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，該季刊包含了動物農業和動物產品的所有方面的新研究，包括育種和遺傳學;細胞和分子生物學;增長和發展;肉類科學;動物造型系統;生理和內分泌學;反芻動物營養;非反芻營養;以及福利、行為和管理。它還出版評論、給編輯的信、在加拿大動物科學學會年會上發表的技術論文摘要，偶爾也出版會議記錄。