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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.

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12 Nov 2026

The impact of dietary vegetable oil sources with or without vitamin E supplementation on the productive performance and egg yolk lipids of quail breeders

Nahed S. H. Abo Egila, Waleed M. Dosoky, Mohamed H. Ahmed, Soliman M. Zahran, Ahmed Sh. Awad, Ayman S. Salah, Mohamed S. El-Kholy, Maha Abdelhaseib, Mohamed M. Habib, Mahmoud Alagawany, and Mahmoud M. Azzam

Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 665–679, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-665-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-665-2026, 2026

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10 Nov 2026

Physico-chemical composition and sensory analysis of female broiler breast meat of local Anadolu-T and commercial genotypes slaughtered at different ages

Erdem Çağlar Küpeli, Metin Petek, Zehra Avci Küpeli, and Eyüphan Petek

Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 653–663, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-653-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-653-2026, 2026

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09 Nov 2026

Principal component analysis for body condition of Anatolian water buffaloes

Onur Şahin, İsa Yılmaz, and Ali Kaygısız

Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 633–642, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-633-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-633-2026, 2026

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09 Nov 2026

Effects of individual versus pair housing during the first 15 d on pre-weaning growth performance and hair cortisol concentrations in dairy calves

Şevval Alsaç, Beyzanur Aköz, and Erkan Pehlivan

Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 643–651, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-643-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-643-2026, 2026

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05 Nov 2026

Genital microbial profile of repeat breeding in a Kangal sheep flock: a survey of ewes and rams under natural mating

Abdurrahman Takcı, Mahmut Niyazi Moğulkoç, Mehmet Buğra Kıvrak, Recep Kalın, Mehmet Akif Demirel, and Gamze Sönmez Ünal

Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 619–632, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-619-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-619-2026, 2026

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News

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.

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.

03 Dec 2025 New MS Word template available for manuscript preparation

The existing MS Word template for authors has been significantly expanded and now includes many important notes on the standard sections that must be included in the manuscript. Please visit the "Submission" page, section "Templates for your manuscript file" and download the new template before writing your next manuscript.

03 Dec 2025 New MS Word template available for manuscript preparation

The existing MS Word template for authors has been significantly expanded and now includes many important notes on the standard sections that must be included in the manuscript. Please visit the "Submission" page, section "Templates for your manuscript file" and download the new template before writing your next manuscript.

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Notice on APC invoices

In accordance with current European restrictions, Copernicus Publications does not step into business relations with and issue APC invoices (articles processing charges) to Russian and Belarusian institutions. The peer-review process and scientific exchange of our journals including preprint posting is not affected. However, these restrictions require that the first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) has an affiliation and invoice address outside Russia or Belarus.