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Trends in herbicide resistance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Herbicide resistance in weeds is an emerging threat to agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), though it remains underreported. High genetic diversity, wind pollination, and prolific seed production in regional weed species increase the risk of resistance evolution. Rising herbicide use, driven ...
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Linseed co-products as alternative feed ingredients
Linseed (or flaxseed) (Linum usitatissimum) co-products, derived from the processing for oil or other industrial purposes, offer significant potential as alternative feed ingredients in animal nutrition. This chapter explores the importance of linseed in livestock feeding, emphasizing its rich nu...
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Potential of alternative feed ingredients in fish feed
Aquatic animal production has reached 130.9 million tons, with over 89% destined for human consumption. The remaining portion is dedicated to producing fishmeal and fish oil. It is crucial to recognize that feed-related expenses constitute 40-70% of total costs within the aquaculture sector, main...
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Trends in insecticide resistance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Insecticides have been central to the management of insect pests of agricultural significance and vectors of diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, development of resistance in key insect species to various classes of insecticides threatens the sustainability of insecticide use in pest manageme...
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Distillers dried grains with solubles co-products as alternative feed ingredients
The grain-based ethanol production has been increasing as the demand for biofuel additives increases. This has generated co-products which provide a potential alternative livestock feed source, notable wet distillers grains with solubles (WDGS) and dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS). Af...
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Trends in insecticide resistance in the Indo-Gangetic Plain
This chapter covers trends in insecticide resistance in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The chapter begins with an overview of insecticide resistance, its development and mechanisms. The authors then explore insecticide resistance in India and the Indo-Gangetic Plains that span India, Pakistan, Nepal an...
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Lanolin as an alternative feed ingredient
Lanolin is produced from refined wool grease, a natural waxy substance secreted from the sebaceous glands of wool covered animals. Lanolin has many current uses mainly related to cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and industrial applications. Currently, the only feed based used of lanolin is in Shrimp pr...
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Key challenges for increased uptake of alternative livestock feed sources
This chapter discusses key challenges for increased uptake of alternative livestock feed sources. It focuses on the key parameters to assess circular feed, such as low land use ratio, food/feed grade status, proximity to the feed mill and nutrient digestibility. The chapter also evaluates the rel...
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Insecticide resistance in Australian field crops: trends, drivers and opportunities for change
Continued reliance on pesticides to achieve yield outcomes places strong selection pressure on pest populations which favours the evolution of traits that enhance survival to pesticides. Like many other countries, Australian agriculture is experiencing a continuing escalation in the prevalence an...
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Key challenges in sustainability of alternative feed sources: the use of life cycle assessment (LCA)
This chapter explores the key challenges in assessing the sustainability of alternative feed sources, with a particular focus on the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) methods for co-products used in animal nutrition. The chapter begins by defining alternative feed sources and co-products, situat...
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Wheat co-products as alternative feed ingredients for livestock animals
This chapter explores the utility of wheat co-products as feed ingredients for farm animals. The review highlights chemical composition, nutritive value, practical feeding, and potential strategies for further exploitation. The co-products this chapter evaluates include, wheat bran, wheat middlin...
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Soybean co-products as alternative feed ingredients
Soybeans are one of the most important crops grown, particularly in North and South America. Consequently, soybean-derived co-products are widely available as potential feedstuffs and will likely continue to grow, especially if demand for renewable energy derived from oilseeds expands. Soybean-de...
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Fungicide resistance trends in Australia and New Zealand
This chapter evaluates the current state of fungicide resistance in Australia and New Zealand. It also aims to establish trends in fungicide resistance so that resistance in Australia and New Zealand can be better predicted and understood. To accomplish this, the chapter discusses several crop di...
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Seaweed and algae as an alternative feed ingredients
Algae include Seaweeds and Microalgae. These largely underutilised resources are rich in proteins and fibre and could be considered as future feeds due to their abundance and ability to be produced without land and to a degree without freshwater. Traditionally, seaweeds were consumed as fodder in...
