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Current Challenges and Targets for the Reproductive Management of Farm Animals: Second Edition

edited by

Víctor Hugo Parraguez Gamboa

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7091 | Submission Open

Keywords: induction and synchronization of estrus and ovulation; seasonality of reproduction; assisted reproduction; OMICs; management of pregnancy and newborns

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Research on the Factors Affecting the Performance of Sport Horses—Second Edition

edited by

Francisco Requena

Ana Muñoz

and

Estrella Agüera

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6978 | Submission Open

Keywords: exercise physiology; animal welfare; equine sport medicine; equine sport performance; exercise test; loss of performance; lameness; rehabilitation; training; musculoskeletal ultrasound; clinical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)

Disease and Health in Free-Ranging and Captive Wildlife: Second Edition

edited by

Ho-Seong Cho

and

Yeonsu Oh

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6491 | 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)

Factors Affecting Fattened Ewe and Lamb Performance, Carcass Conformation, Meat Quality, and Flavor

edited by

Xiangpeng Yue

and

Long Guo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5140 | Submission Open

Keywords: sheep; flavor precursors; meat quality; management; genetics; feed

(This special issue belongs to the Section Small Ruminants)

Optimizing Farm-Raised Fish Production: Nutritional Requirements, Precision Feed Formulations, Sustainable Feeding Strategies, and Health and Welfare

edited by

Simon Davies

and Ehab El-Haroun

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4922 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish nutritional requirements; feed formulation; functional feed additives; immuno-nutrition; gene expression; gut integrity; microbiome; disease resistance; welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Wildlife Histopathology and Molecular Diagnosis

edited by Nakita Câmara and

Eva Sierra

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3186 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildlife; histopathology; molecular diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mammals)

Amino Acid Nutrition in Poultry: 2nd Edition

edited by

Csaba Szabó

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3078 | Submission Open

Keywords: poultry; amino acid; requirement; performance; quality; immune status; antioxidant status; intestinal morphology; in ovo

(This special issue belongs to the Section Poultry)

Wild and Domestic Animal Hemoparasites

edited by Grzegorz Karbowiak

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2973 | Submission Open

Keywords: hemoparasite; vector-borne pathogens; biodiversity; pathology; immunology; global changes; thematically similar issues

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)

Real-Time Sensors and Their Applications in Smart Animal Agriculture

edited by Isabella C. F. S. Condotta

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2530 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision livestock farming; animal monitoring sensors; real-time data analytics; smart farming technologies; sensor-based animal management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal System and Management)

Oxidative Stress in Aquaculture Organisms: Impact of Environmental Stressors and Nutritional Factors

edited by

José María Monserrat

and

Marcelo Borges Tesser

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2162 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemoprotection; bioactive molecules; precision nutrition; feeds; health; nanotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases in Dogs and Cats: Second Edition

edited by Antonio Ortega-Pacheco and

Matilde Jimenez-Coello

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: vector-borne disease; zoonoses; dogs; cats; diagnostic; epidemiology; treatment; One health; zoonotic diseases and animal welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)

Novel Technologies in Ruminant Nutrition, Reproduction, Health, Production, and Sustainability

edited by

Guoyao Wu

Fuller W. Bazer

and Kevin E. Washburn

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1324 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrition; reproduction; disease; environment; health; productivity; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal System and Management)

Morphological, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Advances in Fish Skin 3.0

edited by

Mauro Cavallaro

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1208 | Submission Open

Keywords: skin; teleosts; skin appendages; glands; light organs; morphology; ultrastructure; molecular advances

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Novel Approaches to Enhancing Poultry Health: From Bench to Farm

edited by Yueping Chen and Hao Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 952 | Submission Open

Keywords: poultry gut health; feed nutrition; feed additives; feed processing; management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)

Selected Papers from the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Animals (IECA 2025)

edited by

Michael Hässig

and

Colin G Scanes

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 950 | Submission Open

Keywords: farm animals; companion animals; zoo animals; wildlife; aquatic animals

Animal Vectors of Emerging Disease—Latest Insights into Epidemiology and Ecology

edited by Leonor Camacho-Sillero and

Jaco Bakker

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 466 | Submission Open

Keywords: one health; epidemiology; pathogen transmission; animal vectors; infectious diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)

Nutritional Regulation for Optimal Lipid Metabolism: Ensuring Sow Reproductive Capacity

edited by Zhiyong Fan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open

Keywords: sow; lipid metabolism; lipid deposition; nutritional regulation; reproductive performance; molecular biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)

Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing and Ecological Models for Bird and Wildlife Conservation

edited by

Annalisa Viani

Tommaso Orusa

and

Samuele De Petris

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open

Keywords: birds; earth observation data; ecological model; remote sensing; wildlife conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology and Conservation)

Reproductive Diseases in Ruminants

edited by

Sergio Gastón Caspe

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 324 | Submission Open

Keywords: abortion; ruminants; stillbirth; dystocia; congenital abnormalities; epididymitis; placentitis; endometritis; metritis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cattle)

Training, Welfare, and Rehabilitation of Thoroughbred Racehorses

edited by

Maria Soroko-Dubrovina

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open

Keywords: thoroughbred racehorses; training methods; equine welfare; rehabilitation; equine sports medicine; injury prevention; behavioral assessment; diagnostic imaging; exercise physiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)

Sea Turtle Nesting Behavior and Habitat Conservation

edited by

Melania C. López-Castro

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproduction; juveniles; foraging; migration; connectivity; conservation; restoration; population trends

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology and Conservation)

Influence of Social Behaviours and Population on Conservation Breeding Programmes and Zoo Animal Welfare

edited by

Matthew Hartley

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation breeding; social behaviour; zoo animal welfare; bachelor groups; fission fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoo Animals)

Why Animals Die: Forensic Science in Veterinary Practice

edited by

Antonio Rodríguez-Bertos

and

Agustín Rebollada-Merino

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal cruelty; production animals; pets; wildlife animals; traumatisms; asphyxia; drowning; sexual abuse; neglect; thermal injuries

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)

Livestock Welfare in Extensive Production System

edited by

Mario Baratta

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 176 | 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)

Pathogens in the Wildlife–Livestock–Human Interface: Second Edition

edited by

Sergio Migliore

Valeria Blanda

and Paola Galluzzo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 129 | 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)

The Role of Reproductive Microbiota in Animal Fertility and Reproductive Health

edited by

Aleksandar Cojkic

and

Michal Ďuračka

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 818 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproductive microbiota; animal fertility; male reproductive health; female reproductive tract; mammary gland microbiota; microbiome-host interactions; assisted reproductive technologies; animal conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Dietary Components in Animal Nutrition: Favoring Sustainability, Welfare and Safety

edited by

Xihong Zhou

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 13380 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal health; animal welfare; farm animal; feed components; gut microbiota

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)

Recent Research on Shellfish Aquaculture and Reproduction

edited by

Sobhan Akhavan

and Mark Burdass

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6236 | Submission Open

Keywords: shellfish; aquaculture; physiology; selective breeding; innovative farming; sustainability; hatchery production; specific pathogen free; biosecurity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Diversity and Interactions Between Mites and Vertebrates

edited by

Maciej Skoracki

and Bozena Sikora

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4059 | Submission Open

Keywords: Acari; birds; diversity; ecology of parasites; mammals; parasites; reptiles; symbionts; host– parasite interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology and Conservation)

A Paradigm Shift—Advances in Poultry Nutrition and Management, and Alternative Poultry Feed Ingredients Using Novel Feed Processing Methods: Second Edition

edited by Pramir Maharjan and Md Raihanul Hoque

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1641 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative feed ingredients; agricultural processing by-products; value-added feed ingredients; feed additives; feed ingredients; plant proteins; functional feed additives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)

The Role of Wild Birds in the Global Spread of Avian Influenza Viruses

edited by Valentina Caliendo

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: avian influenza viruses; wild birds; migration; surveillance; epidemiological investigation; outbreak; intra- and cross-species transmission

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)

Advances in Molecular Diagnostics in Veterinary Sciences

edited by Ailam Lim and Lifang Yan

submission deadline 12 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymerase chain reaction (PCR); next-generation sequencing (NGS); molecular diagnostics; infectious diseases; transboundary diseases; CRISPR

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)

Clinical Research Advances in Intensive Neurorehabilitation in Animals

edited by

Ângela Martins

António J. A. Ferreira

and

Darryl Millis

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 21359 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurorehabilitation; myelopathies; peripheral nervous system; animals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)

Best Management Practices for Breeding Sows and Boars

edited by

Alexander Grahofer

and

Stefan Björkman

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6499 | Submission Open

Keywords: theriogenology; pig reproduction; breeding sows; boars; endocrinology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Sex Determination and Differentiation in Aquatic Animals

edited by

Qiaomu Hu

and

Ke Feng

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5682 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic animals; genetics; genomics; epigenetics; sequencing; sex determination; sex differentiation; gene; expression

