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Climate Change Impact on Blood Biomarkers in Domestic and Production Animals
edited by and Francesca Aragona
submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 174 | 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 7132 | 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 submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9023 | 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, and Víctor M. Cubillos
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5704 | 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
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2677 | 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
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 113 | 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)
Strategies to Improve Gut Health and Immunity in Monogastric Animals submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7690 | Submission Open
Keywords: gut; immunity; health; microbiome; monogastric animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Diseases of the Small and Large Intestine, Liver and Pancreas in Small Animals: Second Edition submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7308 | Submission Open
Keywords: small animal gastroenterology; intestine; liver; pancreas; microbiota; gut; clinicopathological markers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Care and Well-Being of Laboratory Animals: Second Edition
edited by Stephanie Krämer
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 134 | 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 167 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8873 | 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 submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 377 | 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)
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Aquatic Animals—2nd Edition
edited by , and André Gotardo
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic organisms; medicines; diet; metabolism profile; contaminants; pesticides; veterinary drugs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Enhancing Sustainable Poultry Production: Innovations in Management and Nutrition submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 24090 | Submission Open
Keywords: poultry production; nutritional strategies; sustainability; animal welfare; environmental impact; alternative protein sources; feed additives; gut microbiota; thermal stress; poultry meat and egg quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Poultry)
Advances in Camelid Reproduction submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13823 | 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)
Environmental Pollutant Effects on the Physiological and Immune Functions of Aquatic Animals
edited by and Liqiang Zhao
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9743 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic animals; environmental pollutants; stress response; physiological functions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Precision Livestock Farming: New Techniques for Monitoring the Behaviour and Welfare of Farm Animal submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8532 | 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)
Production, Breeding and Disease Management of Plateau Animals
edited by , and Quan Mo
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8062 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6234 | 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 and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5647 | 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 5541 | 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 submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3165 | 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 , and Magdalena Koziorowska-Gilun
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2671 | 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)
Recent Advances of Swine Viral Disease Research in China: Epidemiology, Virus-Host Interactions and Control: Second Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2298 | 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)
Canine and Feline Cardiomyopathies—Current and Future Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2288 | 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)
Advances in Mammary Gland Biology and Lactation of Ruminants: Second Edition
edited by Sam Peterson
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2221 | 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)
Livestock Omics submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1977 | 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)
Prevention and Control for Animal Transmissible Diseases
edited by and David Cano-Terriza
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1760 | 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)
Protecting Endangered Species: Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1757 | 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)
Lactococcosis: A Single Disease for Multiple Lactococcus Species
edited by , and Khalid Shahin
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1740 | Submission Open
Keywords: lactococcosis; fish diseases; antimicrobial resistance; host– pathogen interactions; epidemiology; diagnostic methods
Pathogenesis and Preventive Methods of Animal Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1732 | Submission Open
Keywords: multidrug resistance; infectious diseases; One Health; veterinary preventative medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Artificial Intelligence as a Useful Tool in Behavioural Studies
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1583 | 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)
Advances in Small Ruminant Welfare
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1477 | 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 Veterinary Ocular Pathology submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1388 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular biology; ocular pathology; genetic analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)
Amino Acids Nutrition and Health in Farm Animals
edited by Zhenlong Wu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1196 | Submission Open
Keywords: protein; peptide; amino acids; intestinal health; immune response; oxidative stress; feeding and management; metabolism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Heat Stress and Livestock: Effects on the Physiology submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1156 | Submission Open
Keywords: livestock; heat stress; physiological responses; health; welfare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Physiology)
Nutrition, Physiology and Metabolism of Companion Animals
edited by , Ping Hu and Haoyu Liu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 946 | 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)
Unveiling the Breeding Biology and Life History Evolution in Birds
edited by Shaobin Li, Changcao Wang and Weibin Guo
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 847 | Submission Open
Keywords: avian; breeding biology; life history; reproductive strategies; ecological adaptation; evolutionary ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Fish Microbiome, a Novel Tool to Improve Sustainable Production and Welfare in Aquaculture
edited by Federico Moroni and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 745 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquaculture; microbiome; fish nutrition; fish welfare; sustainability; ras system; microbiota biomarkers; host-microbiota relationship
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Food-Borne Pathogens of Animals: Diagnosis, Prevention, Control, and Zoonotic Significance submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 673 | Submission Open
Keywords: pathogens; animals; food; one Health; diagnosis; prevention; control; zoonosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Genetic Diversity and Conservation of Local Poultry Breeds
edited by Bolin Cai, and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 507 | Submission Open
Keywords: poultry genetic resources; genetic diversity; molecular evolution; high-quality genome; primordial germ cell; conservation and utilization; multi omics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
Molecular Mechanism and Nutritional Regulation in Porcine Diarrhea
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 450 | Submission Open
Keywords: pig; nutritional regulation; microbiome; diarrhea; gut health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)
Lipid-Based Nanoparticles for Sustainable Aquaculture submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 424 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquaculture; plant extracts; bioactive compounds; nanodelivery systems; lipid-based nanoparticles; feed additives; nutrition; disease resistance; mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Companion Animal Neonatal Health
edited by Miguel Batista-Arteaga and Xiomara Lucas Arjona
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open
Keywords: canine; feline; pregnancy diagnosis; birth induction; dystocia; Apgar evaluation; neonatal care
(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)
Nutritional and Management Strategies for Heat-Stressed Ruminants
edited by Farhad Ahmadi
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate-resilient feeding; global warming; heat stress mitigation; prenatal heat stress; sustainable ruminant production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal System and Management)
Diseases of Marine Mammals: Prevention, Control and Beyond
edited by Suzana Tkalcic
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine mammals; ocean health; climate change; anthropogenic impacts; conservation; disease prevention and control; diagnostics; health management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mammals)
Health of the Ovaries, Uterus, and Mammary Glands in Animals
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open
Keywords: livestock reproduction; reproductive health; ovary; uterus; mammary gland; reproductive diseases; fertility; lactation; animal welfare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Infectious Diseases in Animals: Community Ecology and Pathogen Dynamics, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal infectious diseases; transmissible diseases; ecology; pathogens
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Expanding Horizons in Mammalian Sensory Research: Morphofunctional, Genomic, Ecological, and Applied Perspectives submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 184 | 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)
Insights into Viral Pathogens of Swine: Surveillance and Control Trends
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging and re-emerging swine viral diseases; epidemiological investigations; swine viral disease control and management; new lineage of PRRSV; control strategy of PEDV; surveillance or examination of swine viral disease by oral or processing fluid samples; biosafety control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)
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