Energy Recovery of the Biomass from Livestock Farms in Italy: The Case of Modena Province by Massimo Milani, Luca Montorsi

“…The electric and thermal power production from the manure available in the considered territory is estimated and the produced electric energy is balanced with the energy requirements of the local animal farms. The remaining amount of wastes that has to be disposed is also calculated and compared with the initial input to the systems. …”
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Intestinal barrier dysfunction induced by ammonia exposure in pigs in vivo and in vitro: The protective role of L-selenomethionine by Xinxin Zhang, Anqi Wang, Ying Chen, Jun Bao, Houjuan Xing

“…Ammonia has been reported to have a variety of toxicity to aquatic animals, farm animals and humans. However, its potential toxicity on the intestines remains unknown. …”
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Air Quality Assessment in Pig Farming: The Italian Classyfarm by Eleonora Buoio, Chiara Cialini, Annamaria Costa

“…Since ClassyFarm evaluates many aspects of the management of animal farming, our aims in this review are to discuss the topic from an environmental point of view: (1) to frame the indications of ClassyFarm to make a farm risk assessment based on pigs’ welfare; (2) to review environmental quality assessment in pig farms, and its repercussions on animal health and welfare; (3) to describe the most used sampling techniques of air pollutants measurements.…”
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Changes in leptospirosis etiology in animals and humans by Natalia Vasylieva, Mykhaylo Andreychyn, Yulia Kravchuk, Оlena Chervinska, Iaryna Iosyk

“…Results Due to the analysis of pathogens circulation among different sources (small mammals, animals), as well as the annual morbidity in humans, it was proved that new leptospira serovars are endemic and brought into the regions mostly by farm animals. Farm animals introduce the infection to humans through the environment, sometimes within 3–5-years. …”
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Determination of piglets’ rectal temperature and respiratory rate through skin surface temperature under climatic chamber conditions by Gustavo M. Mostaço, Késia O. da S Miranda, Isabella C. F. da S Condotta, Douglas D’Alessandro Salgado

“…ABSTRACT In animal farming, an automatic and precise control of environmental conditions needs information from variables derived from the animals themselves, i.e. they act as biosensors. …”
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Mitigating Ammonia, Methane, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Stored Pig Slurry Using Chemical and Biological Additives by Oumaima El bied, Martire Angélica Terrero Turbí, Amalia García-Valero, Ángel Faz Cano, José A. Acosta

“…In contrast, the biological additives showed a lesser impact on CH₄, with an 8% reduction, but more substantial reductions of 71% for CO₂ and 77% for NH₃.These results shed light on the feasibility of employing these additives to mitigate environmental impacts in pig slurry management and contribute to sustainable livestock practices by proposing strategies to reduce the ecological consequences of intensive animal farming.…”
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Monitoring Behaviors of Broiler Chickens at Different Ages with Deep Learning by Yangyang Guo, Samuel E. Aggrey, Peng Wang, Adelumola Oladeinde, Lilong Chai

“…Animal behavior monitoring allows the gathering of animal health information and living habits and is an important technical means in precision animal farming. To quickly and accurately identify the behavior of broilers at different days, we adopted different deep learning behavior recognition models. …”
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Prevalence of Bovine Tuberculosis in Different Cattle Breeds in Dairy Farm in Egypt by Nasr, E.A, Saleeb, O.R., Abdel Rahman, M., Shereen, A. M., Marwah, M.

“…The factors identified as possibly enhancing the risk of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) were herd size, age of animal, farming (housing) conditions. Other factors including breed and physiological status of the animal did not contribute to tuberculin sensitivity. …”
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The Enzymatic Digestion of Pomaces From Some Fruits for Value-Added Feed Applications in Animal Production by Munene Kithama, Munene Kithama, Yousef I. Hassan, Keyi Guo, Elijah Kiarie, Moussa S. Diarra

“…The review will also highlight efforts deployed to adopt numerous naturally derived and environmentally friendly catalytic agents for sustainable future feed applications and animal farming-practices.…”
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Strategies for Enzymatic Inactivation of the Veterinary Antibiotic Florfenicol by Marik M. Müller, Ruslan Nedielkov, Katja M. Arndt

