Advancing Animal Welfare: Precision Livestock Farming Technologies for Monitoring and Preventing Abnormal Behavior
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 9608
Special Issue Editors
Interests: livestock environmental engineering; indoor environment and ventilation; precise ventilation of livestock houses; CFD; environmental control system and strategy
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Interests: ventilation design and environmental control in livestock building; assessment of animal heat stress; precision livestock farming
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Interests: design and control of natural ventilation system; Investigation of air movement inside and around buildings; determination of ventilation rate of naturally ventilated livestock buildings; modelling and reducing emissions in livestock buildings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The welfare of animals has been a concern for centuries. However, it is only in recent decades that researchers have begun to focus on the monitoring and prevention of abnormal animal behavior. With various advances in technology, there are now more opportunities to detect and prevent abnormal animal behavior, which can have a significant impact on animal welfare.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest innovations in monitoring and preventing abnormal animal behavior. We hope to showcase cutting-edge research that is advancing our understanding of animal behavior and welfare. The scope of this Special Issue covers a wide range of topics, from the use of CFD for animal environment optimization to the development of wearable sensors for animal behavior tracking.
The articles in this Special Issue will cover a broad range of topics related to the monitoring and prevention of abnormal animal behavior, e.g., precision indoor positioning, environment control, the automatic monitoring of animals, behavior and stress, remote disease diagnosis, and environmental hazard emission control.
We are soliciting papers that showcase innovative research on the monitoring and prevention of abnormal animal behavior. We are particularly interested in papers that demonstrate the use of new technologies and equipment, as well as those that explore the practical implications of research. We welcome original research articles, review articles, and case studies that provide valuable insights into this important topic.
Dr. Hao Li
Dr. Xiaoshuai Wang
Dr. Qianying Yi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- precision livestock farming
- environmental control
- airflow distribution
- computational fluid dynamics
- animal stress
- animal behavior
- environmental hazard emission
- IoT
- deep learning
- sensors
- computer vision
- big data
- modelling
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Study on the regulation of ventilation pattern of small windows in stack-caged broiler house in winter
Authors: Chenglong Wang Xuefei Wu Yusong Wang Bin Chen Zhengxiang Shi Hao Li *
Affiliation: China Agricultural University
Title: Design of precise air supply system based on convection heat dissipation of pig body
Authors: Xiaojie Cao; Yaqiong Zeng; Hao Li
Affiliation: China Agricultural University