Published since 1957, this quarterly journal contains new research on all aspects of animal agriculture and animal products, including breeding and genetics; cellular and molecular biology; growth and development; meat science; modelling animal systems; physiology and endocrinology; ruminant nutrition; non-ruminant nutrition; and welfare, behaviour, and management. It also publishes reviews, letters to the editor, abstracts of technical papers presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Animal Science, and occasionally conference proceedings.

自1957年出版以來，該季刊包含了動(dòng)物農(nóng)業(yè)和動(dòng)物產(chǎn)品的所有方面的新研究，包括育種和遺傳學(xué);細(xì)胞和分子生物學(xué);增長和發(fā)展;肉類科學(xué);動(dòng)物造型系統(tǒng);生理和內(nèi)分泌學(xué);反芻動(dòng)物營養(yǎng);非反芻營養(yǎng);以及福利、行為和管理。它還出版評(píng)論、給編輯的信、在加拿大動(dòng)物科學(xué)學(xué)會(huì)年會(huì)上發(fā)表的技術(shù)論文摘要，偶爾也出版會(huì)議記錄。