Special Issues

Animals publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Identifying and Monitoring Health-Based Threats to Animals: Contaminants and Pathogen Exposures submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11483 | Submission Open
Keywords: pollutants; pathogens; environment; animal health; adverse effects; biomonitoring; bioindicators; threats
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology and Conservation)
Heart Diseases in Small Animals
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2333 | 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 Companion Animals)
Personality and Emotions of Parrots submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1836 | Submission Open
Keywords: affective state; behavioral syndrome; behavioral type; coping style; emotionality; personality; parrots; Psittaciformes; temperament
(This special issue belongs to the Section Birds)
Behavior, Welfare, Health and Care of Aging Pets
edited by Ángela González-Martínez
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1074 | Submission Open
Keywords: geriatric pets; behavior; health; nutrition; cognition; dogs; cats; exotic animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)
Skeletal Muscle Development and Growth in Farm Animals
edited by
submission deadline 25 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2076 | Submission Open
Keywords: skeletal muscle; satellite cells; fibro-adipogenic progenitors; feed efficiency; fat-lean mass; meat production and quality; metabolic health; feed efficiency; farm animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Beavers: Nature's Master Builders and Environmental Engineers
edited by Róisín Campbell-Palmer
submission deadline 27 May 2024 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; ecosystem engineers; freshwater habitats; natural processes; reintroduction; restoration; management; mitigation; wetlands; wildlife conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)
Conservation and Sperm Quality in Domestic Animals submission deadline 30 May 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4632 | Submission Open
Keywords: cryopreservation; sperm quality; genetic diversity; reproductive efficiency; livestock management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Comparative Animal Nutrition and Metabolism submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 22658 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutrition; gut; species differences; organ structure and function; microbiota; metabolic syndrome; hormonal factors; metabolism and development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Morphological and Physiological Research on Fish submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 22636 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish; anatomy; basic research; physiology; aquaculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Genetic Analysis of Important Traits in Poultry submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 17381 | Submission Open
Keywords: broiler chickens; laying hens; turkeys; quails; gene discovery; high-throughput analysis; GWAS; RNA-seq; functional genomics; epigenetics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Poultry)
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics in Livestock submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16907 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotechnology; bioinformatics; livestock; climate change; wellbeing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
Monitoring of Behavior, Affective States, and Health to Identify Welfare Concerns of Farm Animals
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15532 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal welfare; behavior; health; affective states; indicator; livestock; housing; transport; slaughter
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Animal Stress and Welfare during Transport and Slaughtering
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14288 | Submission Open
Keywords: slaughter animals; welfare; meat quality; legislation; consumers concern; movement; handling; economic aspects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Anaesthesia and Pain Management in Large Animals
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12555 | Submission Open
Keywords: analgesia; pain; production animals; cattle; sheep; pigs; poultry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Parasitic Arthropods of Vertebrates submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9639 | Submission Open
Keywords: parasitic arthropods; host– parasite relationship; biology and ecology; taxonomy and evolution; parasitic arthropods of medical and veterinary importance; arthropods as vectors of diseases
Sustainability of Local Dairy Farming Systems submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8764 | Submission Open
Keywords: improving sustainability; animal welfare and health; rural livelihoods; farm resilience; GHG mitigation strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal System and Management)
Climate-Smart and Sustainable Animal Food Value Chains submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7397 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal food value chains; animal health and welfare; animal production; adoption; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Products)
Relationships between Animal Hosts and Microbiota, Animal Health and Response to Diseases
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6216 | Submission Open
Keywords: livestock; companion animals; wild animals; microbiota; metabolites; physiology; non-communicable diseases; infectious diseases; environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Physiology)
Nutritional Strategies and Management Methods to Improve Survival, Health and Growth Performance of Weaning Piglets
edited by , and Zhenya Zhai
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5909 | Submission Open
Keywords: special nutritional strategies; management methods; survival rate; health status; growth performance; weaning piglets
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)
Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife: A Threat for Biodiversity and Global Health submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3934 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging infectious disease; wildlife; One Health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)
Interrelationships between Animal Behaviors and Control of Diseases submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3272 | Submission Open
Keywords: animals behavioral strategies; behavioral adaptions; control of diseases; nursing care of sick conspecifics; survival and wellness; potentiation of the immune system; pathogens and parasites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Recent Advances in Equine Surgery and Sports Medicine
edited by and Lynn M. Pezzanite
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3116 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)
Changing Landscape in Consumer Perceptions and Preferences for Meat and Meat Alternatives submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1982 | Submission Open
Keywords: consumer behavior; consumer perceptions; attitudes; and preferences; economics; livestock; livestock products
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Anesthesia and Analgesia in Companion Animals Surgery
edited by Vincenzo Nava, Giovanna Lucrezia Costa and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1618 | Submission Open
Keywords: anesthesia; analgesia; companion animals; hematological; biochemical parameters; inflammatory oxidative status; surgery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Influence of Farm Animal Production and Processing Conditions on the Quality of Animal Origin Based Products
edited by and Marian Mihaiu
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1559 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal products; quality; farm conditions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Products)
Genomic and Transcriptomic Studies in Aquaculture
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1124 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic animals; evolution; gene expression regulation; pathogen– host interactions; omics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
Advances in Poultry Behaviour and Welfare
edited by and Carolin Adler
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 955 | Submission Open
Keywords: poultry welfare; poultry behaviour; housing conditions; management practices; abnormal behaviour; welfare indicators
