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Stomatology of Companion Animals—Second Edition

edited by

Mateusz Mikiewicz

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral health; surgery; oral cavity tumours; prevention; periodontal diseases; gingivitis; stomatitis; hyperplastic lesions; dentistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)

The Complexity of the Human–Companion Animal Bond

edited by

Rosemary Strasser

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 49711 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– animal bond; human– animal relationships; companion animals; early life histories; social behavior; stress; welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)

Feed Ingredients and Additives for Swine and Poultry

edited by

Beob Gyun Kim

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 42181 | Submission Open

Keywords: chicken; pig; in vitro assay; digestibility; feed additives; feed ingredients; growth performance; nutrient utilization; prediction equation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)

Feed Additives in Animal Nutrition

edited by

Aleksandro Schafer Da Silva

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 26 articles | Viewed by 27959 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics; minerals; vitamins; phytoactives; anti-mycotoxins; dyes; palatability; probiotics; prebiotics; exogenous enzymes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)

Advances in Diagnostic and Treatment Methods for Equine Gastrointestinal Diseases

edited by

Sara Busechian

Irene Nocera

and

Fabrizio Rueca

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21900 | Submission Open

Keywords: equine gastroenterology; equine gastric ulcer syndrome; equine pharmacology; equine infectious diseases; equine inflammatory bowel disease; equine neonatology; equine endoscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)

Diagnostic Imaging in Animal Oncology

edited by

Cláudia S. Baptista

Katia Pinello

and Carla Aparecida Batista Lorigados

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 13979 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiology; ultrasound; computed tomography; magnetic resonance; scintigraphy; positron emission tomography; oncology; animals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)

The Comprehensive Utilization of Edible Insects and Fish By-Products in Animal Feeding

edited by

Pier Paolo Danieli

and

Alessandra Roncarati

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12223 | Submission Open

Keywords: insects for feed; sustainability; fish by-products; socio-economic assessment; environmental impacts; food waste management; circular economy; antioxidant activity; growth performances; quality of products; valuable compounds; feed safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)

Genetics and Genomics of Small Ruminants Prolificacy

edited by

Gabriel Anaya Calvo-Rubio

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9615 | Submission Open

Keywords: prolificacy; ruminants; gene; genomic; selection; improvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)

Comparative Oncology in Animals: Advancements in Diagnostics and Treatment

edited by

Joanna Mucha

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9507 | Submission Open

Keywords: comparative oncology; veterinary oncology; novel oncotherapies; cancer; translational medicine

Research on the Factors Affecting the Performance of Sport Horses—Second Edition

edited by

Francisco Requena

Ana Muñoz

and

Estrella Agüera

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9008 | Submission Open

Keywords: exercise physiology; animal welfare; equine sport medicine; equine sport performance; exercise test; loss of performance; lameness; rehabilitation; training; musculoskeletal ultrasound; clinical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)

Current Challenges and Targets for the Reproductive Management of Farm Animals: Second Edition

edited by

Víctor Hugo Parraguez Gamboa

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7965 | Submission Open

Keywords: induction and synchronization of estrus and ovulation; seasonality of reproduction; assisted reproduction; OMICs; management of pregnancy and newborns

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Disease and Health in Free-Ranging and Captive Wildlife: Second Edition

edited by

Ho-Seong Cho

and

Yeonsu Oh

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7706 | Submission Open

Keywords: infectious diseases; wildlife; surveillance; animal health; disease surveillance; disease monitoring; diagnostic techniques; zoonoses; microbiome

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)

Factors Affecting Fattened Ewe and Lamb Performance, Carcass Conformation, Meat Quality, and Flavor

edited by

Xiangpeng Yue

and

Long Guo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5624 | Submission Open

Keywords: sheep; flavor precursors; meat quality; management; genetics; feed

(This special issue belongs to the Section Small Ruminants)

Wildlife Histopathology and Molecular Diagnosis

edited by Nakita Câmara and

Eva Sierra

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3912 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildlife; histopathology; molecular diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mammals)

Oxidative Stress in Aquaculture Organisms: Impact of Environmental Stressors and Nutritional Factors

edited by

José María Monserrat

and

Marcelo Borges Tesser

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3827 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemoprotection; bioactive molecules; precision nutrition; feeds; health; nanotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Wild and Domestic Animal Hemoparasites

edited by Grzegorz Karbowiak

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3807 | Submission Open

Keywords: hemoparasite; vector-borne pathogens; biodiversity; pathology; immunology; global changes; thematically similar issues

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)

Real-Time Sensors and Their Applications in Smart Animal Agriculture

edited by Isabella C. F. S. Condotta

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3469 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision livestock farming; animal monitoring sensors; real-time data analytics; smart farming technologies; sensor-based animal management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal System and Management)

