Animal

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	284
Effectiveness of virtual fencing in a mountain environment and its impact on heifer behaviour and welfare	221
Editorial Board	205
Review: Ecosystem service indicators in insect farming − a novel One Health perspective	191
From the biochemical pieces to the nutritional puzzle: using meta-reactions in teaching and research	131
Application of milk mid-infrared spectroscopy for prediction of energy balance and associated traits in Fleckvieh and Holstein Friesian dairy cows	107
Early addition of enzyme-treated soybean in the diet improves amino acid absorption and protein digestibility by promoting digestive enzyme activity in broilers	105
Resolving and functional analysis of RNA editing sites in sheep ovaries and associations with litter size	83
Predicting feed efficiency of Angus steers using the gastrointestinal microbiome	83
Diurnal variation of milk fatty acids in early-lactation Holstein cows with and without hyperketonemia	79
Association between the prion protein genotype and animal performance traits in a large multibreed sheep population	75
Short communication: Prevalence of deleterious variants causing recessive disorders in Italian Chianina, Marchigiana and Romagnola cattle	71
Effects of medium-chain fatty acid supplementation on performance and rumen fermentation of lactating Holstein dairy cows	71
Using dynamic modelling to enhance the assessment of the beef water footprint	70
Short communication: Temporal profiles of colostrum and milk haptoglobin and substance P in early lactation multiparous Holstein cows	62
Effect of postweaning feed intake on performance, intestinal morphology, and the probability of diarrhoea in piglets	60
Effects of group size on agonistic interactions in dairy cows: a descriptive study	59
Review: Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare	58
Editorial: Animal welfare from a transdisciplinary perspective	54
Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition	53
Animal board invited review: Quantification of resilience in farm animals	53
Effects of lactic acid bacteria-fermented formula milk supplementation on colonic microbiota and mucosal transcriptome profile of weaned piglets	52
Production costs, economic viability, and risks associated with compost bedded pack, freestall, and drylot systems in dairy farms	51
Review: Environment of the ovulatory follicle: modifications and use of biotechnologies to enhance oocyte competence and increase fertility in cattle	50
Probing the effects of dietary selenised glucose on the selenium concentration, quality, and antioxidant activity of eggs and production performances of laying hens	48

Telling tails: a closer look into the hanging tail posture of pigs in relation to their emotional state expressed during a novelty test in isolation	48
Novel pathways linked to the expression of temperament in Merino sheep: a genome-wide association study	46
Animal board invited review: Dietary transition from animal to plant-derived foods: Are there risks to health?	45
Estimation of the genetic parameters of sheep growth traits based on machine vision acquisition	45
Animal board invited review: A biocultural perspective of animal farming systems in Europe	44
Longitudinal pattern of growth performance and feeding behaviour in pigs fed varying dietary crude protein levels and categorised by final feed efficiency	43
Energy metabolism and ruminal fermentation of prolific ewes in response to scheduled increase, relative to lambing, of dietary energy source and concentration	42
Review: Production factors affecting poultry carcass and meat quality attributes	41
Review: Environmental enrichment builds functional capacity and improves resilience as an aspect of positive welfare in production animals	40
Effects of rumen-protected 5-hydroxytryptophan on circulating serotonin concentration, behaviour, and mammary gland involution in goats	38
Selective breeding as a mitigation tool for methane emissions from dairy cattle	38
A field approach to observing changes in behavioural welfare indicators over 2 years in stabled horses	37
Octopamine alters yellow mealworm body composition	36
Died, euthanised, slaughtered or alive? outcomes for 10 023 Ayrshire and Holstein cows and associations between veterinary treatments and mortality	36
Measuring bioavailability, utilization, and excretion of rumen-protected lysine in lactating cows using an isotope technique	36
Early human contact and housing for pigs – part 2: resilience to routine husbandry practices	35
Promoting sow-piglet information transfer and playful foraging by changes in pen design and feeding strategy to ease weaning: effects on pig performance and behaviour	35
