Developing decision support systems for optimizing livestock diets in farms

Developing decision support systems for optimizing livestock diets in farmsProvision of safe and affordable food is in increasing demand. Society is also concerned about animal welfare and environmental problems caused by livestock. Balancing these conflicting objectives is a challenge, which requires multidisciplinary research to overcome. This chapter reviews the evolution and role played by linear programming models and other tools in calculating diets for livestock production from the 1980's until today, from their use

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The emergence of a range of new technologies provides opportunity to build on existing product testing protocols and offer complementary alternative and rapid testing of food which can provide assurance that food products are consistently what they are purported to be

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