Animal

Article	Citations
The effects of supplemental levels of inorganic zinc, manganese and copper on growth performance in commercial broilers	219
Editorial Board	162
Assessment of control measures against livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a farrow-to-finish pig herd using infectious disease modelling	161
Fluorometric determination of isocitrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.42; 1; NADP+ dependent) in ruminant milk	148
Association between the prion protein genotype and animal performance traits in a large multibreed sheep population	101
The potential of a light spot, heat area, and novel object to attract laying hens and induce piling behaviour	79
Effects of a combination of fibrolytic and amylolytic enzymes on ruminal enzyme activities, bacterial diversity, blood profile and milk production in dairy cows	74
Modelling nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolisable energy requirement for egg production of 3 BW types of Yellow Broiler breeder hens during the egg-laying period	60
Editorial Board	59
Physiological traits of newborn piglets associated with colostrum intake, neonatal survival and preweaning growth	59
Using dynamic modelling to enhance the assessment of the beef water footprint	51
Short communication: Predicting blood plasma non-esterified fatty acid and beta-hydroxybutyrate concentrations from cow milk—addressing systematic issues in modelling	51
Impact of early inoculation of probiotics to suckling piglets on postweaning diarrhoea – A challenge study with Enterotoxigenic E. Coli F18	50
Prediction of growth and feed efficiency in mink using machine learning algorithms	50
Novel pathways linked to the expression of temperament in Merino sheep: a genome-wide association study	49
Editorial Board	48
Unravelling the mechanisms underlying the social interaction effects on the feed efficiency of rabbits	48
Effects of heat stress mitigation strategies on feedlot cattle performance, environmental, and economic outcomes in a hot climate	46
Review: Antimicrobial resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from poultry, cattle and pigs	44
Editorial: Values shared by journals of learned societies, associations and scientific institutions in animal science	43
Resolving and functional analysis of RNA editing sites in sheep ovaries and associations with litter size	43
Reducing foreign genetic contributions to the YDH pig population by segment-based advanced optimum contribution selection	43
How molting of laying hens influences body composition and blood parameters	43
Genomic insights into racing camels: inbreeding levels and positive selection linked to athletic traits	42
Effects of dietary energy levels on production and absorption of hindgut short-chain fatty acids in two sheep breeds	40

The development of a tool to assess cow quality of life based on system-level attributes across pastoral dairy farms	39
Effect of fish oil in Iberian sow diets on fatty acid, oxylipins and immune traits of colostrum and milk, and suckling piglets’ growth performance	39
Growth rate, either through genetics or diet, mainly determines the outcome concerning broiler welfare	37
Glucose injection into the yolk influences intermediary metabolism in adult Nile tilapia fed with high levels of carbohydrates	36
Effect of postweaning feed intake on performance, intestinal morphology, and the probability of diarrhoea in piglets	36
Review: More effective linkages between science and policy are needed to minimize the negative environmental impacts of livestock production	34
Individual methane emissions (and other gas flows) are repeatable and their relationships with feed efficiency are similar across two contrasting diets in growing bulls	34
Whole-genome resequencing reveals genetic structure and introgression in Pudong White pigs	34
Editorial Board	32
Title page	31
Review: Livestock transport of animals in a consumer society geared towards efficiency: efficiency, animal welfare or both?	31
Editorial: Animal welfare from a transdisciplinary perspective	31
Editorial Board	29
Title Page	29
Editorial: 7th ISEP: Present and future challenges in energy and protein metabolism and their implication in animal nutrition	28
Review: Biological consequences of the inhibition of rumen methanogenesis	28
Review: European Union legislation and regulatory framework for edible insect production – Safety issues	28
Title page	28
Behavioural and physiological responses of Small Tail Han sheep to predators	27
Sponsor page	27
Assessment of the adaptation of Nguni goats to water stress	27
Editorial: Challenges of food and feed for the future	27
