Livestock Science

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The effect of social hierarchy on short-term group-housed sow gestation and reproductive performance	41
Effect of sex and birth weight on the performance, microbiome, immune response and colostrum intake of piglets	36
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Identification of genomic regions associated with reproductive longevity in the Rubia Gallega beef cattle breed using a censored threshold model	28
Precision feeding in gestating sows: a retrospective analysis of lysine intake and pregnancy outcomes	26
Microencapsulated sodium butyrate on the intestinal integrity of broilers challenged with Eimeria spp.	24
Stylosanthes silage as an alternative to reduce the protein concentrate in diets for finishing beef cattle	24
Intraperitoneal injection of β-glucan during the suckling period improved the intestinal health of newly weaned rabbits by enhancing immune responses	24
Effect of age and dietary crude protein level on nitrogen excretion in dairy heifers	23
Milking performance and plant specialized metabolites in the milk of goats fed silage from willow (Salix acmophylla) irrigated with saline water	22
Semen quality parameters including metabolites, sperm production traits and fertility in young Norwegian Red AI bulls	21
Scaling factor assessment in single-step GBLUP evaluations for small genotyped populations: A case study on Iranian Holstein cattle	21
Doses of orange (Citrus sinensis) essential oil for Nellore steers fed with a forage-based diet	21
Nutritional protocols that alter ruminal fermentation and nutrient disappearance to increase marbling precursors in Nellore cattle	20
Preslaughter stress and beef quality in relation to slaughter transport of cattle	19
Effect of yeast extracted β-glucans on the immune response and reproductive performance of gilts in the adaptation, gestation, and lactation periods	19
Dietary linseed with apple pomace and milk thistle improves fatty acids profile of pork and its oxidative status	19
Asparagopsis taxiformis inclusion in grass silage-based diets fed to Norwegian red dairy cows: Effects on ruminal fermentation, milk yield, and enteric methane emission	19
Investigating cattle responses to acoustic signals to extend the functions of virtual fencing collars	18
The effect of supplementary feed on live weight and meat quality of grazing yaks on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	18
Longitudinal modelling of performance and feed efficiency traits in growing Duroc pigs	17
Effects of dietary supplementation with different levels of selenium yeast on growth performance, carcass characteristics, antioxidant capacity, and meat quality of Tan sheep	17
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Effects of phytase supplementation on broiler chickens fed nutrient-deficient diets	16
E. coli-expressed human lysozyme supplementation improves growth performance, apparent nutrient digestibility, and fecal microbiota in weaning pigs	16

An approach to functional longevity in Latxa dairy sheep	16
Livestock breeding, conservation and genomics in Brazil: Who, when, where, and what	16
A systematic review of equid welfare at slaughter	16
Comparative analysis of growth and development characteristics of two Dezhou donkey strains	16
Performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of goat kids supplemented with inulin	15
Evaluation of LiGAPS-Beef to assess extensive pasture-based beef production in three agro-ecological regions in South Africa	15
The effect of rumen-protected lysine and methionine on milk yield, milk components, and body weight in grazing Holstein cows during spring calving season in the southern hemisphere	15
Whole plant silage of vetch in growing-finishing pigs: Effect on growth performance and carcass characteristics, and determination of its apparent total tract digestibility	14
Milk somatic cell count affects feed efficiency through increased heat production of lactating dairy cows	14
Perception of cultured “meat” by French consumers according to their diet	14
A rapid laboratory method for estimating the standardised precaecal digestible amino acids in pig feeds	14
Infrared thermography of different tear staining scores in pigs	14
Effects of decreasing roughage NDF in diets with high inclusion of DDGS on performance, feeding behavior, and ruminal parameters in Nellore bulls	13
Optimizing lambing efficiency: Alternative management strategies for Assaf ewe flocks	13
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Adaptive farrowing: Piglet mortality and the lactation performance and welfare of sows	13
Hepatic cytoprotective and immunomodulatory responses to dietary phytogenic inclusion level in laying hens	13
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Increasing doses of biocholine on apparent digestibility, ruminal fermentation, and performance in dairy cows	13
