Monitoring and Improving Intensive Livestock Animal Welfare
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Education, Veterinary Communication and Animal Behavior".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2022) | Viewed by 4163
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials for bone and tendon regeneration; animal models; alternative feed sources for ruminants; epidemiology of viral infections; livestock animal welfare
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Dear Colleagues,
Despite the trend toward less dependency on animal-based food, valid alternatives for widespread use are not expected in the near future. On the contrary, the growth of the world population and its need for food has led to the intensification of livestock production methods, which has been associated with the degradation of the welfare conditions of farm animals. In recent times, efforts have been made to improve animal welfare conditions. Consumers’ demand for higher animal welfare standards, as well as the well-documented negative impact of its deterioration on productivity, are two of the main reasons. Additionally, an increasing number of livestock producers are now aware that ensuring the best possible conditions for animals is their ethical obligation. Despite advances in livestock farming techniques over the years, there is still much that can be improved, and the scientific community has numerous research groups carrying out studies on the topic, which generate data that can help producers to monitor and improve animal welfare on their livestock operations.
In this Special Issue, we intend to publish original research works or reviews on monitoring and improving livestock animal welfare. We call on researchers to contribute with their recent findings, focusing on, but not limited to, the following welfare concerns in the intensive livestock industry:
- The rearing and management of dairy calves;
- Housing and heat stress in dairy cattle;
- The rearing of sows in gestation and farrowing crates;
- The housing of layer poultry;
- Livestock transportation.
Prof. Dr. Paulo P. Cortez
Prof. Dr. George Stilwell
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- welfare of production animals
- intensive animal farming
- dairy cattle
- pig farming
- poultry farming
- livestock transportation
