Special Issue "Microbiology and Physiology in Ruminant Nutrition"

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Nutrition".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ralf Blank
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Guest Editor
Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Interests: animal nutrition; feed additives; mycotoxins; ruminants; feed formulation
Dr. Edwin Westreicher-Kristen
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Guest Editor
Schothorst Feed Research BV, P.O. Box 533, 8200 AM Lelystad, The Netherlands
Interests: ruminant nutrition; feed evaluation; dairy cows; protein metabolism; feed evaluation system; in vitro; in situ, silage production; forage

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Different feeds, feeding strategies, and additives manipulate the rumen environment and rumen microbiology, thereby changing the efficient use of nutrients for productivity and mitigating the negative environmental impact related to ruminant production (e.g., methane, nitrogen, phosphorus).

Furthermore, beneficial changes in the rumen environment and microbiology may not only lead to improvements in animal productivity but also decrease the occurrence of metabolic diseases (e.g., acidosis, ketosis, milk fever) and thereby beneficially affect rumen and animal health and welfare.

This Special Issue will focus on describing the interactions between nutrition and the physiology of ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats) and ruminal and intestinal microbiota.

This Special Issue will include reviews and original research papers.

Dr. Ralf Blank
Dr. Edwin Westreicher-Kristen
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 papers will be 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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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 monthly 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 1800 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.

Keywords

  • feeding strategies
  • rumen environment
  • rumen microbiology
  • rumen acidosis
  • nitrogen metabolism
  • methane production
  • environmental issues
  • milk production
  • meat production
  • animal health

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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