Environmental Management and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Livestock and Poultry Production Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The increasing worldwide demand for meat and other animal products drives growth in intensive and large-scale livestock and poultry production, resulting in serious environmental concerns. One of the most significant challenges in livestock and poultry production is the negative impact of greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions, which lead to a significant environmental footprint and pose a threat to human/animal health. Thus, it is necessary to promote research in improving the impacts of animal production on air quality and mitigating the emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants, such as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, particulate matter and VOCs. Therefore, a series of livestock farm practices and management are implemented to minimize negative impacts on the environment, including animal feeding, indoor climate control, manure handling, field application, gas dispersion and odor abatement.

This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews on the mitigation of greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions from livestock and poultry production and environmental management strategies in animal production practices. Highly interdisciplinary studies from disparate research fields including biosystems engineering, animal science, environmental science, ecology, chemical engineering and even engineering risk management are encouraged.

Prof. Dr. Kaiying Wang
Guest Editor

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