Advances in Farm Animal Feed and Nutrition
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global livestock sector is facing growing challenges in its efforts to meet demand for high-quality animal products while ensuring environmental sustainability, resource efficiency, and animal welfare. In this context, nutrition has come to play a pivotal role in improving feed conversion, reducing emissions, and enhancing the nutritional value and safety of animal-derived foods, and recent scientific advances in feed formulation, nutrient utilisation, and precision feeding technologies have created new opportunities to optimise livestock production systems for both economic and ecological benefits.
This Special Issue, Advances in Farm Animal Feed and Nutrition, aims to gather together high-quality research that aligns with the scope of Animals by promoting sustainable animal production and improving livestock health and product quality. We seek to showcase novel findings that advance our understanding of feed innovation and nutrient metabolism, and the consequent implications for animal performance and product traits.
We welcome original research papers, reviews, and short communications on topics including feed evaluation, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, feed additives, alternative feed resources, fatty acid metabolism, nutritional physiology, precision feeding, and sustainable nutrition strategies. Studies integrating animal nutrition with meat, milk, or egg quality, greenhouse gas mitigation, and circular economy approaches are particularly encouraged.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Don Viet Nguyen
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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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.
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Keywords
- animal feed
- ruminant nutrition
- non-ruminant nutrition
- feed efficiency
- fatty acid profile
- sustainable livestock production
- feed additives
- alternative feed resources
- animal performance
- meat quality
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