The Italian Journal of Animal Science is an international open access journal publishing research at molecular, cellular, organ, whole animal and production system levels.

The Italian Journal of Animal Science is the official journal of the Animal Science and Production Association and is essential reading for animal scientists, technicians and all those who research animal production.

The Italian Journal of Animal Science encourages submissions of international relevance on the following subjects:

    Animal derived food quality and safety
    Animal genetics and breeding
    Aquaculture, 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 behaviour
    Animal welfare
    In vitro studies that have an application to farmed livestock
    Tropical management systems, tropical farming, tropical breeding, animal feeding in the tropics.

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.

The Italian Journal of Animal Science accepts original research articles, review articles, short communications, meeting reviews, book reviews, conference supplements, as well as news and guidelines from the Animal Science and Production Association (ASPA).

The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy. All articles will be made freely and permanently available online through gold open access publication.

Editor-in-Chief  
Marcello Mele, University of Pisa (Italy) 
Email: marcello.mele@unipi.it

Associate Editors
Umberto Bernabucci, University of Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy) 
Email: bernab@unitus.it 
Subject area: Production physiology and biology
Alessio Cecchinato, University of Padova (Italy) 
Email: alessio.cecchinato@unipd.it 
Subject area: Animal genetics and breeding
Federica Cheli, University of Milano (Italy) 
Email: federica.cheli@unimi.it 
Subject area: Ruminants nutrition and feeding
 
Oreste Franci, University of Firenze (Italy) 
Email: oreste.franci@unifi.it 
Subject area: Livestock systems, management and environment
Jean-François Hocquette, INRA (France) 
Email: jean-francois.hocquette@inra.fr 
Subject area: Animal food quality and safety
Antonino Nizza, University of Napoli (Italy) 
Email: nizza@unina.it 
Subject area: Non-ruminants nutrition and feeding
Giuliana Parisi, University of Firenze (Italy)  
Email: giuliana.parisi@unifi.it 
Subject area: Aquaculture, poultry, companion and wildlife

Section Editors
Alessandro Agazzi, University of Milano (Italy) 
Email: alessandro.agazzi@unimi.it
Susana Alves, Technical University of Lisboa (Portugal) 
Email: susanaalves@fmv.ulisboa.pt
Luca M. Battaglini, University of Torino (Italy) 
Email: luca.battaglini@unito.it
Ali-Reza Bayat, Natural Resources Institute (Finland) 
Email: alireza.bayat@luke.fi 
Francesca Bertolini, Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) 
Email: franb@aqua.dtu.dk 
Massimo Bionaz, Oregon State University (USA) 
Email: massimo.bionaz@oregonstate.edu 

Alessio Bonaldo, University of Bologna (Italy) 
Email: alessio.bonaldo@unibo.it 
Fulvia Bovera, University of Napoli (Italy) 
Email: bovera@unina.it
Salvator Calvet Sanz, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) 
Email: salcalsa@upvnet.upv.es 
Alessio Cecchinato, University of Padova (Italy) 
Email: alessio.cecchinato@unipd.it
Beniamino T. Cenci Goga, University of Perugia (Italy) 
Email: beniamino.cencigoga@unipg.it
Stefania Chessa, University of Torino (Italy) 
Email: stefania.chessa@unito.it  
Alessandro Dal Bosco, University of Perugia (Italy) 
Email: alessandro.dalbosco@unipg.it 
Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo, University of Córdoba (Spain) 
Email: juanviagr218@gmail.com
Flaviana Gottardo, University of Padova (Italy) 
Email:  flaviana.gottardo@unipd.it 
Andrea Minuti, “Sacro Cuore” Catholic University, Piacenza (Italy) 
Email: andrea.minuti@unicatt.it 
Anna Nudda, University of Sassari (Italy) 
Email: anudda@uniss.it
Johan Osorio, South Dakota State University (USA) 
Email: johan.osorio@sdstate.edu 
Manuela Renna, University of Torino (Italy) 
Email: manuela.renna@unito.it
Evangelia Sossidou, Veterinary Research Institute, Thessaloniki (Greece) 
Email: sossidou.arig@nagref.gr
Giuseppe Stradaioli, University of Udine (Italy) 
Email: giuseppe.stradaioli@uniud.it
Paolo Trevisi, University of Bologna (Italy) 
Email: paolo.trevisi@unibo.it
Eleni Tsiplakou, Agricultural University of Athens (Greece) 
Email: eltsiplakou@aua.gr
Hai-Jun Zhang, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing (China) 
Email: fowlfeed@163.com