Animal Welfare
A section of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615).
Editorial Board
Topic Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Biomarkers of Stress in Animals (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Use of Social Network Analysis to Evaluate Animal Welfare (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Animal Welfare Assessment: Novel Approaches and Technologies (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- A Multidisciplinary Approach to Unveil the Link between Animal Welfare and Antimicrobial Use in Captive Animals (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Pain Mitigation for Farmed Livestock (Deadline: 20 October 2021)
- Improving Research Animal Welfare and Quality of Science (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- The Welfare of Laboratory Animals (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Endangered Rare Livestock Breeds (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- Epigenetics and Animal Welfare, Stress and Resilience (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Animal Welfare, Food Safety and Environmental Sustainability: Farm Animals Productions in a “One-Health” Perspective (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Impact of COVID-19 on Animal Management and Welfare (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Processing of environmental stimuli and farm animal welfare (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Hormones and the Welfare of Animals (Deadline: 1 December 2021)
- Live Animal Transportation: A Risk for Animal and Human Health and Welfare (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- The Role of Social Behavior in Cattle Welfare (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Housing Environment and Farm Animals' Well-Being (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Euthanasia of Animals (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Replacing Animal Testing in Research—A Scientific and Regulatory Perspective of Current Efforts Towards the 1R (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Animal Health, Welfare and Sustainability of Organic Production (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Positive Welfare Indicators for On-Farm Welfare Assessment (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Impacts of Natural and Man-Made Disasters on Wildlife: Planning, Protection and Outcomes (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Minimal-Stress Handling for Welfare Improvement (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- The Use of Animals in Animal Experimentation (Deadline: 1 January 2022)
- Behaviour and Welfare of Laying Hens (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Dairy Cow Behavior, Welfare, and Productivity (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- How Animal Welfare Reforms Are Reshaping Societal Institutions Charged with Animal Management (Deadline: 1 February 2022)
- Welfare of Animals in Livestock Production Systems and at Slaughter (Deadline: 27 March 2022)
- Advances in Chimpanzee Welfare (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Cattle Transport (Deadline: 1 April 2022)
- Felid Welfare—Behavior, Reproduction, and Abnormal Behavior (Deadline: 1 April 2022)
- Advances in the Use of Therapeutic Drugs for Improved Animal Welfare (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Trends in Camel Health and Production (Deadline: 30 May 2022)
- Impact of Conformation on Companion Animal Behaviour, Welfare and Human-Animal Interactions (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Animal Sentience: Theories and Practices (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Animal Welfare and Pain Assessment in Farmed Species (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Innovative Methods for Assessing the Welfare of Domestic Animals (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Advances in Animal Sheltering (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Advancing Equestrian Practice to Improve Equine Quality of Life (Deadline: 2 March 2023)