Sustainable Poultry Production Systems
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Poultry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2019) | Viewed by 59144
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Globally, poultry makes a substantial contribution to food security and nutrition. A growing human population and rising incomes result in an increasing demand for meat and eggs and poultry is the fastest growing animal production sector. However, for a sustainable development the sector needs to consider important environmental, economic and societal challenges. These relate for example to the sector’s impact on natural resources and biodiversity and effects on climate change, the effects of housing and management (e.g., stocking density, enrichment, feed restriction of broiler breeders), transport and slaughter conditions (e.g., transport duration, stunning quality) on animal welfare and threats to human health (e.g., poultry as a vector of infectious diseases and because of its role in antimicrobial resistance).
Defining sustainable development options for these complex issues requires the interaction of all stakeholders: Breeders, producers, supply industries, the wider food chain (e.g., farm assurance, levy bodies, transporters, markets, processors, retailers and food service sector), NGOs, environmental groups, governments, academia, etc.
We invite original research papers that address the sustainability of poultry production systems and consider above mentioned issues related to environmental, economic, ethical and societal aspects and their interactions. Papers may also address underlying structural, organizational, market and trade aspects that affect the sustainability of the poultry sector.
Prof. Harry J. Blokhuis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Poultry
- Sustainability
- Broiler
- Laying hen
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