Sustainable Strategies for Intensive Livestock Production Systems
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal System and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 6329
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Interests: agricultural building and environment control systems on animal production; animal welfare; animal production systems
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Interests: greenhouse gases and ammonia emissions from livestock farming; UAV-based techniques for environmental sensing; livestock housing; animal behaviour; animal tracking
Interests: livestock housing; housing systems with respect to sustainability goals and technical innovations; freewalk dairy barns; climate control in livestock buildings; emissions of ammonia and greenhouse gases
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Interests: animal welfare; environment control for animals; instrumentation; precision livestock farming (PLF); rural buildings
Interests: agricultural engineering; rural buildings; animal welfare; environment control for animals; gas emissions in animal facilities
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Livestock production systems are called upon for provision of the growing food demand expected over the next 30 years. Alongside the expansion of production, strategies to limit the environmental impact and ensure sustainable systems are necessary.
Some of the greatest challenges for intensive livestock systems relate to prioritized areas of interest such as the sustainable use of land resources and water, soil conservation and the reduction of emissions of atmospheric pollutants, including greenhouse gases. In this framework, applied research must find space for the study of novel approaches and techniques to be transferred to intensive farming systems in terms of designing efficient systems, processes and structures for the management of livestock and its productions, and promoting rational use of energy, water and plant resources.
The scope of this Special Issue is to gather theoretical and applied knowledge aiming to design sustainable systems based on innovative technologies, techniques and processes.
For this Special Issue, we invite original research papers and reviews improving knowledge and presenting scientific advances in techniques and practices applied to livestock production in intensive systems aiming to: (i) reduce the impacts on water, soils and air; and (ii) improve the efficiency of productions.
We are interested in topics including, but not limited, to:
- Assessment and upgrade of environmental performances in intensive production;
- Sustainable nutrient cycling in intensive livestock systems;
- Techniques and technologies for reducing greenhouse gases and atmospheric pollutants emissions;
- Optimization of manure management chain;
- Designs and solutions for efficient energy and resource use;
- Improvement of animal health, comfort and welfare in livestock management.
Prof. Dr. Ilda de Fátima Ferreira Tinôco
Dr. Valentina Becciolini
Prof. Dr. Matteo Barbari
Dr. Rafaella Resende Andrade
Dr. Fernanda Campos de Sousa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental footprint
- animal health and welfare
- animal behavior
- indoor livestock systems
- animal housings and buildings
- technologies for livestock production
- waste management
- energy efficiency
- renewable energy
- circular economy
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