Climate change: New breeding challenges, approaches and goals for European livestock production

Jay Burns; S Zira; Margo E. Chase-Topping; A Doeschl-Wilson; Vera Eory; R Oliviera-Silva; Lotta Rydhmer

doi:10.1016/B978-0-443-15976-3.00060-X

Climate change: New breeding challenges, approaches and goals for European livestock production

Jay Burns^*, S Zira, Margo E. Chase-Topping, A Doeschl-Wilson, Vera Eory, R Oliviera-Silva, Lotta Rydhmer

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Human activities have unequivocally caused climate change. Climate change and associated effects are creating new challenges for European livestock systems, which necessitate new approaches and breeding goals to both mitigate and adapt to further impacts. This chapter outlines the different impacts of climate change on livestock systems and considers the breeding and genetic technologies that can help the sector respond to these new and evolving pressures. Finally, it evaluates some of the trade-offs and risks inherent in implementing technologies, including some societal constraints that may help or hinder the pathway to sustainability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reference Module in Food Science
Publisher	Elsevier
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-08-100596-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15976-3.00060-X
Publication status	Print publication - Nov 2025

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This chapter replaces the following chapter from the previous edition: A. Costa de Oliveira, N. Marini, D.R. Farias, Climate Change: New Breeding Pressures and Goals, Editor(s): Neal K. Van Alfen, Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems, Academic Press, 2014, Pages 284–293, ISBN 9780080931395, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-52512-3.00005-X.

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