Small Ruminant Research

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Heat stress induced by testicular insulation for 24 or 48 h rapidly impairs epididymal sperm quality and reduces spermatogenesis in rams	41
Effect of pelleted alfalfa or native grass total mixed ration on the rumen bacterial community and growth performance of lambs on the Mongolian Plateau	28
Analysis of alpaca (Vicugna pacos) cria survival under extensive management conditions in the high elevations of the Andes Mountains of Peru	25
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Evaluation of β-Lactoglobulin gene polymorphism with milk composition and udder conformation traits in indigenous sheep	22
Evaluation of tall fescue cultivars containing endophytes on pasture productivity and lamb performance	19
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Inferring causal relationships among growth curve traits of Lori-Bakhtiari sheep using structural equation models	15
Using ultrasound to predict fat deposition in growing lambs of different South African sheep breed types	15
Evaluation of terminal sire breeds for hair sheep production systems: Feedlot environment	14
Discarded pecan seeds as an alternative feedstuff in lamb diets: Effects on intake, growth performance, carcass weights, and meat quality	14
Improving the marketing of goat meat to youths in South Africa	13
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Adaptive assessment of small ruminants in arid and semi-arid regions	13
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A meta-analysis of genetic parameter estimates for growth traits in fat-tailed sheep	12
Saanen and Alpine goats experience neophobia when offered novel feeds	12
Comparison of non-linear models and genetic parameter estimation for growth curve traits in the Murciano-Granadina goat breed	12
Lipid microspheres of different waxes containing urea enriched with a sulfur source for slow release in the rumen	12
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Sugarcane silage added with detoxified castor bean meal in the diet of confined lambs	12
Substitution effects of soybean meal by Lathyrus sativus L. (grass pea) on nutrient digestibility, growth performances, carcass traits and meat quality of lambs grazing on saline area	11
Effect of NDF levels of complete pelleted diet and dietary transition period on rumen pH, growth performance, digestibility, and blood indices in fattening male goats	11

The effects of an inactivated vaccine against Staphylococcus spp. on udder health in primiparous dairy goats: A randomized controlled trial	11
Comparative transcriptome analyses of cardiac tissue reveals differential gene expression profiles in sheep in response to altitudinal adaptation	11
Genetic diversity analysis of Indonesian indigenous goat breeds based on microsatellite markers	11
Milk yield, composition and immune status of dairy goats and respective goat kids fed diets with selenium and vitamin E supplementation	10
Effects of single or combined supplementation of probiotics and prebiotics on ruminal fermentation, ruminal bacteria and total tract digestion in lambs	10
Investigation of the Presence of Leptospira interrogans in Urinary and Genital Tracts of Male Goats Raised in the Semiarid Region of Brazil	10
The use of condensed tannin in lambs' diet alters the rumen protozoa population without affecting growth performance	10
Effects of feeding level on enteric methane emissions and utilisation of energy and nitrogen in dry ewes of two genotypes offered fresh ryegrass	10
The resilience of Dwarf goats to environmental stress: A review	10
Inversion of a paradigm: The positive roles of plant phenolics in dairy goat nutrition	9
Evaluating differential lipopolysaccharide-induced behavioral, immune and plasma metabolome responses of St. Croix and Suffolk sheep	9
Handling and milking frequency affect milk yield and behavior in dairy ewes	9
Influence of the storage temperature of raw sheep milk on the spoilage potential of Pseudomonas spp.	9
A randomized control trial investigating the effectiveness of a commercial pneumonia vaccine (part I): Pre-weaned lambs	9
Digestion, faecal grain loss and energy requirements of Huacaya alpacas fed lucerne chaff, oat chaff and whole grain barley diets	9
Comparative evaluation of different animal models for genetic analysis of body weight traits in an organized Corriedale sheep population	9
Microhistological epidermal atlas for identifying plants consumed by South American camelids in the dry Peruvian Puna	9
Confinement odour, quality, and safety of thawed lamb racks, frozen after an initial ageing period of up to 3 weeks	9
