Aims

AAS is an international and scholarly open access journal. It publishes original research articles, reviews and communications that offer substantial new insight into any field of study that involves animals, including zoology, animal science, animal ethics and animal welfare. AAS has no restriction on the maximum length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical research in as much detail as possible. Full experimental details and/or method of study, must be provided for research articles. Articles submitted that involve subjecting animals to unnecessary pain or suffering will not be accepted, and all articles should be submitted with the necessary ethical approval.

Scope 

The journal welcomes articles across a wide spectrum of translational, foundational, and clinical research at both individual and population levels. Subjects of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Animal behaviour and welfare
• Animal production
• Animal reproduction
• Basic and clinical research for the advancement in the understanding of surgery in animals
• Basic and clinical research in veterinary dentistry
• Development, use, and evaluation of medical imaging techniques in veterinary settings
• Drugs and toxins in animal species
• Epidemiology and population dynamics of animal pathogens transmission, occurrence, and spread, and its economic impact
• Health and disease in captive to free-ranging wildlife across all taxa
• Interface between animal, human, environmental, and planetary health under the One Health approach
• Nutrition and metabolism issues with an interest in veterinary sciences
• Oncology and pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer in animals
• Pathogenesis of diseases, and novel techniques and biomarkers to detect, diagnose, and monitor disease in animals
• Veterinary education and humanities, including social science issues with an impact on or an interest for veterinary sciences
• Veterinary infectious diseases intra-host and in-vitro dynamics
• Veterinary neurology and neurosurgery, including internal medicine, surgery, imaging and pathology.