The Italian Journal of Animal Science is an international peer-reviewed open access journal publishing original research, reviews and short communications.

The journal serves as essential reading for animal scientists, technicians and all those who research animal production.

The journal encourages submissions of international relevance on the following subjects:

• Animal derived food quality and safety
• Animal genetics and breeding
• Aquaculture, poultry, companion and wild game animals
• Livestock systems, management and environment
• Non-ruminant or ruminant nutrition and feeding
• Production physiology and functional biology of farmed, companions and wild game animals.
• Animal behavior
• Animal welfare
• In vitro studies that have an application to farmed livestock

Manuscripts must address topics based on research at molecular, cellular, organ, whole animal and production system levels. Manuscripts discussing milk or meat analysis and compositions must show a direct link to either livestock production system, product quality, animal feeding/nutrition, animal genetics or breeding. Manuscripts describing laboratory animal models will be considered where the study highlights a potential benefit to farmed livestock.

Submissions discussing epidemiology, parasitology, infective diseases, food-borne diseases do not fit with the aims and scope of the journal.

Meeting reviews, book reviews and conference supplements are also published, as well as news and guidelines from the Animal Science and Production Association (ASPA). We welcome submissions from ASPA members and non-members alike.

Peer Review Statement

The publication of manuscripts is subject to the approval of referees and in agreement with the Editorial Advisory Board’s opinions. All peer review is single blind and submission should is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Referees will be selected from among qualified scientists in the international scientific community.