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

Inbreeding and its effects on racing performance in Thoroughbred horses: A review of global evidence with insights from the Hungarian populationReview

Negar Khoei, István Nagy, Árpád Bokor

Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2026, 71(10):443-455 | DOI: 10.17221/94/2026-CJAS  

The Thoroughbred horse represents one of the most intensively selected domestic animal populations, developed through centuries of breeding focused on maximising racing performance. Originating from a limited number of founder animals and maintained as a closed studbook population since the late eighteenth century, the breed has experienced progressive increases in relatedness and inbreeding. This review examines the development of pedigree structure in Thoroughbred horses and evaluates the potential consequences of inbreeding for racing performance, with particular emphasis on studies assessing performance through race earnings and related indicators....

Genomic insights into population structure, local ancestry and within-breed relationships in the Norik of Muran horseOriginal Paper

Karolína Pálešová, Nina Moravčíková, Adrián Halvoník, Eva Mixtajová, Gábor Mészáros, Luboš Vostrý, Radovan Kasarda

Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2026, 71(10):456-473 | DOI: 10.17221/75/2026-CJAS  

The Norik of Muran is a local Slovak draught horse with historical connections to Central European heavy horses. This study aimed to characterise the genomic structure of the Norik of Muran breed in relation to related but separately recognised Noriker breeds and other reference horse breeds through analyses of local ancestry, haplotype sharing patterns and recent family structure within the breed. The comparative dataset included Norik of Muran, Austrian Noriker, Silesian Noriker, Belgian Draught, Haflinger, Hucul and Norwegian Fjord, while Shagya Arabian and Quarter Horse were included as outgroups. Across these breeds, genotype data from 664...

Influence of l-selenomethionine on pigeon breeder’s reproductive performance and squab’s growth and muscle developmentOriginal Paper

Haopeng Lu, Yunyan Huang, Jiashui Liang, Shihong Wu, Guolong Zhang, Anjie Chen, Xiaoyu Zhou, Xinting Lai, Lvying Yang, Yuxi Liang, Xuekang Xia, Shuo Zhou, Yayan Liang

Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2026, 71(10):474-486 | DOI: 10.17221/145/2025-CJAS  

This study evaluated the effects of dietary l‑selenomethionine supplementation on breeding pigeons and their squabs. Forty‑eight pairs of breeding pigeons were divided into two groups: a control group receiving a basal diet and an experimental group receiving the same diet supplemented with 0.1 mg/kg selenium as l‑selenomethionine. Both groups were fed for 45 days following a “2 + 4” breeding pattern. Compared with the control group, experimental males showed greater weight loss (77.8 vs 55.8 g, +39.4%, P < 0.05), while females showed a trend towards reduced loss (P = 0.097). Squabs in...

Artificial insemination success despite reduced post-thaw motility of cryopreserved semen in local rabbit breeds: Short communicationShort Communication

Jakub Vozaf, Andrej Baláži, Jaromír Vašíček, Éva Kissné Váradi, Barbara Végi, Peter Chrenek

Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2026, 71(10):487-492 | DOI: 10.17221/80/2026-CJAS  

Cryopreservation of rabbit semen represents an important tool for the conservation of genetic resources; however, reduced post-thaw sperm motility may limit its practical application in artificial insemination (AI) programmes. The present study evaluated fertility outcomes following AI using cryopreserved semen from six local rabbit breeds selected to reflect biological variability under practical gene bank conditions. A total of 59 females were inseminated with heterospermic fresh or frozen–thawed doses standardised to approximately 0.2 × 109 spermatozoa per ml. Ovulation was hormonally induced prior to insemination. Cryopreservation...