Effects of Astaxanthin on oxidative stress of sows and piglet growth performances	13
Performance and milk composition of Holstein cows fed increasing levels of dried distillers’ grains with solubles	13
Genomic inbreeding estimated through runs of homozygosity in Moura pigs and four commercial swine breeds	13
Environmental and additive genetic factors that affect artificial insemination success in Latxa dairy sheep breed	13
Genomic scans for selection signatures revealed candidate genes for adaptation and production traits in the Thai multibreed dairy cattle population	13
Optimizing breeding structures and related management in community-based goat breeding programs in the Borana pastoral system of Ethiopia	13
Effect of proportion and digestibility of grass-clover silage on feed intake, milk yield, and nitrogen excretion in lactating dairy cows	12
Genome-enabled classification of stayability in Nellore cattle under a machine learning framework	12
Effects of wet distillers bran plus solubles and corn oil in diets containing flint corn grain and citrus pulp for finishing Nellore bulls	12
Towards a balanced view of livestock: Benefits of grazing farming systems to produce meat	12
Effect of detoxified castor bean meal inclusion in sugarcane ensilage on intake, digestibility, water balance, ruminal parameters, serum biochemistry, and ingestive behavior of sheep	12
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Comparison of three different measuring devices of ammonia and evaluation of their suitability to assess animal welfare in pigs	12
Focused high-protein supplementation to ewes grazing Campos grassland during mid gestation improves maternal-fetal blood flow and skeletal muscle mass of the progeny	12
Intake, digestibility, serum metabolites, and growth performance of male feedlot lambs fed different fat sources	11
Exploratory study of the potential use of a novel pooled phenotype to select against boar taint	11
Towards an integration of pre- and post-slaughter factors affecting the eating quality of beef	11
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The effects of oral drenching with Co or vitamin B12, drenching frequency and Co via rumen bolus on plasma vitamin B12 concentration in weaned lambs	11
Meeting ethological needs – Effects of straw and roughage on attractiveness of outdoor run and behaviour of organic fattening pigs	11
Effect of enriched biochar on methane emissions, rumen microbial structure and rumen fermentation characteristics in Holstein steers	11
New traits to improve the maternal ability of sows under production conditions	11
The impact of post-weaning feeding strategies on feed consumption and body weight variation in pigs	11
Dietary fibre fermentability quantitatively modulates faecal bacterial pathogens in sows and their offspring	11
The effect of stocking density and enrichment on hair cortisol, hair dehydroepiandrosterone (sulphate) and their ratio in growing-finishing pigs	11
Effects of mineral or protein-energy supplementation and genetic group on metabolism parameters of young beef bulls grazing tropical grass during the rainy season	11
Calcium anacardate in the diet of broiler chickens: Performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality	11
Identifying housing and management factors associated with lameness in small-scaled mountain dairy farms with different housing systems	10
Allocation of environmental burdens in dairy systems: Expanding a biophysical approach for application to larger meat-to-milk ratios	10
Cecal acidosis: an emergent digestive disorder in ruminants	10
Microalgae as feed ingredients and a potential source of competitive advantage in livestock production: A review	10

Effects of carbohydrase and phytase enzymes supplementation within low energy diets on performance and energy utilization of broiler chickens	10
Curcumin attenuates liver inflammation in ducks fed corn contaminated with ochratoxin A possibly by regulating intestinal microbiota and inhibiting toll like receptor 4/nuclear factor kappa-B signalin	10
Changes in the relationship between an endangered cattle breed and its mainstream sister breed over time	10
Can cattle geolocation data yield behavior-based criteria to inform precision grazing systems on rangeland?	10
Genome-wide association study for milk production traits in Dual-Purpose Belgian Blue cows	9
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Whole-genome analyses reveal the genomic diversity and selection signatures of Hainan cattle	9
Modelling the physiological, muscular, and sensory characteristics in relation to beef quality from 15 cattle breeds	9
Profitability, greenhouse gas emissions and feed-food competition of strategies to exploit compensatory growth in Uruguayan weanling-to-beef systems	9
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Skeletal muscle gene expression and meat quality of F1 Angus–Nellore young steers and bulls feedlot finished	9
