About this Research Topic
The new era deals with a digital transformation in agriculture, which may help farmers to make better decisions through a more profound knowledge of their animals and production process. However, profitable farming may not discern by the idea of fair, clean, healthy and sustainable agriculture. In this context, the role of the researchers is to show the way to farmers who are about to invest in new digital tools. Smart technologies are able to improve the animals' resistance, resilience and efficiency and increase the economic and environmental performance, helping livestock production to become greener. With these premises, the research may concern the use of new applications that guarantee more sustainable, automatic, and effortless management.
This Research Topic aims to spread knowledge on new technologies and techniques that may improve dairy and buffaloes farm profitability through efficient and green input use with particular attention to economic, welfare and nutritional aspects of the production.
Specific themes that are invited to this Research Topic include but are mainly:
- management and feeding practices that improve feed efficiency and/or reduce pollution
- development of reliable instruments or techniques for feed and feeding system control
- systems to monitor health and welfare of dairy cows and buffalo
- economic and cost-effectiveness of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) to improve the farm efficiency
- novel phenotypes to be used as indicators for management and breeding purpose
This Research Topic aims to spread knowledge on new technologies and techniques that may improve dairy and buffaloes farm profitability through efficient and green input use with particular attention to economic, welfare and nutritional aspects of the production.
Specific themes that are invited to this Research Topic include but are mainly:
- management and feeding practices that improve feed efficiency and/or reduce pollution
- development of reliable instruments or techniques for feed and feeding system control
- systems to monitor health and welfare of dairy cows and buffalo
- economic and cost-effectiveness of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) to improve the farm efficiency
- novel phenotypes to be used as indicators for management and breeding purpose
Keywords: Dairy cattle, Buffalo milk, Feed quality, Nutrition, Precision Livestock Farming, Farm efficiency, Animal welfare, Proxy, Selective breeding
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