A practical approach to assess the resilience attributes of livestock farms	35
Metabolomics and amino acid profiling of plasma reveals the metabolite profiles associated with nitrogen utilisation efficiency in primiparous dairy cows	35
Genome-wide association study and enrichment analysis for clinical health traits in Holstein-Friesian cattle	34
QTL detection in multi-breed cattle populations including crossbred animals: a simulation study	33
Review: Management of livestock behavior to improve welfare and production	33
Effects of reducing copper and zinc supplementation on the performance and mineral status of fattening pigs	33
Editorial Board	33
Effects of live yeast on milk yield, feed efficiency, methane emissions and fertility of high-yielding dairy cows	33
Review: Peer social bonds in farm animals	33
Consequences of a low protein diet on the liver and longissimus dorsi transcriptome of Duroc × Iberian crossbred pigs	32
Genetic aspects for the behaviour of lactating sows towards humans	32
Editorial Board	30
Review: Reproductive consequences of whole-body adaptations of dairy cattle to heat stress	30
The GH/IGF1 axis in the kidney of young goats fed a protein-reduced diet	29
Evaluating the effect of phenolic compounds as hydrogen acceptors when ruminal methanogenesis is inhibited in vitro – Part 2. Dairy goats	29
Title Page	29
Genome-wide association studies uncover genes associated with litter traits in the pig	28
Effect of outdoor grazing-area access time and enrichment on space and pasture use, behaviour, health and growth traits of weaned rabbits	28
To meet or not to meet welfare outcome thresholds: a case-control study in dairy cow herds	27
Editorial Board	27
Opinion paper: Livestock is at the heart of interacting levers to reduce feed-food competition in agroecological food systems	27
PhenoBR: a model to phenotype body condition dynamics in meat sheep	27
How closely do ecosystem services and life cycle assessment frameworks concur when evaluating contrasting animal-production systems with ruminant or monogastric species?	26
Unravelling novel and closely linked association signals for fat-related traits in pigs using prioritised variants from whole-genome sequence data	25
Short Communication: The effect of age on young sheep biometric identification	25
Review: Effect of breeding strategies, feeding and manure management, to mitigate methane emissions in dairy cattle farming: an overview and the road ahead	25
A meta-analysis on use of agro-industrial by-products rich in polyphenols in dairy small ruminant nutrition	24
Review: Rethinking environmental enrichment as providing opportunities to acquire information	24
How does a superior quality sign guarantee the quality of lamb meat? The Label Rouge case	24
Comparative evaluation of phenotypic, pedigree, and family-based selection in insect breeding using stochastic simulation	24
Identifying selection strategies based on the practices and preferences of small ruminant farmers to improve the sustainability of their breeding systems	24
Editorial Board	23
Modulating the fatty acid composition of black soldier fly larvae via substrate fermentation	23

Review: Insects as a novel feed ingredient: processing technologies, quality and safety considerations	23
Review: Why and how to regulate animal production and consumption: The case of the European Union	23
Genome-wide scans for selection signatures in indigenous chickens reveal candidate genes associated with local adaptation	23
Editorial Board	22
Short communication: Effects of in-ovo injection of endocrine disruptors and methyltransferase inhibitor on quail growth and egg-laying performances	22
Variation in piglet body weight gain and feed intake during a 9-week lactation in a multi-suckling system	21
Dairy vs beef production – expert views on welfare of cattle in common food production systems	21
From sewage sludge ash to a recycled feed phosphate – digestibility of precipitated calcium phosphate in broiler chickens and growing pigs	21
Eimeria maxima infection impacts the protein utilisation of broiler chicks from 14 to 28 days of age	21
Short confinement of sows after farrowing, but not pen type affects live-born piglet mortality	21
Genetic relationships of body condition score and locomotion with production, type and fertility traits in Holstein-Friesian cows	21
Udder health-related traits in cow milk: phenotypic variability and effect on milk yield and composition	21
Genome-wide association study of health and production traits in meat sheep	21
Editorial Board	21