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Modulating Immunometabolism in Transition Dairy Cows
edited by Pedro G. Melendez and Pablo Pinedo
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 947 | Submission Open
Keywords: transition cow; metabolic diseases; prepartum; postpartum; oxidative stress; immunomodulation; nutrition; feeding management; cow comfort; dairy cattle
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cattle)
The Role of Melatonin in Animal Reproduction Using - Omic Technologies submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open
Keywords: male reproductive biology; female reproductive biology; melatonin; domestic animals; teleost fish; proteomics; genomics; transcriptomics; metagenomics; epigenomics; metabolomics; lipidomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Wildlife Trade and Crime
edited by Harry Wels
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildlife trade and crime; trafficking; syndicates; social movements and wildlife conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)
The Raptors: Ecology, Behavior, Parasites, Life History and Conservation
edited by Zbigniew Kwieciński
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open
Keywords: the life history of raptors and owls; breeding biology; ecology; behavior; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)
Trace Element Analysis in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Animal Diseases
edited by Krzysztof R. Lutnicki, Łukasz Kurek and Beata Abramowicz
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open
Keywords: animals; laboratory tests; micro and macronutrients deficiencies; metabolic diseases; animal health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Exploring Equine Metabolome: Insights from High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open
Keywords: aging; climate conditions; equine physiology; equine nutrition; equine performance; equine management; equine sport; equine health; exercise; horse; metabolites; muscle physiology; neonatal period; peripartum; physiological stress; training; stress
(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)
Human Psychology of Animal Sentience
edited by Uri Lifshin
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal rights; animal sentience; animal welfare; attitudes towards animals; human– animal relations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human-Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour and Emotion)
Second Edition of Tick-Borne Diseases in Animals
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: tick-borne diseases; tick-borne pathogens; tick control; companion animals; production animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Fat Metabolism and Deposition in Cattle
edited by Yoonseok Lee
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open
Keywords: bovine; intramuscular fat deposition; gene regulation; genetic variant; non-coding RNA
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Physiology)
The Vertebrate Immune System: Insights from the Reptilian Perspective
edited by T. Franciscus Scheelings
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open
Keywords: reptile immunity; reptile innate immunity; adaptive immunity in reptiles; vaccination; cytokines; immuno-pathology; pathogens; haematology; evolution; disease resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Herpetology)
Improving Animal Welfare: A Key Factor for a Shift towards More Sustainable Animal Agriculture
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9032 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal-based measures; welfare assessment; physiology; behavior; stress indicators; best practices; sustainable development goals; sustainability; One Health; One Welfare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Saliva and Blood Markers in Animal Welfare and Health Monitoring
edited by and Maria Martín-Cuervo
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1323 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; saliva; serum; blood; health status; welfare; stress
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Theoretical and Empirical Research on Animal Welfare Policy submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal welfare; policy evaluation; farm-level compliance; farm animal; international trade; decision support systems; welfare management; welfare monitoring; welfare assurance; food labelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Learning and Social Behavior in Parrots
edited by Amelia Wein and Raoul Schwing
submission deadline 7 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open
Keywords: parrot cognition; parrot behavior; bird cognition; bird behavior; cognitive abilities; problem solving; technical intelligence; parrot; kea; cockatoo
(This special issue belongs to the Section Birds)
Anaesthesia and Analgesia in Companion Animals
edited by , Tilemahos Anagnostou, , Kiriaki Pavlidou and Dimitris Raptopoulos
submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | 17 articles | Viewed by 39442 | Submission Open
Keywords: anaesthesia; analgesia; companion animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)
Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation in Companion Animals submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12645 | Submission Open
Keywords: veterinary sports medicine; sporting and utility dogs; management of sports units k9; canine sports training; nutrition in sporting and utility dogs; benefits of canine sports; role of the veterinarian in sports competitions; pathologies associated with canine sports; physiotherapy and rehabilitation in companion animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)
Monitoring of Cows: Management and Sustainability submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 11657 | Submission Open
Keywords: monitoring of cows grazing on pasture or in confinement systems (productivity; health; behaviour; welfare; reproduction; environment; gases; milk quality; etc.); sustainability of the system and production; social and economic impact; management of cattle system; precision livestock (technologies; mathematical modelling; techniques of data measurements; monitor devices; analysis algorithms; precision technologies; sensors; software; sound analysis; images analysis; etc.); traceability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cattle)
Recent Advances in Animals Anesthesia, Analgesia and Pain Management during Gonadectomy
edited by and Alberto Maria Crovace
submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9280 | Submission Open
Keywords: anesthesia; analgesia; pain; pain management; nociception; gonadectomy; ovariectomy; ovariohysterectomy; orchiectomy; small animals; large animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Diagnostic Imaging in Equine Lameness Diagnosis—Where Are We in 2024?
edited by and Myra F. Barrett
submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6020 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrasound; radiography; comparative imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; computed tomography; scintigraphy; positron emission tomography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)
Advances in Small Animal Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5604 | Submission Open
Keywords: small animal; endocrinology; hormone regulation; endocrine disorders; reproductive physiology; reproductive biotechnology; andrology; pregnancy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
In Vitro and In Vivo Digestibility Studies in Ruminants submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4460 | Submission Open
Keywords: gas production technique; Rusitec; in situ; respiration chambers and metabolic cages
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Infectious Diseases, Pathology and Immunology in Rabbits
edited by
submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 827 | Submission Open
Keywords: rabbits; infectious diseases; epidemiology; immunology; diagnostic tools; vaccines; antibiotic resistance; alternative methods for infectious diseases control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Mammal Evolution Explained through Molecular and Morphological Data
edited by Claudio Gustavo Ustavo Barbeito, Phelipe Favaron and
submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open
Keywords: evolution; evo– devo; comparative anatomy; molecular biology; adaptation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mammals)
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