This paper examines the vulnerabilities of major livestock species raised in Australia to climate change using the regional livestock profile of Australia of around 1,400 regions. The number of each species owned, the number of each species sold, and the aggregate livestock revenue across all species are examined. The four major species analyzed are sheep, beef cattle, dairy cattle, and pigs. T...

Infectious Diseases Associated with Livestock Production Mitigating Future Risks Humans have traveled with their livestock to the ends of the earth, and animal husbandry has transformed the face of the planet. Even as livestock provide food, these same animals have also introduced humans to new diseases. A study in this month’s EHP argues that, although it is unclear whether the intensification...

This paper proposes a real-time livestock monitoring system that could use a mobile platform to diagnose the livestock’s estrus and livestock diseases in early stages. The proposed system enables users to monitor livestock's biometric and image information, which is collected from sensor nodes and CCTV, via smart phones anytime and anywhere in real time, and abnormal conditions of livestock are...

Ethiopia has the largest livestock inventories in Africa, including, about 53.99 million cattle, 25.5 million sheep, 24.06 million goats, 1.91 million horses, 6.75 million donkeys, 0.35 million mules, 0.92 million camels and about 50.38 million poultry are estimated to find in the country [1]. It performs multiple functions in the Ethiopian economy by providing food, input for crop production a...

introduction: light livestock is one of the main resources of the red meat supply. in our country, annual growth rate of light livestock production is decreased by 6.4 percent in 1383 -93. in the other words, the required input price of light livestock producing have fluctuations that have much effect on producer decisions quality. therefore, more attention to light livestock nurturing and fact...

Rural tourism is becoming increasingly embedded in the livestock animal management in rural areas. Drawing on a multi-methods approach, this exploratory research shows how to construct the livestock animal displacement actor-networks. As is found, human actors (local governments, tourists, and local residents), non-human animal (livestock) and quasi-object (human dwellings) construct an interac...