Genomics and Phenomics for Improving the Sustainability of Livestock Production
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2022) | Viewed by 18092
Special Issue Editor
Interests: genetics; genomics; biological pathways; Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy; cattle; mastitis; metabolic diseases; product quality
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The idea of sustainability of livestock production relies on the development of technologies and breeding practices that i) do not have negative impacts on the environment, ii) are accessible and effective for farmers, iii) improve food production and quality with positive feedback on environmental good and services, and iv) ensure animal health and welfare. In a worldwide context of climate change, demographic increase and rarefaction of natural resources, improving the sustainability of livestock production is of paramount importance. In the last decades, advances in DNA sequencing technologies has dramatically increased the efficiency and the affordability of gaining genome information. This has pushed for the need to reduce the genome-to-phenome gap by developing simple, fast, accurate and high throughput phenotyping technologies (e.g. sensors, infrared spectroscopy).
Implementing genomic and phenomic tools into animal production can help to face the ongoing challenges with the final goals of increasing the efficiency and the sustainability of animal production.
We invite original research papers that address the application of genomic and phenomic technologies focused on the reduction of the environmental impact of livestock production, on the improvement of animal welfare as well as on the improvement of the quality of animal products.
Dr. Sara Pegolo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- genomics
- phenomics
- novel phenotypes
- genomic selection
- sustainability
- animal welfare
- product quality
- environmental impact