Animal

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	231
Short communication: Prevalence of deleterious variants causing recessive disorders in Italian Chianina, Marchigiana and Romagnola cattle	167
Effects of lactic acid bacteria-fermented formula milk supplementation on colonic microbiota and mucosal transcriptome profile of weaned piglets	165
Editorial: Animal welfare from a transdisciplinary perspective	158
Whole-genome resequencing reveals genetic structure and introgression in Pudong White pigs	102
Estimation of the genetic parameters of sheep growth traits based on machine vision acquisition	91
Pedigree analysis in the Polish Red cattle population	85
Predicting feed efficiency of Angus steers using the gastrointestinal microbiome	66
Diurnal variation of milk fatty acids in early-lactation Holstein cows with and without hyperketonemia	62
Short communication: Temporal profiles of colostrum and milk haptoglobin and substance P in early lactation multiparous Holstein cows	59
Effects and interaction of dietary calcium and non-phytate phosphorus for slow-growing yellow-feathered broilers during the starter phase	54
Effects of group size on agonistic interactions in dairy cows: a descriptive study	53
Production costs, economic viability, and risks associated with compost bedded pack, freestall, and drylot systems in dairy farms	53
Novel pathways linked to the expression of temperament in Merino sheep: a genome-wide association study	50
Using dynamic modelling to enhance the assessment of the beef water footprint	50
Resolving and functional analysis of RNA editing sites in sheep ovaries and associations with litter size	50
From the biochemical pieces to the nutritional puzzle: using meta-reactions in teaching and research	49
Probing the effects of dietary selenised glucose on the selenium concentration, quality, and antioxidant activity of eggs and production performances of laying hens	48
Thiamine modulates intestinal morphological structure and microbiota under subacute ruminal acidosis induced by a high-concentrate diet in Saanen goats	48
Review: Environment of the ovulatory follicle: modifications and use of biotechnologies to enhance oocyte competence and increase fertility in cattle	47
Animal board invited review: Quantification of resilience in farm animals	45
Early addition of enzyme-treated soybean in the diet improves amino acid absorption and protein digestibility by promoting digestive enzyme activity in broilers	44
Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition	43
Animal Board Invited Review: A Biocultural Perspective of Animal Farming Systems in Europe	43
Review: SARS-CoV-2 infection in farmed minks – an overview of current knowledge on occurrence, disease and epidemiology	41

Review: Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare	40
Predicting feed intake using modelling based on feeding behaviour in finishing beef steers	40
Association between the prion protein genotype and animal performance traits in a large multibreed sheep population	39
Interactive effects of vitamins A and K3 on laying performance, egg quality, tibia attributes and antioxidative status of aged Roman Pink laying hens	39
Associations between behaviour and health outcomes in conventional and slow-growing breeds of broiler chicken	37
Longitudinal pattern of growth performance and feeding behaviour in pigs fed varying dietary crude protein levels and categorized by final feed efficiency	36
Review: Production factors affecting poultry carcass and meat quality attributes	35
Performance, health, and physiological responses of newly received feedlot cattle supplemented with pre- and probiotic ingredients	35
Effect of postweaning feed intake on performance, intestinal morphology, and the probability of diarrhoea in piglets	33
Selective breeding as a mitigation tool for methane emissions from dairy cattle	32
Review: Environmental enrichment builds functional capacity and improves resilience as an aspect of positive welfare in production animals	32
Glucose injection into the yolk influences intermediary metabolism in adult Nile tilapia fed with high levels of carbohydrates	32
Animal board invited review: Dietary transition from animal to plant-derived foods: Are there risks to health?	30
Effects of medium-chain fatty acid supplementation on performance and rumen fermentation of lactating Holstein dairy cows	30
Genome-wide association studies uncover genes associated with litter traits in the pig	29
PhenoBR: a model to phenotype body condition dynamics in meat sheep	29