Long-term social preferences in a group of sub-adult female pigs	9
Physicochemical and sensory properties of Iberian sliced dry-cured lomito from various commercial categories	9
Data-driven decision making in pig farming: A review of the literature	9
A cinnamaldehyde feed additive improved feed use-efficiency in lactating dairy cows	9
Effect of dietary threonine supplementation on growth performance and diarrhoea in weaned pigs	9
Application of an optimized and validated LC–MS/MS method for the quantification of free 3-nitrotyrosine in plasma, urine and liver tissue of lactating dairy cows	9
Genetic selection of Nellore cattle raised in tropical areas: Economic indexes and breeding decisions risks	9
Dietary fatty acids applied to pig production and their relation to the biological processes: A review	8
Effect of rumen-protected fat on performance, carcass characteristics and beef quality of the progeny from Nellore cows fed by different planes of nutrition during gestation	8
Ingestive behaviour, performance, and methane emissions of pregnant alpacas grazing cultivated pastures in the high Peruvian Andes	8
Genomic characterization and diversity of indigenous goat breeds from Croatia	8
Effects of cowpea protein hydrolysates on the growth performance, lipid profile, antioxidant status, tissue histomorphology, and expression of caspase-3 and tumor necrosis factor-α in broiler chickens	8
Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius, Mill. Johnston) pellet supplementation improved rumen fermentation, milk yield and milk composition of lactating dairy cows	8
Mitigating heat stress in broilers by dietary dried tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) pulp: Effect on growth and blood traits, oxidative status and immune response	8
What is the impact of neutral detergent fibre digestibility on productive performance of beef cattle fed tropical forages?	8
Effect of substituting grass-clover silage with maize silage for dairy cows on nutrient digestibility, rumen metabolism, enteric methane emission and total carbon footprint	8
Propionic acid-based additive with surfactant action on the feeding value of rehydrated corn grain silage for dairy cows performance	8
Are mixed models more effective than linear models in predicting energy utilization for laying hens?	8
Substituting barley with soya bean hulls in the concentrate offered to beef cattle as a supplement to grass silage or ad libitum: Intake, feed efficiency, carcass and selected meat quality traits	8
Genetic parameters of fiber density traits and their relationship with textile traits in alpacas	8
A new equation to predict dry matter intake by Nellore beef cattle in commercial feedlots in Brazil	8
Characteristics, lipogenic enzyme activity, and fatty acid composition of muscles in the Iberian pig: Effects of protein restriction and free-range feeding	8
Cattle-oil palm integration – a viable strategy to increase Malaysian beef self-sufficiency and palm oil sustainability	8
Effect of a Bacillus probiotic strain on Nellore cattle finished on pasture during the dry season	8
Yogurt acid whey powder dietary inclusion level modulates broiler cecal microbiota composition and metabolic activity	8
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Effect of manipulating dietary fat and carbohydrates on methane potential of dairy cow faeces	8
Application of an attention bias test after surgical castration in piglets	7
Impact of lighting regimes on reproductive performance and sperm ultrastructure in rabbit bucks under very severe heat stress conditions	7
Lifetime productivity: Genetic study of longevity and its associations with economically important traits in dairy buffaloes	7
Efficacy of in ovo feeding with Lactobacillus acidophilus and oregano essential oil in improving growth performance, immunity, microbial enumeration, and gene expression of ostrich chicks	7
Pedigree based description of the Pannon White rabbit	7
Willow leaves as a cobalt supplement for weaned lambs	7
Inferring effects of barn emissions, housing conditions and genetics on specific dermatitis digitalis diagnoses in dairy cows	7
Energy efficiency, reproductive performance, and metabolic parameters of grazing Hereford heifers	7
Regression method-derived digestible and metabolizable energy concentrations of partially defatted black soldier fly larvae meal for broiler chickens and pigs	7
Genetic parameters for the occurrence of bovine viral diarrhea virus in Holstein cattle in Brazil	7
Evaluation of Zoetis GeneMax Advantage genomic predictions in commercial Bos taurus Angus cattle	7
Effect of grinding or rolling fava beans on feed intake and milk production in Holstein cows	7
Effect of inbreeding on reproductive, growth and morphological traits of Mertolenga cattle in Portugal	7
Corrigendum to ’ Dietary cinnamaldehyde supplementation improves the growth performance, oxidative stability, immune function, and meat quality in finishing pigs’ [issue/volume 240, year 2020;Livestoc	7
