Novel Technologies in Ruminant Nutrition, Reproduction, Health, Production, and Sustainability
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal System and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 762
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ruminant nutrition, reproduction, and production
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: ruminant nutrition, reproduction, and production
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ruminants (including cattle, sheep, and goats) are herbivores that consume forages and by-products of plants (e.g., pasture grasses, alfalfa, clovers, hays, straw, silages, wheat middlings, dried distillers grain with solubles from biofuels industry, and soybean hulls). Thus, these animals transform low-quality feedstuffs into high-quality protein and highly bioavailable essential minerals for humans. Thus, ruminant production plays an important role in improving human nutrition, growth and health, and also provides economic and social stability in society. However, ruminant production is affected by a plethora of factors, including nutrition, reproduction, disease, and the environment. These issues are highlighted in this Special Issue, which aims to improve the growth, embryonic survival, lactation, health and adaptation of ruminants to adverse climates in order to enhance the productivity and sustainability of animal agriculture.
Prof. Dr. Guoyao Wu
Prof. Dr. Fuller W. Bazer
Prof. Dr. Kevin E. Washburn
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nutrition
- reproduction
- disease
- environment
- health
- productivity
- sustainability
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