The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness. Through covering these varied topics, RBZ aims to cater to a broad audience of researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers who are engaged in the study and application of Animal Science.
Our mission is to foster a comprehensive understanding of the complexities involved in animal production, management, and welfare, contributing to the sustainable development of the animal industry globally. The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia serves as a critical resource for the latest research findings, offering insights and practical implications for those involved in the field of Animal Science.
The topics covered by the journal in each area are:
Animal production systems and agribusiness
- Livestock production systems
- System dynamics
- Mathematical modeling
- Small ruminants
- Wool and fiber production
- Swine production systems
- Poultry production systems
- Management and welfare of pigs
- Management and welfare of poultry
- Modeling and simulation of decision support systems
- Evaluation of models
- Beef and dairy production chain
Aquaculture
- Nutrition and feeding
- Genetics and breeding
- Reproduction
- Larviculture
- Fish processing
Biometeorology and animal welfare
- Animal biometeorology
- Ambience
- Animal behavior and well-being
Breeding, genetics and genomics
- Molecular biology
- Genetic evaluation
- Estimation of genetic parameters
- Gene expression
- Molecular genetics
- Quantitative genetics
- Genotype-environment interaction
- Gene mapping
- Breeding programs
- Marker assisted selection
- Genomic selection
Forage
- Methods of conserving and processing feeds
- Soil microbiology and biochemistry
- Forage plant breeding
- Seed production
- Forage preservation
- Grazing management
- Pasture evaluation and management
- Toxic plants
- Modeling
- Evaluation of cool season forage
- Cacti
- Nutrient cycling in grasslands
- Forage cactus
- Semi-arid
- Evaluation of forage species and cultivars
- Soil fertility
- Forage physiology
- Forage anatomy, morphology, and development
- Legumes
- Biological N2 fixation
- Rangeland assessment and management
- Forage quality
- Silvopastoral systems
- Ecosystem services of grasslands
Nutrition of ruminants and non-ruminants
- Nutritive value of feeds
- Energy and nutrient requirement
- Feed evaluation
- Modeling
- Dynamics of digestion process
- Nutrition of grazing cattle (animals)
- Markers
- Voluntary intake
- System dynamics applied to nutrition
- Agroindustrial byproducts
- Carbohydrates
- Proteins
- Lipids
- Minerals
- Fibers
Reproduction
- Reproductive physiology
- Endocrinology
- Reproductive cycles
- Natural and artificial control of reproduction
- Preservation and use of gametes and embryos
- Pregnancy and parturition
- Infertility and sterility
- Diagnostic and therapeutic techniques
- In vitro studies
- Artificial insemination
- Physiopathology of animal reproduction