Recent Advances in Ruminant Nutrition and Feed Efficiency
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 4008
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cattle nutrition; interaction of microorganism and rumen fermentation; methane emissions; supplementation
Interests: aminoacid profile and nitrogen efficiency; modulators of rumen fermentation; nutrients metabolism; ruminal microbiota; methane emissions; performance
Interests: beef cattle production; grassland science; greenhouse gas emissions; sustainability; supplementation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ruminants are valuable because of their ability to transform extensive renewable resources from rangeland, pasture, crop residues, or other by-products into food edible for humans. However, due to projections of human population growth, there is an increasing demand for milk and meat, complemented by the pressure to increase productivity and reduce the impact that ruminant livestock systems have on the environment. Thus, several ruminant nutrition strategies are needed to modulate fermentation, improve the feed efficiency, and mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions of these systems.
In this context, for this Special Issue, we invite the submission of relevant contributions on the recent advances in ruminant nutrition strategies to improve the efficiency of production in ruminant livestock species such as cattle, buffaloes, sheep, and goats. This Special Issue will cover original research articles and reviews on how nutrition modulation interacts with the feed efficiency in ruminants and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
Prof. Dr. Yury T. Granja-Salcedo
Prof. Dr. Juliana Duarte Messana
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Andrade Reis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- amino acid profile
- feed additives
- feed efficiency
- grazing management
- methane emissions
- nitrogen metabolism
- nutrient digestibility
- rumen fermentation
- ruminal microbiota
- supplementation strategies
