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):

2024: 1.3

Q3 – Agriculture, Dairy and Animal Science

5-Year Impact Factor: 1.3

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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. Eva Tůmová, CSc.
  • 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

Population structure, genetic diversity, and reproductive efficiency in the autochthonous Busha cattle breedOriginal Paper

Aneta Piplica, Mato Čačić, Anamaria Ekert Kabalin, Maja Maurić Maljković, Ivan Vlahek, Velimir Sušić, Sven Menčik

Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2026, 71(1):1-10 | DOI: 10.17221/138/2025-CJAS  

Autochthonous cattle breeds represent important resources of genetic diversity. The Busha cattle breed is reared in the Balkan Peninsula and is characterised by high adaptability, resilience, longevity, small body size, and low maintenance and production requirements. During the 36-year observation period, the total population of the autochthonous Busha cattle breed in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 10 411 animals. Pedigree completeness for the total population, considering the first parental generation, was 97.1%. The average inbreeding coefficient was 2.44%, ranging from zero to 42.6%, while the average relatedness coefficient was 3.56%...

Genetic parameters for foot and claw disorders in Czech Holstein cattleOriginal Paper

Ludmila Zavadilová, Eva Kašná, Zuzana Krupová, Miloslava Štípková, Michaela Brzáková

Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2026, 71(1):11-20 | DOI: 10.17221/140/2025-CJAS  

Our study investigated the genetic variability of specific foot and claw disorders, namely dermatitis digitalis, sole ulcer, and three broader categories (infectious diseases, claw horn lesions, and general claw disorder) in Czech Holstein cows. We also examined their genetic relationships with clinical mastitis and key fertility traits. Using both linear and threshold animal models, we concluded that heritability estimates for foot and claw disorders were consistently higher when employing the threshold model. A significant finding was the genetic correlation between sole ulcer and dermatitis digitalis, which ranged from 0.21 (calving...

The impact of pre-dry-off weather patterns on subsequent lactation udder health in dairy cows, and their comparison with milkability, milk quality and udder health parameters – A pilot studyOriginal Paper

Matúš Gašparík, Jaromír Ducháček, Luděk Stádník, Radim Codl, Iveta Szencziová, Kateřina Cihlářová, Nikola Marešová

Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2026, 71(1):21-29 | DOI: 10.17221/169/2025-CJAS  

Environmental conditions are known to influence the dairy cow health, with most research focusing on the detrimental effects of heat stress. However, the impact of non-summer weather patterns in temperate climates on udder health carry-over between lactations is not well understood. This pilot study evaluated the effect of various weather factors (temperature, humidity, precipitation, sunshine) during 1-day to 90-day periods before dry-off on udder health in the first month post-calving (represented by somatic cell count, conductivity, lactose, and mastitis incidence) in 199 Holstein cows in Central Europe. The scope of the experiment was limited...

The impact of domestication process on eggshell microstructure in Gallus gallus, Anser anser and Anas platyrhynchosOriginal Paper

Joanna Rosenberger, Łukasz Pawelec, Regina Grugel

Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2026, 71(1):30-40 | DOI: 10.17221/112/2024-CJAS  

The domestication process has had a substantial and varied impact on animals in terms of anatomy, physiology, and behaviour. Poultry species are particularly important for humans, with the most significant being chickens, geese, and ducks. However, it is not well understood whether, or to what extent selection influences the eggshell structure compared to wild ancestors. In the present study, we compared eggshells from three species: Red junglefowl and its four domesticated forms: Green-legged partridge, Lohmann Brown, Ko-Shamo, meat type breeder (Cobb 500); Greylag goose, and two domesticated breeds: Bilgoraj goose and White Koluda goose, as well...