Short Communication: The effect of age on young sheep biometric identification	29
Genetic aspects for the behaviour of lactating sows towards humans	29
Editorial Board	29
Editorial Board	29
Died, euthanised, slaughtered or alive? outcomes for 10 023 Ayrshire and Holstein cows and associations between veterinary treatments and mortality	28
Title Page	28
How closely do ecosystem services and life cycle assessment frameworks concur when evaluating contrasting animal-production systems with ruminant or monogastric species?	28
Octopamine alters yellow mealworm body composition	28
A field approach to observing changes in behavioural welfare indicators over 2 years in stabled horses	27
Early human contact and housing for pigs – part 2: resilience to routine husbandry practices	26
Measuring bioavailability, utilization, and excretion of rumen-protected lysine in lactating cows using an isotope technique	26
Consequences of a low protein diet on the liver and longissimus dorsi transcriptome of Duroc × Iberian crossbred pigs	26
Effect of outdoor grazing-area access time and enrichment on space and pasture use, behaviour, health and growth traits of weaned rabbits	26
Lysine requirements of finishing boars and gilts: A meta-analysis	26
To meet or not to meet welfare outcome thresholds: a case-control study in dairy cow herds	25
Evaluation of nitrogen excretion equations for ryegrass pasture-fed dairy cows	25
Metabolomics and amino acid profiling of plasma reveals the metabolite profiles associated with nitrogen utilisation efficiency in primiparous dairy cows	25
Impact of feed restriction and fragmented feed distribution on performance, intake behaviour and digestion of the growing rabbit	25
Effects of live yeast on milk yield, feed efficiency, methane emissions and fertility of high-yielding dairy cows	25
Review: Management of livestock behavior to improve welfare and production	24
Effects of rumen-protected 5-hydroxytryptophan on circulating serotonin concentration, behaviour, and mammary gland involution in goats	24
The GH/IGF1 axis in the kidney of young goats fed a protein-reduced diet	24
Effects of reducing copper and zinc supplementation on the performance and mineral status of fattening pigs	24
From sewage sludge ash to a recycled feed phosphate – digestibility of precipitated calcium phosphate in broiler chickens and growing pigs	23
Review: Reproductive consequences of whole-body adaptations of dairy cattle to heat stress	23
Short confinement of sows after farrowing, but not pen type affects live-born piglet mortality	23
Evaluating the effect of phenolic compounds as hydrogen acceptors when ruminal methanogenesis is inhibited in vitro – Part 2. Dairy goats	23
Opinion paper: Livestock is at the heart of interacting levers to reduce feed-food competition in agroecological food systems	23
Short communication: Effects of in-ovo injection of endocrine disruptors and methyltransferase inhibitor on quail growth and egg-laying performances	22
Editorial Board	22
Comparative evaluation of phenotypic, pedigree, and family-based selection in insect breeding using stochastic simulation	21
A meta-analysis on use of agro-industrial by-products rich in polyphenols in dairy small ruminant nutrition	21
Unravelling novel and closely linked association signals for fat-related traits in pigs using prioritised variants from whole-genome sequence data	21
Genome-wide scans for selection signatures in indigenous chickens reveal candidate genes associated with local adaptation	21

Social isolation impairs feed intake, growth and behavioural patterns of catfish under culture conditions	20
Genetic relationships of body condition score and locomotion with production, type and fertility traits in Holstein-Friesian cows	20
Udder health-related traits in cow milk: phenotypic variability and effect on milk yield and composition	20
Review: Insects as a novel feed ingredient: processing technologies, quality and safety considerations	20
Non-antimicrobial approaches for the prevention or treatment of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis in cattle applicable to cow-calf operations: A scoping review	20
Review: Why and how to regulate animal production and consumption: The case of the European Union	20
Identifying selection strategies based on the practices and preferences of small ruminant farmers to improve the sustainability of their breeding systems	20
Whole genome sequencing reveals that five genes are related to BW trait in sheep	20