Nature, nurture, and vegetation management: Studies with sheep and goats	25
Effects of group size on agonistic interactions in dairy cows: a descriptive study	25
Effect of gentle physical contact on behavioural indicators in sheep	25
Review: Environmental enrichment builds functional capacity and improves resilience as an aspect of positive welfare in production animals	25
Genetical analysis of mastitis and reproductive traits in first-parity Holstein cows using standard and structural equation modelling	25
Inseminate without hormonal treatment in dairy sheep farms: exploring the consequences on the sustainability of several contrasted production systems	25
Long-term effects of early maternal deprivation on goat social behaviour	25
Population structure and genetic diversity of Polish Arabian horses based on pedigree data	24
Effects of improved early-life conditions on health, welfare, and performance of pigs raised on a conventional farm	24
Classification of light Yorkshire pigs at different production stages using ordinary least squares and machine learning methods	24
Assessment of flax and hemp fibres in terms of their impact on the growth performance and health status of weaned piglets	23
Comparison of greenhouse gas emissions from sheep measured using both respiration and portable accumulation chambers	23
Methane, growth and carcase considerations when breeding for more efficient Merino sheep production	23
Improved tenderness of beef from bulls supplemented with active dry yeast is related to matrix metalloproteinases and reduced oxidative stress	22
Amount and variation of strip yields collected by a defined hand-milking method after machine milking of Holstein dairy cows	22
Editorial Board	22
Consumer evaluation of meat quality from barrows, immunocastrates and boars in six countries	22
Editorial Board	22
Effects of lactic acid bacteria-fermented formula milk supplementation on colonic microbiota and mucosal transcriptome profile of weaned piglets	21
Effects of fermented and unfermented aging corn on ruminal fermentation, bacterial communities, lactation performance and plasma metabolites in Holstein cows	21
Review: Welfare in farm animals from an animal-centred point of view	21
Editorial Board	21
Short communication: Prevalence of deleterious variants causing recessive disorders in Italian Chianina, Marchigiana and Romagnola cattle	20
Effects of yeast culture supplementation from late gestation to weaning on performance of lactating sows and growth of nursing piglets	20
Age-dependent development in protein digestibility and intestinal morphology in weaned pigs fed different protein sources	20
Animal board invited review: Specialising and intensifying cattle production for better efficiency and less global warming: contrasting results for milk and meat co-production at different scales	20
Interaction between eggshell temperature and carbon dioxide concentration after day 8 of incubation on broiler chicken embryo development	20
Sow and litter performance after cross-fostering one surplus piglet and co-mingling the litters at early lactation	20

Physiological and behavioural effects of intermittent fasting vs daily caloric restriction in meat-type poultry	20
Animal board invited review: Quantification of resilience in farm animals	19
Editorial Board	19
Editorial Board	19
Predicted essential fatty acid intakes for a group of dairy cows also apply at individual animal level	19
Estimation of (co)variance components, genetic parameters, and genetic trends of growth traits in community-based breeding programs of Bonga sheep	19
Improving genomic prediction accuracy of pig reproductive traits based on genotype imputation using preselected markers with different imputation platforms	19
Feed-food and land use competition of lowland and mountain dairy cow farms	18
Response to different sources of vitamin E orally injected and to various doses of vitamin E in calf starter on the plasma vitamin E level in calves around weaning	18
Dairy cattle welfare – the relative effect of legislation, industry standards and labelled niche production in five European countries	18
Influence of genotype and environment on piglet vitality and metabolic state during the suckling period of divergent birth weight classes	17
The functional addition of hydrochloric acid to dry feed improves mineral nutrition, growth, and reduces body deformities in juvenile stomachless tench	17
Wound lesions caused by ear tagging in unweaned calves: assessing the prevalence of wound lesions and identifying risk factors	17