Oral selenium supplementation improves the reproductive performance of rams: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
The role of non-aureus Staphylococcus in small ruminant mastitis: A systemic review on etiological agents, risk factors, virulence determinants, and novel treatments	9
Population viability analysis on the Iranian endangered goat breeds	8
Investigating genetic diversity and population structure of Egyptian goats across four breeds and seven regions	8
Comparison of nonlinear models for describing the pre-weaning growth of Timahdite lambs and genetic and non-genetic effects for curve parameters	8
Comparison of kinship estimates in Santa Inês sheep using microsatellite and genome-wide SNP markers	8
Advances in photoperiodic and bio-stimulations of seasonal reproduction in small ruminants	8
Carcass traits, commercial cuts, and edible non-carcass components of lambs fed a blend of residue from the candy industry and corn gluten feed by replacing ground corn	8
Relationship between subclinical mastitis and reproduction in Lacaune sheep	8
Elucidating population structure and genetic diversity of intercross sheep through pedigree analysis	8
Population structure and genomic analyses of carcass back Length, shoulder width and leg width in purebred and crossbred German Merino sheep	8
Isolation and characterization of tanninolytic bacteria from sheep rumen contents: Assessment of tannin degrading, fibrolytic and feed digestibility potential	8
Physiological responses, ethology, and ingestive behavior of Anglo-Nubiana goats submitted to different air temperatures	8
Detection of antisperm antibodies in blood sera of rams naturally infected with Brucella ovis	8
Summer season induced heat stress associated changes on meat production and quality characteristics, myostatin and HSP70 gene expression patterns in indigenous goat	7
Microalgae as a dietary additive for lambs: A meta-analysis on growth performance, meat quality, and meat fatty acid profile	7
Effect of solar radiation on thermoregulatory responses of Santa Inês sheep and their crosses with wool and hair Dorper sheep	7
Characterization and analysis of the muscle transcriptome in black Tibetan sheep (Ovis aries) by hybrid sequencing of PacBio Iso-seq	7
Timing of the outfield grazing season and finishing of lambs: A whole-farm modelling study of forage-based sheep production systems in Norway	7
Effect of erythromycin on abomasal emptying in suckling lambs with experimental endotoxemia	7
Effectiveness of human recombinant FSH for enhancing reproductive performance of ewes in progesterone injection-based estrus synchronization program	7
Physicochemical composition of the milk and cheese yield of sheep supplemented with concentrate based on corn grain or whole cottonseed	7
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Essential oil from Arnica montana alters the protein metabolism in lambs fed with high-concentrate diets	7
Carcass traits and meat quality of lambs fed with rehydrated ground corn silage	7
Effect of space allowance during transport of Dorper x Santa Inês lambs on biochemical stress parameters and meat quality	7
Litter size affects ovulation and pregnancy rate after a hormonal treatment without influencing expression of estrus in the anestrous season in ewes	7
Pharmacokinetics of oxfendazole and oxyclozanide following single and combined oral administration in goats	7
Can residual frying oil be an alternative to traditional sources of vegetable oils for sheep diets	7
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Genetic diversity and maternal origins of indigenous sheep populations in north Ethiopia	7
Detection and characterization of nuclear mitochondrial DNA (NUMTs) in the alpaca genome	7

Essential oil from Arnica montana on feedlot performance, ingestive behavior, carcass characteristics, rumen morphometrics characteristics and meat fatty acids profile of lambs	7
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar ovis strains isolated from small ruminants herds from the Brazilian Amazon present clonal genomic profile	7
Elucidating genetic diversity and population structure of Alpine x Beetal goats using pedigree analysis	7
Impact of thermal stress on physiological, behavioural and biochemical parameters in native and crossbred goats	7
Effect of dietary Marula (Sclerocarya birrea caffra) nut meal on the growth performance, carcass traits and meat quality of Dorper lambs	7
Linkage disequilibrium, historical effective population size and haplotype blocks in selected native sheep breeds	7
