Effects of Feeding Strategies on Rumen Function and Animal Performance
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 8 November 2024 | Viewed by 19066
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nutrition and feeding; livestock; companion animals; feed evaluation; feed efficiency; environmental impact; circular economy
Interests: animal nutrition and feeding; alternative feeding strategies towards sustainable animal production; rumen fermentation and methanogenesis; modulation of rumen lipid metabolism; improvement of nutritional and functional value of ruminant edible products
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit an article to our Special Issue “Effects of Feeding Strategies on Rumen Function and Animal Performance”.
Livestock production is rapidly developing driven by the growth in the global population and the consequent demand for animal products, thus, requiring an increasing amount of feed supplies. Additionally, the increase in living standards will increase the demand for food safety and health benefits in the near future. To contend with these drivers, it is essential to enlarge the feedstock base through the search for novel or underexploited feeds and feeding strategies that improve resource use efficiency, while mitigating the environmental impact of ruminant production and ensuring animal health and the nutritional and functional value of animal products.
This Special Issue aims to study the effects of novel or underexploited feeding strategies on rumen function, feeding efficiency, environmental impact, and the quality of animal products. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Novel additives, ingredients and feeding management strategies
- Rumen fermentation and microbiome
- Dietary modulation of greenhouse gases emissions
- Functional value towards increased animal health
- Nutritional and functional value of animal products
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Rita Cabrita
Dr. Margarida Maia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ruminant animals
- growth and milk performance
- feed efficiency
- functional value
- environmental sustainability
- rumen fermentation
- microbiome
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