Applied Ethology and Welfare Assessment in Animals
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Welfare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 421
Special Issue Editor
Interests: stress; animals; climate change; animal welfare; physiology and behaviour; extinction crisis; nature conservation; anthropocence; science education; citizen science
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In these unprecedented times, humanity is challenged with the mammoth task of creating harmony or co-existence with nature. Animals play a vital role in human lives in multiple ways, such as food animals, pets and wildlife animals for ecotourism and natural ecosystem balance. Animal biologists can provide valuable insights into the lives of animals through research on ethology and animal welfare. It will be important to gather more information on animal behaviours and welfare as the natural world continues to be impacted by humans and the need for large quantities of animal-derived food to feed this ever-growing planet. Science can pave the way to new technologies and methods that can improve the lives of animals in both man-made and natural worlds.
This Special Issue aims to provide new knowledge in the fields of animal ethology and welfare and to share new developments through technological advancements in animal behaviour and physiology moni-toring tools that can be used for welfare assessment.
We are pleased to invite research papers and review papers from animal researchers from around the world to provide their research work on animal ethology and welfare. The animal species of focus can be from across various animal production systems and natural landscape studies. We welcome papers from junior researchers and researchers from diverse cultural and ethical communities.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Animal physiology and behaviour in production settings (e.g., farms);
- Animal welfare in man-made and natural settings.
- I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Edward Narayan
Guest Editor
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 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 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.
Keywords
- stress
- climate change
- habitat conservation
- farm animals
- aquatic life
- pollution
- urban living
- extinction
- welfare ethics and policy
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