Livestock improvement

Several practices have been suggested to reduce enteric CH4 emissions and emissions from wasfe. These include improving feeding practices, use of diefary supplemenfs, vaccines, improving livestock management, improving manure management, and production of biofuels. 

The prompt identification of bacteria that are animal pathogens is important to veterinarians maintaining the health of pets, livestock, and poultry.14 It is also important to physicians if the animal pathogens are transmissible to humans. In animal husbandry, information on the species found in specialized microbial habitats, such as the bovine rumen, can even be used to improve the efficiency of feed conversion.15... 

The recently published book on food safety related to animal products Improving the Safety of Fresh Meat edited by Sofos (Sofos, 2005) is a very valuable resource that covers different strategies of control and understanding the ecology of pathogens transmitted via meat. Another book that covers the topic of farm-to-fork food safety with relevant information on livestock... 

Livestock projects have focused on UK dairy, beef, sheep and pig production systems and have targeted improvements in feeding regimes and preventative health management systems (e.g. for the control of mastitis and endo-parasites and gastrointestinal diseases). 

Dai SL, Duan JH, Lu Y, Zhang YH, Cheng JX, Ren J, Zhao XY, Wu YQ, Yu Y, Zuo PP, Wu YY, Ge QS (2004) Phytoestrogen alpha-zearalanol inhibits atherogenesis and improves lipid profile in ovariectomized cholesterol-fed rabbits. Endocrine 25 121-129 Diekman MA, Green ML (1992) Mycotoxins and reproduction in domestic livestock. J Anim Sci... 

To evaluate and describe livestock production systems which have low levels of odour emission and which have low energy demands and improve the welfare of livestock. 

So far there has been little research and development work on dust collection systems which are self cleaning and can be cheaply installed in livestock buildings. The papers suggest that improved livestock environment by dust removal can have an economic advantage in terms of earlier marketing of pigs. 

To develop inhouse dust control systems for livestock to improve the welfare of workers and livestock and reduce dust emission from buildings. 

Additional spin-olf benefits from research on poisonous plants include the development of animal models for the study of human diseases, new techniques and technologies for diagnosis and treatment of livestock poisoning, development of antibody-based diagnostic tools (ELISAs), novel treatments (chemotherapeutic agents), the discovery of new bioactive compounds, and improved livestock management strategies to enhance animal and human health. 

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