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Ruminant Production and Reproductive Performance in Tropical Environments

edited by

István Egerszegi

Nesrein M. Hashem

and

Rafael Goes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2905 | Submission Open

Keywords: ruminant; tropics; heat stress; production; fertility; welfare; management; feeding; local breeds; CSA

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Clinical Examinations to Promote Diagnosis and Pathophysiological Understanding of Cardiac Disease in Small Animals

edited by

Ryohei Suzuki

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2310 | Submission Open

Keywords: echocardiography; electrocardiography; cardiac biomarker; myocardial function; mitral valve disease; cardiomyopathy; pulmonary hypertension; congenital heart disease; congestive heart failure; arrhythmias

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

Wild Animal Welfare: Science, Ethics and Law

edited by

Alexandre Azevedo

and

Manuel Magalhães-Sant'Ana

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2102 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal welfare; wildlife; wild animals; in situ conservation; ex situ conservation; wildlife management; biodiversity; predation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)

Streptococcus in the One-Health Prospective: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

edited by Alexandra Chiaverini

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1678 | Submission Open

Keywords: streptococcus; One Health; surveillance; whole-genome sequencing; AMR; virulence

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

Innovative and Sustainable Ingredients for Redefining Aquaculture Feeds: Second Edition

edited by

Antonio Jesús Vizcaíno Torres

and

Francisco Javier Alarcón López

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1414 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquafeeds; marine fish; alternative ingredients; bioactive compounds; nutrients; fish nutrition; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Effects of Heat Stress on Animal Reproduction and Production

edited by Leonel Avendaño-Reyes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 941 | Submission Open

Keywords: hot environment; body temperature; milk production and composition; daily weight gain; growth rate; conception rate; reproductive efficiency; fertility; semen quality

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

Sports Medicine, Health, Welfare, Rehabilitation, and Aftercare of Racehorses

edited by Ben Sykes and Amy Lovett

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 721 | Submission Open

Keywords: racehorses; health; wellbeing; welfare; performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)

Advances in Canine and Feline Viruses

edited by Georgia Diakoudi and

Federica Di Profio

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 666 | Submission Open

Keywords: feline and canine viruses; emerging viruses; molecular and serological diagnostics; next-generation sequencing; genomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)

Integrated Perspectives on the Urinary System: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disease

edited by

Isabel Pires

and

Filipe da Costa Silva

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 629 | Submission Open

Keywords: urinary system; kidney; urinary bladder; disease; anatomy; physiology; animal

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

Development and Application of Assisted Reproductive Techniques in Livestock and Companion Animals

edited by Szilárd Bodó, Vass Nóra, Gabriella Kútvölgyi and Tamas Somfai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 598 | Submission Open

Keywords: assisted reproduction; gene conservation; preimplantation genetic testing; sex sorted semen; animal welfare and reproduction; in vitro embryo production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Advancements in the Use of Reproductive Biotechnologies in Domestic Animal Breeding

edited by

Marzena Mogielnicka-Brzozowska

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 592 | Submission Open

Keywords: small animals; reproduction; andrology; fertilization; sperm; oocyte; embryos; biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)

Reproductive Behavior of Wild Animals

edited by

Anna. J. Korzekwa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproduction; wild mammals; behavior; biotope; reproductive seasonality; endocrine regulation; environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)

Applications of Doppler Ultrasound in Animal Reproduction

edited by

Riccardo Zelli

and

Tiberiu Constantin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: doppler ultrasound; animal reproduction; female and male monitoring; reproductive functions; testicular function

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Pork Quality: Evaluation and Factors Involved

edited by

Mercedes Izquierdo

and Francisco Hernandez-Garcia

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: pork; meat quality; product development; feeding strategies; animal welfare; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Products)

Advances in Animal Oncology: Diagnostic Innovations, Therapeutic Approaches, and One Health Perspectives

edited by

Orlando Paciello

, Evaristo Di Napoli,

Isabel Pires

and

Filipe da Costa Silva

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4002 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer; diagnosis; therapeutic; precision medicine; One Health

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

Investigating Twin Pregnancies in Mono-Ovulatory Species

edited by Brian Kirkpatrick

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 745 | Submission Open

Keywords: twin; ovulation rate; fecundity; prolificacy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Climate Change Impact on Blood Biomarkers in Domestic and Production Animals

edited by

Francesco Fazio

and Francesca Aragona

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 203 | 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)

Effect of Feed Additives/Supplements on the Quality of Animal Products

edited by Iolanda Altomonte

submission deadline 5 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8317 | Submission Open