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Plant-based alternative feed: sustainability, safety and regulatory innovation
This chapter discusses the importance and outlines the major categories of plant-based alternative feed, then examines key feed safety and regulatory matters. The different categories of alternative feed this chapter discusses include, crop residues, food supply chain refusals, naturally occurrin...
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Processing techniques for alternative feed ingredients
This chapter examines different processing techniques that make alternative animal feed options available. There are multiple processing techniques, but there are two major divisions: heated and non-heated techniques. Some examples of the different techniques used in alternative feed are extrudin...
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Fish co-products as an alternative feed ingredients
This chapter analyzes the paradigm shift from fish "by-products" to valuable "co-products," a cornerstone of the circular bioeconomy in the global feed industry. Driven by static capture fisheries and rising aquaculture demand, by-products now constitute a significant share of global fish meal (3...
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Trends in herbicide resistance in Australia and New Zealand
This chapter explores trends in the evolution of herbicide resistance in two countries: Australia and New Zealand. After exploring the different agricultural systems in each country, the chapters shows how herbicide resistance has evolved in each case. A particular focus is the development of res...
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Citrus pulp as an alternative feed ingredient
Citrus pulp represents an important alternative feed for livestock in terms of quantity, nutritional characteristics, and bioactive compounds. It is a versatile by-product feed that can be fed fresh, dried and ensiled to ruminants and non-ruminants. Reusing citrus pulp as feed contributes to a ci...
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Techniques for assessing the nutritional content and quality of alternative feed products
This chapter reviews current techniques for calculating the nutritional content and quality of alternative feed products in livestock farming. The chapter begins by first highlighting current advances in alternative feed products. It then goes on to review methods for macronutrient and micronutri...
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Trends in fungicide resistance in the Indo-Gangetic Plain
Fungal pathogens, particularly in the tropics, exhibit a higher diversity compared to temperate regions. The plants of the Indo-Gangetic plains (IGP) are particularly susceptible to fungal infections due to the region's tropical climate. Increasing incidences of fungicide resistance in the IGP st...
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Potato co-products as alternative feed ingredients in livestock production
This chapter reviews the use of potato co-products as alternative feed ingredients in livestock production. The chapter begins by providing an overview of key nutritional characteristics in potato, which is then followed by a discussion of potato co-product yield and nutrient variability. It then...
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Animal by-products as an alternative feed ingredient
The global protein shortage is a growing threat to food security as the world population increases. Finding sustainable, safe protein sources is now a pressing priority. Among emerging solutions, animal by-products (ABPs) remain underutilised despite their potential in animal nutrition. After the...
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Single-cell proteins (SCP) as an alternative feed ingredients
The increasing demand for sustainable and efficient protein sources in animal feed has intensified the exploration of single-cell proteins (SCP) as a promising alternative to traditional protein sources such as soy, fishmeal, and corn. SCP, derived from microbial biomass produced through fermenta...
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Oat co-products as alternative feed ingredients
This chapter describes the use of oats and oat co products in animal feeds, along with potential for utilising these local crops as effectively as possible. Maximising the use of all parts of the crop can make the production of animals more sustainable, both economically and environmentally. Afte...
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The potential of alternative feed ingredients in pig feed
Corn and soybean meal dominate swine nutrition globally, yet rising costs and sustainability concerns have prompted interest in alternative feed ingredients. This chapter examines the potential of alternative feed sources, including small grains, plant and animal by-products, bakery waste, to exp...
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Instant Insights: Soil contaminants
This book provides a detailed overview of key groups of contaminants in agricultural soils, the range of indicators used to identify soil contamination, as well as the ways in which particular contaminants impact soil, crop and human health.
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Instant Insights: Understanding and tackling pests and diseases of forest trees
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the range of pests and diseases affecting boreal, temperate and tropical forests, as well as best practices for their monitoring and management.
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Advances in precision poultry farming technologies
The book provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in the use of precision livestock farming technologies in the poultry sector, focussing on technologies designed to monitor poultry behaviour and welfare, as well the wider farm environment.
