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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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28 Apr 2026

Enhancement of productive performance, nutrient digestibility, and meat quality in broilers subjected to cyclic heat stress via different organic and inorganic chromium concentrations

Youssef Abdelwahab Attia, Nicola Francesco Addeo, Fulvia Bovera, Rashed Abdullah Alhotan, Khalid Ali Asiry, Mohamed Alsaeed Al-Banoby, El-Shahat Mohamed Qota, Adel Daifallah Al-qurashi, and Ahmed Shaban Awad

Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 251–263, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-251-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-251-2026, 2026

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20 Apr 2026

Unveiling novel insights into the role and characteristics of sperm heat shock protein 70 in indigenous Donggala bulls: implications for molecular-based motility markers

Berlin Pandapotan Pardede, Asmarani Kusumawati, Erif Maha Nugraha Setyawan, Yonathan Alvin Maruli Asi Sihotang, Sri Gustari, Yulius Duma, Syahruddin Said, Sari Yanti Hayanti, Tulus Maulana, Hikmayani Iskandar, Bambang Purwantara, and Erdogan Memili

Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 239–250, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-239-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-239-2026, 2026

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13 Apr 2026

The effect of sperm concentration on the morphometric traits of spermatozoa of the Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)

Karolina Stasiak, Stanisław Kondracki, and Dorota Cygan-Szczegielniak

Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 227–238, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-227-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-227-2026, 2026

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09 Apr 2026

Genetic and non-genetic determinants of farrowing and lactation traits in multiparous sows under intensive management

Daniel González-Sánchez, José F. Vázquez-Armijo, Héctor H. Velázquez-Villalva, Benito Albarrán-Portillo, Germán Gómez-Tenorio, Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos, Xochitl F. De la Rosa-Reyna, and Gaspar M. Parra-Bracamonte

Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 217–225, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-217-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-217-2026, 2026

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31 Mar 2026

Corrigendum to “Effect of oxytocin added into sperm on artificial insemination in sheep” published in Arch. Anim. Breed., 66, 61–69, 2023

Çağrı Kandemir

Arch. Anim. Breed., 69, 215–216, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-215-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-69-215-2026, 2026

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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.

05 Feb 2025 Copernicus Publications and all journals left Twitter

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05 Feb 2025 Copernicus Publications and all journals left Twitter

The Copernicus Twitter account as well as all Twitter accounts of journals published by us have been deactivated. There will be no automatic feeds of newly posted preprints or published journal articles anymore, we do not actively tweet, and the status informs that the accounts are no longer maintained. Twitter is no longer linked from the journal websites or in the share section of the preprint or journal article HTML pages.

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