Keywords: milk; meat; nutrients; nutraceuticals; ruminants; equids; feed; environmental impact; byproducts; circular economy; supplements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Products)

Recent Advances in Milk and Meat Products—the Influence of Animal Breed, Nutrition and Growth Conditions

edited by

Monika Modzelewska-Kapituła

and

Anna Ogrodowczyk

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10062 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal-derived food quality; milk quality and safety; meat quality and safety; animal breed influence on food quality; animal feeding influence on food quality; animal welfare influence on food quality; animal growth conditions influence on food quality; functional milk products; functional meat products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Products)

Environmental Influence in Physiological, Endocrine, and Oxidative Stress Responses of Aquatic Invertebrates

edited by Marcelo Hermes-Lima,

Daniel Carneiro Moreira

and Víctor M. Cubillos

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6357 | Submission Open

Keywords: comparative physiology; environmental change; hormesis; hormone; oxidative stress; redox biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Research Animal Welfare: Current Practices and Future Directions

edited by Bhupinder Singh and

Patricia V. Turner

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3397 | Submission Open

Keywords: research animals; welfare; refinement; ethics; innovation; digital biomarker; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)

Eimeria Infections in Animals: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Control Strategies

edited by Guanchen Liu and

Milan Sharma

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: Eimeria infections; Eimeria epidemiology; coccidiosis control; drug resistance; poultry health; gut health; livestock and poultry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Poultry)

Diseases of the Small and Large Intestine, Liver and Pancreas in Small Animals: Second Edition

edited by

Alessio Pierini

and

Eleonora Gori

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9490 | Submission Open

Keywords: small animal gastroenterology; intestine; liver; pancreas; microbiota; gut; clinicopathological markers

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

Strategies to Improve Gut Health and Immunity in Monogastric Animals

edited by

Anna Czech

and

Justyna Batkowska

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8915 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut; immunity; health; microbiome; monogastric animals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)

Care and Well-Being of Laboratory Animals: Second Edition

edited by Stephanie Krämer

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3Rs; refinement; animal well-being; animal welfare; laboratory animal science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)

Feed Additives for Improving the Immunity of Aquatic Animals

edited by Yang Ding and Álvaro Fernández-Montero

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional feeds; prebiotics; probiotics; symbiotics; phytobiotics; essential oils; immunomodulation; fish and shellfish immunology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Buffalo Farming as a Tool for Sustainability

edited by Antonio Borghese, Antonella Chiariotti and Carlo Boselli

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11016 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; water buffalo; Bubalus bubalis; meat; milk; food quality; animal welfare; precision farming; climate change; rumen; adaptation strategies; mitigation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cattle)

Special Issue Conference on the 25th International Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Genomics, Naples June 26–29, 2024

edited by

Leopoldo Iannuzzi

Sara Albarella

and

Pietro Parma

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 415 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal diagnostics; advanced genomics in water buffalo; comparative cytogenetics and genomics; mutagenesis and biomonitoring using cytogenetic and genomic tests; cytogenetics and genomics of non-mammalian vertebrates; advances in animal genomics and epigenomics; cytogenetic and genomic characterization of animal biodiversity; cytogenetics and genomics of invertebrates

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

Empirical Animal and Veterinary Medical Ethics

edited by

, Barry Kipperman and Sabine Salloch

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 36495 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal ethics; veterinary ethics; methods applies ethics; qualitative and quantitative research designs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Ethics)

Advances in Camelid Reproduction

edited by

Davide Monaco

Monica Probo

and

Aliai Lanci

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15383 | Submission Open

Keywords: camelids; genital system; reproductive management; ultrasonography; assisted reproductive technologies; infertility; genital diseases; ovarian activity; male reproduction; neonatology; diagnostics; infectious diseases; calf management and diseases; precision livestock farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Precision Livestock Farming: New Techniques for Monitoring the Behaviour and Welfare of Farm Animal

edited by

Danilo Florentino Pereira

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10759 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; automation; big data; environmental control; image analysis; instrumentation; Internet of Things (IoT); machine learning; remote monitoring; smart housing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)

Environmental Pollutant Effects on the Physiological and Immune Functions of Aquatic Animals

edited by

Hui Guo

and Liqiang Zhao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10355 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic animals; environmental pollutants; stress response; physiological functions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)

Production, Breeding and Disease Management of Plateau Animals

edited by

Jiakui Li

Md. F. Kulyar

and Quan Mo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8494 | Submission Open

Keywords: Plateau animals; production; breeding; disease management; Qinghai– Tibet Plateau

