2021 International Symposium on Animal Environment and Welfare (ISAEW2021)

Theme Areas (in alphabetical order):

1. Animal Environment Monitoring, Assessment, and Control

1. Air quality in animal facilities
2. Air pollutant emission, dispersion, fate, and control
3. Current biosecurity practices
4. Environmental impact of air quality and aerial emissions
5. Heat and moisture production at animal and/or housing level
6. Heat stress abatement
7. Lighting for improved animal wellbeing and performance
8. Thermal indexes for modern animals and production systems  

1. Animal Production Systems and Equipment

1. Alternative housing systems and performance
2. Animal product safety and traceability
3. Economic efficiency (cost of production, producer’s profitability)
4. New and innovative housing, ventilation, and husbandry equipment
5. Labor requirement and development
6. Production efficiency, safety, and risk management
7. Space requirements of animals for optimal welfare and system design

1. Animal Welfare Monitoring, Assessment, and Improvement

1. Animal behavior and well-being
2. Animal diseases and relationship with environmental conditions
3. Animal responses to environmental stimuli
4. Humane euthanasia for swift mass depopulation
5. Relationship between behavioral and physiological responses of farm animals
6. Zoonotic diseases and animal agriculture

1. Digital and Smart Technologies for Managing and Improving Animal Environment and Welfare

1. Automation and robotics in livestock farming
2. Big data, machine learning, and IoT for PLF applications
3. Precision livestock farming (PLF)
4. Real-time monitoring of animal behaviors for early health warning
5. Sensors and sensing for environmental quality and animal welfare

1. Manure and Mortality Management and Byproduct Development in Animal Agriculture

1. Advances in manure treatment technologies (anaerobic digestion, composting, solid-liquid separation, etc.)
2. Alternative manure/litter utilization
3. Environment-friendly and bio-secure disposal of animal mortalities
4. Manure demand and acceptance (willingness to pay)
5. Manure land application, and nutrient management and regulations