Animal Production Science

Article	Citations
An investigation of pathways for rebuilding Australia’s sheep flock	42
A conceptual framework for modelling the role of livestock systems in sustainable diets and a sustainable planet	29
Early end of embryonic diapause and overall reproductive activity in roe deer populations from Bavaria	28
Milk yield and pasture nutrient availability associated with milking order in commercial dairy herds	27
Additivity and associative effects of metabolisable energy and ileal amino acid digestibility in broiler diets combining sorghum with different protein sources	22
Effects of different rearing systems on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality and serum biochemical parameters in Gaoyou ducks	18
A review of some aspects of goat meat quality: future research recommendations	18
Post-weaning performance of Nellore calves subject to different weaning methods	16
Effects of the organic selenium sources with/without probiotics on broiler chicken growth, meat quality and meat selenium content	15
Commercial equine production in New Zealand 4: welfare implications of the New Zealand production systems	15
The effect of ammoniated maize stover inclusion in diets on growth performance, physiological characteristics and meat quality in lambs	15
Optimal sheep stocking rates for broad-acre farm businesses in Western Australia: a review	14
Sheep performance and forage quality in grass-legume pastures with different canopy heights	13
Regional differences in beef cattle trade and movements associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia	13
Utilising locally based energy supplements in leucaena and corn stover diets to increase the average daily gain of male Bali cattle and the income of smallholder farmers	13
Immediate prepartum supplementation accelerates progesterone decline, boosting passive immunity transfer in tropically adapted beef cattle	12
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Cassava wastewater can be safely used in the diet of feedlot lambs	11
The economic optimum mob size at lambing for triplet-bearing Maternal and Merino ewes across southern Australia	11
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Detection of heat-shock protein 70 in cow’s milk using ELISA	11
Advances in prebiotics for poultry: role of the caeca and oligosaccharides	11
Physicochemical, volatile compounds, oxidative and sensory profiles of the Longissimus muscle of six South African sheep breeds	10
Access to Emission Control Blocks for improved productivity and mitigation of enteric methane in smallholder cattle in Cambodia	10
Use of fat-coated or heat-treated soybean meal for partial replacement of solvent-extracted soybean meal in the diets of early lactation dairy cows	10

Risk management in pig farming: a reality or conjecture? A systematic review	9
Body temperature, heart rate, and locomotor activity measured by bio-loggers before and after a progestogen+eCG treatment for artificial insemination in sheep: effect of pregnancy	9
Haemato-biochemical responses, worm burdens and Haemonchus contortus ultrastructural changes in lambs fed diets containing graded inclusion levels of sericea lespedeza	8
Effects of microRNA-21-5p treatment of porcine sperm before and after capacitation on in vitro oocyte fertilization and embryo development	8
Balancing future food security and greenhouse-gas emissions from animal-sourced protein foods in Southeast Asia	8
Preparation process optimisation, structural characterisation and stability analysis of sika deer blood–selenium chelate	8
Folate metabolism and application of folic acid in ruminant production	8
Technical and economic analysis, and benchmarking associated with dairy farms in Minas Geraiz, Brazil	8
Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 5. Factors influencing risk of non-pregnancy	8
Sheep producers report docking tails shorter than recommended, knowledge–practice gap, and inconsistent length descriptions: an Australian survey	8
Evaluating the performance and profitability of varied combinations of brewery by-products for fattening pigs	8
Exploring the impact of replacement rates on carbon footprint in south-east Australian dairy herds	8
Milk composition and health status of quarters adjacent to an on-farm protocol-treated clinical-mastitis gland	8
Investigating the trend of blood progesterone concentration following an injection of slow-release progesterone in ewes out of the breeding season	8
Geographic distribution of a missense mutation in the KRT38 gene in Chinese indigenous cattle breeds	8
Genetic relationships among yearling fertility, body composition and weight traits in tropically adapted composite cattle	8
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Production of Rhode Island Red × Naked Neck hybrid hens under conditions of the family poultry production systems in a warm environment	7
Phenotypic causal networks between boar taint compounds measured in biopsies and carcasses	7
Optimisation of branched-chain amino acid requirements for 15–21-day-old broiler chickens by using the Taguchi method	7
Meat acceptability of crossbred bulls fed a high-grain feedlot diet with antimicrobials and a blend of organic trace minerals and yeast	7
SNP associations and genetic-parameter estimation for nose and hoof pigmentation in Corriedale sheep	7
Effects of time away from pasture on milk production and dry matter intake in dairy cattle	7
Metagenomic comparison of the microbial load colonizing lucerne hay and gum astralagus (Astragalus glycyphyllos) in ruminants	7
Reaction-norm analysis of neonatal lamb mortality suggests heritability varies with cold-stress: an example in the Elsenburg Merino selection lines	7
Diversity and population structure of indigenous chicken in Congo, using MHC-linked microsatellite LEI0258	7
