Application and Development of New Technologies in Breeding Healthy and Animals Resilience: Precision Livestock Farming, Genomics and Their Interaction Can Contribute to Sustainable Management of the Livestock Sector

Dear Colleagues, 

In the recent years, the introduction, development, and application of sensors for the continuous monitoring of individual parameters and high-throughput molecular technologies, derived from human genome sequencing, have radically changed the animal production sector, and continue to do so.

The introduction of innovative technologies has been massive and has received ever-increasing attention both at a scientific and at practical level. This has allowed the livestock sector to increase production, ensuring animal welfare and the health and safety of products.

This Special Issue focuses on exploring, highlighting, and defining the potential of current technologies and their potential applications, in order to respond to the new needs of animal husbandry: feeding the planet while reducing environmental impacts. From this perspective, farmer income protection, job security, animal and human safety and welfare, and product quality are pivotal, and PLF may be a powerful tool.

Original research papers and reviews on PLF, genetics, and genomics are welcome. Particular attention will be paid to their synergy and technical and computational management, as well as their applications for different livestock species and in different breeding systems.

Dr. Roberto Steri
Dr. David Meo Zilio
Guest Editors

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