Selected Papers from the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Animals (IECA 2025)

edited by

Michael Hässig

and

Colin G Scanes

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2139 | Submission Open

Keywords: farm animals; companion animals; zoo animals; wildlife; aquatic animals

Morphological, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Advances in Fish Skin 3.0

edited by

Mauro Cavallaro

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1494 | Submission Open

Keywords: skin; teleosts; skin appendages; glands; light organs; morphology; ultrastructure; molecular advances

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Why Animals Die: Forensic Science in Veterinary Practice

edited by

Antonio Rodríguez-Bertos

and

Agustín Rebollada-Merino

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1454 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal cruelty; production animals; pets; wildlife animals; traumatisms; asphyxia; drowning; sexual abuse; neglect; thermal injuries

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)

Nutritional Regulation for Optimal Lipid Metabolism: Ensuring Sow Reproductive Capacity

edited by Zhiyong Fan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: sow; lipid metabolism; lipid deposition; nutritional regulation; reproductive performance; molecular biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)

Pathogens in the Wildlife–Livestock–Human Interface: Second Edition

edited by

Sergio Migliore

Valeria Blanda

and Paola Galluzzo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogens; environment; wildlife; vector livestock; human parasite; virus bacteria; One Health; eco-systems interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)

Dietary Components in Animal Nutrition: Favoring Sustainability, Welfare and Safety

edited by

Xihong Zhou

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 18567 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal health; animal welfare; farm animal; feed components; gut microbiota

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)

Recent Research on Shellfish Aquaculture and Reproduction

edited by

Sobhan Akhavan

and Mark Burdass

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8064 | Submission Open

Keywords: shellfish; aquaculture; physiology; selective breeding; innovative farming; sustainability; hatchery production; specific pathogen free; biosecurity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Diversity and Interactions Between Mites and Vertebrates

edited by

Maciej Skoracki

and Bozena Sikora

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4989 | Submission Open

Keywords: Acari; birds; diversity; ecology of parasites; mammals; parasites; reptiles; symbionts; host– parasite interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology and Conservation)

A Paradigm Shift—Advances in Poultry Nutrition and Management, and Alternative Poultry Feed Ingredients Using Novel Feed Processing Methods: Second Edition

edited by Pramir Maharjan and Md Raihanul Hoque

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3424 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative feed ingredients; agricultural processing by-products; value-added feed ingredients; feed additives; feed ingredients; plant proteins; functional feed additives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)

The Role of Wild Birds in the Global Spread of Avian Influenza Viruses

edited by Valentina Caliendo

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: avian influenza viruses; wild birds; migration; surveillance; epidemiological investigation; outbreak; intra- and cross-species transmission

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)

Clinical Research Advances in Intensive Neurorehabilitation in Animals

edited by

Ângela Martins

António J. A. Ferreira

and

Darryl Millis

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 23824 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurorehabilitation; myelopathies; peripheral nervous system; animals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)

Best Management Practices for Breeding Sows and Boars

edited by

Alexander Grahofer

and

Stefan Björkman

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9903 | Submission Open

Keywords: theriogenology; pig reproduction; breeding sows; boars; endocrinology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Sex Determination and Differentiation in Aquatic Animals

edited by

Qiaomu Hu

and

Ke Feng

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6996 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic animals; genetics; genomics; epigenetics; sequencing; sex determination; sex differentiation; gene; expression

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Global Fisheries Resources, Fisheries, and Carbon-Sink Fisheries

edited by

Teruhisa Komatsu

Min Xu

and

Zengqiang Yin

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6155 | Submission Open

Keywords: fisheries; habitats; overfishing; fishery resource biology; economic aquatic animal behavior; stock enhancement by releasing; environmental DNA; fisheries management; climate change; ecosystems; ecological models; carbon-sink; aquatic ecological ranches; fisheries products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Diagnosis, Monitoring and Treatment of Physiological Inflammatory in Equids

edited by

Francesca Arfuso

Maria Rizzo

and

Giuseppe Piccione

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1571 | Submission Open

Keywords: inflammation; equids; stress; exercise; homeostasis; acute phase response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Physiology)

Emerging Models in Veterinary and Comparative Pathology

edited by

Karen Power

and Gionata De Vico

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 414 | Submission Open

Keywords: One Health; comparative pathology; molecular pathology; AI-driven diagnostics; biomarker discovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)

Dietary Preferences and Diet Selection for Health and Performance Improvement in Livestock

edited by

Shenfei Long

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: diet nutrition; environment; behavior; inflammation; oxidative status; intestinal microbiota

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)

