Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Special Issue

Promoting Animal and Veterinary Science Research

  • Submission Deadline: 20 June 2020
  • Status: Submission Closed
  • Lead Guest Editor: Josiah Ocheja
About This Special Issue
This special issue intends to promote Animal and Veterinary Science Research, with a view to improving livestock production and helping to reduce poverty. The issue will focus on livestock production and management strategies, disease prevention and control, livestock economics as well as environmental issues.
The scope of this special issue will cover but not limited to:
  1. Animal nutrition
  2. Animal anatomy and physiology
  3. Livestock disease prevention and control
  4. Animal genetics and breeding
  5. Animal production and the environment
  6. Animal bio-economics
  7. Micro livestock
  8. Forage/pasture and range management
  9. Monogastric animal production and management
  10. Ruminants animal production and management
  11. Veterinary pharmacology
  12. Veterinary public health
  13. Animal products and processing
Worthy of note is the fact that poverty reduction and environmental issues which are now front burners in government programmes, will feature in this special issue.
It is hoped that this special issue will benefit Researchers, farmers and policy makers immensely.
Aims and Scope:
  1. Animal science research
  2. Veterinary science research
  3. Pasture research
  4. Animal production and the environment
  5. Poverty reduction through improved animal production
  6. Livestock management and bio economics
  7. Animal breeding and genetics
Lead Guest Editor
  • Josiah Ocheja

    Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University, Kashere, Nigeria

Guest Editors
  • Mary Sanda

    Department of Veterinary Medicine, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umuahia, Nigeria

  • Sylvester Daikwo

    Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University, Wukari, Nigeria

  • Uchele Okpanachi

    Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

  • Joseph Okoh

    Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University, Kashere, Nigeria

  • Peter Gboshe

    Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Cross River State University of Science and Technology, Calabar, Nigeria

  • Daneil Afolabi

    Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria