignified jobs in adequate working conditions. Furthermore, sectorial legislation is becoming stricter, and consumers are increasingly demanding, which requires products to come from animals that have lived in optimal conditions. In order to produce with welfare conditions, it is extremely useful to have access to reliable and objective data regarding animals and the environment in which they are housed. The relevant topics for this Special Issue include new information and communication technologies, equipment for data measurement, acquisition and management, and any sensors or equipment that obtain objective information, needed in order to optimize animal production while respecting animal welfare and the environment.
Dr. María Dolores Fernández Rodríguez
Prof. Dr. Manuel Ramiro Rodríguez Rodríguez
Guest Editors
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