Special Issue "Novel Feed Ingredients: Improving Health Status, Milk and Meat Quality in Small Ruminants"
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Small Ruminants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: milk quality; dietary antioxidants; animal welfare
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Interests: veterinary epidemiology; animal infectious and parasitic diseases; herd health management; zoonoses; food-borne pathogens; One Health; farm animal husbandry; mastitis; lameness; small ruminant lentiviruses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Alternative feeding approaches are continuously evaluated in small ruminant production systems in an effort to fortify animal health and welfare, improve milk and meat quality, prolong their shelf life and increase their marketable value. Incorporation of novel feed ingredients into small ruminants’ diets has therefore emerged as an effective strategy for the enhancement of milk and meat intrinsic quality since bioactive compounds are preferably deposited where they are mostly required. Dietary supplementation with these novel additives could manipulate bacteria involved in ruminal biohydrogenation, decrease methane emissions, enhance animals’ health and well-being status, reinforce antioxidant and anti-spoilage properties and positively modify milk and meat quality characteristics.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present original research and reviews on the effects of novel feed ingredients and their bioactive compounds on health and welfare status, as well as milk and meat intrinsic quality of small ruminants.
Prof. Panagiotis Simitzis
Dr. Athanasios I. Gelasakis
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Novel feed ingredients
- Bioactive compounds
- Antioxidants
- Dietary additives
- Health status
- Welfare
- Milk quality
- Meat quality
- Microbial spoilage
- Qxidation
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Application of Olive By-products in Livestock with emphasis on Small Ruminants: Implications on rumen function, growth performance, milk and meat quality
Authors: Panagiotis Simitzis
Affiliation: Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), 75 Iera Odos, 118 55 Athens, Greece
Title: Effects of diet soybean meal substitution by flaxseed and lupins on milk production, milk composition, and mammary gland health in dairy ewes
Authors: Giannenas, Ilias A.
Affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessalonikidisabled, Thessaloniki, Greece