Genome-wide association study of health and production traits in meat sheep	19
Variation in piglet body weight gain and feed intake during a 9-week lactation in a multi-suckling system	19
Eimeria maxima infection impacts the protein utilisation of broiler chicks from 14 to 28 days of age	19
Review: Rethinking environmental enrichment as providing opportunities to acquire information	19
Editorial Board	19
How does a superior quality sign guarantee the quality of lamb meat? The Label Rouge case	19
Modulating the fatty acid composition of black soldier fly larvae via substrate fermentation	19
Editorial Board	18
Review: Precision Livestock Farming technologies in pasture-based livestock systems	18
Effects of genomic estimated breeding value and dietary energy to protein ratio on growth performance, carcass trait, and lipogenic gene expression in Hanwoo steer	18
Review: An overview of beef production from pasture and feedlot globally, as demand for beef and the need for sustainable practices increase	18
Dairy vs beef production – expert views on welfare of cattle in common food production systems	18
Breast muscle and plasma metabolomics profile of broiler chickens exposed to chronic heat stress conditions	17
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	17
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
Functional metabolic capacity of pig colonocytes is differentially modulated by fermentable fibre and poorly digestible protein	17
Weaned horses, especially females, still prefer their dam after five months of separation	17
Differential voluntary feed intake and whole transcriptome profiling in the hypothalamus of young sheep offered CP and phosphorus-deficient diets	17
Genome-wide association studies of parasite resistance, productivity and immunology traits in Scottish Blackface sheep	17
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	17
Exogenous porcine somatotropin administered to late pregnant gilts alters liver and muscle functionalities in pig foetuses	16
Farm-level emission intensities of smallholder cattle (Bos indicus; B. indicus–B. taurus crosses) production systems in highlands and semi-arid regions	16
Editorial Board	16
Effects of preferential social associations on pigs’ response to weaning	16
Effect of dietary protein and energy intake on embryonic survival and gene expression in the uterine endometrium of early pregnant gilts	16
Effects of magnolol and honokiol blend on performance, egg quality, hepatic lipid metabolism, and intestinal morphology of hens at late laying cycle	16
Constant darkness negatively affects the outcome of hormonally induced reproduction in cultured Eurasian perch females	16
GrassGroTM simulation of pasture, animal performance and greenhouse emissions on low and high sheep productivity grazing systems: 1-year validation and 25-year analysis	16
Yellow mealworm: effects of adults breeding density on adults and larvae performances from an industrial perspective	16
Review: The role of male reproductive tract secretions in ruminant fertility	16
Knowledge, attitude and behaviour of farmers towards the use of reproductive hormones in dairy cattle	15
Principles, barriers and enablers to agroecological animal production systems: a qualitative approach based on five case studies	15
The effect of stocking rate and supplementary selenium on the fatty acid composition and subsequent peroxidisability of poultry muscle tissues	15
Variability in chewing, ruminal fermentation, digestibility and bacterial communities between subacute ruminal acidosis-susceptible and acidosis-tolerant sheep	15
Review: Closing nutrient cycles for animal production – Current and future agroecological and socio-economic issues	15
Review: Feeding strategies for rearing replacement dairy goats – from birth to kidding	15
Implementing an appropriate metric for the assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production: A national case study	15
Associations between subclinical intramammary infection and milk fatty acid profile at the quarter level in Holstein cattle	15
Editorial Board	15
Review: Pig-based bioconversion: the use of former food products to keep nutrients in the food chain	15
Rumen fermentation parameters and papillae development in Simmental growing bulls with divergent residual feed intake	15
Effects of feeding sainfoin proanthocyanidins to lactating ewes on intake, milk production and plasma metabolites	14
The effect of Cu, Zn and Fe chelates on the antioxidative status of thigh meat of broiler chickens	14
Editorial Board	14
