Environmental Physiology and Health in Animals: Mechanisms, Adaptations and Welfare
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 71
Special Issue Editors
Interests: air pollutants; respirotary injury; animal house environment; animal health; toxics
Interests: environmental pollution; livestock environment and health; toxics; feed toxicolgoy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Animals continuously face a wide array of environmental stressors, including temperature extremes, hypoxia, altered photoperiods, pollutants, and anthropogenic disturbances. These challenges demand intricate physiological responses and adaptive strategies to maintain homeostasis, health, and overall welfare. Understanding how animals perceive, respond to, and cope with these environmental pressures is vital for both basic biological knowledge and practical applications in animal husbandry, wildlife conservation, and veterinary care.
This Special Issue, “Environmental Physiology and Health in Animals: Mechanisms, Adaptations and Welfare”, aims to bring together cutting-edge research on how animals physiologically and behaviorally adapt to changing or stressful environments. We welcome studies that elucidate the underlying mechanisms of environmental responses at the molecular, cellular, systemic, and behavioral levels and how these responses influence animal health, productivity, and welfare outcomes.
Dr. Dan Shen
Prof. Dr. Chunmei Li
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- animal physiology
- animal–environment interaction
- molecular adaptation
- adaptation mechanisms
- animal welfare
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