Best Paper Award

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the “Animals Best Paper Awards for Special Issue Calf and Heifer Feeding and Management ”.

The awards have been granted to:

– One research article:
An Economic Analysis of the Costs Associated with Pre-Weaning Management Strategies for Dairy Heifers
By Anna Hawkins et al.
Animals 2019, 9, 471, doi: 10.3390/ani9070471

– One review:
Paper Title: Review: How Forage Feeding Early in Life Influences the Growth Rate, Ruminal Environment, and the Establishment of Feeding Behavior in Pre-Weaned Calves
By Jianxin Xiao et al.
Animals 2020, 10, 188, doi:10.3390/ani10020188

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive 400 CHF and a certificate.

On behalf of the assessment committee, we congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the aforementioned exceptional papers for their contributions to Special Issue, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with these awards.

Kind regards,
Animals Editorial Office

 
Animals 2020 Best Paper Award
 
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

13 pages, 2633 KiB  
Article
First Description of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Two Feral American Mink (Neovison vison) Caught in the Wild
by Jordi Aguiló-Gisbert, Miguel Padilla-Blanco, Victor Lizana, Elisa Maiques, Marta Muñoz-Baquero, Eva Chillida-Martínez, Jesús Cardells and Consuelo Rubio-Guerri
Animals 2021, 11(5), 1422; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ani11051422 - 16 May 2021
16 pages, 866 KiB  
Article
SARS-CoV-2 in Danish Mink Farms: Course of the Epidemic and a Descriptive Analysis of the Outbreaks in 2020
by Anette Boklund, Anne Sofie Hammer, Michelle Lauge Quaade, Thomas Bruun Rasmussen, Louise Lohse, Bertel Strandbygaard, Charlotte Sværke Jørgensen, Ann Sofie Olesen, Freja Broe Hjerpe, Heidi Huus Petersen, Tim Kåre Jensen, Sten Mortensen, Francisco F. Calvo-Artavia, Stine Kjær Lefèvre, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Tariq Halasa, Graham J. Belsham and Anette Bøtner
Animals 2021, 11(1), 164; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ani11010164 - 12 Jan 2021
14 pages, 258 KiB  
Article
“I Couldn’t Have Asked for a Better Quarantine Partner!”: Experiences with Companion Dogs during Covid-19
by Cori Bussolari, Jennifer Currin-McCulloch, Wendy Packman, Lori Kogan and Phyllis Erdman
Animals 2021, 11(2), 330; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ani11020330 - 28 Jan 2021
27 pages, 3344 KiB  
Review
A Review on Mitigating Fear and Aggression in Dogs and Cats in a Veterinary Setting
by Stefanie Riemer, Carmen Heritier, Ines Windschnurer, Lydia Pratsch, Christine Arhant and Nadja Affenzeller
Animals 2021, 11(1), 158; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ani11010158 - 12 Jan 2021
26 pages, 455 KiB  
Review
Phytogenic Feed Additives in Poultry: Achievements, Prospective and Challenges
by Nedra Abdelli, David Solà-Oriol and José Francisco Pérez
Animals 2021, 11(12), 3471; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ani11123471 - 06 Dec 2021

Award Committee

Dr. Clive Julian Phillips Chairman
Retired

Winner

Robert M. Christley
Department of Livestock and One Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, 8 West Derby Street, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK
Andrés Horrillo
Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
Daniel S. Mills
University of Lincoln
Rajesh Jha
Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822
Ivan Rychlik
Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

Award Committee

Dr. Clive Julian Phillips Chairman
Retired

Winner

Zhihui Zhao
Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
Peter Coals
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tubney OX13 5QL, UK
Giovanni Sogari
Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy

Winner

Joao H.C. Costa
Department of Animal & Food Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
Zhijun Cao
State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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