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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Personality and Emotions of Parrots submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1748 | 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 957 | 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 1993 | 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 264 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3649 | 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 21650 | 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 21583 | 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 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16174 | 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 16022 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14569 | 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 13256 | 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 11618 | 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 9301 | 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 8459 | 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 7064 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5602 | 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 5407 | Submission Open
Keywords: special nutritional strategies; management methods; survival rate; health status; growth performance; weaning piglets
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pigs)
Nutritive Value or Bioutilization Technology of Alternative Forages for Ruminant Nutrition
edited by Dingfu Xiao and Tiantian Meng
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5406 | Submission Open
Keywords: ruminant feeding; nutritive value; corn soybean meal substitution; novel feedstuffs; unconventional feeds; by-products; in vitro digestibility; rumen fermentation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Nutrition)
Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife: A Threat for Biodiversity and Global Health submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3582 | 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 2868 | 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 2744 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Equids)
Animal Production in the Artificial Intelligence Era: Advances and Applications
edited by Saleh Shahinfar, , and Romdhane Rekaya
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1921 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; forecasting (prediction); animal production; animal health and welfare; breeding and genetics; reproduction; high-throughput phenotyping and big data; sensors; computer vision
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal System and Management)
Changing Landscape in Consumer Perceptions and Preferences for Meat and Meat Alternatives submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1816 | 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 1517 | 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 1476 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal products; quality; farm conditions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Products)
Free-Roaming Cats and Dogs: Ecology, Management and Inter-Species Interactions submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1307 | Submission Open
Keywords: One Health; One Welfare; dogs; cats; Felis catus; Canis familiaris; ecology; human– animal interactions; cat population management; dog population management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Companion Animals)
Factors Affecting Fattened Ewe and Lamb Performance, Carcass Conformation, Meat Quality, and Flavor
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 865 | Submission Open
Keywords: sheep; flavor precursors; meat quality; management; genetics; feed
(This special issue belongs to the Section Small Ruminants)
Modulating Immunometabolism in Transition Dairy Cows
edited by Pedro G. Melendez and Pablo Pinedo
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 864 | 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)
Advances in Poultry Behaviour and Welfare
edited by and Carolin Adler
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 847 | Submission Open
Keywords: poultry welfare; poultry behaviour; housing conditions; management practices; abnormal behaviour; welfare indicators
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
Genomic and Transcriptomic Studies in Aquaculture
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 611 | 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)
Environmental Enrichment in Farm Animals submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 472 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal welfare; precision livestock farming; social environment; animal behavior
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal System and Management)
The Role of Melatonin in Animal Reproduction Using - Omic Technologies submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 269 | 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)
The Raptors: Ecology, Behavior, Parasites, Life History and Conservation
edited by Zbigniew Kwieciński
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open
Keywords: the life history of raptors and owls; breeding biology; ecology; behavior; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wildlife)
Wildlife Trade and Crime
edited by Harry Wels
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildlife trade and crime; trafficking; syndicates; social movements and wildlife 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 166 | 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 160 | 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)
Innovative Methods to Reduce Predation and Achieve Coexistence between Predators and Prey
edited by Jorge Tobajas
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological conservation; wildlife management; coexistence conservation; predation control; non-lethal methods; predator– prey relationships; chemical camouflage; conditioned taste aversion; animal pre-conditioning; aversive conditioning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology and Conservation)
Human Psychology of Animal Sentience
edited by Uri Lifshin
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 145 | 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 124 | 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 124 | 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 98 | 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 8287 | 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 1215 | 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 260 | 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 140 | 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 37767 | 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 12033 | 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 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10634 | 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 8339 | 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)
Advances in Small Animal Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5376 | 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)
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