Livestock Science

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	40
Precision feeding in gestating sows: a retrospective analysis of lysine intake and pregnancy outcomes	30
Identification of genomic regions associated with reproductive longevity in the Rubia Gallega beef cattle breed using a censored threshold model	30
Milking performance and plant specialized metabolites in the milk of goats fed silage from willow (Salix acmophylla) irrigated with saline water	29
Nutritional protocols that alter ruminal fermentation and nutrient disappearance to increase marbling precursors in Nellore cattle	29
Microencapsulated sodium butyrate on the intestinal integrity of broilers challenged with Eimeria spp.	29
Effect of age and dietary crude protein level on nitrogen excretion in dairy heifers	28
Effect of sex and birth weight on the performance, microbiome, immune response and colostrum intake of piglets	26
The effect of social hierarchy on short-term group-housed sow gestation and reproductive performance	24
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Invasive wild pigs represent a competitive threat to domestic cattle forage	24
Preslaughter stress and beef quality in relation to slaughter transport of cattle	23
Intraperitoneal injection of β-glucan during the suckling period improved the intestinal health of newly weaned rabbits by enhancing immune responses	23
Genetic parameters and selection indexes for semen quality, production and straw yield traits in Nellore bulls	21
Supplementation of the antimicrobial peptide Ctx(Ile21)-Ha microcapsules improves fecal recovery dynamics in suckling piglets without altering pre-weaning growth	20
Scaling factor assessment in single-step GBLUP evaluations for small genotyped populations: A case study on Iranian Holstein cattle	19
Doses of orange (Citrus sinensis) essential oil for Nellore steers fed with a forage-based diet	19
Dietary linseed with apple pomace and milk thistle improves fatty acids profile of pork and its oxidative status	18
Effect of yeast extracted β-glucans on the immune response and reproductive performance of gilts in the adaptation, gestation, and lactation periods	18
Effects of phytase supplementation on broiler chickens fed nutrient-deficient diets	18
Livestock breeding, conservation and genomics in Brazil: Who, when, where, and what	17
Whole plant silage of vetch in growing-finishing pigs: Effect on growth performance and carcass characteristics, and determination of its apparent total tract digestibility	17
Investigating cattle responses to acoustic signals to extend the functions of virtual fencing collars	17
Evaluation of LiGAPS-Beef to assess extensive pasture-based beef production in three agro-ecological regions in South Africa	16
An approach to functional longevity in Latxa dairy sheep	16

A rapid laboratory method for estimating the standardised precaecal digestible amino acids in pig feeds	16
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E. coli-expressed human lysozyme supplementation improves growth performance, apparent nutrient digestibility, and fecal microbiota in weaning pigs	15
A systematic review of equid welfare at slaughter	15
Performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of goat kids supplemented with inulin	15
The effect of supplementary feed on live weight and meat quality of grazing yaks on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	15
Comparative analysis of growth and development characteristics of two Dezhou donkey strains	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
Focused high-protein supplementation to ewes grazing Campos grassland during mid gestation improves maternal-fetal blood flow and skeletal muscle mass of the progeny	14
Genomic scans for selection signatures revealed candidate genes for adaptation and production traits in the Thai multibreed dairy cattle population	14
Milk somatic cell count affects feed efficiency through increased heat production of lactating dairy cows	14
Hepatic cytoprotective and immunomodulatory responses to dietary phytogenic inclusion level in laying hens	14
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Asparagopsis taxiformis inclusion in grass silage-based diets fed to Norwegian red dairy cows: Effects on ruminal fermentation, milk yield, and enteric methane emission	14
Optimizing lambing efficiency: Alternative management strategies for Assaf ewe flocks	14
Effects of decreasing roughage NDF in diets with high inclusion of DDGS on performance, feeding behavior, and ruminal parameters in Nellore bulls	14
Genomic inbreeding estimated through runs of homozygosity in Moura pigs and four commercial swine breeds	13
Comparison of three different measuring devices of ammonia and evaluation of their suitability to assess animal welfare in pigs	13
Infrared thermography of different tear staining scores in pigs	13
Effect of detoxified castor bean meal inclusion in sugarcane ensilage on intake, digestibility, water balance, ruminal parameters, serum biochemistry, and ingestive behavior of sheep	13
Effect of proportion and digestibility of grass-clover silage on feed intake, milk yield, and nitrogen excretion in lactating dairy cows	13
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Performance and milk composition of Holstein cows fed increasing levels of dried distillers’ grains with solubles	13
Environmental and additive genetic factors that affect artificial insemination success in Latxa dairy sheep breed	13
Towards a balanced view of livestock: Benefits of grazing farming systems to produce meat	12
Adaptive farrowing: Piglet mortality and the lactation performance and welfare of sows	12
Calcium anacardate in the diet of broiler chickens: Performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality	12
Invited review: the application of runs of homozygosity and heterozygosity-rich regions to infer population history in livestock species	12
Meeting ethological needs – Effects of straw and roughage on attractiveness of outdoor run and behaviour of organic fattening pigs	12
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	12