Forage-Based Production Systems for Small Ruminants

edited by

Fleming Sena Campos

, Cleyton de Almeida Araújo and

Glayciane Costa Gois

submission deadline 19 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 968 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal production; small ruminant; roughage conservation; forage and pasture; animal nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Small Ruminants)

Evolution, Diversity, and Conservation of Herpetofauna: Second Edition

edited by Jianping Jiang,

Bin Wang

and

Wei Zhu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 18 articles | Viewed by 35374 | Submission Open

Keywords: herpetology; amphibians; reptiles; zoology; adaptive evolution; biodiversity; biogeography; cladistics; conservation biology; ecology and evolution; environmental adaptation; environmental DNA; environmental stresses; evolution and development; evolutionary biology; genetics; genomics; meta-genomics; microbial symbioses; molecular phylogenetics; phylogeography; physiology and metabolism; population genetics; species diversity; systematics; systems biology; taxonomy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Herpetology)

Antimicrobial Usage Monitoring Systems and Stewardship of Antimicrobials in Animal Health: Second Edition

edited by

Carla Miranda

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11304 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic use; antimicrobials; antimicrobial resistance; livestock; pets; One Health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal System and Management)

Small Animal Internal Medicine: Current Status and Future Challenges of Chronic Enteropathy in Dogs

edited by Yu Tamura

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7892 | Submission Open

Keywords: canine; chronic enteropathy; clinical features; diagnosis; treatment; prognosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)

Genomics for Camelid Biodiversity Management and Conservation

edited by

Carlos Iglesias Pastrana

Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo

and

Elena Ciani

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2862 | Submission Open

Keywords: camelids; genetic diversity; genomics; population genetics; genome-wide association study; conservation biology; adaptive traits; sustainable breeding; animal welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)

Anatomy of Equids: Morphological and Anatomical Aspects of Clinical Studies

edited by

Dominik Poradowski

and

Aleksander Chrószcz

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2792 | Submission Open

Keywords: veterinary medicine; horse; clinical sciences; morphology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)

Genetic Selection and Breeding for Improved Traits in Aquaculture Animals

edited by

Guodong Zheng

and Wenzhi Guan

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1891 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic animals; genetic improvement; molecular breeding; whole genome selection breeding; polyploidy and hybrid breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)

Latest Advances in Neutering and Reproduction Control in Dogs

edited by

Rachel Moxon

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: canine; dog; neuter; spay; reproduction control; castration; ovariohysterectomy; ovariectomy; hysterectomy; health; behaviour; welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)

Extracellular Vesicles in Animal Reproduction

edited by

Anna Lange-Consiglio

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproduction; gametes; embryos; extracellular vesicles; microRNA; biomarkers; fertility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Impact of Diet Nutritional Quality on Swine Gastrointestinal Health and Growth Performance

edited by

Mayra Anton Dib Saleh

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6946 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative feedstuffs; feed additives; immunomodulation; intestinal biomarkers; intestinal microbiota; intestinal morphometry; metabolism; multi-omics; physiological stress; pig immunity and welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)

The Invasive Blue Crab: Implications for Fisheries, Aquaculture and One Health Perspective

edited by

Giuseppe Esposito

Silvia Colussi

and

Paolo Pastorino

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3843 | Submission Open

Keywords: Callinectes sapidus; animal health; invasive alien species; biodiversity; habitat structures; ecosystem services; animal genetics; environmental pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Avian Semen—Latest Progress in Quality Evaluation, Preservation Techniques, and Fertility Outcomes

edited by

Stefano Paolo Marelli

and

Federica Turri

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: avian semen; germplasm cryopreservation; fertility outcomes; biodiversity conservation; semen quality; avian semen as a model; artificial insemination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Best Practices for Zoo Animal Welfare Management

edited by Oriol Talló-Parra and

Xavier Manteca

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5961 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal welfare assessment; environmental enrichment; euthanasia; geriatric animals; feeding practices; facility design; human– animal interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoo Animals)

Beyond the Home: Exploring Human–Animal Relationships in Veterinary, Agricultural, and Workplace Contexts

edited by

Ana Junça-Silva

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3623 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– animal interactions; human– animal bonds; pets; companion animals; pet-owners

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human-Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour and Emotion)

New Developments in Livestock Production Systems: Improving Meat Production

edited by

José Segura

, Luis Calvo and Stephanie Lam

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3520 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock; meat; novel production systems; lean meat yield; retail cut yield; welfare; health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Products)

Thermoregulatory and Physiological Adaptations of Reptiles and Amphibians to Changing Environments

edited by

Kostas Sagonas

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3173 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal biology; metabolism; adaptation; climate change; ecology; evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Herpetology)

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