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Animals publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic and all Special Issue submissions follow MDPI's standard editorial process. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated Editorial Board Member will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies and Guest Editor responsibilities can be found here. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Sustainable Poultry Production: Physiology and Nutrition (Second Edition) submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8991 | Submission Open
Keywords: poultry; sustainability; physiology; nutrition; feed additives; microalgae; agricultural byproducts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Poultry)
Amino Acids Nutrition and Health in Farm Animals
edited by Zhenlong Wu
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2976 | Submission Open
Keywords: protein; peptide; amino acids; intestinal health; immune response; oxidative stress; feeding and management; metabolism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
New Perspectives in Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV)—Second Edition
edited by Jianing Chen and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1316 | Submission Open
Keywords: porcine epidemic diarrhea virus; viral replication; virus– host interaction; pathogenesis and immunity; novel antiviral strategies; molecular epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)
New Insights into Exploring the Development of the Animal Uterus during Pregnancy
edited by , , Ewa Anna Zaobidna and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 530 | Submission Open
Keywords: uterus; pregnancy; gestation; embryogenesis; molecular biology; fertility
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Aquatic Animals—2nd Edition
edited by , and André Gotardo
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 285 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic organisms; medicines; diet; metabolism profile; contaminants; pesticides; veterinary drugs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Stomatology of Companion Animals—Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 225 | 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
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 48513 | 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
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 41511 | 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 submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 24 articles | Viewed by 26711 | 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 submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21597 | 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 , and Carla Aparecida Batista Lorigados
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 13823 | 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 submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12073 | 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 submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9485 | 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
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9317 | Submission Open
Keywords: comparative oncology; veterinary oncology; novel oncotherapies; cancer; translational medicine
Research on the Factors Affecting the Performance of Sport Horses—Second Edition submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8905 | 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 submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7865 | 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 and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7612 | 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 and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5572 | 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
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3834 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildlife; histopathology; molecular diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mammals)
Wild and Domestic Animal Hemoparasites
edited by Grzegorz Karbowiak
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3740 | Submission Open
Keywords: hemoparasite; vector-borne pathogens; biodiversity; pathology; immunology; global changes; thematically similar issues
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)
Oxidative Stress in Aquaculture Organisms: Impact of Environmental Stressors and Nutritional Factors submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3717 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemoprotection; bioactive molecules; precision nutrition; feeds; health; nanotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
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 3398 | 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) submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2075 | Submission Open
Keywords: farm animals; companion animals; zoo animals; wildlife; aquatic animals
Morphological, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Advances in Fish Skin 3.0
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1439 | 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 submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1363 | 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 384 | 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 , and Paola Galluzzo
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 185 | 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
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 18180 | 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 and Mark Burdass
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7920 | 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 and Bozena Sikora
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4902 | 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 3306 | 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 255 | 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)
Advances in Molecular Diagnostics in Veterinary Sciences
edited by Ailam Lim and Lifang Yan
submission deadline 12 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 551 | Submission Open
Keywords: polymerase chain reaction (PCR); next-generation sequencing (NGS); molecular diagnostics; infectious diseases; transboundary diseases; CRISPR
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Clinical Research Advances in Intensive Neurorehabilitation in Animals submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 23649 | 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 submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9648 | 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 and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6901 | 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 submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5863 | 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 submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1543 | 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 and Gionata De Vico
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 401 | 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
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 198 | 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 , Cleyton de Almeida Araújo and
submission deadline 19 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 944 | 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, and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 18 articles | Viewed by 34837 | 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
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10979 | 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 7712 | 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 submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2812 | 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 submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2759 | 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 and Wenzhi Guan
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1823 | 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
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 258 | 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 submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 254 | 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 submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6832 | 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)
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