Determinants of women small ruminant farmers’ perceptions of climate change impact in Northern Benin	7
Breed and diet influence the ruminal bacterial community of sheep	7
The relationship between milk oestradiol concentrations and oestrus activity in lactating Holstein–Friesian cows	7
Carcass traits and meat lipid profile of cull cows fed palm kernel cake	6
Variability in practices for drinking water vaccination of meat chickens against infectious laryngotracheitis	6
Effects of supplementing cassava product silage on feed intake, digestibility and live weight gain of crossbred Limousine bulls fed on a maize (Zea mays) stover based diet	6
Xylanase and phytase supplementation of Moringa oleifera diets: effects on the performance, egg quality and blood profile of laying hens	6
Viability of bull epididymal spermatozoa recovered 24 hours post-mortem and diluted with Triladyl® and modified Ham’s F10	6
A semi-extensive management system reduces plasma testosterone concentrations, sexual behaviour and sperm production in male goats from subtropical latitudes	6
Physical treatment and protease or probiotic supplementation and feather meal digestibility by broilers	6
Anti-inflammatory effects of hard antler button extract on inflammation in vitro and prostatitis in vivo in mice	6
Genetic parameters for milk yield, casein percentage, subclinical mastitis incidence and sexual precocity using Bayesian linear and threshold models	6
Genetic parameters, genetic trends and selection response for gestation length and traits used as selection criteria in Angus breed in Brazil	6
Aquaculture nutrition in Australia: challenges and trends	6
Effects of germination on the energy value of cereal grains for livestock	6
Sustainable animal agriculture for developing countries – a brief history	6
Animal husbandry and animal production activities in village institutes, an important educational institution for social and economic development in Türkiye	6
The effects of Alnus viridis encroachment in mountain pastures on the growth performance, carcass and meat quality of Dexter cattle and Engadine sheep	6
Cattle welfare aspects of production systems in the tropics	6
Effects of water-quality management mitigations on greenhouse-gas emissions from deer farms	6
Strain differences in effects of dietary supplementation with Aspergillus niger cultures in protein-reduced diets on performance, plasma biochemistry and meat lipid oxidation of broilers	6
Sensor-based detection of parturition in beef cattle grazing in an extensive landscape: a case study using a commercial GNSS collar	6
Factors affecting length of productive life of Brazilian Holstein cows assessed using survival analysis	6
Selection for growth rate at pasture in Angus cattle results in heavier cattle that eat more in the feedlot	6

Optimum inclusion rate of barley in diets of meat chickens: an incremental and practical program	6
Effects of methionine as free amino acid and dipeptide on productive efficiency and meat quality of broilers under acute and chronic heat stress	5
Utilization of oocytes from closely related domestic species for interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer in gaur embryo production	5
Strategies to minimise the impact of climate change and weather variability on the welfare of dairy cattle in New Zealand and Australia	5
Effects of residual feed intake on the growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, and serum biochemical parameters of Cherry Valley ducks	5
Managing predators on livestock producing properties in South Africa and Western Australia – producer perspectives	5
Role of plant bioactive compounds in improving ruminant resilience to heat stress challenge	5
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Effects of transport stress on gene expression and biomarkers in broilers with and without an anti-stress supplement	5
Optimisation of antioxidant, antimicrobial and metal-chelating properties of bioactive peptides from blood wastes by enzymatic hydrolysis	5
Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia: people and circumstances shaping this symposium’s successful first 50 years	5
Corrigendum to: Feeding behaviour of beef cattle in intensive finishing on pasture and supplemented with different additives	5
Dietary leucine deficiency alters performance, body composition, intestine microbiota, and immune response of female Cobb broilers	5
Can a return to small ruminants increase profitability and drought resilience in the semiarid rangelands of northern Australia?	5
Economic analysis of benefits from grazing unharvested standing lupin crops in a mixed farm enterprise in south-west Western Australia	5
GPS-derived foraging behaviour of red deer and liveweight gain of red deer and wapiti crossbred sire lines on contrasting winter forage types	5
Metabolic costs related to protein turnover, fat turnover, and rate of gain determine the energetically optimal size of growing sheep	5
Revisiting tropical pasture intake: what has changed in 50 years?	5
Effect of animal and diet parameters on methane emissions for pasture-fed cattle	5
Nutritional strategies to support performance of commercial Pekin ducks exposed to a high-temperature thermal challenge over 29–41 days of age	5
Benchmarking smallholder goat enterprises and practices in central Lao PDR and farmer response to a research and development program	5
Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 6. Risk factors associated with reproductive losses between confirmed pregnancy and weaning	5
Determination of ewe behaviour around lambing time and prediction of parturition 7 days prior to lambing by tri-axial accelerometer sensors in an extensive farming system	5
Feeding extruded linseed or soybean and hay free-choice to Rubia Gallega young heifers does not substantially alter health-enhancing fatty acids in meat	5