Effects of Astaxanthin on oxidative stress of sows and piglet growth performances	12
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The effect of stocking density and enrichment on hair cortisol, hair dehydroepiandrosterone (sulphate) and their ratio in growing-finishing pigs	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
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Intake, digestibility, serum metabolites, and growth performance of male feedlot lambs fed different fat sources	11
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	11
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Exploratory study of the potential use of a novel pooled phenotype to select against boar taint	11
Effects of carbohydrase and phytase enzymes supplementation within low energy diets on performance and energy utilization of broiler chickens	11
Cecal acidosis: an emergent digestive disorder in ruminants	10
Effect of dietary threonine supplementation on growth performance and diarrhoea in weaned pigs	10
A cinnamaldehyde feed additive improved feed use-efficiency in lactating dairy cows	10
Changes in the relationship between an endangered cattle breed and its mainstream sister breed over time	10
Effect of enriched biochar on methane emissions, rumen microbial structure and rumen fermentation characteristics in Holstein steers	10
Whole-genome analyses reveal the genomic diversity and selection signatures of Hainan cattle	10
Profitability, greenhouse gas emissions and feed-food competition of strategies to exploit compensatory growth in Uruguayan weanling-to-beef systems	10
Identifying housing and management factors associated with lameness in small-scaled mountain dairy farms with different housing systems	10
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Effect of manipulating dietary fat and carbohydrates on methane potential of dairy cow faeces	9
Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius, Mill. Johnston) pellet supplementation improved rumen fermentation, milk yield and milk composition of lactating dairy cows	9
Genetic parameters of fiber density traits and their relationship with textile traits in alpacas	9
Genomic characterization and diversity of indigenous goat breeds from Croatia	9
Genetic selection of Nellore cattle raised in tropical areas: Economic indexes and breeding decisions risks	9
Assessing the carbon footprint of converting confinement dairy production to seasonal grazing in a dairy herd: a scenario study	9
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	9
Mitigating heat stress in broilers by dietary dried tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) pulp: Effect on growth and blood traits, oxidative status and immune response	9
Manipulating omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in sheep - Repletion of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids when ewes graze pasture	9
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Yogurt acid whey powder dietary inclusion level modulates broiler cecal microbiota composition and metabolic activity	9
Skeletal muscle gene expression and meat quality of F1 Angus–Nellore young steers and bulls feedlot finished	9
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	9
Characteristics, lipogenic enzyme activity, and fatty acid composition of muscles in the Iberian pig: Effects of protein restriction and free-range feeding	9
Dietary fatty acids applied to pig production and their relation to the biological processes: A review	9
Effect of a Bacillus probiotic strain on Nellore cattle finished on pasture during the dry season	9
Modelling the physiological, muscular, and sensory characteristics in relation to beef quality from 15 cattle breeds	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
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	8
Intensified tropical pasture-based beef cattle production systems and their effects on carcass traits, meat quality and methane emissions from Nellore steers	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
Selecting an appropriate statistical model for estimating genetic parameters: A case study of pig maternal breeds in Czechia	8
Application of an attention bias test after surgical castration in piglets	8
Feed particle size and amylase supplementation in diets for nursery piglets: Digestibility and growth performance	8
Supplementation of Pinus densiflora bark extract-chitosan composite improves growth performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal health in weaned piglets	8
Are mixed models more effective than linear models in predicting energy utilization for laying hens?	8
Regression method-derived digestible and metabolizable energy concentrations of partially defatted black soldier fly larvae meal for broiler chickens and pigs	8
What is the impact of neutral detergent fibre digestibility on productive performance of beef cattle fed tropical forages?	8
Evaluation of Zoetis GeneMax Advantage genomic predictions in commercial Bos taurus Angus cattle	8
Effects of dietary ammonium chloride in late gestation on farrowing performance and piglet survival	8
The effect of weaning age on physiological, behavioral, and performance indicators of welfare in weaned piglets	8
Supplementing steers up to 43 % canola meal had no negative effects on either ruminal parameters or the degradation characteristics of lucerne hay	8
Effect of grinding or rolling fava beans on feed intake and milk production in Holstein cows	8
Methane emissions and milk yields from zebu cows under integrated systems	8
Genetic parameters for the occurrence of bovine viral diarrhea virus in Holstein cattle in Brazil	8
Aqueous extract of Scabiosa atropurpurea counteracts oxidative stress and enhances spermatogenesis in rams under natural hot summer conditions	8
Propionic acid-based additive with surfactant action on the feeding value of rehydrated corn grain silage for dairy cows performance	8
Modeling growth curves to estimate the suitable slaughter age for the Vietnamese Tap Na pig	8
Ingestive behaviour, performance, and methane emissions of pregnant alpacas grazing cultivated pastures in the high Peruvian Andes	8
