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Animal Ethics
The Animal Ethics section focuses on the ethical considerations surrounding the use and treatment of animals in various domains, including research, agriculture, entertainment, and as companions. This section delves into topics such as the moral status of animals, ethical frameworks for animal us...
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Animals (ISSN 2076-2615) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal devoted entirely to animals, including zoology and veterinary sciences, published semimonthly online by MDPI. The subsection of Animal Genetics and Genomics...
Animal Nutrition
Animal nutrition is a section in the open access journal Animals focusing on nutritional research, which is crucial for the health, well-being, and productivity of various animal species including farm and companion animals, wildlife, and aquatic species. The section explores dietary req...
Animal Physiology
Animal Products
Animals is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes reviews, research articles, and communications related to the biology, health, and care of animals and the relationship between animals and humans. The "Animal Products" section focuses on all products derived from animals, inc...
Animal Reproduction
The Animal Reproduction section of the journal Animals focuses on the study of reproductive processes in animals, covering a wide range of species and research areas. It serves as a platform for researchers to share their findings and advancements in the field of animal reproduction.
...Animal System and Management
The Section “Animal System and Management” promotes the development of animal management by publishing high-quality papers covering all aspects of the broad field of animal management and their systems. Papers should provide new knowledge or recent findings as original research or rev...
Animal Welfare
The Animal Welfare section is committed to promoting the well-being of animals in diverse contexts, including agriculture, research, zoos, laboratories, sport and as companions and wildlife. It covers a wide range of topics, such as assessing animal welfare through indicators and tools. The welfa...
Aquatic Animals
Animals (ISSN 2076-2615) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal devoted entirely to animals, including zoology and veterinary sciences.
The Section Aquatic Animals of Animals will publish original research articles, short communications or reviews dealing ...
Birds
Animals is an international peer-reviewed, open access journal devoted entirely to animals, including zoology and veterinary sciences, published monthly online by MDPI. The Birds journal is a recently launched sister journal ...
Cattle
The Cattle section is dedicated to fostering advancements in science focused on cattle. The section covers a broad spectrum of topics, including management, nutrition and feeding strategies, breeding and genetic improvements, health and welfare, product quality enhancement, and the environmental ...
Companion Animals
The Companion Animals section of Animals will publish original research dealing with animals that are kept as pets or companion animals, including dogs and cats of course, but also other less common pets, such as rodents, reptiles or fish. This section includes companion animals that are...
Ecology and Conservation
Equids
Herpetology
Herpetology is a section in the open access journal Animals that focuses on the study of reptiles and amphibians.
This section is a valuable resource for those interested in herpetology, as it provides free access to the most recent and relevant research in the field, including b...
Human-Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour and Emotion
The “Human–Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour, and Animal Emotions” Section of Animals publishes original research on behavioural ecology, ethology, behavioural psychology, behavioural physiology, animal affects, and human–animal interactions. It covers researc...
Mammals
The Mammals Section of the Animals journal is committed to publishing groundbreaking research that explores various facets of mammalian life, including behavior, conservation efforts, ecological interactions, genetic makeup, morphological features, physiological characteristics, and taxo...
Pigs
The Pigs section of the journal Animals is dedicated to the in-depth study of a diverse range of research areas involving pigs, otherwise known as swine. This specialized section provides a crucial platform for researchers to share their discoveries and advancements in the area of pig bi...
Poultry
Public Policy, Politics and Law
Nation states and supranational organisations around the world formulate and implement policies that have an immense impact on sentient nonhuman animals. Parliaments pass laws and governments implement policies with the potential to harm or benefit sentient animals. These laws and policies are de...
Small Ruminants
Veterinary Clinical Studies
Animals is an international peer-reviewed scientific open access journal that publishes original research articles, reviews, communications, and short notes. Animals is characterized by numerous sections that offer substantial new insight into different subject areas of animal s...
Wildlife
The Wildlife section focuses on the biology, ecology, conservation, and management of wild animal species and their habitats. It encompasses biodiversity and ecosystem health, conservation biology, wildlife ecology, human-wildlife interactions, wildlife physiology, wildlife disease and health, wi...
Zoo Animals
The journal Animals is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes reviews, research articles and communications dealing with the biology, health, and care of animals, as well as with the relationship between animals and humans. The section “Zoo animals” will focus on w...