Determination of maintenance energy requirement and responses of dry ewes to dietary inclusion of lucerne versus concentrate meal	14
A high-precision facial recognition method for small-tailed Han sheep based on an optimised Vision Transformer	14
Nutritional values of forage-legume-based silages and protein concentrates for growing pigs	14
Feeding predictability as a cognitive enrichment protects brain function and physiological status in rainbow trout: a multidisciplinary approach to assess fish welfare	14
Multifaceted analysis of temporal and spatial distribution and risk factors of global poultry HPAI-H5N1, 2005–2023	14
First report on embryonic and larval development of 2n/3n mosaic sterlet	14
Imputation of single nucleotide polymorphism genotypes in ungenotyped sport horses from the genotypes of their progeny	14
A new approach and insights on modelling the impact of production diseases on dairy cow welfare	13
Signatures of selection analyses reveal genomic differences among three heavy pig breeds that constitute the genetic backbone of a dry-cured ham production system	13
First report of the apparent metabolisable energy value of black soldier fly larvae fat used in broiler chicken diets	13
Review: Role of early life nutrition in regulating sexual development in bulls	13
Postweaning growth and feeding behaviour in pigs: effect of heavier hybrid and weaning intact litters in farrowing pens for loose-housed sows	13
Genetic analysis of phenotypic indicators for heat tolerance in crossbred dairy cattle	13
Development of an innovative intravaginal model of probiotic inoculation in dairy ovine flocks: positive effects on the vaginal microbiota, vaginitis and fertility	13
Predicting feed efficiency traits in growing lambs from their ruminal microbiota	13
Review: Nutritional, safety, and environmental aspects of former foodstuff products in ruminant feeding	13
Editorial: Addressing 21st century challenges in pig production	13
Rearing goat kids away from their dams 2. Understanding farmers’ views on changing management practices	13
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	13
Review: Harmonised in vitro digestion and the Ussing chamber for investigating the effects of polyphenols on intestinal physiology in monogastrics and ruminants	13
Defatted black soldier fly larvae meal as a substitute of soybean meal in dairy cow diets	13
Factors affecting the accuracy of genomic prediction in joint pig populations	13
Review: Feed efficiency and metabolic flexibility in livestock	13
Review: Can early-life establishment of the piglet intestinal microbiota influence production outcomes?	13
Training of transport drivers improves their handling of pigs during loading for transport to slaughter	13
Review: What are the challenges facing the table egg industry in the next decades and what can be done to address them?	12
Transformation of animal agriculture should be evidence-driven and respectful of livestock’s benefits and contextual aspects	12
Transcriptome and metabolome analyses of the immune response to light stress in the hybrid grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus ♂ × Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀)	12

Review: Fundamentals, limitations and pitfalls on the development and application of precision nutrition techniques for precision livestock farming	12
Inclusion of silage in diets to fattening pigs: effect on gastric ulcers and skin lesions	12
Lysine requirement of weaned piglets	12
Lambs’ live weight estimation using 3D images	12
Review: The prevailing mathematical modeling classifications and paradigms to support the advancement of sustainable animal production	12
Exploring individual responses to welfare issues in growing-finishing pig feeding behaviour	12
Interactions between broiler parent stock age and egg pre-incubation duration: effects on embryo development, hatchability, day-old chick weight, and yolk sac weight	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
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	12
Review: multi object tracking in livestock - from farm animal management to state-of-the-art methods	12
Genomic-based animal management in the early- and late-finishing system of Hanwoo cattle	12
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	12
Editorial Board	12
Corrigendum to “The ontogenetic allometry of body morphology and chemical composition in dairy goat wethers” [Animal 12(3) (2018) 538–553]	12
Reproductive performance of rabbit females from three paternal lines with a different potential for growth rate and resilience	11
