Abstract
ABSTRACT If the world population continues to increase exponentially, wealth and education inequalities might become more pronounced in the developing world. Thus, offering affordable, high-quality protein food to people will become more important and daunting than ever. Past and future challenges will increasingly demand quicker and more innovative and efficient solutions. Animal scientists around the globe currently face many challenging issues: from ensuring food security to prevent excess of nutrient intake by humans, from animal welfare to working with genetic-engineered [...]
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Past and future challengesLuis Orlindo Tedeschi1*, Amélia Katiane de Almeida, Alberto Stanislao Atzori, James Pierre Muir, Mozart Alves Fonseca, Antonello Cannas
Animal scientists around the globe currently face many challenging issues: from ensuring food security to prevent excess of nutrient intake by humans, from animal welfare to working with genetic-engineered animals, from carbon footprint to water footprint, and from improved animal nutrition to altering the rumen microbiome. Many of these issues are most likely to continue in the coming years, but animal scientists have many options to surmount the obstacles posed to the livestock industry through tools that are presently available
One of the key problems the livestock industry faces today is similar to past problems and it will likely become a problem in the future, if not even worse: it is how to feed livestock low-cost, readily available, and high-quality feedstuffs in a suitable manner without compromising their productivity
Summary
Luis Orlindo Tedeschi1*, Amélia Katiane de Almeida, Alberto Stanislao Atzori, James Pierre Muir, Mozart Alves Fonseca, Antonello Cannas. Animal scientists around the globe currently face many challenging issues: from ensuring food security to prevent excess of nutrient intake by humans, from animal welfare to working with genetic-engineered animals, from carbon footprint to water footprint, and from improved animal nutrition to altering the rumen microbiome. Many of these issues are most likely to continue (or to exacerbate further) in the coming years, but animal scientists have many options to surmount the obstacles posed to the livestock industry through tools that are presently available. Failure in correctly quantifying these impacts may lead to disregard and disbelief by the livestock industry, increased public confusion, and the development of illusionary solutions that may amplify the impacts, thereby invalidating its original intent
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