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Animals publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic and all Special Issue submissions follow MDPI's standard editorial process. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated Editorial Board Member will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies and Guest Editor responsibilities can be found here. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Advances in Nutritional Modulation of Skeletal Development in Poultry
edited by Ayodeji Aderibigbe
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open
Keywords: poultry bone health; skeletal biology; mineral nutrition; bone biomechanics; imaging technologies; gut-bone axis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Poultry)
The Effect of Early-Life Stress on the Welfare and Performance of Animals submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open
Keywords: farm animals; early life stress; perinatal phase; gut microbiota; biomarkers; adaptability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Grazing Behavior and Pasture Management for Sustainable Dairy Farming
edited by , Rubén Guillermo Pulido and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open
Keywords: perennial ryegrass; legumes; diverse pasture; grazing management; dairy cows; milk production; green house gas emissions; nutritive value; eating and rumination times
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal System and Management)
Equine Physiotherapy and Functional Recovery: Advances in Diagnostics and Therapeutic Approaches
edited by Maria Soroko-Dubrovina, and Karolina Åšniegucka
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open
Keywords: equine physiotherapy; functional recovery; rehabilitation; musculoskeletal disorders; performance optimization; equine welfare; diagnostic techniques; therapeutic approaches; biomechanics; veterinary medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)
Behavioral Insights into Shelter Dogs: Demographics, Interactions, and Welfare
edited by Anne McBride and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open
Keywords: shelter dogs; canine behavior; dog behavior; rehoming
(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)
Poultry Welfare—Behavioural Assessment of Affective State
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open
Keywords: poultry; galliformes; anseriformes animal welfare; ethology; affective state; behavioural indicators; mental health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Molecular Mechanisms of Biodiversity, Adaptation and Evolution in Livestock
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open
Keywords: livestock genomics; adaptation genetics; animal domestication; evolution; conservation genetics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
Impact of Amino Acids on Production Efficiency and Nitrogen Utilization of Dairy Cows
edited by Daniel Luchini
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open
Keywords: amino acids; protein; nitrogen utilization efficiency; health; reproduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Bacterial and Viral Diseases in Aquatic Animals: Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic animals; bacterial diseases; viral diseases; pathogenesis; epidemiology; pathology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Perspectives of Stem Cells in Wildlife: From Domestic Animal Models to Applications in Conservation of Endangered Species
edited by Oscar A. Peralta
submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open
Keywords: pluripotent stem cells; embryonic stem cells; induced pluripotent stem cells; wild animals; domestic animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)
Recent Advances in Veterinary Pathology submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarker identification; histopathology; molecular and digital diagnostics; precision medicine; veterinary forensic pathology; veterinary pathology; One Health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Cave Life: Creatures That Lurk in the Shadows
edited by Jonas Eduardo Gallão and Maria Elina Bichuette
submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: subterranean fauna; conservation; behavior; morphology; taxonomy; physiology; evolution; troglobites; troglophiles; trogloxenes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)
Innovations in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies for Companion Animal Gastrointestinal and Respiratory Diseases
edited by Maria Chiara Marchesi, and Giulia Maggi
submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open
Keywords: gastrointestinal disease; respiratory disease; aerodigestive disease; interventional endoscopy; small animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)
One Health and Public Health Implications of Sterilization-Based Management in Free-Roaming Dogs and Cats
edited by María del Mar Travieso-Aja and
submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open
Keywords: One Health; one welfare; dogs; cats; human– animal interactions; free-roaming animal-related population management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)
Disease and Health in Free-Ranging and Captive Wildlife: Second Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7977 | Submission Open
Keywords: infectious diseases; wildlife; surveillance; animal health; disease surveillance; disease monitoring; diagnostic techniques; zoonoses; microbiome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)
Protecting Endangered Species: Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3998 | Submission Open
Keywords: endangered animals; threatened animals; recovered species; animal conservation; in situ conservation; ex situ conservation; habitat conservation; human disturbance; wildlife management; conservation policy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology and Conservation)
Pathogen Elimination in Animal Populations
edited by Satoshi Otake and Scott Dee
submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2486 | Submission Open
Keywords: pathogen; elimination; eradication; animals; population; transmission; biosecurity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal System and Management)
Application of Radiology and Imaging in Farm Animals
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: farm animals; radiology; diagnostic imaging; ultrasonography; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; endoscopy; scintigraphy thermos visual imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Innovations in Equine Surgery: Laparoscopy and Beyond
edited by and Paola Straticò
submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open
Keywords: horses; laparoscopy; thoracoscopy; robotic surgery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)
Exploring the Psychological and Physiological Impact of Human-Animal Bonding on Companion Animals
edited by Giacomo Riggio
submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open
Keywords: human-animal relationship; attachment bond; stress; emotion regulation; dogs; cats; behavioral problems; behavior; emotional support
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Birds in a Changing World: Current Challenges and the Future of Research
edited by Zbigniew Kwieciński
submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open
Keywords: life history; bird biology and ecology; genetics; anatomy; histology; physiology; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)
Diseases of the Small and Large Intestine, Liver and Pancreas in Small Animals: Second Edition submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18330 | Submission Open
Keywords: small animal gastroenterology; intestine; liver; pancreas; microbiota; gut; clinicopathological markers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Animal Hematology: Insights into Blood Cell Production, Disease Pathogenesis, and Therapeutic Strategies
edited by Sakurako Neo
submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open
Keywords: hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs); bone marrow disorder; veterinary hematology; transplantation; leukemia; veterinary hematopoiesis; regenerative medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Behavioral and Cognitive Complexity in Great Apes
edited by Masaki Tomonaga
submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: comparative cognition; behavioral complexity; social cognition; physical cognition; ecological cognition; evolution; great apes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human-Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour and Emotion)
Antimicrobial Resistance in Food-Animal Production: Impact on Public Health
edited by Pragathi Belagola Shridhar
submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open
Keywords: bacterial disease; food-animal production; public health; animal health; antibiotic resistance; antibiotics; disease prevention; epidemiology; disease surveillance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal System and Management)
The Detection, Prevention and Treatment of Calf Diseases submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12154 | Submission Open
Keywords: calf health; cattle; pathophysiology; epidemiology; infectious diseases; population; detection; prevention; treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cattle)
Advances in the Cytogenetics of Livestock
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4372 | Submission Open
Keywords: livestock; cytogenetic; karyotype; mitotic and meiotic chromosomes; chromosome stability; chromatin stability; genome stability; genome integrity; genetic techniques and assays
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
Conservation, Ecology and Health Issues of Forest Bats
edited by Ricardo Bovendorp
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2636 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest mammals; bats; Brazil; rainforest; biodiversity conservation; population ecology; habitat fragmentation; agroforestry systems; wildlife monitoring; anthropogenic impacts on wildlife
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology and Conservation)
Ecology of Aquatic Crustaceans: Crabs, Shrimps and Lobsters
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2475 | Submission Open
Keywords: crustaceans; environmental stress; eco-physiology; biochemistry; pollutants; healthy aquaculture; adaptive mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Fish Diseases and Healthy Farming
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2164 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish diseases; pathogenesis; virulence factors; fishery drugs; drug discovery; antibiotics; vaccines; probiotics; immunology; antimicrobial resistance; disease prevention; healthy farming; sustainable aquaculture; genomics & disease-resistant breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Advanced Biomarker Research in Animal Pathological States: Second Edition
edited by , Dorota Pietras-Ożga and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2119 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; cytomics; metabolomics; livestock; companion animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Physiological Responses of Fishes to Nutrition Management and Environmental Stresses—Second Edition submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2064 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental stress; aquaculture; stress resistance; feed composition; feed additives; fish physiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Advances in Reptile and Amphibian Infectious Diseases
edited by Krista Keller
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1948 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycology; bacteriology; virology; parasitology; reptile; amphibian; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Herpetology)
Novel Approaches to Enhancing Poultry Health: From Bench to Farm
