Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Veterinary Sciences maintains high quality standards for its published papers. In 2017, a total of 65 papers were published in the journal. Thanks to the cooperation of our reviewers, the median time to first decision was 29 days and the median time to publication was 67 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their time and dedication in 2017:
| Akbar, Samina | Legge, Melissa |
| Anderson, Kevin L. | Leroy, Baptiste |
| André-Fontaine, Genevieve | Liesegang, Annette |
| Armand, Martine | Linder, Deborah |
| Artemiou, Elpida | Litman, Marcus |
| Avery, Anne C. | Lloyd, Janice |
| Avery, Paul | Luciano, Fernando |
| Bacon, Heather | Lymberopoulos, Dimitrios K. |
| Bai, Hua | Lyons, Leslie A. |
| Bangoura, Berit | Mackenstedt, Ute |
| Barua, Animesh | Madeira De Carvalho, Luis Manuel |
| Baviera-Puig, Amparo | Madison-Antenucci, Susan |
| Baviskar, Pradyumna | Malissiova, Eleni |
| Bennett, Peter | Marrs, Carl |
| Bertelloni, Fabrizio | Martini, Mina |
| Bidarimath, Mallikarjun | Matthew, Susan |
| Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle | Mayser, Peter Andreas |
| Binfet, John Tyler | McBride, Anne |
| Bosilevac, Mick | Meadows, Shannon |
| Boswood, Adrian | Mena, Ignacio |
| Boudreau, Beth | Menzies, Paula |
| Bowles, Doug | Mexas, Angela Marie |
| Buch, Shilpa | Milting, Hendrik |
| Cadenas, Enrique | Mohamed Hafez, Hafez |
| Caires, Kyle | Moore, Robert J. |
| Call, Douglas R. | Morgan, Stewart |
| Callanan, Sean | Mueller, Kristina |
| Cambier, Carole | Mueller, Megan Kiely |
| Cannon, Claire | Murphy, Brian |
| Cannon, Claire M. | Murugaiyan, Jayaseelan |
| Carlisle, Gretchen K. | Narute, Purushottam |
| Carlsson, Catharina | Neerukonda, Sabarinath |
| Carretón, Elena | Nelson, Richard W |
| Catry, Boudewijn | Nelson, Richard W. |
| Chahory, Sabine | Nermes, Merja |
| Chandler, Marjorie | Nilsson, Ake |
| Chen, Guiqian | Noli, Chiara |
| Chiara, Giudice | Norton, Nadine |
| Cho, Jeong-il | O’Handley, Ryan |
| Chowdhury, Shafiqul | Ödman, Anna |
| Cianciolo, Rachel | Ohara, Takahiro |
| COLAVITA, Giampaolo | Omboni, Stefano |
| Cooke, Barbara | On, Stephen |
| Cork, Susan | Overall, Karen L. |
| Dell, Colleen | Owen, Helen |
| Diaz, Duarte | Packman, Wendy |
| Diesel, Alison B | Paltrinieri, Saverio |
| Dima, Cristian | Passalaqua, Karla |
| Durham, Amy C. | Passantino, Giuseppe |
| Duscher, Georg G. | Pathania, Rajneesh |
| Economou, Vangelis | Perrucci, Stefania |
| Eisler, Mark | Pinna, Carlo |
| Elder, John H. | Pirrone, Federica |
| Eliades, Theodore | Plesch, Petra Nicole |
| Emmott, Edward | Poglayen, Giovanni |
| Evans, Meirion | Polakof, Sergio |
| Fadok, Valerie | Poli, Alessandro |
| Fawcett, Anne | Ponzio, Patrizia |
| Fei, Andrew Chang-Young | Ramos, Victoria |
| Ferri, Maurizio | Räsänen, Pekka Tuomas |
| Flecknell, Paul | Reddy, Sakamuri |
| Fletcher, Jon | Reinhard-Bjornvad, Charlotte |
| Fölster-Holst, Regina | Ressel, Lorenzo |
| Foote, Sally J. | Roberta, Perego |
| Fouladkhah, Aliyar | Roosje, Petra |
| Fravalo, Philippe | Sakai, Hiroki |
| French, Anne | Sakwe, Amos |
| Galuppi, Roberta | Santovito, Elisa |
| Gay, Noellie | Sanz, Ivan |
| Ghosh, Anuradha | Saxena, Vikas |
| Gilding, Edward K. | Shen, Zhenyu |
| Gilger, Brian C. | Shepherd, M. L. |
| Giulivi, Cecilia | Sheppard, Mary N. |
| Gordon, Catherine A. | Shil, Niraj |
| Graham, Peter | Shu, Sherry |
| Hales, Dale Buchanan | Singh, Ravinder J. |
| Han, Zhe | Stefanon, Bruno |
| Hassan, Sharifah Syed | Steinbach, Sarah M. L. |
| Hayette, Marie-Pierre | Stiles, Jean |
| Heinze, Cailin R. | Stone, Diana |
| Helmy, Yosra A. | Suravajhala, Prashanth |
| Herrel, Anthony | Taboada, Eduardo |
| Hezzell, Melanie | Teske, Erik |
| Hildebrandt, Nicolai | Thomas, Dave |
| Hildreth, Blake | Tidona, Flavio |
| Hodgson, Kate | Tidwell, Amy |
| Hoenig, Margarethe | Tonolo, Giancarlo |
| Howell, Tiffani | Tvarijonaviciute, Asta |
| Humer, Elke | Upadhyaya, Indu |
| Jaja, Ishmael | Van Wettere, Arnaud |
| Jang, Young Dal | Verbalis, Joseph |
| Johnson, Gayle C. | Verstegen, Martin W. A. |
| Jones, Meinir G. | Vitale, Maria |
| Jones, Philip | Vitztum, Coley |
| Kang, Ji-Houn | Vorbruggen, Gerd |
| Keane, Orla M. | Waal, Theo De |
| Kent, Michael S. | Westman, Mark |
| Ketzis, Jennifer K. | White, Amelia G. |
| Kim, Kyung-su | White, Stephen David |
| Kong, Weili | Wiederstein-Grasser, Iris |
| Kostomitsopoulos, Nikolaos G. | Wynwood, Sarah J. |
| Kuhne, Franziska | Yang, Vicky K. |
| Kumar, Asit | Yang, Zhengyu |
| Labella, Alejandro | Zandvliet, M.M.J.M. (Maurice) |
| Larsen, Jennifer | Zhu, Guoqiang |
| Larsen, Jennifer A. | Zienius, Dainius |
| Lashley, Victoria |