Archives Animal Breeding
Archives Animal Breeding
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Managing editor: Steffen Maak
Chief editors: Antke-Elsabe Freifrau von Tiele-Winckler, Franziska Koch, Steffen Maak, Manfred Mielenz, Christian Nawroth, Henry Reyer & Joachim Weitzel
eISSN: 2363-9822

Archives Animal Breeding is an open-access journal publishing original research papers and reviews by international researchers on scientific progress in farm-animal biology.

Recent articles

17 Aug 2026
Reproductive and endocrine responses to short-term safflower seed supplementation in anestrous ewes synchronized with progestagen
Metehan Kutlu and Halef Doğan
Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 421–429, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-421-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-421-2026, 2026
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17 Aug 2026
GH-mRNA expression and prediction of genetic improvement using selection index for body weight traits in turkeys
Mohamed H. Khalil, Alaa A. Abd El-Motaleb, Manal M. Abdel-Rahman, Emad M. Amin, Ibrahim Abousoliman, and Mostafa K. Shebl
Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 411–420, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-411-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-411-2026, 2026
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07 Aug 2026
Effects of different slaughter weights on meat quality parameters and gene expression related to fat metabolism in muscles, liver, and gluteal fat in Lalahan lambs
Rabia Arslan, Necmettin Ünal, and Akın Yakan
Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 397–409, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-397-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-397-2026, 2026
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16 Jul 2026
Semantic modelling of animal welfare explained – Part 2: The basis of welfare weighting and usage of scientific information
Margret L. Vonholdt-Wenker, Janine Benthin, Karen Kauselmann, Marc B. M. Bracke, and E. Tobias Krause
Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 383–396, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-383-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-383-2026, 2026
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16 Jul 2026
Semantic modelling of animal welfare explained – Part 1: Calculating overall welfare scores for husbandry systems using the ANyWEL model framework
Janine Benthin, Karen Kauselmann, E. Tobias Krause, Marc B. M. Bracke, and Margret L. Vonholdt-Wenker
Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 363–382, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-363-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-363-2026, 2026
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30 Jun 2026 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new institutional agreement with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Please read more.

30 Jun 2026 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new institutional agreement with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Please read more.

07 May 2026 Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues

Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

07 May 2026 Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues

Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

13 Feb 2026 University of Western Ontario partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new agreement with Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario, providing a 50% APC reduction for eligible corresponding authors submitting from 1 January 2026. Please read more.

13 Feb 2026 University of Western Ontario partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new agreement with Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario, providing a 50% APC reduction for eligible corresponding authors submitting from 1 January 2026. Please read more.

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