Trends on Ruminants’ Husbandry, Breeding, Product Quality and Environmental Footprint

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a Special Issue on the Ruminants journal entitled “Trends on Ruminants’ Husbandry, Breeding, Product Quality and Environmental Footprint”.  Ruminant production systems form a vital source of human nutrition, income, and social cohesion. A variety of products are produced through ruminant farming worldwide (milk, meat, hides, wool, and energy). On the other hand, ruminants are considered a major contributor to environmental problems, including climate change. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water use and water quality, and biodiversity remain as issues of major importance. Novel trends on human nutrition, the need for easily adapted mitigation strategies for a greener footprint, as well as the increased concern around animal welfare lead to the need for alternative husbandry and breeding techniques, new approaches to genetic aspects, early recognition of abnormal situations, and assurances regarding animals’ health and final product quality.

We invite original research papers and comprehensive review articles on recent advances in the ruminant sector, including (but not limited to) husbandry and breeding strategies; genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and epigenomic research; conservation of genetic diversity; product quality; animal monitoring; identification of behavioral traits to improve animal welfare; adaptation and mitigation strategies toward climate change and water scarcity; and circular-economy-related issues.

You are welcome to send short proposals for feature paper submissions to the Editorial Office (ruminants@mdpi.com) before submission.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Dr. George P. Laliotis
Dr. Linda Majdoub-Mathlouthi
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Ruminants is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.