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Suggestions for the Environmental Sustainability from Precision Livestock Farming and Replacement in Dairy Cows

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The livestock sector, like other sectors, has a high environmental impact and we must find solutions to reduce it to accomplish the requirements for a more sustainable production system in line with the European Green Deal requirements.

The aim of this paper is to show a case study in which it is evaluated the effect of PLF technology on the environmental impact of dairy cattle farming by using simulations of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). This case study involves the use of pedometers for an improved detection of oestrus events in order to make more efficient the livestock activities and the related environmental impact. The results show that the application of LCA can work as a feasible approach to get insight in the significance of the environmental benefit of applying PLF tools on farms.

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This research was funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research in Research projects of relevant national interest with grant number 20178AN8NC - “Smart Dairy Farming – Innovative solutions to improve herd productivity”.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria, 10, 20133, Milan, Italy

    Lovarelli Daniela, Bacenetti Jacopo & Guarino Marcella

  2. Department of Biosystems, Division M3-BIORES: Measure, Model and Manage Bioresponses, Catholic University of Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium

    Berckmans Daniel

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  2. Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

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Daniela, L., Daniel, B., Jacopo, B., Marcella, G. (2022). Suggestions for the Environmental Sustainability from Precision Livestock Farming and Replacement in Dairy Cows. In: Mazzeo, P.L., Frontoni, E., Sclaroff, S., Distante, C. (eds) Image Analysis and Processing. ICIAP 2022 Workshops. ICIAP 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13374. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13324-4_30

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