Comparison of the statistical methods for genome-wide association studies on simulated quantitative traits of domesticated goats (Capra hircus L.)	7
Influence of feeding system on Longissimus thoracis et lumborum volatile compounds of an Iberian local lamb breed	7
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The impact of small ruminant lentiviruses infections on milk yield and milk quality traits in intensively reared dairy sheep	7
Thermoregulatory responses of Saanen goats fed increasing levels of sugarcane in place of corn silage	7
The polymorphism of insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) gene in meat-type Lambs in Turkey: I. Effect on growth traits and body measurements	6
Effects of melatonin implants in late gestation and at lambing on colostrum and milk quality of ewes, birth temperature and growth performance of their lambs	6
Corn grain rehydration methods: Water vs. cactus pear in the diet for feedlot lambs	6
Empirical equations for drinking water intake prediction of growing lambs: Meta-analysis	6
The role of foot conformation in susceptibility of Merino sheep to footrot	6
Cryoprotectant-free vitrification of llama spermatozoa: cryoloop vs sphere method, warmed rapidly or ultra-rapidly	6
Targeted treatment strategies for the control of gastrointestinal nematodes in a goat flock with anthelmintic resistant worm populations and poor nutrition	6
Effects of temperature and relative humidity on behavior and physiological indices in goats	6
Ziziphus nummularia and Acacia nilotica leaves based polyphenols rich diet modulates fatty acid profile and keeping quality of lamb meat	6
Effects of tannins supplementation to sheep diets on their performance, carcass parameters and meat fatty acid profile: A meta-analysis study	6
Effect of vitamin D on oxidative stress indices and ram semen parameters	6
Predicting fat deposition in growing Boer goat castrates and does using ultrasonography	6
Cryopreservation protocol resolving the "temperature" challenges of long-distance transportation of Beetal buck (Capra hircus) sperm	6
Cocoa husks fed to lactating dairy ewes affect milk fatty acid profile and oxidative status of blood and milk	6
Comparative evaluation of the diagnostic potential of two major core proteins of goatpox virus expressed in the prokaryotic system	6
Seroprevalence of brucellosis and chlamydiosis in sheep and goats with history of abortion in Iran	6
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Hematological, biochemical alterations and methane production in sheep submitted to mixed infection of Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis	6
Genetic parameters for Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae nasal DNA copy number provide progress to promote domestic and bighorn sheep coexistence on public lands	6
Population genomic and haplotype block structure in Attappady Black and Malabari goats of South India	6
Novel mutations in exon 2 of follistatin (FST) gene associated with wool fiber diameter in sheep	6
Effects of the concentration of plasma platelet on the cryopreservation of ram semen	6
Association between polymorphisms of APOB, SLC27A6, AGPAT6 and PRLR genes and milk production and quality traits in goats	6
High accumulation of lipofuscin is observed in preantral follicles of adult goat ovaries: Is it a senescence sign?	6
First report on molecular characterization and in silico analysis of caprine TCIM gene	6
Neuroprotective effect of goat milk	6
Improved response to selection in dairy goat breeding programme through reproductive technology and genomic selection in the tropics	6
Reducing rumen starch fermentation of wheat with 3% NaOH does not reduce whole tract starch digestibility and increases energy utilization in wethers during heat stress	6
Effect of post-mating GnRH or TAK-683 (Kisspeptin analog) treatment on the reproductive performance and serum progesterone concentration in ewes during the non-breeding season	6
Design, operation, and validation of metabolism crates for nutrition studies in alpacas (Vicugna pacos)	6
Physiological variables and estimates of heat exchange in sheep kept at thermoneutral and thermal stress temperatures	6
Gamma-Gompertz mixture model with cure fraction to analyze data on Anglo-Nubian goats with positive EPG	5
Postpartum behavioural response of Santa inês x dorper ewes and lambs in a silvopastoral system	5
Effect of whole sesame seeds dietary inclusion levels on transcriptional signatures of lipid metabolism in mammary gland of goats	5
Heterogeneity and diversified distribution of αS2 casein variants in Indian goats	5