Whole genome sequencing reveals that five genes are related to BW trait in sheep	20
Social isolation impairs feed intake, growth and behavioural patterns of catfish under culture conditions	20
Review: An overview of beef production from pasture and feedlot globally, as demand for beef and the need for sustainable practices increase	20
Review: Precision Livestock Farming technologies in pasture-based livestock systems	20
Yellow mealworm: effects of adults breeding density on adults and larvae performances from an industrial perspective	19
A preliminary study on the feasibility of two different cow-calf contact systems in a pasture-based, seasonal calving dairy system: effects on cow production and health	19
Weaned horses, especially females, still prefer their dam after five months of separation	19
Effects of feeding sainfoin proanthocyanidins to lactating ewes on intake, milk production and plasma metabolites	19
Editorial Board	19
Influence of precision feeding of sows over three consecutive gestations adjusted for energy, amino acids and minerals on sow performances and a marker of bone resorption	19
Indicators of resilience in cattle based on test-day milk yield: comparison of within- and between-lactation and their relationship with milk production	19
Functional metabolic capacity of pig colonocytes is differentially modulated by fermentable fibre and poorly digestible protein	19
Farm-level emission intensities of smallholder cattle (Bos indicus; B. indicus–B. taurus crosses) production systems in highlands and semi-arid regions	19
Principles, barriers and enablers to agroecological animal production systems: a qualitative approach based on five case studies	19
Animal and pasture responses in contrasting temperate pasture-based cattle management systems: set-stocking versus cell grazing	19
Genome-wide association studies of parasite resistance, productivity and immunology traits in Scottish Blackface sheep	19
Review: Closing nutrient cycles for animal production – Current and future agroecological and socio-economic issues	19
The effect of stocking rate and supplementary selenium on the fatty acid composition and subsequent peroxidisability of poultry muscle tissues	19
Exogenous porcine somatotropin administered to late pregnant gilts alters liver and muscle functionalities in pig foetuses	18
Knowledge, attitude and behaviour of farmers towards the use of reproductive hormones in dairy cattle	18
Effects of magnolol and honokiol blend on performance, egg quality, hepatic lipid metabolism, and intestinal morphology of hens at late laying cycle	18
Nutritional values of forage-legume-based silages and protein concentrates for growing pigs	18
GrassGroTM simulation of pasture, animal performance and greenhouse emissions on low and high sheep productivity grazing systems: 1-year validation and 25-year analysis	18
Effects of enzyme-treated soy protein on performance, digestive enzyme activity and mRNA expression of nutrient transporters of laying hens fed different nutrient density diets	18
Implementing an appropriate metric for the assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production: A national case study	18
Multifaceted analysis of temporal and spatial distribution and risk factors of global poultry HPAI-H5N1, 2005–2023	18
Implications of supplementing mid-lactation multiparous Holstein cows fed high by-product low-forage diets with rumen-protected methionine and lysine in a commercial dairy	17
Review: Pig-based bioconversion: the use of former food products to keep nutrients in the food chain	17
Associations between subclinical intramammary infection and milk fatty acid profile at the quarter level in Holstein cattle	17
Differential voluntary feed intake and whole transcriptome profiling in the hypothalamus of young sheep offered CP and phosphorus-deficient diets	17
Review: Feeding strategies for rearing replacement dairy goats – from birth to kidding	17
Effect of dietary protein and energy intake on embryonic survival and gene expression in the uterine endometrium of early pregnant gilts	17
Editorial Board	17
Review: The role of male reproductive tract secretions in ruminant fertility	17
Effects of preferential social associations on pigs’ response to weaning	17
Effects of genomic estimated breeding value and dietary energy to protein ratio on growth performance, carcass trait, and lipogenic gene expression in Hanwoo steer	17
Variability in chewing, ruminal fermentation, digestibility and bacterial communities between subacute ruminal acidosis-susceptible and acidosis-tolerant sheep	16
Review: Feed efficiency and metabolic flexibility in livestock	16
