Heat Stress and Livestock: Effects on the Physiology

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change has brought unprecedented challenges to livestock production worldwide, with rising temperatures and more frequent extreme heat events significantly impacting animal welfare and productivity. This special issue aims to compile cutting-edge research examining the physiological responses of livestock to heat stress and innovative approaches to mitigate these effects.

This Special Issue will advance our understanding of how heat stress fundamentally alters livestock physiology and identify practical solutions for sustainable animal production in a warming climate.

In this Special Issue, we invite original research papers, reviews, and case studies addressing topics including, but not limited to, the following:

• Neuroendocrine and metabolic adaptations to heat stress in different livestock species;
• Impacts on reproductive physiology and fertility;
• Immunological consequences and disease susceptibility under heat stress conditions;
• Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of thermotolerance;
• Novel biomarkers for heat stress assessment;
• Precision livestock technologies for monitoring physiological parameters;
• Nutritional interventions to alleviate heat stress effects;
• Comparative physiology across breeds and production systems.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Levente Kovács
Dr. Daniel Falta
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.