A simple laboratory method for estimating the standardised precaecal digestible crude protein in pig feeds	8
Energy efficiency, reproductive performance, and metabolic parameters of grazing Hereford heifers	8
Genome-wide assessment of genetic diversity in Mexican Sardo Negro breed	7
The influence of foreign lineages in the genetic component of reproductive traits in Criollo Argentino mares: A 30-year study	7
The high mobility group AT-hook 2 (HMGA2) allele associated with the dwarf phenotype segregates in various rabbit breeds but is not carried by all dwarf and small body sized rabbits	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
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Production of organic beef from dairy bull calves in Denmark - Effect of different production strategies on productivity, carbon footprint and biodiversity estimated by modelling	7
Mitogenome information in cattle breeding and conservation genetics: Developments and possibilities of the SNP chip	7
Effect of co-mingling non-littermates during lactation and feed familiarity at weaning on the performance, skin lesions and health of piglet	7
Increasing ewe productivity - challenges of sheep stakeholders across Europe and Turkey	7
Willow leaves as a cobalt supplement for weaned lambs	7
Effect of inbreeding on reproductive, growth and morphological traits of Mertolenga cattle in Portugal	7
Local protein sources for growing-finishing pigs and their effects on pig performance, sensory quality and climate impact of the produced pork	7
Genetic markers associated with beef quality: A review	7
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	7
Perspectives on the effectiveness of applicable nutritional strategies to mitigate enteric methane over different intensive dairy production system characteristics	7
Corrigendum to “Implications of Commercial Cross-Fostering in Large Litters when Low Body Weight of Piglets is the Main Criterion”	7
Managing without pharmaceutical zinc in Danish pig production – insights from farmers and veterinarians	7
Inferring effects of barn emissions, housing conditions and genetics on specific dermatitis digitalis diagnoses in dairy cows	7
Pedigree based description of the Pannon White rabbit	7
Greenhouse gas intensity from beef systems grazing stockpiled intermediate wheatgrass in the late fall/early winter with impacts from fertilizer and legume integration	7
Bigger lambs or more lambs: The conundrum for New Zealand lamb producers	7
Effect of feeding strategy on piglet growth and survival and milk production of loose-housed lactating sows	7
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	7
Learning, health and productivity of group-housed sows conditioned to signal-feeding under realistic husbandry conditions	7
Genetic parameters and genomic predictions for economically important traits in Montana® composite cattle using different models	7
Impact of pre-slaughter stress on meat quality in beef cattle: A gene expression analysis	7
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The methanogenic potential of grass-fed dairy calves is mostly impacted by the feeding system, not the genotype	6
Qualitative profile of meat from lambs fed diets with different levels of chitosan. Part II	6
Short-term fixation of sows in farrowing pens using different opening procedures	6
Green light during incubation: Effects on hatching characteristics in brown and white laying hens	6
Impact of feed efficiency on young beef animals on adult resilience: From field challenge experiments to modelling approaches	6
Carbon footprint of milk production systems in El Salvador: differences between specialized dairy and dual-purpose herds and mitigation opportunities	6
Carcass characteristics and meat quality of cull cows from different genetic groups	6
The relation and variation of OBCFA content in rumen fluid, blood and milk from lactating dairy cows	6

Impact of high zinc oxide or lignocellulose supplement on fecal microbiota and growth performance of weaned pigs	6
Genetic parameters for mesenteric torsion in a pig maternal line	6
Genetic associations of ewe body condition score and lamb rearing performance in extensively managed meat sheep	6
Phytogenics as natural gut health management tools for sustainable poultry production	6
Effect of bocaiuva pulp oil supplementation of broiler chicken diets on growth performance and quality and oxidative stability of meat	6
Rabbit gains: Does a free-range rearing build better muscle in rabbits?	6
Curcumin or microencapsulated phytogenic blend to replace ionophore and non-ionophore antibiotics in weaned calves: Effects on growth performance and health	6
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	6
Influence of individual animal characteristics on beef cattle performance while grazing northern temperate rangeland	6
Sexual dimorphism in the environmental sensitivity of weaning weight in beef cattle	6
The influence of supplementary feeding during suckling and later weaning on growth performance, incidences of post-weaning diarrhoea and immunity of piglets	6
Examining different methods to assess feed intake, milk yield, and enteric methane emissions at smallholder dairy farms: A case study in West Java, Indonesia	6
Effects of breeding season and estrus synchronization protocols on the fertility of anestrus swamp buffaloes (Bubalus Bubalis)	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
Piglet birth weight predicts grow–finish performance despite dietary lysine adjustment	6
Biorefined grass-clover protein and grass-based roughage improve n-6/n-3 ratio in organic pork without decreasing storage stability or sensory characteristics	6
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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
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Grid grazing: A case study on the potential of combining virtual fencing and remote sensing for innovative grazing management on a grid base	6
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	6
Space density affects resting location and proximity of fattening pigs at night	6