Animal Medical Engineering—І: Signal Acquisition and Analysis of Livestock Animals
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal System and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 20472
Special Issue Editor
Interests: agricultural environmental engineering; smart farming; machine learning; deep learning; animal welfare; pattern analysis; plant science; food testing; food security; sustainable production and energy use; big data
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, livestock production has had rapid development in developing countries. However, because of knowledge gaps, the keeping of livestock is still mainly free-range and the methods of animal husbandry and the monitoring strategies of most of the farms are conventional, which has resulted in lower unit yield and efficiency but higher feed costs, operational cost and so on. There is a need, for both economic and quality assurance reasons, for an efficient and cost-effective method for identifying and tracking livestock, and for the monitoring of the processing of that livestock. The quality of livestock data depends, to a great extent, on the data collection system adopted. Multiple sources and methods of data acquisition exist, which however need to be integrated into a functional farm management system. Precision livestock farming (PLF) systems have the potential to acquire data concerning the biological signals such as identification, monitoring, behavior pattern changes etc. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to gather current research from across the world that will drive animal behavior and welfare towards the new paradigm of livestock signal acquisition systems that is essential for production efficiency improvement. Near future, the extension of the current issue will be named as “Animal medical engineering-ІІ”, intend to use the data acquisition methodologies and analysis to improve the welfare of the livestock animals.
We are seeking original research papers about how technology can be used to acquire the signals of livestock animals for enhancing animal welfare. In addition, we are seeking technology that includes the development of models or algorithms for use in PLF systems such as bio signal analysis, machine learning, pattern recognition, etc. Moreover, topics may be related to smart farming, biological signal acquisition methodologies and analysis of the environmental impact on animal welfare.
Dr. Hyeon Tae Kim
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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
- Bio signal analysis
- Machine learning
- Animal welfare
- Pattern analysis
- Animal health
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.