Advances in Small Ruminant Nutrition
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Small Ruminants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 5184
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ruminant fermentation; feed additives; digestibility
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Interests: rumen microbiome; methane; feed additives; digestibility; ruminant fermentation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Population in the world is growing at a rate of around 0.84% per year. According to FAO estimates, by 2050 we will need to produce 60% more food to feed a world population of 9.3 billion. Ruminants play a key role in human food production by converting fiber-rich plant resources and non-protein nitrogen into high-quality food that humans can eat. In particular, small ruminants play an important role in the food and nutritional security of millions of rural people especially the landless, marginal and small farmers in arid and semiarid rainfed regions. This conversion causes methane emissions and losses of nitrogen in feces and urine from ruminants, which may become an environmental issue. Consequently, the dominant productive models with an emphasis on a narrow range of crops and use of chemicals, energy and capital cannot meet the challenges of this millennium. Agriculture and livestock, therefore, are at the heart of the solution.
Original manuscripts that address improving small ruminant production efficiency using nutritional interventions such as manipulating rumen microbial ecosystem, strategic supplementation of nutraceuticals, improving the bioavailability of nutrients at the cellular level, forage production throughout the year and production of hydroponics green fodders, and the use of by-products are welcome.
Dr. Aser García-Rodríguez
Dr. Idoia Goiri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- production efficiency