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Developments in precision livestock farming (PLF)

Code: 9781835455432
Publication date: 21-11-2025
Extent: 30 pages

Contributions by: Daniel Berckmans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and University of Tennessee, USA

Chapter synopsis:

This chapter begins by defining what precision livestock farming (PLF) is and briefly reviewing its origins and development. It then takes a step back to review the broader context into which PLF fits, reviewing trends in livestock production, the increasingly complex challenges it faces as well as those related to understanding animals as highly-complex systems. It then provides an overview of developments in differing PLF technologies in addressing this width of challenges before assessing the issue of uptake of PLF technologies. The chapter aims to show the opportunities PLF offers to the animal production sector in offering solutions for the major challenges it faces.



DOI: 10.19103/AS.2025.152.20
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Table of contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 What is precision livestock farming?
  • 2 The context for precision livestock farming: global trends in animal production
  • 3 The context for precision livestock farming: challenges facing the animal production sector
  • 4 The context for precision livestock farming: animals as complex systems
  • 5 Recent advances in precision livestock farming technologies
  • 6 Uptake of precision livestock farming technologies
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 8 References

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