《動物生物科學年鑒》特別強調生物技術、遺傳學、基因組學和育種，以及獸醫醫學，特別是獸醫病理學、傳染病和疫苗開發，以及保護和動物園生物學。它的目的是科學家專注于野生和馴養動物物種，獸醫，保護生物學家和遺傳學家。

The Annual Review of Animal Biosciences places a particular emphasis on biotechnology, genetics, genomics, and breeding, as well as veterinary medicine, especially veterinary pathobiology, infectious diseases and vaccine development, and conservation and zoo biology. It is intended for scientists focused on wild and domesticated animal species, veterinarians, conservation biologists and geneticists.