Editorial Board
- Animal Nutrition Section
- Animal Genetics and Genomics Section
- Veterinary Clinical Studies Section
- Aquatic Animals Section
- Animal Reproduction Section
- Animal System and Management Section
- Animal Physiology Section
- Animal Welfare Section
- Cattle Section
- Companion Animals Section
- Pigs Section
- Poultry Section
- Equids Section
- Wildlife Section
- Small Ruminants Section
- Zoo Animals Section
- Human-Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour and Emotion Section
- Ecology and Conservation Section
- Herpetology Section
- Mammals Section
- Birds Section
- Animal Products Section
- Animal Ethics Section
- Public Policy, Politics and Law Section
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Interests: porcine viruses; coronaviruses; influenza virus; vaccines; PEDV; PRRSV; mink viruses; antivirals; zoonotic viruses; emerging and re-emerging viral diseases
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Interests: comparative cognition; language evolution; social cognition; memory and perception
Interests: cancer biology; digital pathology; calcium sensing receptor; drug discovery; emerging technologies
Interests: signal transduction pathways; protein kinases; heart; cardiac myocytes; oxidative stress; apoptosis; autophagy; stress sensors
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Interests: animal nutrition; ruminants; equine; camelids; gut microbiology; animal systems
Interests: meat production; fresh and processed meat quality; preservation; shelf life; sensory
Interests: evolution; systematics; conservation; tropical; fishes
Interests: reproductive behavior; reproduction; endocrinology; behavior
Interests: animal behaviour; neuroethology; Ngf; mammals; birds; welfare
Interests: cattle; toxic and trace elements; organic farming; conventional farming; cattle medicine
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Interests: cattle; mycobacteria; paratuberculosis; bovine tuberculosis; genetics; genomics; immunology; molecular microbiology; host-pathogen interactions; early diagnosis; vaccines; therapeutics; breeding; virulence factors; macrophages; innate immunity; disease resistance; transcriptomics (RNA-Seq); metabolomics; proteomics; lipidomics; in vivo and in-vitro models of infection
Interests: plant -herbivore interactions; feeding traditions in the rabbit; animal husbandry; behavioral ecology; conservation biology; wildlife conservation
Interests: feeding strategies; animal product quality; environmental impact mitigation
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Interests: sperm biology; oxidative stress; seminal plasma; genomics and transcriptomics; andrology; boar reproduction; porcine
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Interests: animal nutrition; meat quality; fatty acid; lipid metabolism
2. Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S), University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
3. Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Interests: veterinary pathology; animal models of disease; zoonoses; gastric pathology; Helicobacter spp.
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Interests: reptiles; phylogeny; genomics; phylogeography; taxonomy; Squamata; mt and nuclear genes
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Interests: social behaviour; maternal behaviour; behavioural indicators of welfare; environmental enrichment; behavioural needs; pre and postnatal stress; behavioural development; design of future farming solutions based on animal needs
Interests: clinical biochemistry; biomarkers of pathologies; urinary proteome; essential and nonessential trace element metabolism
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Interests: amphibians; conservation; ecology; longevity; Madagascar; reptiles; taxonomy; tropical biodiversity
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Interests: cognition; mice; behaviour
Interests: laboratory animal sciences; animal welfare; anesthesiology
Interests: behavioral ecology; ecological genetics management and conservation of large mammals
Interests: dairy nutrition; amino acid; lactation physiology; methane mitigation
Interests: aquaculture; nutrition; amino acids; taurine; alternative ingredients; feed additives; fish welfare
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Interests: breeder and hatchery management; animal welfare/behavior
Interests: marine biology; conservation biology; systematics; climate change; evolutionary biology; molecular markers; phylogenetics; phylogeography
Interests: oxidant/antioxidant equilibrium; veterinary physiology; animal welfare; animal management; behavior; health; nutrition and exercise physiology
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Interests: oocyte competence; preimplantation embryo development; ovary; oviduct; reproductive biotechnologies; nutritional strategies; reproductive physiology; rabbit
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Interests: large animal gastroenterology; internal medicine; clostridial disease; neorickettsia; equine vascular pathologies.