Rumen fermentation parameters and papillae development in Simmental growing bulls with divergent residual feed intake	16
Imputation of single nucleotide polymorphism genotypes in ungenotyped sport horses from the genotypes of their progeny	16
A high-precision facial recognition method for small-tailed Han sheep based on an optimised Vision Transformer	16
Review: Keystone issues in ruminant science I. Feed intake control in ruminants	16
Genomic-based animal management in the early- and late-finishing system of Hanwoo cattle	15
First report of the apparent metabolisable energy value of black soldier fly larvae fat used in broiler chicken diets	15
Review: Can early-life establishment of the piglet intestinal microbiota influence production outcomes?	15
Development of an innovative intravaginal model of probiotic inoculation in dairy ovine flocks: positive effects on the vaginal microbiota, vaginitis and fertility	15
Review: What are the challenges facing the table egg industry in the next decades and what can be done to address them?	15
Review: The prevailing mathematical modeling classifications and paradigms to support the advancement of sustainable animal production	15
Review: Nutritional, safety, and environmental aspects of former foodstuff products in ruminant feeding	15
Postweaning growth and feeding behaviour in pigs: effect of heavier hybrid and weaning intact litters in farrowing pens for loose-housed sows	15
Signatures of selection analyses reveal genomic differences among three heavy pig breeds that constitute the genetic backbone of a dry-cured ham production system	15
Defatted black soldier fly larvae meal as a substitute of soybean meal in dairy cow diets	15
A new approach and insights on modelling the impact of production diseases on dairy cow welfare	15
Review: Keystone issues in ruminant science II. Environmental impact of ruminants: methane emissions and rangeland degradation	15
Training of transport drivers improves their handling of pigs during loading for transport to slaughter	15
Editorial: Addressing 21st century challenges in pig production	14
Review: Harmonised in vitro digestion and the Ussing chamber for investigating the effects of polyphenols on intestinal physiology in monogastrics and ruminants	14
Editorial Board	14
Review: Role of early life nutrition in regulating sexual development in bulls	14
Review: Multiobject tracking in livestock − from farm animal management to state-of-the-art methods	14
Review: Fundamentals, limitations and pitfalls on the development and application of precision nutrition techniques for precision livestock farming	14
Transformation of animal agriculture should be evidence-driven and respectful of livestock’s benefits and contextual aspects	14
Effect of low-protein corn and soybean meal-based diets on nitrogen utilization, litter quality, and water consumption in broiler chicken production: insight from meta-analysis	14
Predicting feed efficiency traits in growing lambs from their ruminal microbiota	14
Animal board invited review: The need to consider emissions, economics and pig welfare in the transition from farrowing crates to pens with loose lactating sows	14
Genetic analysis of phenotypic indicators for heat tolerance in crossbred dairy cattle	14

Review: Trends for meat, milk and egg consumption for the next decades and the role played by livestock systems in the global production of proteins	14
Rearing goat kids away from their dams 2. Understanding farmers’ views on changing management practices	14
Transcriptome and metabolome analyses of the immune response to light stress in the hybrid grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus ♂ × Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀)	14
Factors affecting the accuracy of genomic prediction in joint pig populations	14
Feeding predictability as a cognitive enrichment protects brain function and physiological status in rainbow trout: a multidisciplinary approach to assess fish welfare	14
Exploring individual responses to welfare issues in growing-finishing pig feeding behaviour	14
Interactions between broiler parent stock age and egg pre-incubation duration: effects on embryo development, hatchability, day-old chick weight, and yolk sac weight	14
Live black soldier fly larvae as environmental enrichment for native chickens: implications for bird performance, welfare, and excreta microbiota	13
Aims and Scope	13
The impact of work organisation on the work life of people on pasture-based dairy farms	13
The candidate gene OLFML2A possibly contributed to the variation of total number of teats in Meishan and Erhualian pigs by influencing the formation of mammary placodes	13
