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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Gastrointestinal Tract Health in Pigs – 2nd Edition
edited by and Livia Mendonça Pascoal
submission deadline 21 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 214
Keywords: intestinal integrity; porcine enteric disease syndrome; tight junctions; vaccine; microbiome; nutrition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)
Ecology and Conservation of Large Carnivores
edited by Erik R. Olson and Stephanie Dolrenry
submission deadline 29 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2352 | Submission Open
Keywords: large carnivores; mammalian; Carnivora; ecology; conservation; global human– carnivore coexistence; carnivore adaptation to the Anthropocene; behavior; human attitudes; population assessment; habitat connectivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology and Conservation)
Advances in Herpetological Medicine and Surgery
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 16 articles | Viewed by 32242 | Submission Open
Keywords: herpetological medicine; zoological medicine; reptiles; amphibians; conservation; pathophysiology; disease etiopathogenesis; emerging and re-emerging diseases; novel diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; anesthesia; surgery; welfare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Herpetology)
Empirical Animal and Veterinary Medical Ethics
edited by , , , , Barry Kipperman and Sabine Salloch
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19097 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal ethics; veterinary ethics; methods applies ethics; qualitative and quantitative research designs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Ethics)
Nutraceuticals in Animal Nutrition: Impact on Health, Physiology, and Productivity submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 18924 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutraceuticals; natural extracts; minerals; carbohydrates; amino acids; vitamins; feed additives; food additives; livestock
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Sustainable Poultry Production: Physiology and Nutrition submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 16550 | Submission Open
Keywords: poultry; sustainability; physiology; nutrition; feed additives; microalgae; agricultural byproducts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Poultry)
Feed Additives, Performance and Welfare in Domestic Animals submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 13447 | Submission Open
Keywords: feed additives; nutrition modulation; growth performance; animal welfare; stress; inflammation; domestic animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Genetic Resources in Livestock and Fish: Management and Conservation Strategies submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9172 | Submission Open
Keywords: animals; conservation; management; genetic resources; livestock; fish; genetics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
Salmonella in Poultry Production: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7713 | Submission Open
Keywords: Salmonella; poultry; chicken; broiler; laying hens; gut health; food safety; poultry production; egg; meat; epidemiology; outbreak; transmission; risk factor; antimicrobial resistance; virulence; public health; solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Poultry)
Endocrinology of the Female Reproductive System submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7517 | Submission Open
Keywords: endocrinology; female; hormone; neuroendocrinology; reproduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Diagnostic Research, Epidemiology and New Therapeutic Options in Companion and Wild Animals submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6276 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal diseases; companion animals; diagnosis; diagnostic techniques; epidemiology; one health; pathology; therapeutic procedures; treatment; wild animals
Reproductive Management of Ruminants—Based on Estrous Synchronization and Estrus Detection submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5723 | Submission Open
Keywords: reproduction management; synchronization protocols; estrus detection; automated activity monitor; fertility
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Advances in Nutritional Strategies for Swine Disease Management
edited by and Eric Weaver
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5425 | Submission Open
Keywords: swine; pathogens; immunology; nutrition; functional ingredients; pathogen mitigation; swine health; antimicrobial alternatives; feed safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)
Improving Fish Health and Welfare: The Toxicology of Fish submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4584 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish toxicology; fish biology; epigenetic toxicology; organic pollutants; toxic metals; pesticides; plastic residues
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Fish Nutrition, Physiology and Management submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4362 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish; aquaculture; production; physiology; sustainable production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Bird Behavior and Diversity in the Anthropocene
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4351 | Submission Open
Keywords: behavioral ecology; population ecology; community ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Birds)
Birds Ecology: Monitoring of Bird Health and Populations, Volume II submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3828 | Submission Open
Keywords: global environmental change; monitoring; birds; birds condition; birds condition markers; birds health; birds health markers; population monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Birds)
Genetics and Breeding Advances in Poultry Health and Production submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3401 | Submission Open
Keywords: genetics and breeding; gene editing; bioinformatics; immunology; muscle growth; disease resistance; stress tolerance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances in Companion Animal Dermatology
edited by Giordana Zanna
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3131 | Submission Open
Keywords: dermoscopy; high-frequency ultrasound; MRI (high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging in study of the skin); CAP (cold atmospheric plasma-based) skin therapy; photobiomodulation low-level laser therapy (LLLT)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Current Research on Salivary Analytes in Pigs submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2652 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; pigs; saliva; stress; welfare; health; distress; diseases; infectious diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)
Obesity in Pets: Risk, Prevention, and Treatment
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2258 | Submission Open
Keywords: body condition; feeding; exercise; owner perception; health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)
Stifle Joint Disorders in Companion Animals submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1861 | Submission Open
Keywords: cruciate ligament; patellar luxation; articular cartilage; osteoarthritis; knee joint disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)
Infectious Diseases in Small Ruminants – Updates on Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Prevention
edited by Pedro Pinczowski and Javier Asin
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1399 | Submission Open
Keywords: sheep; goat; small ruminants; infectious diseases; PCR; IHC; histopathology; vaccines; loss of productivity; pathogenesis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Small Ruminants)
Sustainable Aquaculture Production Systems
edited by Johan Verreth, Bendik Fyhn Terjesen and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1262 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable aquaculture; aquaculture production; environmental impact; biosecurity risks and control; waste management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Animals)
Pathology of Wildlife in the Americas
edited by and Anibal G. Armien
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1190 | Submission Open