The effect of Candida famata and Lactobacillus plantarum on the number of coliforms and the antibiotic resistance and virulence of Escherichia coli in the gut of broilers	11
Short communication: In ovo injection of all-trans retinoic acid causes adipocyte hypertrophy in embryos but lost its effect in posthatch chickens	11
Key determinants of adaptive strategies of goats to a 2-day nutritional challenge during early lactation	11
Loss of a grooming enrichment impacts physical, behavioural, and physiological measures of welfare in grazing beef cattle	11
Review: Early and late determinants of puberty in ruminants and the role of nutrition	11
Predicting enteric methane emission in lactating Holsteins based on reference methane data collected by the GreenFeed system	11
Review: Towards the next-generation models of the rumen microbiome for enhancing predictive power and guiding sustainable production strategies	11
Estimating risk probabilities for sickness from behavioural patterns to identify health challenges in dairy cows with multivariate cumulative sum control charts	11
The walnut tree as a source of progesterone for reproductive control in goats	11
Exploration of robustness indicators using adaptive responses to short-term feed restriction in suckling primiparous beef cows	11
The impact of work organisation on the work life of people on pasture-based dairy farms	11
Editorial Board	11
Review: Early life piglet experiences and impacts on immediate and longer-term adaptability	11
Effect of increased intake of concentrates and sodium butyrate supplementation on reticulorumen macroanatomy and reticulorumen fermentation in growing rams	11
Review: Bovine foetal mortality – risk factors, causes, immune responses and immuno-prophylaxis	11
Evaluation of infrared thermography combined with behavioral biometrics for estrus detection in naturally cycling dairy cows	11
Multi-omics in vitro study of the salivary modulation of the goat rumen microbiome	11
Performance and carcass quality traits of Iberian × Duroc crossbred pig subject to gender and age at the beginning of the free-range finishing phase	11
Fluorometric determination of isocitrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.42; 1; NADP+ dependent) in ruminant milk	10
Title page	10
Growth rate, either through genetics or diet, mainly determines the outcome concerning broiler welfare	10
Combining datasets in a dynamic residual feed intake model and comparison with linear model results in lactating Holstein cattle	10
Evaluation of type traits in relation to production, and their importance in early selection for milk performance in dairy buffaloes	10
Amount and variation of strip yields collected by a defined hand-milking method after machine milking of Holstein dairy cows	10
Effect of weight and storage time of broiler breeders’ eggs on morphology and biochemical features of eggs, embryogenesis, hatchability, and chick quality	10
Repeatability and genetic parameters for phenotypes of methane emission in crossbred beef × dairy slaughter calves	10
Live black soldier fly larvae as environmental enrichment for native chickens: implications for bird performance, welfare, and excreta microbiota	10
Behavioural and physiological responses of Small Tail Han sheep to predators	10
Methane, growth and carcase considerations when breeding for more efficient Merino sheep production	10
Population structure and genetic diversity of Polish Arabian horses based on pedigree data	10
Enteric methane emissions from zebu cattle are influenced by seasonal variations in rangeland fodder quality and intake	10
Assessing heat tolerance through productive vs physiological indicators. Data from dairy sheep under on-farm conditions	10
Short communication: Accuracy of whole-genome sequence imputation in Angus cattle using within-breed and multi breed reference populations	10
Influence of body lesion severity on oxidative status and gut microbiota of weaned pigs	10
Water consumption and wastage behaviour in pigs: implications for antimicrobial administration and stewardship	10
Editorial Board	10
Reducing foreign genetic contributions to the YDH pig population by segment-based advanced optimum contribution selection	10
Effects of heat stress mitigation strategies on feedlot cattle performance, environmental, and economic outcomes in a hot climate	10
Thymus and meat physicochemical measurements to discriminate calves treated with anabolic and therapeutic doses of dexamethasone	10
Effects of supplementing a CP-reduced diet with rumen-protected methionine on Fleckvieh bull fattening	10
