Trends on Ruminants’ Husbandry, Breeding, Product Quality and Environmental Footprint
A special issue of Ruminants (ISSN 2673-933X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2023) | Viewed by 1998
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal husbandry; climate change and livestock production; physiology of productive traits; farm animals’ communication; DNA polymorphisms and productive traits
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: animal production; milk and meat quality; dietary supplements; animal feed; animal nutrition; energy metabolism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Special Issue on the Ruminants journal entitled “Trends on Ruminants’ Husbandry, Breeding, Product Quality and Environmental Footprint”. Ruminant production systems form a vital source of human nutrition, income, and social cohesion. A variety of products are produced through ruminant farming worldwide (milk, meat, hides, wool, and energy). On the other hand, ruminants are considered a major contributor to environmental problems, including climate change. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water use and water quality, and biodiversity remain as issues of major importance. Novel trends on human nutrition, the need for easily adapted mitigation strategies for a greener footprint, as well as the increased concern around animal welfare lead to the need for alternative husbandry and breeding techniques, new approaches to genetic aspects, early recognition of abnormal situations, and assurances regarding animals’ health and final product quality.
We invite original research papers and comprehensive review articles on recent advances in the ruminant sector, including (but not limited to) husbandry and breeding strategies; genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and epigenomic research; conservation of genetic diversity; product quality; animal monitoring; identification of behavioral traits to improve animal welfare; adaptation and mitigation strategies toward climate change and water scarcity; and circular-economy-related issues.
You are welcome to send short proposals for feature paper submissions to the Editorial Office ([email protected]) before submission.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. George P. Laliotis
Dr. Linda Majdoub-Mathlouthi
Guest Editors
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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. Ruminants is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- ruminants
- cattle
- sheep
- goat
- dairy
- beef
- genetics
- welfare
- animal monitoring
- emissions
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