Effects of red cabbage extract rich in anthocyanins on rumen fermentation, rumen bacterial community, nutrient digestion, and plasma indices in beef bulls	16
Short communication: The biological value of transition milk: analyses of immunoglobulin G, IGF-I and lactoferrin in primiparous and multiparous dairy cows	16
Review: Non-surgical artificial insemination and embryo recovery as safe tools for genetic preservation in small ruminants	16
Editorial Board	16
Evaluating the effect of phenolic compounds as hydrogen acceptors when ruminal methanogenesis is inhibited in vitro – Part 1. Dairy cows	16
Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition	16
Review: A journey into the black soldier fly digestive system: from current knowledge to applied perspectives	16
Effects of phosphorus and calcium depletion on growth performances and bone mineralisation in growing pigs	16
Effect of ewe birth litter size and estimation of genetic parameters on ewe reproductive life traits	16
A survey on management and housing of peri-parturient dairy cows and their calves	16
Effects of dietary propyl gallate and Lactobacillus plantarum addition on growth, intestinal morphology, antioxidant capacity, and immune functions of Pekin ducks	15
Does the type of exercise affect tryptophan catabolism in horses?	15
Editorial: The reporting of statistics in research articles is key to the understanding and reproducibility of good research in animal science	15
Blend of natural and natural identical essential oil compounds as a strategy to improve the gut health of weaning pigs	15
Estimation of genetic parameters for bull conception rate and its genetic correlations with semen production traits in Japanese Black bulls	15
Informational resources used by farmers with ruminants and monogastrics for animal health monitoring: importance of sensory indicators	15
Response to the letter to the Editor: Systematic review and meta-analysis of the methionine utilization efficiency in piglets receiving different methionine sources	15
Review: Ruminant heat-stress terminology	15
Enteric methane emissions from zebu cattle are influenced by seasonal variations in rangeland fodder quality and intake	15
Measuring dairy cow welfare with real-time sensor-based data and farm records: a concept study	15
Impact of dietary exogenous feed enzymes on performance, nutrient digestibility, and ruminal fermentation parameters in beef cattle: a meta-analysis	15
Impact of different cooling solutions on autonomic modulation in horses in a novice endurance ride	15
Life cycle assessment of pasture-based suckler steer weanling-to-beef production systems: Effect of breed and slaughter age	14
Corrigendum to “Risk factors associated with lambing traits” [Animal 10(1) (2016) 89–95]	14
Production costs, economic viability, and risks associated with compost bedded pack, freestall, and drylot systems in dairy farms	14
From the biochemical pieces to the nutritional puzzle: using meta-reactions in teaching and research	14
Keeping profitable cows in the herd: A lifetime cost-benefit assessment to support culling decisions	14
Effects and interaction of dietary calcium and non-phytate phosphorus for slow-growing yellow-feathered broilers during the starter phase	14
Corrigendum to “Intramammary administration of lipopolysaccharides at parturition enhances immunoglobulin concentration in goat colostrum” [Animal 18 (2) (2024) 101082]	14
Opportunities and limits of commercial farm data to study the genetic determinism of feed efficiency throughout lactation in dairy sheep	14
Taste agents as modulators of the feeding behaviour of grazing yaks in alpine meadows	14
Short communication: Accuracy of whole-genome sequence imputation in Angus cattle using within-breed and multi breed reference populations	14
Direct and carry-over effect of grassland herbage allowance on metabolic hormones and reproduction in primiparous beef cows undergoing temporary weaning and flushing	14
Effects of medium-chain fatty acid supplementation on performance and rumen fermentation of lactating Holstein dairy cows	14
Review: Environment of the ovulatory follicle: modifications and use of biotechnologies to enhance oocyte competence and increase fertility in cattle	14
Combining datasets in a dynamic residual feed intake model and comparison with linear model results in lactating Holstein cattle	13
Relationship between dairy cows' hind leg activity and vacuum records during milking	13
Intramammary administration of lipopolysaccharides at parturition enhances immunoglobulin concentration in goat colostrum	13
Modeling gait score of broiler chicken via production and behavioral data	13
