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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 5015 | 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 1820 | 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 75 | 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

edited by

Anna Czech

and

Justyna Batkowska

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6476 | 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

edited by

Alessio Pierini

and

Eleonora Gori

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5260 | 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 91 | 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 134 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7031 | 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 329 | 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

Jonas A. R. Paschoal

Fabiana Pilarski

and André Gotardo

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 98 | 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

edited by

Vassilios Dotas

and

George K. Symeon

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 21991 | 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

edited by

Davide Monaco

Monica Probo

and

Aliai Lanci

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12968 | 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)

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 7545 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Danilo Florentino Pereira

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7155 | 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)

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 5539 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5251 | 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 5157 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2666 | Submission Open

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

(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

Su Li

and

Hua-Ji Qiu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2001 | 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)

Current Status and Advances in Semen Preservation—Second Edition

edited by

Anna Dziekońska

Agnieszka Partyka

and Magdalena Koziorowska-Gilun

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1611 | 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)

Pathogenesis and Preventive Methods of Animal Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections

edited by

Laura Huber

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1610 | 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 1582 | Submission Open

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

Protecting Endangered Species: Second Edition

edited by

Chunwang Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1574 | 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 1458 | 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)

Livestock Omics

edited by

Lucas Lima Verardo

, Ana Magalhães,

Nuno Carolino

and

Gabriel Machado Dallago

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1388 | 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)

Advances in Veterinary Ocular Pathology

edited by

Dagmara Winiarczyk

and

Łukasz Adaszek

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1201 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular biology; ocular pathology; genetic analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)

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

edited by

Joshua A. Stern

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 973 | 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)

Amino Acids Nutrition and Health in Farm Animals

edited by Zhenlong Wu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 649 | 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)

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 569 | 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)

Molecular Mechanism and Nutritional Regulation in Porcine Diarrhea

edited by

Kwang-won Seo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 424 | Submission Open

Keywords: pig; nutritional regulation; microbiome; diarrhea; gut health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)

Lipid-Based Nanoparticles for Sustainable Aquaculture

edited by

Nopadon Pirarat

Manoj Kamble

and

Seyyed Morteza Hoseini

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 341 | 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 332 | Submission Open

Keywords: canine; feline; pregnancy diagnosis; birth induction; dystocia; Apgar evaluation; neonatal care

(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 | Viewed by 296 | 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)

Advances in Small Ruminant Welfare

edited by

Govind Kannan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 290 | 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)

Fish Microbiome, a Novel Tool to Improve Sustainable Production and Welfare in Aquaculture

edited by Federico Moroni and

Jaume Pérez-Sánchez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 281 | 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

edited by

Leonardo Alberghini

and

Alda Natale

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogens; animals; food; one Health; diagnosis; prevention; control; zoonosis

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

Unveiling the Breeding Biology and Life History Evolution in Birds

edited by Shaobin Li, Changcao Wang and Weibin Guo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: avian; breeding biology; life history; reproductive strategies; ecological adaptation; evolutionary ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Health of the Ovaries, Uterus, and Mammary Glands in Animals

edited by

Diqi Yang

and

Xiaoyu Hu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 156 | 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)

Genetic Diversity and Conservation of Local Poultry Breeds

edited by Bolin Cai,

Xiquan Zhang

and

Zhijun Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 155 | 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)

Diseases of Marine Mammals: Prevention, Control and Beyond

edited by Suzana Tkalcic

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 149 | 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)

Infectious Diseases in Animals: Community Ecology and Pathogen Dynamics, 2nd Edition

edited by

João R. Mesquita

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal infectious diseases; transmissible diseases; ecology; pathogens

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

Heat Stress and Livestock: Effects on the Physiology

edited by

Levente Kovács

and

Daniel Falta

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock; heat stress; physiological responses; health; welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Physiology)

Insights into Viral Pathogens of Swine: Surveillance and Control Trends

edited by

Cheng-Yao Yang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 131 | 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)

New Insights in Large Animal Neurology

edited by Antonio Carlos Lopes Câmara and Márcio Botelho de Castro

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurologic evaluation; ancillary diagnostics aids; neuropathology; imaging exams; cerebrospinal fluid analysis

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

Recent Advances in the Management of Vector-Borne Diseases in Ruminants

edited by Dinesh Erram

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: vector-borne diseases; ruminants; integrated management; One Health approach; pesticide resistance; vaccines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cattle)

Expanding Horizons in Mammalian Sensory Research: Morphofunctional, Genomic, Ecological, and Applied Perspectives

edited by

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 115 | 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)

Step by Step: Detection, Diagnosis, Control and Treatment of Ruminant Lameness and Foot Diseases: Second Edition

edited by Laura E. Green

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: ruminant lameness; detection and diagnosis; prevention and treatment; housing and environment; automation; diagnostic tools epidemiology and modelling

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

Regulation Mechanism of Gametogenesis in Animals

edited by Hao Ming

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: gametogenesis; oogenesis; spermatogenesis; epigenetic; genetic; PGC; gonads; stem cells

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)

Nutritional and Management Strategies for Heat-Stressed Ruminants

edited by Farhad Ahmadi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 99 | 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 Nutrition)

Advances in Genetic and Metabolic Pathways for Enhanced Milk Yield and Quality

edited by

Zhi Chen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: milk yield; milk composition; transcription factor; dairy; heredity; metabonomics; breeding strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Products)

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