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Global Fisheries Resources, Fisheries, and Carbon-Sink Fisheries

edited by

Teruhisa Komatsu

Min Xu

and

Zengqiang Yin

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3842 | Submission Open

Keywords: fisheries; habitats; overfishing; fishery resource biology; economic aquatic animal behavior; stock enhancement by releasing; environmental DNA; fisheries management; climate change; ecosystems; ecological models; carbon-sink; aquatic ecological ranches; fisheries products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Diagnosis, Monitoring and Treatment of Physiological Inflammatory in Equids

edited by

Francesca Arfuso

Maria Rizzo

and

Giuseppe Piccione

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1175 | Submission Open

Keywords: inflammation; equids; stress; exercise; homeostasis; acute phase response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Physiology)

Advances in Animal Poisoning and Investigative Diagnostic Toxicology: Mechanisms, Detection, and Intervention

edited by

Xishuai Tong

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 258 | 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)

Emerging Models in Veterinary and Comparative Pathology

edited by

Karen Power

and Gionata De Vico

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: One Health; comparative pathology; molecular pathology; AI-driven diagnostics; biomarker discovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)

Dietary Preferences and Diet Selection for Health and Performance Improvement in Livestock

edited by

Shenfei Long

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: diet nutrition; environment; behavior; inflammation; oxidative status; intestinal microbiota

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)

Forage-Based Production Systems for Small Ruminants

edited by

Fleming Sena Campos

, Cleyton de Almeida Araújo and

Glayciane Costa Gois

submission deadline 19 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 655 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal production; small ruminant; roughage conservation; forage and pasture; animal nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Small Ruminants)

Evolution, Diversity, and Conservation of Herpetofauna: Second Edition

edited by Jianping Jiang,

Bin Wang

and

Wei Zhu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 27350 | Submission Open

Keywords: herpetology; amphibians; reptiles; zoology; adaptive evolution; biodiversity; biogeography; cladistics; conservation biology; ecology and evolution; environmental adaptation; environmental DNA; environmental stresses; evolution and development; evolutionary biology; genetics; genomics; meta-genomics; microbial symbioses; molecular phylogenetics; phylogeography; physiology and metabolism; population genetics; species diversity; systematics; systems biology; taxonomy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Herpetology)

Antimicrobial Usage Monitoring Systems and Stewardship of Antimicrobials in Animal Health: Second Edition

edited by

Carla Miranda

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6850 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic use; antimicrobials; antimicrobial resistance; livestock; pets; One Health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal System and Management)

Small Animal Internal Medicine: Current Status and Future Challenges of Chronic Enteropathy in Dogs

edited by Yu Tamura

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5415 | Submission Open

Keywords: canine; chronic enteropathy; clinical features; diagnosis; treatment; prognosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)

Anatomy of Equids: Morphological and Anatomical Aspects of Clinical Studies

edited by

Dominik Poradowski

and

Aleksander Chrószcz

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2387 | Submission Open

Keywords: veterinary medicine; horse; clinical sciences; morphology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)

Genomics for Camelid Biodiversity Management and Conservation

edited by

Carlos Iglesias Pastrana

Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo

and

Elena Ciani

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1853 | Submission Open

Keywords: camelids; genetic diversity; genomics; population genetics; genome-wide association study; conservation biology; adaptive traits; sustainable breeding; animal welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)

Genetic Selection and Breeding for Improved Traits in Aquaculture Animals

edited by

Guodong Zheng

and Wenzhi Guan

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1161 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic animals; genetic improvement; molecular breeding; whole genome selection breeding; polyploidy and hybrid breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)

Latest Advances in Neutering and Reproduction Control in Dogs

edited by

Rachel Moxon

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: canine; dog; neuter; spay; reproduction control; castration; ovariohysterectomy; ovariectomy; hysterectomy; health; behaviour; welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)

Extracellular Vesicles in Animal Reproduction

edited by

Anna Lange-Consiglio

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproduction; gametes; embryos; extracellular vesicles; microRNA; biomarkers; fertility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Impact of Diet Nutritional Quality on Swine Gastrointestinal Health and Growth Performance

edited by

Mayra Anton Dib Saleh

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5698 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative feedstuffs; feed additives; immunomodulation; intestinal biomarkers; intestinal microbiota; intestinal morphometry; metabolism; multi-omics; physiological stress; pig immunity and welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)

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