Organic Livestock Farming: New Trends, Health and Welfare Issues
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 12 July 2025 | Viewed by 1789
Special Issue Editor
Interests: porcine medicine; porcine herd health management; porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV); porcine-circovirus-associated diseases (PCVAD); porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC); reproductive diseases in sows and boars; welfare and production; heat stress; alternatives to antibiotics; vaccines; feed additives; mycotoxins; zoonoses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Organic farming is a production system that is based on ecological methods, biodiversity and natural sources adapted to local conditions, in contrast to the use of inputs and negative effects. The livestock sector (cattle, sheep, goat, pig, poultry) has a high environmental and economic impact on the sustainability of rural economies and the balance of many ecosystems; however, it also has a. Due to the growing demand of modern consumers for environmentally-friendly production of animal products, organic farming is proposed as an alternative production system that emerged to intensive farming and its negative ecological, social, and economic consequences.The primary welfare risk in organic production systems appears to be related to animal health. Organic farms use a combination of management practices, alternative and complementary remedies, and conventional medicines to monitor health and welfare problems. However, in contrast to non-organic systems, there is a lack of studies that integrate the existing knowledge about prevention and treatment strategies that must be included in a herd health management program in the organic livestock sector.The present special issue aims to fill a knowledge gap, providing strategies and insights that will help stakeholders and policymakers to improve the sustainability of the organic livestock sector. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Animal welfare;
- Zoonoses and organic livestock production;
- Parasitic diseases in organic farms;
- Infectious diseases in outdoor farms;
- Future perspectives for organic livestock farming;
- Environmental risk factors in organic livestock farming;
- Demands of consumers;
- Legislation and policy.
Dr. Vasileios Papatsiros
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- organic livestock farming
- welfare
- zoonoses
- parasites
- bacteria
- viruses
- consumer
