Modern Animal Husbandry: Trends and Challenges

Introduction

Animal husbandry plays a vital role in the national economy, providing essential food for humans. However, in the context of climate change, rapid population growth, and increasing demand for clean food, the animal husbandry industry faces many challenges and requires strong innovation.

Trends in Modern Animal Husbandry

1. Smart Livestock Farming Technology:

The application of information technology and automation is becoming increasingly popular in animal husbandry. Remote monitoring systems, environmental sensors, feeding robots, and livestock data management help improve production efficiency, reduce labor, and optimize resources.

2. Sustainable Animal Husbandry:

Sustainable animal husbandry is becoming an inevitable trend, focusing on minimizing environmental impact, protecting animal health, and ensuring food safety. Organic farming methods, circular farming, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions are being widely applied.

3. Biosecurity-Oriented Animal Husbandry:

Disease prevention and control is a key factor in modern animal husbandry. The application of strict biosecurity measures, vaccination, and animal health monitoring helps minimize disease risks and protect livestock.

4. Developing High-Quality Livestock Breeds:

The selection and breeding of high-yielding livestock breeds with good meat quality and strong resistance is an important direction to improve animal husbandry efficiency. Biotechnology plays an important role in livestock breeding.

Challenges for Modern Animal Husbandry

1. Climate Change:

Climate change causes many difficulties for animal husbandry such as drought, floods, diseases… affecting productivity and product quality.

2. Animal Feed Prices:

Fluctuating animal feed prices affect production costs and farmers’ profits.

3. Labor Shortages:

The animal husbandry industry is facing a shortage of skilled labor, especially in the context of rapid urbanization.

4. Market Competition:

Increasingly fierce competition requires farmers to improve product quality, reduce costs, and seek stable markets.

Conclusion

Modern animal husbandry requires a harmonious combination of technology, economics, and the environment. Applying advanced technological solutions, investing in research and development, and government support will help Vietnam’s animal husbandry industry develop sustainably, meeting the increasing demands of the market.