The walnut tree as a source of progesterone for reproductive control in goats	13
Repeatability and genetic parameters for phenotypes of methane emission in crossbred beef × dairy slaughter calves	13
Inclusion of silage in diets to fattening pigs: effect on gastric ulcers and skin lesions	13
Key determinants of adaptive strategies of goats to a 2-day nutritional challenge during early lactation	13
Loss of a grooming enrichment impacts physical, behavioural, and physiological measures of welfare in grazing beef cattle	13
Effect of increased intake of concentrates and sodium butyrate supplementation on reticulorumen macroanatomy and reticulorumen fermentation in growing rams	13
Effect of weight and storage time of broiler breeders’ eggs on morphology and biochemical features of eggs, embryogenesis, hatchability, and chick quality	12
Short communication: In ovo injection of all-trans retinoic acid causes adipocyte hypertrophy in embryos but lost its effect in posthatch chickens	12
Multi-omics in vitro study of the salivary modulation of the goat rumen microbiome	12
Animal board invited review: Opportunities and challenges in using GWP* to report the impact of ruminant livestock on global temperature change	12
Review: Towards the next-generation models of the rumen microbiome for enhancing predictive power and guiding sustainable production strategies	12
Estimating risk probabilities for sickness from behavioural patterns to identify health challenges in dairy cows with multivariate cumulative sum control charts	12
Water consumption and wastage behaviour in pigs: implications for antimicrobial administration and stewardship	12
Predicting enteric methane emission in lactating Holsteins based on reference methane data collected by the GreenFeed system	12
Storing live black soldier fly larvae: the influence of temperature and storage techniques	12
Corrigendum to “Effect of dietary protein and energy intake on embryonic survival and gene expression in the uterine endometrium of early pregnant gilts” [Animal 16(6) (2022) 100540]	12
Exploration of robustness indicators using adaptive responses to short-term feed restriction in suckling primiparous beef cows	12
Reproductive performance of rabbit females from three paternal lines with a different potential for growth rate and resilience	12
Assessing heat tolerance through productive vs physiological indicators. Data from dairy sheep under on-farm conditions	12
Steering protein fermentation by adding fibres in pig diets	12
Starter protein content and supplemental soybean oil or hydrogenated palm fatty acids in Holstein dairy calves: growth performance, protozoa population, and nitrogen utilization efficiency	12
Review: Early life piglet experiences and impacts on immediate and longer-term adaptability	12
Lysine requirement of weaned piglets	12
Review: Bovine foetal mortality – risk factors, causes, immune responses and immuno-prophylaxis	12
A quantitative review of on-farm feeding practices to enhance the quality of grassland-based ruminant dairy and meat products	12
Editorial Board	12
Review: Early and late determinants of puberty in ruminants and the role of nutrition	12
Influence of body lesion severity on oxidative status and gut microbiota of weaned pigs	12
Corrigendum to “The ontogenetic allometry of body morphology and chemical composition in dairy goat wethers” [Animal 12(3) (2018) 538–553]	12
Editorial: Challenges of food and feed for the future	12
Editorial Board	12
Editorial Board	11
Improved tenderness of beef from bulls supplemented with active dry yeast is related to matrix metalloproteinases and reduced oxidative stress	11
The effect of first-lactation calving season, milk production, and morphology on the survival of Simmental cows	11
Effects of heat stress mitigation strategies on feedlot cattle performance, environmental, and economic outcomes in a hot climate	11
Title page	11
Reducing foreign genetic contributions to the YDH pig population by segment-based advanced optimum contribution selection	11
Amount and variation of strip yields collected by a defined hand-milking method after machine milking of Holstein dairy cows	11
Editorial Board	11
Short communication: Predicting blood plasma non-esterified fatty acid and beta-hydroxybutyrate concentrations from cow milk—addressing systematic issues in modelling	11
Fluorometric determination of isocitrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.42; 1; NADP+ dependent) in ruminant milk	11
Review: More effective linkages between science and policy are needed to minimize the negative environmental impacts of livestock production	11
