Reviewer Board
Members of the reviewer board are selected from all Animals reviewers for regularly providing timely high quality reports on submitted manuscripts. Responsibilities of reviewers are available here.
Members
Interests: animal behavior and how to apply this information to improve animal welfare through research
Interests: endogenous retro and parvoviruses in animal genomes; mollusk retrotransposons
Interests: ruminant nutrition; cattle; sheep; fatty acid composition of feed and meat; precision livestock farming; pre-slaughter handling; slaughter; meat quality
Interests: veterinary pathology; veterinary pathology of domestic species
Interests: animal immunity and physiology; gene diversity and expression in animal health and disease
Interests: evaluation of pasture forbs with high bioactive compounds for livestock production, health and environmental effects; livestock production in agrivoltaics systems; management of self-regenerating annual legumes in permanent pastures in dryland conditions; use of spent hemp biomass in ruminant nutrition; dual purpose management (grain/hay and pasture) of small grain winter annuals
Interests: poultry sciences; rabbits sciences; nutrition; husbandry; production; physiology
Interests: fish parasites; crustacea; branchiura; copepoda; gyrodactylidae; diplozoidae; environmental impact
Interests: livestock and domestic animal genomics
Interests: animal behavior; animal welfare; lameness; small ruminant; genetics; swine
Interests: pigs; breeding; reproductive value; fattening value; slaughter value; meat quality; nutrition; genes; preservation of genetic resources
Interests: behaviour; food webs; marine ecology; population biology; trophic interactions; body size abundance relationships; biodiversity; ecosystem function
Interests: microbiology; animal nutrition; in vitro models; biostatistics; Feed Evaluation
Interests: animal welfare; emotions; communication; cognition and laterality
Interests: poultry nutrition; physiology; trace minerals; mycotoxins
Interests: animal behavior; animal welfare; rewilding; compassionate conservation; conservation ethics; conservation welfare; wildlife welfare human-animal relationships; wildlife welfare; animal wellbeing
Interests: one welfare; farm animal welfare; neonatal survival; stakeholder attitude; human-animal relationship; livestock sustainability and welfare
2. Department of Livestock Production, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Blihuloya, Sri Lanka
Interests: animal welfare; stress; animal behaviour; pain perception; euthanasia of farm animals; humane slaughtering; brain pathology in slaughtering; management of farm animals
Interests: equine; large animals; internal medicine; infectious diseases; microbiota
Interests: small ruminants; reproduction physiology and biotechnologies; andrology; reproductive efficiency and methods; reproduction parameters; sperm cryopreservation (new extenders, tecniques, new methods, etc); cervical artificial insemination
Interests: conservation genetics; genomics; Phylogeography; phylogenetics; landscape genetics; mammals; non-invasive sampling; adaptation
Interests: dairy cattle; calving; systemic inflammation; post-partum anti-inflammatory treatment; uterine health; metritis treatment; metritis prevention
Interests: animal nutrition (pig, poultry, laboratory animals); gut health; gut physiology; microbiota activity; bioactive compounds
Interests: horse; welfare; behavior; stress; infrared thermography; quantitative genetics; genetic evaluation; breeding programs; equestrian disciplines; genetic selection
Interests: hematology; red cell; hemoglobinopathies; stem cells; red cell traits; transcriptional control; translational control; gene expression
Interests: physiopathology and biotechnology of animal reproduction; assisted reproductive technology; cryopreservation; artificial insemination; IVM; IVF; IVC; semen evaluation; sperm fertility; oocytes
Interests: poultry science; poultry production; poultry products quality; eggs; meat; chickens
Interests: pigs breeding and husbandry; nutrition; mineral additives; meat quality; reproduction of pigs
Interests: animal welfare; Marine Mammals; population management; medical training; rehabilitation of wildlife
Interests: dairy cattle; mastitis; reproduction; animal welfare; lameness