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Regional and international farmland biodiversity monitoring programmes: biodiversity indicators in the FAO agroecology indicator framework
This chapter describes a new biodiversity index developed for the Tool of Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE), a tool from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). The goal of TAPE is to assess the sustainable performance of farms. Since TAPE covers several sustain...
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Soil management practices to prevent and manage wheat disease
This chapter reviews recent advances in soil management to prevent and manage diseases in wheat. The chapter begins by first providing an introduction to some of the key integrated strategies such as optimized nutrient use, improved residue handling, better soil structure, and microbial approache...
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Advances in biostimulants for a sustainable agriculture
This book provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in the development and use of biostimulants in agriculture. It focusses on understanding the mechanisms of action and efficacy of the major groups of biostimulants, including arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, phosphate-solubilising microo...
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Advances in tomato breeding
This book provides a detailed overview of the recent advances in tomato breeding, focussing specifically on developments in genetics, conventional and modern molecular breeding techniques, as well as strategies for improving biotic and abiotic stress resistance of tomato crops.
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Advances in tomato breeding
This book provides a detailed overview of the recent advances in tomato breeding, focussing specifically on developments in genetics, conventional and modern molecular breeding techniques, as well as strategies for improving biotic and abiotic stress resistance of tomato crops.
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Understanding the behavioural needs of broilers
Broiler chicken behavior is shaped by an interaction of genetic and environmental factors. This chapter focuses on the expression of natural behaviors, particularly those that are strongly motivated and potentially linked to positive emotions or affect. These include eating and drinking, foraging...
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Managing breast myopathies in broiler production
This chapter aims to explore the characterizing features of breast myopathies in broiler production. It first examines the suggested mechanisms and predisposing factors that underlie the onset of breast myopathies. The chapter then addresses proposed strategies that are focused on mitigating the ...
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Managing health issues in broilers: respiratory health
A critical pillar of sustainable broiler farming is the effective management of respiratory health, which has significant implications for animal welfare, productivity, antibiotic usage, and environmental impact. Due to their multifactorial nature, encompassing pathogens, environmental stressors,...
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Vaccination strategies in broilers
The aim of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive overview of vaccination strategies in broiler production, focusing on the factors that influence their implementation and effectiveness. To this end, it integrates current knowledge on the development of the avian immune system, pathogen epide...
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The importance of data sharing between different links in the broiler production chain
The broiler chicken industry is essential for global food security and economic growth, contributing significantly to employment, revenue generation, and international trade. This chapter examines the role of data sharing among key stakeholders, including breeding farms, feed suppliers, growers, ...
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Challenges in achieving low-input, extensive broiler production
Rearing low input, extensive broilers implies specific challenges related to the limited use of off farm resources and the provision of an outdoor space. Here, we present the challenges and potential solutions to achieve this production. From external factors such as weather and predators to unwa...
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Managing health issues in broilers: first week mortality
As a significant factor can be the first week mortality for broiler flocks to indicate of the health status and performance of the broiler flocks during the rearing period. Several factors, which includes animal related factors, egg and incubation related factors, and external factors, shown to a...
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Understanding the nutritional needs of broilers
There are several reasons why nutritionists focus on diet composition for broilers. Efficiency, optimal product quality, reducing the environmental pressure and optimizing broiler health and welfare are key factors. Knowledge about which raw materials can be used and how to combine these is very ...
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Humane end-of-life management of broilers: catching, crating and loading
Ensuring humane end of life management for broilers is crucial for animal welfare and industry efficiency. The process of catching, crating, and loading broilers for slaughter is a critical stage that can cause significant stress and injuries. This chapter summarises studies on different loading ...
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Use of vocalisation technology for early detection of challenges in broiler production
This book chapter aims to define the relationships between animal vocalisations and chicken diseases and welfare, whilst highlighting the novel technologies for their detection. The chapter begins with a general introduction to the use of Precision Livestock Farming technologies, and in particula...
