Special Issue "Precision Livestock Farming: Technologies for Improving Animal Health, Welfare and Production"

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 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Mark Trotter
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Guest Editor
Institute for Future Farming Systems, School of Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD 4702, Australia
Interests: agriculture, land and farm management; agricultural spatial analysis and modelling
Prof. Dr. Derek Bailey
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Guest Editor
Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
Interests: use of technologies to monitor animal welfare; precision livestock management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Precision livestock technologies are being promoted across many industries as a revolution in animal management. There are several animal industries that have already seen the development and relative widespread adoption of some of these technologies with a focus on a range of production-related applications. While production-related outcomes, particularly increased output and reduced costs, are critical to sustainable businesses, there is growing interest in the development of systems for monitoring the health and welfare of livestock for the purpose of a social license. The growing demand amongst consumers to be informed with regard to the conditions under which the animal products they use are being raised will be a key driver of the future development of precision livestock technologies. This Special Issue will include a range of papers that explore the use of precision livestock technologies to manage health and welfare and their benefits in terms of production and social license.

Dr. Mark Trotter

Prof. Dr. Derek Bailey

Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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