Effect of changes in body condition during the dry period, milk yield and genetic groups on the metabolic profiles of high-producing Holstein × Gir cows	7
Passive transfer, health, performance, and metabolism of calves fed different sources of colostrum	7
The effect of weaning age on physiological, behavioral, and performance indicators of welfare in weaned piglets	7
Selecting an appropriate statistical model for estimating genetic parameters: A case study of pig maternal breeds in Czechia	7
Modeling growth curves to estimate the suitable slaughter age for the Vietnamese Tap Na pig	7
Prevalence of blaZ gene and antibiotics susceptibility test profile of β-lactams resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from subclinical mastitis in lactating Beetal goats	7
Transcriptome and metabolome analyses reveal muscle changes in Tan sheep (Ovis aries) at different ages	7
The influence of foreign lineages in the genetic component of reproductive traits in Criollo Argentino mares: A 30-year study	7
Genetic markers associated with beef quality: A review	7
Supplementing steers up to 43 % canola meal had no negative effects on either ruminal parameters or the degradation characteristics of lucerne hay	7
Feed particle size and amylase supplementation in diets for nursery piglets: Digestibility and growth performance	7
Methane emissions and milk yields from zebu cows under integrated systems	7
Increasing ewe productivity - challenges of sheep stakeholders across Europe and Turkey	6
Genome-wide assessment of genetic diversity in Mexican Sardo Negro breed	6
Efficacy of whole wheat grain in combination with acidified drinking water on growth performance, gizzard development, intestinal morphology, and microbial population of broiler chickens	6
Production of organic beef from dairy bull calves in Denmark - Effect of different production strategies on productivity, carbon footprint and biodiversity estimated by modelling	6
Alpha-lipoic acid in ovarian vitrification solution for in vitro culture or autotransplantation as future strategies for the restoration of ovarian function in sheep	6
Rabbit gains: Does a free-range rearing build better muscle in rabbits?	6
The influence of supplementary feeding during suckling and later weaning on growth performance, incidences of post-weaning diarrhoea and immunity of piglets	6
Quantifying the negative impact of clinical diseases on productive and reproductive performance of dairy cows in central Argentina	6
Impact of pre-slaughter stress on meat quality in beef cattle: A gene expression analysis	6
Effect of feeding strategy on piglet growth and survival and milk production of loose-housed lactating sows	6
Mitogenome information in cattle breeding and conservation genetics: Developments and possibilities of the SNP chip	6
Activity and rumination changes as predictors of calving in primiparous and multiparous Holstein cows	6
Supplementation of Pinus densiflora bark extract-chitosan composite improves growth performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal health in weaned piglets	6
Path and logistic analysis for heat tolerance in adapted breeds of cattle in Brazil	6
Effect of co-mingling non-littermates during lactation and feed familiarity at weaning on the performance, skin lesions and health of piglet	6
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Selenium and vitamin E supplementation ameliorates the oxidative stress of lactating cows	6
Short-term fixation of sows in farrowing pens using different opening procedures	6
Qualitative profile of meat from lambs fed diets with different levels of chitosan. Part II	6
Evaluation of a wood-based feed supplement as an alternative to zinc oxide: Effects on growth, antioxidant and inflammatory status, and gut integrity in weaned piglets	6
Impact of feed efficiency on young beef animals on adult resilience: From field challenge experiments to modelling approaches	6
Local non-food yeast protein in pig production–environmental impacts and land use efficiency	6
Genetic parameters and genomic predictions for economically important traits in Montana® composite cattle using different models	6
Managing without pharmaceutical zinc in Danish pig production – insights from farmers and veterinarians	6
Effect of bocaiuva pulp oil supplementation of broiler chicken diets on growth performance and quality and oxidative stability of meat	6
Corrigendum to “Implications of Commercial Cross-Fostering in Large Litters when Low Body Weight of Piglets is the Main Criterion”	6
Local protein sources for growing-finishing pigs and their effects on pig performance, sensory quality and climate impact of the produced pork	6
A simple laboratory method for estimating the standardised precaecal digestible crude protein in pig feeds	6