Keywords: anatomic pathology; wildlife; infectious diseases; metabolic/nutritional diseases; toxicology; neoplasms; nthropogenic activities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)
Feeding and Management Strategies for Improving Health, Welfare, Efficiency and Sustainability in Rabbit Production submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1088 | Submission Open
Keywords: growing rabbit; rabbit doe; feeding plans; feed restriction; feed additives; gut microbiota; health; growth performance; environmental impact; housing system; housing conditions; welfare; behavior
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Recent Advance in Veterinary Microbiology submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 681 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Hepatitis in Birds
edited by Qin Zhao
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open
Keywords: bird; avian; hepatitis; hepatitis E virus (HEV); duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV); duck hepatitis A virus (DHAV); fowl adenoviruses (FAdV); turkey hepatitis virus (THV); zoonosis; diagnosis; surveillance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Innovative Prevention and Technologies for Zoonotic Diseases and Severe Exotic Diseases
edited by Rong-Hong Hua
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open
Keywords: zoonotic diseases; diagnose; vaccine; epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Research Advances in Nutritional Immunology in Non-ruminants: Immune Status and Antioxidant Capacity, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-ruminants; animals nutrition; feed additive; antioxidant capacity; immune response
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Recent Advances in Genetic Mechanism and Evolution of Sex Determination and Chromosomes
edited by Yukako Katsura
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open
Keywords: sex chromosome; sex determination; molecular evolution; genetics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
Perspectives of Pluripotent Stem Cells in Animals
edited by Oscar A. Peralta
submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: embryonic stem cells; induced pluripotent stem cells; reprogramming; cell differentiation; pluripotency; in vitro cell culture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Factors Affecting Milk Productivity, Milk Quality, and Dairy Cow Health submission deadline 1 May 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 15781 | Submission Open
Keywords: dairy cows; milk quality; feed additives; diseases; epidemiology; welfare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Reproductive Physiology of Ruminants
edited by and
submission deadline 1 May 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10684 | Submission Open
Keywords: ruminant; reproduction; ovary; puberty; reproductive cycle; behavior; environment; testes; uterus; mammary/udder/lactation; hormone; infertility/fertility; gonadotropin; parturition; gestation; photoperiod; management; gamete; obesity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Second Edition of Advances in Animal Novel Alternative Feed submission deadline 1 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8484 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; feed efficiency; ruminant production; non-ruminant production; desertification; dry land; alternative feed; agroindustry waste; agroindustry residues; by-products; native crops; non-human-edible ingredients
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Environmental Enrichment for Aquatic Animals in Husbandry Environments submission deadline 1 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6595 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental enrichment; aquatic animal; animal welfare; biological function; animal behaviour; aquaculture; hatchery release; biological conservation; zoo management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Advances in In Vitro Oocyte Development in Domestic Animals submission deadline 1 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4288 | Submission Open
Keywords: oocyte; preantral follicles; in vitro culture; oxidative stress; molecular mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Functional Feed for Pets
edited by and Kimberly A. May
submission deadline 1 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3717 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional ingredients; health; healthy lifespan; dogs; cats
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Foot and Claw Health in Dairy Cow
edited by
submission deadline 1 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2967 | Submission Open
Keywords: dairy cattle; lameness; claw disorders; durability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cattle)
Coccidiosis in Poultry: Current Thinking on Eimeria spp., Host–Parasite Relationships, and Potential for Advancements in Control
edited by
submission deadline 4 May 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5844 | Submission Open
Keywords: Eimeria of poultry; avian coccidiosis; host-Eimeria relationships; novel methods of coccidiosis control; intestinal health in chickens; commercial broiler production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Poultry)
Genetics and Genomics of Livestock Health, Fertility and Product Quality: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 10 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4230 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal; genetics; genomics; production; product quality; reproduction; fertility; health; welfare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
Current State of Knowledge on the Physiology and Reproduction of Bees submission deadline 10 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3326 | Submission Open
Keywords: honeybee; hormonal regulation; insect physiology; mating behavior; reproduction; wild bees
Early Embryo Development in Agricultural Animals submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 15104 | Submission Open
Keywords: gametes; uterus; embryo; signaling; maternal recognition; nutrition; hormones; environmental stress
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Feed Additives in Broiler Nutrition
edited by
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14643 | Submission Open
Keywords: broiler; feed additive; nutrition; growth; environment; gut; gastrointestinal tract; diet; welfare; meat; chicken
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Advances in Image-Guided Veterinary Surgery submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12850 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical imaging; surgery; minimally invasive surgery; interventional procedure; intraoperative imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Advances in Animal Anatomy Studies submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12016 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal anatomy; comparative anatomy; morphology; preclinical subjects; teaching
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Stem-Cell-Based Therapies in Veterinary Medicine—Current Status and Perspectives submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9847 | Submission Open
Keywords: stem cells; lineages; animal models; wild animals; domestic animals; biobanking
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
Animal Reproduction: Semen Quality Assessment, Volume II
edited by
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7538 | Submission Open
Keywords: sperm analysis; semen; sperm quality; fertility; biology of reproduction; artificial insemination; andrology; semen storage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Breed Preservation and Assisted Reproductive Technology of Small Ruminant submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5489 | Submission Open
Keywords: small ruminants; endangered species; animal genetic resources conservation; cryopreservation; assisted reproductive technologies; sperm; oocyte; embryo
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
Inflammation and Thrombosis in Small Animal Cardiovascular Diseases—an Emerging Therapeutic Target
edited by and
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3737 | Submission Open
Keywords: immunothrombosis; thromboinflammation; platelets; cardiomyopathy; auto-immune disease; precision medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Clinical Studies)
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