Effects of medetomidine and dexmedetomidine on intraocular pressure, pupil size, and tear secretion in clinically normal Ghezel sheep	5
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Effect of replacing cottonseed meal with fenugreek seed meal on feed intake, digestibility, growth, blood parameters and economics of fattening lambs	5
Characterization of a 7 bp indel in MARCH1 promoter associated with reproductive traits in Malabari and Attappady Black goats of India	5
Effects of an array of dietary treatments and length of feeding on ruminal methane emission and other variables in hair sheep	5
Preference and discrimination behaviour of llamas to saline drinking water	5
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Investigation of some probiotic and technological properties of lactic acid bacteria strains isolated from artisanal sheep milk cheese and their growth in goat milk	5
The role of goats in the world: Society, science, and sustainability	5
Application of artificial intelligence and digital images analysis to automatically determine the percentage of fiber medullation in alpaca fleece samples	5
Study of milkability and associated factors in hand milked Indian Dromedary Camel	5
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Physiological disturbances in rams chronically exposed to the chimney emissions of a copper smelter	5
Adaptive performance of hairy thin-tailed (Yankasa) and wooly fat-tailed (Ossimi) sheep in tropical hot-dry season	5
The inclusion of rapeseed meal in young Barbarine lambs’ diets as a partial replacer of soybean meal: Effects on growth, carcass performances, non-carcass traits and meat quality	5
Daily dynamic changes of blood acid-base status and vital parameters in lambs and goat kids over the first seven days after birth	5
Effects of whole-plant corn silage relocation on quality, chemical composition, and intake, digestibility, and nitrogen balance in sheep	5
Exploring gelatin from Black Bengal and Native Deccani Goat skin: Specialty meat breeds of India	5
Ewe udder and teat traits as potential selection criteria for improvement of Merino lamb survival and growth	5
Assessing anthelmintic resistance on small ruminant farms in a tropical production system	5
Fiber characteristics of the dromedary camel in the Arabian Peninsula	5
Genome-wide association study of live body weight and body conformation traits in young Karachai goats	5
Genetic parameters for fecal eggs count and reproductive/maternal efficiency of does raised in humid subtropical climate	5
Bioactive compounds in yogurt obtained from Alpine goats fed with seagrass debris	5
Linkage disequilibrium and effective population size in Indian goat breeds	5
Gene expression profiles in the oocyte and granulosa cells and concomitant follicular fluid steroid hormone concentrations in pregnant versus non-pregnant she-camels	5
Biogeography of the spread of bluetongue disease in sheep in Brazil	5
High-precision scanning system for complete 3D goat udder and teat imaging, and analysis of morphological traits	5
Analysis of acceptance and factors affecting the consumption of goat's milk in Morocco	5
Climate resilience in small ruminant and immune system: An old alliance in the new sustainability context	5
Changes during storage in volatile compounds of butter produced using cow, sheep or goat’s milk	4
Autosomal and sex-linked genetic parameters for body weight gain and its relationship with efficiency-related traits in sheep	4
Extended effects of an aggressive spring-time anthelmintic treatment on Haemonchus contortus in sheep from a North America cold winter climate	4

Lipid supplementation with macadamia by-product reduces methane emissions by sheep	4
Seasonal weight loss effect in the hepatic fatty acid composition in Australian Merino, Damara and Dorper sheep	4
Voluntary intake, milk and colostrum production and lamb growth when ewes are fed high-NaCl diets during pre- and post-lambing	4
Effect of polymorphisms in the FAM151B gene on testis-related trait parameters in Hu sheep	4
Growth performance and carcass characteristics of fattening Awassi lambs fed willow silage	4
Intravenous electrolyte solution containing 84 mEq/L of lactate corrects metabolic acidosis in goats	4
Molecular detection and genetic characterization of ovine gammaherpesvirus-2 (OvHV-2) in sheep in the Philippines	4
Genetic diversity in leucine-rich repeats (LRR) of toll-like receptor-2 and -4 genes in three species of South American camelids	4
The influence of muscle type and the post-mortem ageing on the colour of fallow deer meat	4
Effect of processing with ozone on in vitro and in situ ruminal degradability and intestinal digestibility of feather meal protein	4