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Challenges in achieving antibiotic-free broiler production
Concerns over the indiscriminate use of antimicrobials (AMU) have led to the growth of antibiotic-free broiler (AFB) production. This chapter will attempt to highlight emerging challenges and opportunities for achieving AFB production. Given the enormous public health risks of indiscriminate AMU,...
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Chick quality as affected by the broiler breeder and breeder house management
Chick quality is initially influenced by the breeder and breeder house management through nutrition, properties of the egg, to how the eggs are managed before they reach the hatchery. The quality of the chick is also influenced by the incubational processes that the egg is subjected to altering p...
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Concepts of circular broiler production
A more circular food system is proposed to feed the growing human population within planetary boundaries. Exploring the circularity of broiler production shows a high efficiency with low recycling and self-sufficiency. It’s decoupling from feed production causes nutrient disbalances with detrimen...
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Day-old chick quality
The effect of day-old chick quality on health, welfare, and performance remains ambiguous in the scientific literature. This chapter reviews chick quality from three complementary perspectives: physical, immunological, and microbiological. Physical quality is traditionally evaluated using quantit...
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Sensor technologies for monitoring broiler welfare indicators
Welfare is increasingly important in broiler production, but can be difficult to measure frequently on large numbers of broilers. In this chapter, different sensor technologies for monitoring broiler welfare indicators are presented. A main distinction is made between body-worn and remote sensors...
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Heat stress in broiler production
The broiler industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors that has developed dramatically to meet the growing global demand for animal protein. Concerns over climate change and global warming have increased average daily temperatures resulting in the incidence of heat waves, especially during th...
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Managing co-products in broiler production: repurposing poultry manure and litter
Broiler production, the process of raising chickens for meat, is a significant component of the global agricultural meat industry. With the increasing demand for poultry products, broiler production has expanded rapidly, leading to various environmental challenges associated with that sustained g...
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Optimising in ovo delivery of nutrients and bioactive compounds in broiler production
In ovo delivery of nutrients and bioactive compounds during embryonic development is a promising technique to support broiler health, resilience, and performance in later life. However, variable outcomes across studies highlight the need for hypothesis-driven research and methodological consisten...
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Understanding the environmental needs of broilers
This chapter discusses the critical environmental parameters that should be controlled to guarantee conditions for optimum broiler growth, welfare, and health. Environmental needs can be grouped into interconnected dimensions. These dimensions include temperature, humidity, air quality, air veloc...
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Early feeding from a broiler perspective
The current chapter discussed how early feeding, where chicks receive feed and water immediately at hatch, may be perceived from a broiler perspective compared to traditional delayed feeding, where they are withheld until arrival at farm. Broilers subjected to more than 36 hours of delayed feedin...
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Limitations and challenges in broiler production: ethical considerations beyond welfare issues
Animal welfare plays an important role within current developments of the broiler sector. Contemporary concepts of animal welfare focus on enabling animals to experience positive states. As animal welfare science builds on societal concerns about an animal’s quality of life, it cannot be separate...
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Farm carbon calculators
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the range of carbon calculators available to help farm businesses estimate their greenhouse gas emissions and identify ways to reduce them. The book reviews key tools used across Europe, North America and Australia, assesses their strengths and weakn...
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Advances in apple breeding
This book provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in apple breeding, including developments in the use of genomics techniques and bioinformatic resources, as well as strategies to improve biotic and abiotic stress resistance.
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Enteric bacterial pathogens of pigs
This book provides a detailed overview of some of the key enteric bacterial pathogens of pigs, focussing specifically on Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Lawsonia intracellularis and Brachyspira. The book considers recent advances in understanding pathogen-host interactions, pathogen persistence and...
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Breeding for improved health and welfare in broiler chickens
The health and welfare of broiler chickens are increasingly important in the context of sustainable food production, societal expectations, and global challenges, such as climate change. The breeding industry has and will continue to play an important role in improving the health and welfare of b...
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Understanding and optimising the use of amino acid-based biostimulants in promoting crop nutrient use efficiency and health
Amino acids can play a key role in enhancing plant metabolism. This chapter reviews the various mechanisms of action of amino acids and their potential as biostimulants. It investigates the impact of application of biostimulants containing amino acids on growth, yield, nutrient content (including...
