Advances in Cattle Nutrition for A Sustainable Meat Production
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 5071
Special Issue Editor
Interests: animal nutrition; cattle, methane emissions, sustainable meat production
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fattening cattle plays an important role in the production of edible protein from plant materials. With the capability of ruminants to synthesize microbial protein in the rumen and to convert it into body protein accretion, cattle fatting contributes to food production. In times of climate change, it becomes more important to produce meat from cattle with less input of resources and less output of climate-relevant emissions. The basis for sustainable meat production is to supply animals with energy and nutrients according to their requirements. The current recommendations on the energy and nutrient supply for fattening cattle are based on experiments partly carried out more than 30 years ago. Furthermore, beyond meeting the energy and nutrient requirements of cattle for fattening, innovative feeding regimens, feed additives, and dietetic measures might contribute to sustainable production.
To expand our knowledge on sustainable meat production under the current cattle production conditions, I invite you to present your recent findings for environmentally friendly and sustainable cattle meat production.
Dr. Dirk von Soosten
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cattle nutrition
- meat production
- energy and nutrient requirements
- body composition
- feed additives
- methane emissions
- sustainability