edited by Yueping Chen and Hao Zhang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1822 | Submission Open
Keywords: poultry gut health; feed nutrition; feed additives; feed processing; management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Diagnostic Imaging Applications in Renal Diseases of Small Animals submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1745 | Submission Open
Keywords: acute kidney injury; chronic kidney disease; nephropathy; ultrasound; radiology; computed tomography; contrast-enhanced ultrasound; small animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Morphological, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Advances in Fish Skin 3.0
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1571 | Submission Open
Keywords: skin; teleosts; skin appendages; glands; light organs; morphology; ultrastructure; molecular advances
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Advances in Animal Poisoning and Investigative Diagnostic Toxicology: Mechanisms, Detection, and Intervention
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 834 | Submission Open
Keywords: toxicology; in vitro toxicity models; environmental pollutants; agricultural toxicants; toxicity of nanomaterials; toxicogenomics and epigenetics; applications of artificial intelligence in poisoning diagnosis; toxicological risk assessment models; cross-species toxic transmission; biotoxins produced by drug-resistant bacteria
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Livestock Welfare in Extensive Production System
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 788 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal welfare; food quality; extensive systems; biosensors; biomarkers; biodiversity; climate change; life cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Bat Diversity, Systematics, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny
edited by Xiuguang Mao
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 679 | Submission Open
Keywords: Chiroptera; systematics; phylogenetics; phylogeography; evolution; mito-nuclear discordance; incomplete lineage sorting; introgressive hybridization; speciation; chromosome rearrangements
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mammals)
Expanding Horizons in Mammalian Sensory Research: Morphofunctional, Genomic, Ecological, and Applied Perspectives submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensory systems; mammals; environmental adaptations; sensory evolution; chemosensory communication; neurosensory integration; genomic adaptations in sensory systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mammals)
Emerging Models in Veterinary and Comparative Pathology
edited by and Gionata De Vico
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 449 | Submission Open
Keywords: One Health; comparative pathology; molecular pathology; AI-driven diagnostics; biomarker discovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Climate Change Impact on Blood Biomarkers in Domestic and Production Animals
edited by and Francesca Aragona
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open
Keywords: domestic animals; athletic horse; blood biomarkers; climate changes; performance; animal welfare; reproduction; breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Physiology)
Pathogens in the Wildlife–Livestock–Human Interface: Second Edition
edited by , and Paola Galluzzo
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open
Keywords: pathogens; environment; wildlife; vector livestock; human parasite; virus bacteria; One Health; eco-systems interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Current Insights and Future Perspectives of the Bioactive Compounds from Micro and Macroalgae for Animal Nutrition submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open
Keywords: algae alternatives; disease prevention; antibiotic overuse; anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties; antimicrobial resistance; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Advances in Equine Sports Medicine, Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: equine sports medicine; rehabilitation therapy; lameness and gait analysis; wearable sensors; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; biomechanics; injury prevention; regenerative therapies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)
Genome Editing Technologies: Improving Aquaculture Through Genetic Research
edited by Carlos Fajardo and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open
Keywords: genome editing; CRISPR/cas; aquaculture genetics; functional genomics; genetic improvement; disease resistance; growth enhancement; reproductive control; aquatic biotechnology; regulatory aspects in aquaculture; intentional genomic alterations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
Endoscopy of Pets
edited by and Veronica Cola
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: dog; cat; endoscopy; esophagoscopy; gastroscopy; enteroscopy; rhinoscopy; laryngeal endoscopy; bronchoscopy; laparoscopy; arthroscopy; pill endoscopy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Wildlife Reproductive Endocrinology
edited by , Diana C. Koester and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: hormones; welfare; wildlife health; reproduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)
Population Genetics of Aquatic Animals
edited by Xin Wang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open
Keywords: population genetics; aquatic animals; population structure; adaptation; conservation genetics; aquaculture; genetic diversity
Molecular Genetics in Aquaculture: Practical Applications for Sustainable Production
edited by Ming Wen, Yuqin Shu and Shi Wang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open
Keywords: genomic selection; disease resistance; gene editing; sustainable aquaculture; broodstock development; climate resilience; feed efficiency; sex control; multi-omics; molecular breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
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