Sustainability of feeding plant by-products: A review of the implications for ruminant meat production

SA Salami, G Luciano, MN O'Grady, L Biondi… - Animal Feed Science …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Ruminant meat production is associated with a large environmental cost compared to other
livestock products. Feed production, transport, and utilisation play a major role in global food …

Improving the yield and nutritional quality of forage crops

NM Capstaff, AJ Miller - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Despite being some of the most important crops globally, there has been limited research on
forages when compared with cereals, fruits, and vegetables. This review summarizes the …

Automated tracking to measure behavioural changes in pigs for health and welfare monitoring

SG Matthews, AL Miller, T PlÖtz, I Kyriazakis - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Since animals express their internal state through behaviour, changes in said behaviour
may be used to detect early signs of problems, such as in animal health. Continuous …

Diagnosis and control of chicken coccidiosis: a recent update

AJ Fatoba, MA Adeleke - Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 2018‏ - Springer
Coccidiosis is a deadly disease that hampers chicken's productivity and welfare. Thus, the
disease is a major menace to the global poultry industry. Coccidiosis which is caused by the …

A global multi-indicator assessment of the environmental impact of livestock products

GA Bidoglio, F Schwarzmueller, T Kastner - Global Environmental Change, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Driven by a growing and more affluent population, changing diets and lifestyles, the demand
for livestock products is expected to surge in the next decades. Satisfying this demand will …

[HTML][HTML] Protein production: planet, profit, plus people?

H Aiking - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Food sustainability and food security are increasingly in the spotlight and increasingly
intertwined. According to some projections we will need to nearly double food production in …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the economic and environmental impact of policies to promote animal feed for a circular food system

A Gatto, M Kuiper, C Van Middelaar… - Resources, Conservation …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Feeding animals with low-opportunity-cost feed (LCF) such as agricultural residues and by-
products, and better use of local feed resources are discussed as strategies for transitioning …

Core concepts and heuristics

M Fischer-Kowalski, KH Erb - … ecology: Society-nature relations across time …, 2016‏ - Springer
This chapter outlines the basics of our socioecological theory. It starts with the question of
why entities such as 'culture'have been so successful that an evolving species like …

Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions

M Peters, M Herrero, M Fisher, KH Erb… - Tropical Grasslands …, 2013‏ - tropicalgrasslands.info
Forage-based livestock production plays a key role in national and regional economies, for
food security and poverty alleviation, but is considered a major contributor to agricultural …

Embodied crop calories in animal products

P Pradhan, MKB Lüdeke, DE Reusser… - Environmental …, 2013‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Increases in animal products consumption and the associated environmental consequences
have been a matter of scientific debate for decades. Consequences of such increases …