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2nd U.S. Precision Livestock Farming Conference
This special issue belongs to the section “Animal System and Management“.
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue Conference aims to showcase the most recent research and foster collaborations among researchers, producers, manufacturers, and other stakeholders in the field of PLF. The conference theme is "Field Implementation of PLF". The conference covers following topics:
- Sensors and sensing in PLF;
- Data management and algorithm development;
- Measuring, modeling, and managing of dynamic animal responses;
- Societal impacts of PLF;
- Commercial PLF Systems and Field Application Experience.
The submission start date is May the 31st 2023.
Dr. Yang Zhao
Dr. Daniel Berckmans
Dr. Hao Gan
Dr. Brett Ramirez
Dr. Janice Siegford
Prof. Dr. Lingjuan Wang-Li
Dr. Robert T. Burns
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. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- sensor systems
- robotics
- AI
- IoT
- animal welfare
- modeling techniques
- precision animal
- economics
- ethics
- sustainable animal production
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