Welcome to Our New Editor-in-Chief, prof. Martina Lichovníková!

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Martina Lichovníková has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Czech Journal of Animal Science.

Prof. Lichovníková is a professor at the Department of Animal Breeding at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. Her scientific expertise covers poultry nutrition, animal welfare, and sustainable production systems. She teaches courses in poultry production systems and serves as a guarantor of the Ph.D. programme in Animal Production.

Her research and professional activities have included extensive collaboration with feed manufacturers and poultry producers, with a particular focus on the use of untreated soybeans, proteases, low-protein diets, fibre sources, and the digestibility of amino acids, phosphorus, and calcium in poultry. Her current research also addresses improving welfare in broiler production systems and the incubation of hatching eggs.

Prof. Lichovníková has authored and co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, including articles published in internationally recognised journals such as British Poultry Science, Poultry Science, and Animal.

At the same time, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Prof. Ing. Eva Tůmová for her outstanding and long-standing service as Editor-in-Chief of the Czech Journal of Animal Science. We deeply appreciate her many years of dedicated work and leadership and thank her for her significant contribution to the Czech Journal of Animal Science and to the advancement of animal science.


Change in Licence Policy for CAAS Journals

We would like to inform you that the journals published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) will change their licence policy. All articles submitted to CAAS journals from 2026 will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0) allows broad reuse, distribution, and adaptation of published articles, provided that appropriate credit to the original authors is given.

Articles submitted by 2025 are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC 4.0) license.


Impact Factor (WoS):

2025: 1.6

Q3 – Agriculture, Dairy and Animal Science

5-Year Impact Factor: 1.4

SCImago Journal Rank (SCOPUS):

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Czech Journal of Animal Science

  • ISSN 1212-1819 (Print)
  • ISSN 1805-9309 (On-line)

An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic.

  • Published since 1955 (by 1997 under the title Živočišná výroba)
  • The journal is administered by an international Editorial Board
  • Editor-in-Chief: prof. Ing. Martina Lichovníková, Ph.D., MBA
  • Co-editors: Ing. Filip Jančík, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Milan Marounek, DrSc., prof. Ing. Tomáš Policar, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Luděk Stádník, Ph.D., Ing. Ludmila Zavadilová, CSc.
  • Executive Editor: Bc. Michaela Polcarová
  • Technical Editor: Ing. Helena Smolová, Ph.D.
  • The journal is published monthly

Journal leaflet  Czech Journal of Animal Science - Call for Papers

Aims & Scope

The journal is focused on the farm animal management.

The journal publishes original scientific articles and critical reviews covering all areas of genetics and breeding, physiology, reproduction, nutrition and feeds, technology, ethology and economics of cattle, pig, sheep, goat, poultry, fish, bees, and other farm animal management. Papers are published in English.


Current issue

Herd management practices associated with bulk tank somatic cell count on dairy farms in Western TürkiyeOriginal Paper

Tarık Ayyılmaz, Can Uzmay

Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2026, 71(8):343-360 | DOI: 10.17221/62/2026-CJAS  

The objective of this study was to determine the associations between bulk tank somatic cell count (BTSCC) and herd management practices on dairy farms in Western Türkiye. The material of the study consisted of 81 registered dairy farms. The farms were visited at approximately one-month intervals. Somatic cell count was determined electronically in the milk samples. According to the average BTSCC values of the farms, two different BTSCC categories were created (low: ≤400 103 cells/ml with 40 farms and high: >400 103 cells/ml with 41 farms). A questionnaire form was created to determine the herd management practices. The...

In vitro proliferative capacity of satellite cells derived from Brown Vietnamese cattle (Bos indicus)Original Paper

Minh Thai Nguyen, Chung Chinh Doan, Son Nghia Hoang, Thi Anh Linh Dinh, Han Thai Minh Nguyen, Nhung Thi Nguyen, Hanh Van Nguyen, Loan Thi Tung Dang, Nhan Lu Chinh Phan, Long Thanh Le1, Chi Nguyen Quynh Ho1

Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2026, 71(8):361-370 | DOI: 10.17221/38/2026-CJAS  

Finding suitable animal cell sources for cultured meat production remains a major challenge and continues to attract significant scientific interest, particularly in the development of bovine cultured meat. These cells must demonstrate robust proliferative capacity and the ability to maintain stemness. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the proliferation capacity and morphological alterations of bovine satellite cells (bSCs) derived from the Brown Vietnamese cattle during long-term in vitro expansion. The results showed that bSCs possessed a high proliferative potential, sustaining over 20 passages. These cells retained the expression...

Comparison of carcass traits between mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) and domestic ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)Original Paper

Eva Straková, Anna Brázdilová, Natalie Klessy, Pavel Suchý

Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2026, 71(8):371-379 | DOI: 10.17221/81/2026-CJAS  

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of domestication and the associated rearing system and rearing conditions on the carcass traits of ducks, assessed on the basis of weight and yield parameters, including skinless carcass weight, skinless breast muscle weight, skinless thigh weight, skinless thigh muscle weight, and the corresponding yield parameters. The study included 20 wild mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) living under natural conditions and 20 domesticated Cherry Valley ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) reared under intensive indoor production conditions with controlled lighting, temperature, and feeding...

Gompertz – Pütter – Gompertz: Resolving two centuries of debate on laws of biological growthOriginal Paper

Gerald Charles Emmans, Robert Gous

Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2026, 71(8):380-395 | DOI: 10.17221/56/2026-CJAS  

The function of Gompertz (1825) can be derived from the growth equation of Pütter (1920), using the modified form proposed by Kühleitner et al. (2019). The genetic relative growth rate is derived as RG = dlnW/dt = BG.ln(AG/W). The genetic characteristics are AG, mature weight, and BG, the rate parameter; the state variable is weight, W. The integrated form is W = AG.exp[–exp–(G0 + BG.t)], where G0 = –ln[–ln(W0/AG)]...