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Understanding and optimizing the use of algae in promoting crop nutrient use efficiency and quality
This chapter provides an integrated framework for assessing algal biostimulants, starting from the characterization of algal biostimulants, their mechanisms of action and composition. Using a series of case studies on the use of both microalgal and macroalgal in various crops, the chapter then ex...
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The potential for utilising organo-mineral fertilisers in agriculture
It has been argued that long-term and excessive dependence on use of mineral fertilisers in crop nutrition has had negative effects on soil and the wider environment. This has created an opportunity for organo-mineral fertilisers (OMF), which involve co-formulating at least one organic and one mi...
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Combined use of vermicompost and biochar to enhance soil health and crop yield in sustainable agriculture
Soil degradation due to human-induced pressures and improper organic waste disposal threatens long-term food security. Maintaining nutrient-rich topsoil is essential to counteract challenges from population growth and increased food demand. Organic fertilisers with a balanced carbon-to-nitrogen r...
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Understanding and optimizing the role of cyanobacteria in promoting crop health and nutrient use efficiency
This chapter explores the diversity of arable soil cyanobacteria, their characteristics and highlights their potential role as biofertilizers in sustainable agronomy, restoring degraded soil, improving soil fertility and health, as well as their benefits for agricultural production and the enviro...
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The use of crop residues as soil amendments in farming
This chapter discusses the multifaceted role of crop residues in sustainable agriculture. It outlines how residues represent a substantial portion of annual phytomass harvested globally and can be perceived either as a nuisance or as a valuable resource. Residue management influences plant nutrie...
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Optimising use of frass as a soil amendment
As global food demand increases, sustainable alternatives to synthetic fertilizers are urgently needed. Frass, a by-product of insect farming composed of insect excreta, exuviae, and uneaten feed, is gaining attention as a nutrient-rich organic amendment. This chapter explores the agronomic poten...
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Promoting soil microbial activity and soil organic matter accumulation: inorganic and organic fertilizer effects
This chapter discusses the effects of inorganic salts on soil microbial processes that are important to nutrient supply and soil health. It begins by reviewing the effects of tillage and crop rotation, focusing on how these processes can improve overall soil health. The chapter then goes on to re...
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Optimising on-farm management and use of slurry to minimise its environmental impact
Slurry is a significant by-product of livestock agriculture. It can be a valuable source of nutrients if managed efficiently. Ensuring that slurry is used as an effective resource is also essential to avoiding pollution of land, water and air and to creating a more sustainable circular bioeconomy...
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Optimizing cover crops for soil health
Cover crops have become a well-accepted management practice for improving soil health. However, many farmers and farm advisors are unfamiliar with the best strategies for using cover crops in a way that accelerates soil health improvements. This chapter describes how selection of cover crop speci...
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Optimising functionality of phosphate-solubilising microorganisms in promoting crop nutrient use efficiency
This chapter reviews optimising the functionality of phosphate-solubilising microorganisms (PSM) in promoting crop nutrient use efficiency. It begins by providing a short review on the ecological role of PSM and their importance in the microbial community. The chapter then goes on to discuss how ...
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Leveraging plant growth-promoting bacteria for enhanced crop nutrient use efficiency and growth
Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) can improve plant development by enhancing nutrient availability and uptake, thereby reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers. Despite their potential, use of PGPB is still limited, particularly due to inconsistent performance under field conditions. This ...
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Optimising poultry litter for soil improvement
Poultry litter (PL), a nutrient-rich byproduct of poultry production, offers significant agronomic value and supports sustainable agriculture. However, untreated PL can introduce microbiological hazards, including human pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). This chapter reviews treatm...
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Optimizing use of anaerobic digestate as a soil amendment in agriculture
The anaerobic digestion of organic matter produces both biogas and digestate. Digestate can be applied to agricultural land as a biofertilizer to provide nutrients for crop growth, as a soil conditioner to improve soil structural characteristics, and as a prebiotic to promote beneficial interacti...
