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Animal Welfare and Policy

Submit your research

Author guidelines

Editor guidelines

Peer review

Publishing fees

Journal notices

Sponsorship opportunities for 2026 Animal Science conferences and symposia

Call for papers: Transportation of Livestock Species

Host a Research Topic with Frontiers in Animal Science

Proud sponsor of the 4th International Precision Dairy Farming Conference

Frontiers FAIR² now open!

Editors

linda jane keeling

harry j. blokhuis

maria eugênia andrighetto canozzi

pierluigi carbonara

Articles

Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Research: Advancing Non-Animal Methodologies

Automated activity analysis of pregnant, pre-partum, and post-partum dromedary female camels using YOLOv8 and SAMURAI tracking

Welfare, behavior, and housing conditions of pigs, considering the basic attitudes of pig farmers in Germany

Taste aversion as a motivation test of hunger in dairy calves

Research Topics

Environmental Enrichment: Neurobiology, affective states, and positive animal welfare

Horizons in Animal Science

Transportation of Livestock Species

Animal Communication: Neurobiological, chemical, and physiological aspects