Animal Production Science celebrates 60 years of publication in 2021 and to celebrate, we are marking this milestone with this selection of key review papers published in the journal over the last decade, highlighting research breakthroughs, social and economic issues that have influenced primary producers, and the practice of animal production.
The journal was first published in 1961 under the banner Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, becoming simply Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture in 1985. In those early years the journal published papers that covered all aspects of agricultural science, both plant and animal. In 2009 it was renamed Animal Production Science to reflect its international growth and a scope which had evolved to focus on livestock and food production.
Review articles featured in this virtual issue include topics such as genetics and genomics, physiology, endocrinology and reproduction, nutrition and metabolism, production systems, behaviour and wellbeing, technology, education and the changing face of animal production science. We believe the work represented in this selection has and will continue to act as a catalyst for future research, and be influential in the field of animal production.
Wayne Bryden, Editor-in-Chief
, Angela M. Lees , Linda M. Cafe , Ian G. Colditz and Caroline Lee
, Sue Hatcher and Frances Cowley