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Review: Precision Livestock Farming technologies in pasture-based livestock systems.

Animal, 2021
Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) encompasses the combined application of single technologies or multiple tools in integrated systems for real-time and individual monitoring of livestock.
C. Aquilani, A. Confessore, R. Bozzi, F. Sirtori, C. Pugliese   +4 more
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Growth efficiency, intestinal biology, and nutrient utilization and requirements of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae compared to monogastric livestock species: a review

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2022
In recent years, interest in the larvae of black soldier fly (BSF) (Hermetia illucens) as a sustainable protein resource for livestock feed has increased considerably.
M. M. Seyedalmoosavi, M. Mielenz, T. Veldkamp, G. Daş, C. Metges   +4 more
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A Survey on the Role of IoT in Agriculture for the Implementation of Smart Livestock Environment

IEEE Access, 2022
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging paradigm that is transforming real-world things (objects) into smarter devices. IoT is applicable to a variety of application domains including healthcare, smart grid, and agriculture.
M. Farooq, Osama Sohail, A. Abid, Saim Rasheed   +3 more
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Drought vulnerability and impacts of climate change on livestock production and productivity in different agro-Ecological zones of Ethiopia

Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2022
Drought is a complicated natural hazard that has far-reaching social and environmental impacts. In Ethiopia's diverse agro ecological zones, drought remains a severe challenge and problem.
G. Bogale, Z. Erena
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Integrated livestock sector nitrogen pollution abatement measures could generate net benefits for human and ecosystem health in China

Nature Food, 2022
Nearly one quarter of global meat production occurs in China, but a lack of detailed spatial livestock production data hinders ongoing pollution mitigation strategies. Here we generate high-resolution maps of livestock systems in China using over 480,000
Zhiping Zhu, Xiuming Zhang, Hongmin Dong, Si-Qi Wang, S. Reis, Yue Li, Baojing Gu   +6 more
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Livestock production: recent trends, future prospects

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2010
The livestock sector globally is highly dynamic. In developing countries, it is evolving in response to rapidly increasing demand for livestock products.
P. Thornton
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Climate change and livestock: Impacts, adaptation, and mitigation

, 2017
Global demand for livestock products is expected to double by 2050, mainly due to improvement in the worldwide standard of living. Meanwhile, climate change is a threat to livestock production because of the impact on quality of feed crop and forage ...
M. Melissa Rojas-Downing, A. Nejadhashemi, T. Harrigan, S. Woznicki   +3 more
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Livestock Manure and the Impacts on Soil Health: A Review

, 2020
Soil health is the capacity of the soil to provide an environment for optimum growth and development of plants, while also ensuring the health of animals and humans.
N. Rayne, Lawrence Aula
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Increases in extreme heat stress in domesticated livestock species during the twenty‐first century

Global Change Biology, 2021
Anthropogenic climate change is expected to have major impacts on domesticated livestock, including increased heat stress in animals in both intensive and extensive livestock systems.
P. Thornton, Gerald C Nelson, D. Mayberry, M. Herrero   +3 more
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A Review on the Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Livestock Manures in the Context of Sustainable Waste Management

Energies
As the worldwide demand for meat per person is continuously increasing, there is a corresponding rise in the number of livestock animals, leading to an increase in livestock manure.
R. Kadam, S. Jo, Jonghwa Lee, Kamonwan Khanthong, Heewon Jang, Jungyu Park   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source