Review: Markers and proxies to monitor ruminal function and feed efficiency in young ruminants	13
Effects of supplementing a CP-reduced diet with rumen-protected methionine on Fleckvieh bull fattening	13
Review: Pork quality attributes from farm to fork. Part II. Processed pork products	13
Improving live weight gain of crossbred Limousin bulls with cassava peel silage	13
Corrigendum to ‘Water requirements of beef production can be reduced by genetic selection’ [Animal: Int. J. Animal Biosci. 15 (2021) 100142]	13
Diurnal variation of milk fatty acids in early-lactation Holstein cows with and without hyperketonemia	13
Evaluation of type traits in relation to production, and their importance in early selection for milk performance in dairy buffaloes	13
Bimodal milk flow and overmilking in dairy cattle: risk factors and consequences	13
Review: Postpartum reproductive disease and fertility in dairy cows	12
Associations between the breeding values of Holstein-Friesian bulls and longevity and culling reasons of their daughters	12
Predicting feed intake using modelling based on feeding behaviour in finishing beef steers	12
Review: From human–animal relation practice research to the development of the livestock farmer's activity: an ergonomics–applied ethology interaction	12
The contribution of biological sex to heat stress-mediated outcomes in growing pigs	12
Short communication: Quantifying postruminal starch fermentation in early-lactation Holstein-Friesian cows	12
Association between fecal methanogen species with methane production and grazed forage intake of beef heifers classified for residual feed intake under drylot conditions	12
Combining short-term breath measurements to develop methane prediction equations from cow milk mid-infrared spectra	12
Behavioural responses related to increasing core body temperature of grazing dairy cows experiencing moderate heat stress	12
Thiamine modulates intestinal morphological structure and microbiota under subacute ruminal acidosis induced by a high-concentrate diet in Saanen goats	12
Pedigree analysis in the Polish Red cattle population	12
Animal board invited review: Dietary transition from animal to plant-derived foods: Are there risks to health?	12
Effects of canola oil and antioxidants on performance, serum parameters, carcass traits, and rumen fermentation patterns of Nellore cattle	12
Evaluation of a mechanistic model that estimates feed intake, growth and body composition, nutrient requirements, and optimum economic response of broilers	12
Review: Pork quality attributes from farm to fork. Part I. Carcass and fresh meat	12
Precision worm control in grazing lambs by targeting group treatment based on performance of sentinels	12
Do animal source foods always ensure healthy, sustainable, and ethical diets?	12
The effect of different dietary ratios of lysine, arginine and methionine on protein nitration and oxidation reactions in turkey tissues and DNA	12
Estimation of the genetic parameters of sheep growth traits based on machine vision acquisition	12
Short communication: Temporal profiles of colostrum and milk haptoglobin and substance P in early lactation multiparous Holstein cows	12

Dietary autolysed yeast modulates blood profiles, small intestinal morphology and caecal microbiota of weaning pigs	11
Opinion paper: Increasing the economic value of male calves from dairy herds to avoid poor animal welfare	11
Effects of pigeon pea leaves and concentrate mixture on feed intake, milk yield, and composition of crossbred dairy cows fed native pasture hay	11
Effects of ursolic acid on growth performance, serum biochemistry, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal health of broilers	11
Predicting feed efficiency of Angus steers using the gastrointestinal microbiome	11
Opinion paper: How can we achieve standards and common guidelines for experimental studies with cattle?	11
Starter protein content and supplemental soybean oil or hydrogenated palm fatty acids in Holstein dairy calves: growth performance, protozoa population, and nitrogen utilization efficiency	11
Genetic parameters of animal traits associated with coccidian and nematode parasite load and growth in Scottish Blackface sheep	11
Organic rearing of non-castrated male pigs: welfare indicators, carcass traits, pork quality and boar taint in Duroc and Pietrain crossbreds	11
In vitro protein fractionation methods for ruminant feeds	11
Developmental changes in tibia and humerus of goose: morphometric, densitometric, and mechanical analysis	11
Morphometric traits to estimate brain and liver weight and their ratio for the diagnosis of intrauterine growth restriction in newborn piglets	11
