Animal System and Management
A section of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615).
Section Information
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 reviews on animal production including, but not limited to, the following areas:
- animal management of livestock, fisheries, aquaculture, and wildlife, and in urban environments;
- livestock systems;
- techniques, technologies, and best practices;
- efficiency of livestock processes and the supply chain;
- sustainability of animal systems.
The target of research should be animal health and welfare; improved environmental, economic, or social sustainability; and, in general, new advances in livestock production systems.
All manuscripts submitted for publication under this Section will undergo the usual high-quality peer-review process of Animals and, if accepted, will be published rapidly online.
Editorial Board
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Automated Monitoring of Livestock and Poultry with Machine Learning Technology (Deadline: 15 June 2023)
- Livestock Biosecurity in a One Health Perspective (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Improving Sustainability of Ruminant Agriculture: New Strategies and Tools (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Warm- and Cool-Season Annual Pastures for Growing Ruminants in Semiarid Regions (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals - Second Edition (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Organic vs. Conventional: Livestock Farming (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Freewalk: Can Innovative Dairy Housing Systems Satisfy the Needs of Cows, Farmers and Consumers? (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Bacteriophages and Foodborne Pathogens in Animal Production (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Sustainable Fish Production: Practices on Nutritional Management and Novel Farming Systems Application (Deadline: 11 August 2023)
- Issues and Advances in the Surveillance of Food Production Animals (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- Extreme Weather Event Impacts on Animal Health and Productivity (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Application of Innovative Approaches for the Management of Farm Animals (Deadline: 15 September 2023)
- The Invasive Species Vespa velutina: A Current Challenge in European Ecosystems (Deadline: 25 September 2023)
- Improving Livestock Productivity and Sustainability: Use of Sensor Data and Livestock Behavior (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Decision Models in Livestock Production Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Novel Epidemiological Tools for Disease Control and Prevention in Food Animals (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Disease Epidemiology in Farm Animal Production (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Pastoralism and Animal Management within Agroecosystems and Society (Deadline: 1 October 2023)
- Environmental Enrichment in Farm Animals (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Antibiotic Use in Animals - Second Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- 2nd U.S. Precision Livestock Farming Conference (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Rethinking Animal Production through Precision Livestock Farming (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Antimicrobial Usage Monitoring Systems and Stewardship of Antimicrobials in Animal Health (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Sustainability of Local Dairy Farming Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Effects of Enclosure Complexity and Design on Behavior and Physiology in Captive Animals (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Clinical Scores and Classification Systems Supporting Illness Severity Evaluation, Decision-Making, and Management in Food Animal Practice (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Livestock Housing in Warm Climatic Conditions: Monitoring Impacts and Defining Mitigations Strategies (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Wild Animals’ Infectious Disease: The Wild–Domestic-Human Interface - 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Effects of Heat Stress on Livestock and Adaptation Methods (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Mathematical Modeling and Computer Vision in Animal Activity or Behavior (Deadline: 29 February 2024)