Effects of sheep breed and grass silage quality on voluntary feed intake and enteric methane emissions in adult dry ewes	4
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The occupied proportion of hair follicle group in Inner Mongolia cashmere goat (Capra hircus)	4
Long term effects of immunization against inhibin on fresh and post-thawed semen quality and sperm kinematics during low and peak breeding seasons in Beetal bucks	4
In fat-tailed sheep, variation of energy intake affected growth performances, carcass muscle and tail fat, without modifying carcass fat: A meta-analysis	4
Breeding value for stayability and productive traits of Saanen does obtained by survival analysis versus traditional genetic evaluation	4
The effects of accustoming to handling during the finishing period and weaning status on stress responses to transport, and carcass and meat quality in Kivircik lambs	4
Tracing lamb meat with stable isotope ratio analysis: a review	4
Evaluation of pasture-based vs. concentrate-based lamb production systems regarding growth performance, wool cortisol concentration, meat quality and microbiological properties	4
Effect of Lippia alba hay as phytogenic feed additive on the lactation performance, milk composition, and rumen and blood parameters of Alpine goats	4
White hair coat color does not influence heat tolerance of sheep grazing under a hot arid environment	4
Comparison of oxidative stress markers between single and twin gestations in Dorper ewes during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum	4
Is selection for resistance and resilience to Haemonchus contortus possible in Morada Nova sheep?	4
Determining the efficacy of Red Cell® in combination with anthelmintics against gastrointestinal nematode parasitism in sheep and goats	4
Muscle cellular characteristics of male kids from Turkish indigenous goat breeds	4
Analysis of genetic diversity in Latvian Darkheaded sheep population	4
Effect of high oxalic acid intake on growth performance and digestion, blood parameters, rumen fermentation and microbial community in sheep	4
Energy and protein requirements for maintenance and weight gain of Canindé goats supplemented on pasture in the semi-arid region	4
Genetic analysis of growth parameters and optimum age and weight slaughter prediction in Kurdi sheep	4
Variation in the ovine KRT34 promoter region affects wool traits	4
Nutrient digestibility, blood metabolites, and production performance of peripartal ewes fed dietary plant extract and monensin	4
Sensory and volatile aromatic compound differences of paired lamb loins with 0 or 14 day dry aging	4
Assessing the nutritional quality of stored grain legume fodders: Correlations among farmers’ perceptions, sheep preferences, leaf-stem ratios and laboratory analyses	4
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Age of eruption of the first permanent incisors varies between Merino genotypes and is related to liveweight	4
Echotextural evaluation of ultrasonographic images of the uterus in non-pregnant and pregnant Awassi ewes using computer-assisted image analysis	4
The genetic variations in CSN2 gene of Indian sheep breeds affect its protein stability and function	4
Ultrastructural changes in immature ovine cumulus-oocyte complexes vitrified in conventional and open pulled straws	4
Liver status of goats fed with cactus cladodes genotypes resistant to Dactylopius opuntiae	4
Genetic parameters for ewe lifetime productivity traits in Central Anatolian Merino sheep	4
Postprocedural clinical and laboratory evaluation of sheep submitted to different intrabdominal pressures during laparoscopy	4
Milkability traits across milk flow curve types in Sarda sheep	4
Breed-related plasma disposition and faecal excretion of eprinomectin after subcutaneous administration in sheep	4
Seeing beyond gait: A case study identifying chronic laminitis in 3 goats	4
Biotic potential and pathogenicity of a Haemonchus contortus susceptible laboratory isolate compared to a resistant field isolate in Brazil	4
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Estimation of breeding values and genetic trend of some growth traits in Merino sheep	3
On farm welfare assessment of European fattening lambs	3
Evaluation of careers and performances of goats with extended lactations	3
Effect of replacing babassu oil with sunflower oil on nutrient utilization, rumen fermentation, and biohydrogenation estimate in sheep	3
Tissue composition and meat quality of lambs fed diets containing whole-plant sesame silage as a replacement for whole-plant corn silage	3