Review: Some challenges and unrealized opportunities toward widespread use of the in vitro-produced embryo in cattle production	11
Effects of riboflavin supplementation level on health, performance, and fertility of organic broiler parent stock and their chicks	11
Thymus and meat physicochemical measurements to discriminate calves treated with anabolic and therapeutic doses of dexamethasone	11
Dairy goats adjust their meal patterns to the fibre content of the diet	11
The effects of feeding sows at onset of farrowing supplemental energy (blend of carbohydrates and glycerol) on farrowing kinetics and piglet vitality	11
Stress response of 18-, 24- and 30-month-old sport horse stallions to a pretraining programme	11
Genome-wide association studies for milk production traits in two autochthonous Aosta cattle breeds	11
Review: Quality of animal-source foods	10
Allicin in pregnancy diets modulates steroid metabolism in pregnant sows and placental sulphate metabolism promoting placental angiogenesis and foetal development	10
Early addition of enzyme-treated soybean in the diet improves amino acid absorption and protein digestibility by promoting digestive enzyme activity in broilers	10
Review: Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare	10
Evolution of viscera and muscle fractional protein synthesis rate in lean meat selected hybrids and castrated Duroc pigs fed under moderate crude protein restriction	10
Review: Production factors affecting poultry carcass and meat quality attributes	10
Sugary vs salty food industry leftovers in postweaning piglets: effects on gut microbiota and intestinal volatile fatty acid production	10
Selective breeding as a mitigation tool for methane emissions from dairy cattle	10
Effects of exogenous α-(1,4)-amylase on the utilisation of corn starch and glucose metabolism in broiler chickens	10
Review: Implantation and placentation in ruminants	10
Associations between behaviour and health outcomes in conventional and slow-growing breeds of broiler chicken	10
Interactive effects of vitamins A and K3 on laying performance, egg quality, tibia attributes and antioxidative status of aged Roman Pink laying hens	10
Forage peanut legume as a strategy for improving beef production without increasing livestock greenhouse gas emissions	10
Effects of spent coffee grounds on production traits, haematological parameters, and antioxidant activity of blood and milk in dairy goats	10
Review: SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks – an overview of current knowledge on occurrence, disease and epidemiology	10
Performance, health, and physiological responses of newly received feedlot cattle supplemented with pre- and probiotic ingredients	10
Effect of feeding Yucca schidigera extract and a live yeast on the rumen microbiome and performance of dairy cows fed a diet excess in rumen degradable nitrogen	10
Does a single adjustment in the meat standards Australia beef grading model cater for different hormonal growth promotant formulations?	10
Effects of hemp seed and flaxseed on enzyme activity in the broiler chicken digestive tract	10
Review: Current status of corpus luteum assessment by Doppler ultrasonography to diagnose non-pregnancy and select embryo recipients in cattle	10
A type 2 immune circuit and arachidonic acid metabolism role in anti-nematode infection: evidence from transcriptome and targeted metabolome data in goat	9
Probing the effects of dietary selenised glucose on the selenium concentration, quality, and antioxidant activity of eggs and production performances of laying hens	9
Review: Current challenges in poultry nutrition, health, and welfare	9
Effects of refeeding with low- or high-carbohydrate diets on intermediary carbohydrate metabolism in juvenile and adult Nile tilapia	9
Amylase activity across black soldier fly larvae development and feeding substrates: insights on starch digestibility and external digestion	9
Review: Genomic selection in the era of phenotyping based on digital images	9
Genotype × region and genotype × production level interactions in Holstein cows	9
Development and validation of a model for early prediction of residual feed intake in beef cattle using plasma biomarkers	9
Relationship between the amino acid release kinetics of feed proteins and nitrogen balance in finishing pigs	9
The effect of first-lactation calving season, milk production, and morphology on the survival of Simmental cows	9
Editorial Board	9
Genome-wide analyses reveal population structure and identify candidate genes associated with tail fatness in local sheep from a semi-arid area	9