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

Effects of Plant Extracts on Meat Quality, Intestinal Microbiota and Resistance to Diseases and Stresses of Food Animals

edited by Shengchen Wang and Yun Hu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7225 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant extracts; feed additives; meat quality; intestinal; microbiota; disease resistance; stress; food animals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)

Studies of Swine Coronavirus

edited by

Shenglong Wu

and

Zhengchang Wu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6183 | Submission Open

Keywords: swine; coronavirus; TGEV; PEDV; PDCoV; SADS-COV; PRCV; PHEV; pathology; testing; vaccines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)

Animal Ontogeny, Plasticity and Ecology

edited by Robert M. Fagen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5853 | Submission Open

Keywords: agency; development; early life history; ethology; foraging; habitat; ontogeny; phylogeny; play; social behavior

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

Recent Advances in Reproductive Biotechnologies—Second Edition

edited by

Luis Águila Paredes

and

João Pedro Barbas

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4141 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproductive biotechnologies; productivity; embryo development; andrology; sperm cryopreservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Current Status and Advances in Semen Preservation—Second Edition

edited by

Anna Dziekońska

Agnieszka Partyka

and Magdalena Koziorowska-Gilun

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4107 | Submission Open

Keywords: semen preservation; liquid state; cryopreservation; semen quality; fertility; assisted reproductive technologies; energy metabolism; antioxidants; oxidative stress; proteomic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Canine and Feline Cardiomyopathies—Current and Future Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment

edited by

Joshua A. Stern

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3751 | Submission Open

Keywords: translational; cardiology; cardiomyopathy; hypertrophic; dilated; arrhythmogenic; fibrosing; diagnostic; cardiac; genetics; pharmacology; sarcomere

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

Livestock Omics

edited by

Lucas Lima Verardo

, Ana Magalhães,

Nuno Carolino

and

Gabriel Machado Dallago

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2698 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal production; sustainability; animal welfare; animal breeding; animal genetics; precision livestock farming

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

Artificial Intelligence as a Useful Tool in Behavioural Studies

edited by

Cino Pertoldi

and

Sussie Pagh

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2581 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; artificial intelligence; Yolo; DeepLabCut; SLEAP; Create ML; in situ conservation; ex situ conservation; behavioural studies; wildlife biology; animal production; ethograms; time budget

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

Recent Advances of Swine Viral Disease Research in China: Epidemiology, Virus-Host Interactions and Control: Second Edition

edited by

Su Li

and

Hua-Ji Qiu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2511 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidemiology; diagnostic; virus– host interactions; viral replication; control; and prevention; vaccines; antivirals; emergence and evolution; viral immunology; viral structure

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

Advances in Small Ruminant Welfare

edited by

Govind Kannan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2415 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal behavior; animal welfare; fiber; goats; meat; milk; sheep; small ruminants; stress physiology; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Small Ruminants)

Advances in Mammary Gland Biology and Lactation of Ruminants: Second Edition

edited by Sam Peterson

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2331 | Submission Open

Keywords: mammary biology; mammogenesis; lactogenesis; galactopoiesis; mastitis; mammary histopathology; endocrine signals; epigenetic effects; lactational physiology; milk removal; colostrum; somatic cells; milk conductivity; mammary metabolism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Small Ruminants)

Protecting Endangered Species: Second Edition

edited by

Chunwang Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2185 | 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)

Prevention and Control for Animal Transmissible Diseases

edited by

Saúl Jiménez-Ruiz

and David Cano-Terriza

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2050 | Submission Open

Keywords: control; epidemiology; livestock; modeling approaches; multi-host pathogens; outbreaks; prevention; transmission; wildlife

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

Advances in Veterinary Ocular Pathology

edited by

Dagmara Winiarczyk

and

Łukasz Adaszek

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2020 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular biology; ocular pathology; genetic analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)

Nutrition, Physiology and Metabolism of Companion Animals

edited by

Demin Cai

, Ping Hu and Haoyu Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1980 | Submission Open

Keywords: companion animals; nutrition; metabolic processes; dietary intervention; chronic diseases; immune function; antioxidant defenses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)

Pathogenesis and Preventive Methods of Animal Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections

edited by

Laura Huber

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1932 | Submission Open

Keywords: multidrug resistance; infectious diseases; One Health; veterinary preventative medicine

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

Lactococcosis: A Single Disease for Multiple Lactococcus Species

edited by

Silvia Colussi

Giuseppe Esposito

and Khalid Shahin

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1896 | Submission Open

Keywords: lactococcosis; fish diseases; antimicrobial resistance; host– pathogen interactions; epidemiology; diagnostic methods

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