“…Large quantities of the antibiotic florfenicol are used in animal farming and aquaculture, contaminating the ecosystem with antibiotic residues and promoting antimicrobial resistance, ultimately leading to untreatable multidrug-resistant pathogens. …”
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Social Network Analysis in Farm Animals: Sensor-Based Approaches by Suresh Neethirajan, Bas Kemp

“…Finally, we conclude with potential implications of SNA on modern animal farming for improvement of animal welfare.…”
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In Vitro Evaluation of a Phage Cocktail Controlling Infections with <i>Escherichia coli</i> by Imke H. E. Korf, Sophie Kittler, Anna Bierbrodt, Ruth Mengden, Christine Rohde, Manfred Rohde, Andrea Kroj, Tatiana Lehnherr, Angelika Fruth, Antje Flieger, Hansjörg Lehnherr, Johannes Wittmann

“…This causes a high demand to find alternatives to fight bacterial infections in animal farming. Bacteriophages are being especially considered for the control of multi-drug resistant bacteria due to their high specificity and lack of serious side effects. …”
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Strategy for SMEs in the area of primary agricultural production by Helena CHLADKOVA, Sylvie FORMANKOVA

“…Among the most important recommendations for increasing the competitiveness of SMEs in the agricultural industry, there belong: taking advantage of all the suitable agricultural subsidies, taking advantage of accredited agricultural advisors, making sure that the legal requirements of governmental bodies are met, increasing revenues for arable farming (through a good quality seed stock, chemicals and fertilizers, the foundation of suitable storage facilities in order to postpone the sales of the grain after the harvest season), creating sales cooperatives/associations to balance the competing force of buyers, rejuvenating the workforce, solidifying the ownership structure in the businesses, entrepreneurial diversification (electrical energy production), increasing quality in animal farming.…”
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Geographic information systems based demarcation of risk zones: the case of the Limbe Sub-Division – Cameroon by Buh Wung Gaston

“…Again settlements in the town of Llimbe along the Djenguele river, i.e., Animal Farms, Cassava Farms, Lumpsum areas, Church Street, New Town and Down Beach, are more susceptible to inundation during raining periods and therefore have experienced persistent flooding over the years.…”
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Sustainable development in agriculture with a focus on decarbonization by Kuzmanović Daniela

“…The feasibility of sustainable organic food production in controlled settings is explored, especially for animal farming. The paper underscores agriculture's substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the pressing need for action. …”
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The Emission from Rabbits Breeding in Slovakia by Kristína Tonhauzer, Lenka Zetochová, Janka Szemesová

“…These greenhouse gas emissions from rabbit farming contribute to 7% of the total emissions from animal farming, ranking it as the third highest emitter after sheep. …”
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Trends and Progress on Antibiotic-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Genes in relation to Human Immunodeficiency Virus by N. G. Mbewana Ntshanka, T. A. M. Msagati

“…This is attributed to the abuse, misuse, and overuse of different antibacterial agents in human medicine, animal farms, and agricultural activities which serve as a wellspring for the evolution of antimicrobial resistance within the population. …”
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Florfenicol and oxazolidone resistance status in livestock farms revealed by short- and long-read metagenomic sequencing by Xue Yang, Tiejun Zhang, Chang-Wei Lei, Qin Wang, Zheren Huang, Xuan Chen, Hong-Ning Wang

“…The spread of florfenicol- and oxazolidinone–resistant bacteria on animal farms should be continuously monitored.…”
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The Factors Affecting the Satisfaction and Sustainability of the Dairy Cattle Farms: The Case of Muş Province by Galip BAKIR, Mustafa KİBAR

“…On the other hand, when the farmers who did not have the desire of keeping their livestock farms were asked about the reason of their choices, the results turned out to be as 72.5% finding it non-profitable, 21.5% not having enough time, and 6% not enjoying animal farming. The effect of the factors such as the type and location of the establishment, the age and educational status of the farmers, the length of the livestock farming, the number of animals and the race were found to be statistically significant (p<0.01) on these decisions. …”
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Perspectives and Outcomes of the Activity of a Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis by Menachem Banai, Rita Itin, Svetlana Bardenstein

“…Brucellosis is an important zoonosis worldwide, mostly involving nomadic populations but may often affect transboundary animal management and exotic domesticated animal farming such as camels and buffalo. Here, we provide contemporary knowledge on the disease and its causative agent, a Gram-negative bacteria belonging to the genus Brucella. …”
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