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Understanding and promoting existing communities of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in agricultural soils
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are integral components of soil and rhizosphere microbiomes, contributing to plant growth, nutrient acquisition, and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Although research has largely focused on PGPR inoculants, most PGPR in agroecosystems are indi...
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Improving biodiversity monitoring of agricultural landscapes
This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the range of national and regional farmland biodiversity monitoring schemes, as well as developments in techniques used to collect and analyse data for more effective biodiversity monitoring.
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Ecological management of crop insect pests
This book provides a detailed overview of the range of ecological approaches to manage key crop insect pests, including the use of rotations, companion and cover crops to trap and/or deter crop insect pests.
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Advances in potato breeding
This book provides a detailed overview of the recent advances in potato breeding, focussing on developments in the use of conventional and genomic breeding techniques to enhance potato yield and quality, as well as abiotic stress tolerance and biotic stress resistance.
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Molecular techniques in identifying microorganisms in feed: microbiome analyses
Animal feeds harbor a complex microbial community. Most microbial approaches for analysis have focused on estimating pathogen levels in feeds such as Salmonella. Nonpathogens in feed have been characterized using conventional microbial culture-based approaches; however, these methods are limited ...
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Controlling bacterial pathogen contamination of animal feed products
Animal feed is increasingly recognized as a significant reservoir for foodborne and animal pathogens. Minimizing the contribution of contaminated feed to pathogen transmission throughout the food supply chain is therefore critical for ensuring food safety and animal health. Various interventions ...
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Exposure, transfer and uptake of environmental contaminants in animal feed: risk assessment, decontamination and detoxification interventions
This chapter provides an overview of the risk assessment related to chemical contaminants in animal feed, the transfer and uptake of environmental contaminants into animal-derived food products, and the methods available for decontamination and detoxification of feeds. It emphasizes the importanc...
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Foodborne bacterial pathogen contamination of animal feed products and their effects
Foodborne disease remains a public health concern. Contributing to this issue is the persistence of foodborne pathogens in animal systems, which can originate from a multitude of food sources, including meat and egg products. These pathogens can be found in the environment where animals are raise...
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Techniques for detecting mycotoxins in animal feed products
Mycotoxins, toxic metabolites of fungi (e.g., Aspergillus, Fusarium) in optimal temperature/humidity, contaminate a large range of global crops and animal feed. They cause multi-toxicity (e.g., carcinogenicity), harm animal health, enter the human food chain via animal products (e.g., milk, meat)...
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Viral pathogen contamination of animal feed products and their effects
The purpose of this chapter is to review the literature on the risk of feed for animals, the protocols developed to reduce this risk, and the global response to this new information. As much of the published literature on feed risk has centered on viral diseases of pigs, the chapter will primaril...
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Techniques for detecting viral pathogens in animal feed products and manufacturing surfaces
This chapter reviews techniques for detecting viral pathogens in animal feed products and manufacturing surfaces. It begins by providing a brief history of viral pathogens in animal feed ingredients. The chapter then moves on to provide an overview of current applications of diagnostic sampling a...
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Improved batching and micro-scaling systems for more precise feed control
The advancement of animal nutrition and feed safety assurance increasingly rely on refining feed production systems. Modern feed manufacturing is a precision-focused process enabled by automation, real-time sensing, and data-informed decision-making. This chapter presents an overview of advanced ...
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Assessing risks from mycotoxins in animal feed and animal-derived products
This chapter aims to elucidate the actual threat posed by the most prevalent mycotoxins in agricultural commodities, animal feed, and related products with respect to the occurrence of foodborne illnesses and diseases. The underestimated hazard of joint mycotoxin uptake in low contamination level...
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The climate problem and the role of agriculture
Agriculture and land use are at the very heart of tackling climate change in the 21st century, both in terms of their potential to help deliver net zero, and as sectors that are already experiencing some of the most severe climate-related impacts. In this chapter the authors explore this pivotal ...
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