Greenhouse gas intensity from beef systems grazing stockpiled intermediate wheatgrass in the late fall/early winter with impacts from fertilizer and legume integration	6
In vitro and in vivo effects of methanolic extract of dietary ginger (Zingiber officinale) and onion (Allium cepa) supplementation on growth performance and fecal microbiota in Escherichia coli infect	6
Replacement of soybean meal with alternative protein sources in the concentrate supplement for lactating Holstein × Gyr cows in an intensive tropical pasture-based system: Effects on performance, milk	6
Carcass characteristics and meat quality of cull cows from different genetic groups	6
Editorial Board	6
Invited review: Novel methods and perspectives for modulating the rumen microbiome through selective breeding as a means to improve complex traits: Implications for methane emissions in cattle	6
Learning, health and productivity of group-housed sows conditioned to signal-feeding under realistic husbandry conditions	6
An assessment of scenarios for future pig production using a One Health approach	6
Perspectives on the effectiveness of applicable nutritional strategies to mitigate enteric methane over different intensive dairy production system characteristics	6
Bigger lambs or more lambs: The conundrum for New Zealand lamb producers	6
Sexual dimorphism in the environmental sensitivity of weaning weight in beef cattle	5
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Genetic parameters for mesenteric torsion in a pig maternal line	5
Selection indexes to optimise genetic and economic progress in Colombian Blanco Orejinegro cattle	5
Estimation of beef cow body condition score: a machine learning approach using three-dimensional image data and a simple approach with heart girth measurements	5
Green light during incubation: Effects on hatching characteristics in brown and white laying hens	5
Influence of individual animal characteristics on beef cattle performance while grazing northern temperate rangeland	5
The relation and variation of OBCFA content in rumen fluid, blood and milk from lactating dairy cows	5
Development of updated maintenance energy requirements of cattle using calorimeter data of growing cattle and suckler cows	5
Exogenous enzyme supplementation for beef cattle under different nutritional strategies during the rainy season: Performance and Metabolism	5
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Sows’ pre- and post-crate opening behaviour in farrowing pens with different opening times	5
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Effects of breeding season and estrus synchronization protocols on the fertility of anestrus swamp buffaloes (Bubalus Bubalis)	5
Net energy of a diet for finishing pigs containing Chickpea (Cicer arietinum), using indirect calorimetry and chemical composition methods	5
Mix of natural extracts to improve the oxidative state and liver activity in bulls finished feedlot	5
Complete replacement of corn grain with crude glycerin for dairy cows	5
Assessing the effect of transitioning from tie-stalls to free-stalls with automatic milking system on dairy cattle welfare, milk production, and the environmental sustainability	5
Curcumin or microencapsulated phytogenic blend to replace ionophore and non-ionophore antibiotics in weaned calves: Effects on growth performance and health	5
Phytogenics as natural gut health management tools for sustainable poultry production	5
Exploiting single-marker and haplotype-based genome-wide association studies to identify QTL for the number of teats in Italian Duroc pigs	5
Changes on meat fatty acid profile, cholesterol and hepatic metabolism associated with antioxidants and canola oil supplementation for Nellore cattle	5
Mediterranean agro-industrial by-products and food waste in pig and chicken diets: Which way forward?	5
Meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of yeast as a feed additive on beef cattle performance and carcass traits	5
Effects of mineral and vitamin supplementation on pregnancy rates in Nelore cattle submitted to FTAI programs with different reactivity scores	5
Coping heat stress by crushed fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) seeds in broilers: Growth, redox balance and humoral immune response	5
Genomic characterization and population structure of Croatian Arabian horse	5
The effect of concentrate feeding strategy and dairy cow genotype on milk production, pasture intake, body condition score and metabolic status under restricted grazing conditions	5
Method to generate growth and degrowth models obtained from existing models compositions applied to animal sciences – The Athens-Canadian chicken growth case	5
Icariin improves pig sperm quality through antioxidant and antibacterial effects during liquid storage at 17 °C	5
Evaluating net energy and protein feed conversion efficiency for dairy ruminant systems in France	5