Modelling growth in Suffolk and Charollais sheep populations using random regression models and validation of constrained polynomial correlation values	9
Opinion paper: Applying agroecological principles allows assessing the multidimensionality of input-use efficiency in ruminant production systems	9
Light microscopic observations of the ruminal papillae of cattle on diets with divergent forage to cereal ratios	9
Configuration of daily grazing and searching of growing beef cattle in grassland: observational study	9
Review: Problems in determining metabolisable protein value of dairy cow diets and the impact on protein feeding	9
Effect of hatching system and prophylactic antibiotic use on serum levels of intestinal health biomarker diamine oxidase in broilers at an early age	9
Kinematic changes in dairy cows with induced, unilateral forelimb lameness during straight line walk	9
Friend or foe: effects of social experience and genetic line on responses of young gilts in a social challenge paired interaction test	9
Cashmere production, skin characteristics, and mutated genes in crimped cashmere fibre goats	9
Short Communication: The effect of age on young sheep biometric identification	9
Review – Insect farming for food and feed in the Global South: Focus on black soldier fly production	9
Changes in physicochemical parameters of duck eggs and extra-embryonic structures during incubation	8
Review: Production factors affecting the quality of chicken table eggs and egg products in Europe	8
Risk factors of high somatic cell count and differential somatic cells in early lactation associated with selective dry cow therapy	8
Influence of forage-to-concentrate ratio on the effects of a radiata pine bark extract on methane production and fermentation using the rumen simulation technique	8
Review: The need for holistic, sector-tailored sustainability assessments for milk− and plant-based beverages	8
Application of a mathematical framework for the optimization of precision-fed dairy cattle diets	8
Growth rates of contract-reared versus home-reared replacement dairy heifers	8
Genetic aspects for the behaviour of lactating sows towards humans	8
Associations between insulin-like factor 3, scrotal circumference and semen characteristics in young Norwegian Red bulls	8
Associations between peripartum lying and activity behaviour and blood non-esterified fatty acids and β-hydroxybutyrate in grazing dairy cows	8
Social referents for dairy farmers: who dairy farmers consult when making management decisions	8
Nitrogen utilisation, energy utilisation and methane emissions of sheep grazing in two types of pasture	8
The age of hair matters – the incorporation of cortisol by external contamination is enhanced in distal hair segments of pigs and cattle	8
Supporting rotational grazing systems with virtual fencing: paddock transitions, beef heifer performance, and stress response	8
PhenoBR: a model to phenotype body condition dynamics in meat sheep	8
Editorial Board	8
Died, euthanized, slaughtered or alive? Outcomes for 10 023 Ayrshire and Holstein cows and associations between veterinary treatments and mortality	8
Editorial Board	8
Analysis of reproduction success, growth and milk trajectories and response to nutritional challenge in two Alpine goat lines selected on divergent longevity	8
Contribution of herd characteristics to best linear unbiased estimates of slaughter traits in beef cattle	8
Discovery of hidden pedigree errors combining genomic information with the genomic relationship matrix in Texel sheep	8
Editorial Board	8
Nose-clip use in semi-free ranging pigs reduces rooting without disrupting affiliative behaviour or causing prolonged stress	8
Effect of the dietary supplementation with sunflower oil-enriched bromoform from Asparagopsis taxiformis on lambs’ growth, health, and ruminal methane production	8
Title page	8
On-farm evaluation of models to predict herbage intake of dairy cows grazing temperate semi-natural grasslands	8
Review: Reproductive consequences of whole-body adaptations of dairy cattle to heat stress	8
Opinion paper: Livestock is at the heart of interacting levers to reduce feed-food competition in agroecological food systems	8
Editorial Board	7
Title Page	7
Title Page	7
Review: A systematic review of the effects of functional amino acids on small intestine barrier function and immunity in piglets	7
Effects of extended transition milk feeding on blood metabolites of female Holstein dairy calves at 3 weeks of age: a liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry-based metabolomics approach	7