Impact of dietary exogenous feed enzymes on performance, nutrient digestibility, and ruminal fermentation parameters in beef cattle: a meta-analysis	11
Improving genomic prediction accuracy of pig reproductive traits based on genotype imputation using preselected markers with different imputation platforms	11
Combining datasets in a dynamic residual feed intake model and comparison with linear model results in lactating Holstein cattle	11
Growth rate, either through genetics or diet, mainly determines the outcome concerning broiler welfare	11
Direct and carry-over effect of grassland herbage allowance on metabolic hormones and reproduction in primiparous beef cows undergoing temporary weaning and flushing	11
Evaluation of type traits in relation to production, and their importance in early selection for milk performance in dairy buffaloes	11
Title page	11
Effects of supplementing a CP-reduced diet with rumen-protected methionine on Fleckvieh bull fattening	11
Behavioural and physiological responses of Small Tail Han sheep to predators	11
Intramammary administration of lipopolysaccharides at parturition enhances immunoglobulin concentration in goat colostrum	11
Review: Insect diseases in mass production systems: Risks, prevention, diagnostics and management	11
Population structure and genetic diversity of Polish Arabian horses based on pedigree data	11
Enteric methane emissions from zebu cattle are influenced by seasonal variations in rangeland fodder quality and intake	11
Wound lesions caused by ear tagging in unweaned calves: assessing the prevalence of wound lesions and identifying risk factors	11
Assessment of flax and hemp fibres in terms of their impact on the growth performance and health status of weaned piglets	11
A comparison of the reproductive performance in primiparous sows following two timed artificial insemination protocols	10
Planning for wolf-livestock coexistence: landscape context predicts livestock depredation risk in agricultural landscapes	10
How increased heifer growth rate and reduced dairy cow replacement rate can improve farm economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions - a win to win situation?	10
Editorial Board	10
Application of a mathematical framework for the optimization of precision-fed dairy cattle diets	10
Title page	10
Methane, growth and carcase considerations when breeding for more efficient Merino sheep production	10
Impact of adding eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid-rich fish oil in sow and piglet diets on blood oxylipins and immune indicators of weaned piglets	10
Effect of elevated carbon dioxide on chicken eggs during the early and late incubation periods	10
An imputation-based genome-wide association study for growth and fatness traits in Sujiang pigs	10
Breeding options for nematode resistance in Lacaune dairy sheep	10
Associations between peripartum lying and activity behaviour and blood non-esterified fatty acids and β-hydroxybutyrate in grazing dairy cows	10
Growth rates of contract-reared versus home-reared replacement dairy heifers	10
Review: Gestational and postnatal nutritional effects on the neuroendocrine control of puberty and subsequent reproductive performance in heifers	10
Short communication: The orientation of cubicles plays a role – greater deviation from the north–south direction, more technopathies in dairy cows	10
Review: Current status of corpus luteum assessment by Doppler ultrasonography to diagnose non-pregnancy and select embryo recipients in cattle	10
Animal Board Invited Review: Meta-analysis of genetic parameters for resilience and efficiency traits in goats and sheep	10
Review: Luteal prostaglandins: mechanisms regulating luteal survival and demise in ruminants	10
Review: A barnyard in the lab: prospect of generating animal germ cells for breeding and conservation	10
Influence of dairy farmers’ knowledge on their attitudes towards breeding tools and genomic selection	10
Drinking water chlorination in dairy beef fattening bulls: water quality, potential hazards, apparent total tract digestibility, and growth performance	10
Review: Sustainable livestock systems: anticipating demand-side challenges	10
Review: The putative role of Progesterone Receptor membrane Component 1 in bovine oocyte development and competence	10
Chlorine dioxide may be an alternative to acidification and chlorination for drinking water chemical disinfection in dairy beef bulls	10
Review: Genomic selection in the era of phenotyping based on digital images	10
Title page	10
Short communication: Accuracy of whole-genome sequence imputation in Angus cattle using within-breed and multi breed reference populations	10