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Carbon footprint of milk production systems in El Salvador: differences between specialized dairy and dual-purpose herds and mitigation opportunities	5
Genetic associations of ewe body condition score and lamb rearing performance in extensively managed meat sheep	5
Grazing intensity and associated frequency of human contact, and horn status, influence activity on pasture, physiological pre-slaughter reactions and meat quality in beef heifers	5
Unveiling regulatory network of porcine oocyte IVM using integrated multi-omics	5
Three HPS5 mutations associated with depigmentation in diverse horse breeds	5
The effect of bromoform supplementation in Angus cows during late gestation on offspring’s growth performance and maternal greenhouse gas emissions using two devices	5
Grid grazing: A case study on the potential of combining virtual fencing and remote sensing for innovative grazing management on a grid base	5
Melatonin dose: testicular and testosterone response in Border Leicester rams during spring	5
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Meta-analysis and meta-regression of core body temperature in taurine and zebuine cattle under different environmental conditions	5
Embryo yield and quality in superovulated Simmental donor cows following oral supplementation with different sources of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids	4
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Modulating cecal microbiome and in silico amino acid metabolism of sanguinarine-based isoquinoline alkaloids supplements in natural heat stress broiler	4
Body weight prediction in crossbred pigs from digital images using computer vision	4
Effects of endophyte-infected tall fescue on performance of genotyped pregnant beef cows supplemented with rumen-protected niacin	4
Intensive vs. environmentally sustainable: The livestock dilemma	4
Effects of restricted nutrition and flushing on reproductive performance and metabolic profiles in sheep	4
A systematic review and meta-analysis on the deleterious effects of 6-dimethylaminopurine on bovine embryonic development	4
Using lupins and the ram effect to improve reproductive performance in Merino ewes in southern Australia	4
The effect of a zero-grazed perennial ryegrass, perennial ryegrass and white clover, or multispecies forage on the dry matter intake, milk production and nitrogen utilization of dairy cows in mid-late	4
Single-step genome-wide association study and candidate genes networks affecting reproductive traits in Iranian Holstein cattle	4
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Behavioural changes to moderate heat load in grazing dairy cows under on-farm conditions	4
Effects of probiotics on blood metabolites, enterocytes, growth, and carcass characteristics of broilers challenged with Salmonella Serovar Heidelberg	4
Founder analysis and family identification in the current Campolina horse population	4
Dietary nutritional density, calcium pidolate, and lysine source on performance, occurence of myopathies and other carcass quality properties in broilers	4
Effect of water supplementation with Eurycoma longifolia (Tongkat Ali) root extract on growth performance, carcass characteristics, antioxidant responses, and gene expression in brown and white Japane	4
A review of methods for improving resolution of milk production data and weather information for measuring heat stress in dairy cattle	4
The use of dexamethasone to attenuate stress responses of post-weaned pigs exposed to a mixing challenge	4
Identification of target genes and pathways related to heat tolerance in Chinese Holstein cows	4
Different life cycle assessment methods and causes of variation in estimates of global warming in chicken and pork production systems: A critical systematic review	4
Genomic-enhanced breeding values for heat stress tolerance in Girolando cattle in Brazil	4
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Effect of concrete slats versus rubber-covered slats on the performance, behaviour, hoof health, cleanliness of finishing beef steers and performance, cleanliness and hoof health of weanling cattle	4
A salmonella-challenge impacts the variability of performance, body composition and lysine requirements of growing pigs under poor housing conditions	4
Lack of association between claw lesions or claw overgrowth and inflammation of the urinary bladder of culled sows from Greek herds	4
Effects of dietary supplementation with saccharicterpenin alleviates diarrhea of piglets	4
Modelling of on-farm greenhouse gas emissions from dual-purpose meat and wool sheep production in different geographical regions of Norway	4
Impact of high-protein distiller's dried grains with solubles (HP-DDGS) on early growth benefits and carcass quality trade-offs in pigs	4
Short communication: Is it better to calve alone or in groups? A pilot study	4
Can C-type natriuretic peptide during in vitro maturation or culture influence the development of bovine embryos?	4