Morphological characterization of indigenous goat population in Ethiopia using canonical discriminant analysis	3
Association of SERPING1 gene single nucleotide polymorphism with resistance to natural strongyle infection among native goats in humid tropical Kerala	3
Distal paravertebral nerve block in goats undergoing reproductive laparoscopy: Are 1% and 2% lidocaine hydrochloride equally effective?	3
Goat production and sustainability in Latin America & the Caribbean: A combined productive, socio-economic & ecological footprint approach	3
Analysis of goat production and marketing among smallholder farmers Zambia	3
Comparison of superovulatory responses to a standardized hormonal superstimulation protocol among three indigenous breeds of sheep in Brazil	3
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The angiography of uterine arteries in non-pregnant, pregnant, and twin-pregnant sheep	3
Effects of alfalfa and oat supplementation in fermented total mixed rations on growth performances, carcass characteristics, and meat quality in lambs	3
Biometric and carcass analysis of lambs fed with forage palm silage and cottonseed cake	3
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Body temperature and heart rate variability, and their circadian rhythms in sheep as measured by biologgers	3
Effect of cooling rate, extender type, and storage temperature on chilled sperm quality and pregnancy rate in Kail sheep	3
Different doses of pFSH are effective to promote follicular growth, superovulatory response, and embryo yield in White Dorper ewes	3
Comparison of methodologies for estimating enteric methane emission factors from sheep in smallholder systems in Africa: A case study from Ethiopia	3
Changes in markets for lamb in livestock family farming in Brazil	3
Bacterial, protozoal and viral abortions in sheep and goats in South America: A review	3
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Effect of number and area of view-fields on the measurement accuracy of hair follicle density in goats (Capra hircus)	3
Trichostrongylus colubriformis infection negatively impacted phosphorus metabolism of lambs	3
Bioeconomic selection indexes for terminal lamb systems in tropical conditions	3
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On-farm testing of FibreLux Micron Meter and OFDA2000 compared to Sirolan Laserscan in the laboratory	3
Influence of marine algae (Schizochytrium sp.) supplementation, ripening and vacuum packaging on goat cheese composition and fatty acid profile	3
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Delayed weaning improves the growth of lambs grazing chicory (Cichorium intybus) pastures	3
Typification of ovine and caprine production systems in the Colombian dry tropic	3
Isolation and characterization of dominant lactic acid bacteria from raw goat milk: Assessment of probiotic potential and technological properties	3
Characterization of volatile profile of longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle from Castellana and INRA 401 lambs reared under commercial conditions	3
Evaluation of proper sensor position for classification of sheep behaviour through accelerometers	3
Impact of forage levels and physical forms on feed sorting behavior, rumen morphometry, and selected blood parameters in fattening male goats	3
Elaboration of goat cheese with increased content of conjugated linoleic acid and transvaccenic acid: Fat, sensory and textural profile	3
Recessive mutation for low fibre curvature in the wool of sheep	3
Dietary supplementation of saffron petal elicits positive effects on performance, antioxidant status, and health of dairy goats	3
Association of POU1F1 gene polymorphism with pre-pubertal body weight in Attappady Black goats of India	3
QTLs detection for mohair traits in Iranian Angora goats (Markhoz goats)	3
Ascorbic acid and thiamine as adjunctive therapy for ovine pneumonia	3
Development of a routine genetic evaluation and a total merit index for sheep breeds with focus on meat production	3
Test comparison for the detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum antibodies in goats, and prevalence of granulocytic anaplasmosis in goats from Northern California and Southern Oregon	3
Evaluation of the genotype and slaughter weight effect on the meat production traits: Comparison of fattening, slaughter, and carcass characteristics between two native sheep	3
Nutrient restriction during pregnancy and litter size affect the feeding behaviour, feed preference and welfare of the aged ewe’s offspring	3
Impact of different feeding systems on cost-effectiveness and Eimeria spp. infections in Canarian goat kids	3