Development of Agricultural and Food By-Product Resources and Animal Production to Achieve Food Sustainability
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Dairy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 January 2022) | Viewed by 3209
Special Issue Editor
Interests: animal production; food by-product; food sustainability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Livestock is not only a source of animal protein such as meat and milk, but also plays an important role in ecosystem services, income, assets, and insurance. Therefore, it is necessary to develop effective production technologies for sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry. Crop by-products and food residues emitted during the production process of agriculture and food industries are important sources of feed for livestock (including dairy cows, sheep and goats). When livestock cannot get high-quality roughage, milk production and meat production will decrease, and the incidence of disease may increase. Using locally available agricultural and food by-product resources to prepare silage and total mixed rations (TMR) can meet the nutritional needs of animals and help promote the production of livestock products. Improved livestock breeding technology can not only reduce methane gas emissions from ruminants, but also promote the revitalization of local animal husbandry, provide a good supply of milk and meat, and improve the living standards of local people.
This special issue mainly publishes papers related to the development and application of technologies for the effective use of by-product resources in agriculture and food industries to achieve sustainable animal husbandry production.
Dr. Yimin Cai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- agricultural by-product
- animal feed
- animal product
- food residue
- food sustainability
- meat quality
- metabolite
- microbiota
- milk production
- silage fermentation