Editorial Board	10
A quantitative review of on-farm feeding practices to enhance the quality of grassland-based ruminant dairy and meat products	10
Animal board invited review: Opportunities and challenges in using GWP* to report the impact of ruminant livestock on global temperature change	10
Review: Current status of corpus luteum assessment by Doppler ultrasonography to diagnose non-pregnancy and select embryo recipients in cattle	9
Direct and carry-over effect of grassland herbage allowance on metabolic hormones and reproduction in primiparous beef cows undergoing temporary weaning and flushing	9
The effect of first-lactation calving season, milk production, and morphology on the survival of Simmental cows	9
Editorial Board	9
Review: A barnyard in the lab: prospect of generating animal germ cells for breeding and conservation	9
Azolla leaf meal at 5% of the diet improves growth performance, intestinal morphology and p70S6K1 activation, and affects cecal microbiota in broiler chicken	9
Influence of dairy farmers’ knowledge on their attitudes towards breeding tools and genomic selection	9
Breeding options for nematode resistance in Lacaune dairy sheep	9
Relationship between the amino acid release kinetics of feed proteins and nitrogen balance in finishing pigs	9
Assessment of flax and hemp fibres in terms of their impact on the growth performance and health status of weaned piglets	9
Editorial: Challenges of food and feed for the future	9
Intramammary administration of lipopolysaccharides at parturition enhances immunoglobulin concentration in goat colostrum	9
Wound lesions caused by ear tagging in unweaned calves: assessing the prevalence of wound lesions and identifying risk factors	9
Discovery of hidden pedigree errors combining genomic information with the genomic relationship matrix in Texel sheep	9
Title page	9
Associations between peripartum lying and activity behaviour and blood non-esterified fatty acids and β-hydroxybutyrate in grazing dairy cows	9
Improved tenderness of beef from bulls supplemented with active dry yeast is related to matrix metalloproteinases and reduced oxidative stress	9
Review: More effective linkages between science and policy are needed to minimize the negative environmental impacts of livestock production	9
Improving genomic prediction accuracy of pig reproductive traits based on genotype imputation using preselected markers with different imputation platforms	9
Short communication: Predicting blood plasma non-esterified fatty acid and beta-hydroxybutyrate concentrations from cow milk—addressing systematic issues in modelling	9
Starter protein content and supplemental soybean oil or hydrogenated palm fatty acids in Holstein dairy calves: growth performance, protozoa population, and nitrogen utilization efficiency	9
Development and validation of a model for early prediction of residual feed intake in beef cattle using plasma biomarkers	9
Editorial Board	9
Growth rates of contract-reared versus home-reared replacement dairy heifers	9
Impact of dietary exogenous feed enzymes on performance, nutrient digestibility, and ruminal fermentation parameters in beef cattle: a meta-analysis	9
Particle size of straw and gelation of pectin influence gastric mixing and emptying in pigs	8
Influence of dietary fibre on nutrient digestibility and energy utilisation in growing pigs fed diets varying in soluble and insoluble fibres from co-products	8
A comparison of the reproductive performance in primiparous sows following two timed artificial insemination protocols	8
Planning for wolf-livestock coexistence: landscape context predicts livestock depredation risk in agricultural landscapes	8
The age of hair matters – the incorporation of cortisol by external contamination is enhanced in distal hair segments of pigs and cattle	8
Animal Board Invited Review: Meta-analysis of genetic parameters for resilience and efficiency traits in goats and sheep	8
Review: Genomic selection in the era of phenotyping based on digital images	8
An imputation-based genome-wide association study for growth and fatness traits in Sujiang pigs	8
Effect of elevated carbon dioxide on chicken eggs during the early and late incubation periods	8
Application of a mathematical framework for the optimization of precision-fed dairy cattle diets	8
Review: Sustainable livestock systems: anticipating demand-side challenges	8
Review: The putative role of Progesterone Receptor membrane Component 1 in bovine oocyte development and competence	8