Physiological Indices and Behavioural Indicators for the Evaluation of Animal Health and Welfare under the Changing Climate Scenarios—Second Edition
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Welfare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 December 2024 | Viewed by 234
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Interests: animal welfare; hormones; stress
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Dear Colleagues,
Farm animals, particularly rapidly growing and high-producing livestock, are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, partly because their internal heat load is already high; however, there is a dearth of scientific information regarding the adaptation of livestock production to the changing climate. Therefore, it is essential that monitoring methods are developed for specific parameters (body temperature detection, locomotory activity detection, heart and respiratory rate activity, and the non-invasive dosage of hormones) that undergo changes under thermal stress conditions. Each animal species is characterized by its own ethogram, a catalogue that describes different behaviours based on the stimuli it receives. Recent studies have shown that environmental temperature increases influence social, aggressive, and explorative behaviours. This Special Issue focuses on tools (including behaviour, physiology, health, emotion, molecular activity, productive performance, etc.) and techniques (biosensor technologies, remote behavioural monitoring, and data analysis of complex systems) for the surveillance of animal physiology and behaviour seeking to incorporate animal data with the prevailing climatic conditions. The development and application of methodologies that link climate data with health surveillance systems should be fostered to aid in the prevention of diseases as well as animals’ mitigation and adaptation responses to climate change.
Dr. Daniela Alberghina
Guest Editor
Guest Editor Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy
Interests: animal welfare; climate change; non-invasive monitoring; behavioral indicators
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Keywords
- heat stress
- climate change
- health
- welfare
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