Strengthening the role of innovation brokers in the livestock advisory services system of Pakistan	5
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Effects of melatonin implants on reproductive performance in sheep: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Integrating climate-change adaptation and greenhouse-gas mitigation in the livestock industry: a review	5
Livestock guardian dog protection of free-range poultry from the red fox	5
The Sustainability Index: a new tool to breed for reduced greenhouse-gas emissions intensity in Australian dairy cattle	5
Thermal response in Boer goats differing in coat colour	4
The genetic and phenotypic associations between lamb survival outcomes and other traits recorded at lambing	4
Nutrient intake, body weight changes, digestibility and nitrogen utilisation of West African dwarf goats fed Pleurotus tuber-regium treated cassava root sievate based diets	4
A perspective on animal welfare of grazing ruminants and its relationship with sustainability	4
Condition for reuse and sharing	4
Multi-residue analysis of eight veterinary drugs in buffalo milk using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry†	4
Corrigendum to : Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry. 1. Chicken meat production	4
An industry survey on litter management and re-use practices of Australian meat chicken growers	4
Production and performance of commercial beef breeding females in northern Australia. 4. Factors influencing the occurrence of lactating cows becoming pregnant within 4 months of calving	4
Calcium and magnesium supplementation of ewes grazing pasture did not improve lamb survival	4
Early-life cold stress and broiler breeder age: effects on metabolism and performance in broiler chicks	4
Increasing the proportion of Leucaena leucocephala in hay-fed beef steers reduces methane yield	4
Evaluation of n-alkanes, long-chain alcohols, and carbon stable isotope enrichments of n-alkanes as diet composition markers in free-grazing animals	4
Indicators of functional integrity in production animals	4
Organic side streams (bioproducts) as substrate for black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) intended as animal feed: chemical safety issues	4
Phosphorus supplementation improves the growth and reproductive performance of female Brahman cattle grazing phosphorus-deficient pastures in the Victoria River District, Northern Territory, Australia	4
Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 7. Risk factors affecting mortality rates of pregnant cows	4
Inclusion of corn ethanol byproducts in non-forage diets and their effects on feed intake, digestibility, growth performance, and blood parameters of young Nellore bulls	4
Productive, hematological and physiological responses of Barbarine ewe lambs subjected to nutritional challenge under hot conditions	4
Comparison of two software programs for fitting one- and two-compartment age-dependent non-linear digestion models for ruminants: empirical data	4
Shelter and shade for grazing sheep: implications for animal welfare and production and for landscape health	4
Dietary supplementation with tryptophan increases the plasma concentrations of tryptophan, kynurenine, and melatonin in Yili mares	4
Frequencies of β-casein variants and their influence on genetic merit for production traits in Holstein cows	4
Lemongrass essential oil reduces Mombasa grass silage gas losses, fibre content and pH after aerobic exposure	4
Nutritional characteristics estimated by faecal protein in cattle fed with heterogeneous natural grassland	4
Mechanical analysis of bovid horns and cervid antlers: a possible ultimate cause for antler casting	4
Partial replacement of maize with cassava root–moringa leaf and vegetable oil concentrates in broiler finisher diets	4
Climate-smart approaches for enhancing livestock productivity, human nutrition, and livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries	4
The influence of genetic and environmental factors on performance of Brahman heifers grazing pastures in northern Australia	4
Additives used as stimulative and cryoprotective agents in bovine semen cryopreservation: a systematic review	4
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Preliminary material	4
Frequency of narasin intake affects ruminal metabolism and growth of lambs	4
Fermented bed flooring systems enhance profitability in smallholder native pig production	4
A review of extended lactation in dairy cows managed in high-input and pasture-based farming systems	4
Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon mitigation methods in probiotic-fed broiler production	3
Associations of digestibility with phenotypic and genetic variation in methane production in Angus cattle	3
Trends in the environmental impacts of the Australian pork industry	3
Insights into the pathogenesis of catastrophic spontaneous humeral fractures in first-lactation dairy cows	3
Meta-analysis of garlic in small ruminant nutrition: dry matter intake, rumen fermentability, nutrient digestibility, and blood biochemical indices	3
A comparison of meat composition, tenderness and the fatty acid profile of three muscles from Holstein-Friesian bulls from production system resulting in final ages of either <16 or 19 months	3
Parameters influencing the maturation of bovine oocyte: a review	3
Effects of feeding fodder beet or kale in winter to dams and their heifer offspring on the heifer growth and production	3
Competence to thrive: resilience as an indicator of positive health and positive welfare in animals	3
Replacing bacitracin zinc antibiotic with symbiotic additive in pullet diet	3
Meta-analysis of prevalence and associated risk factors for lameness in dairy cattle across tropical Asian nations	3
Meat production traits of Angora goats. 2. Meat quality characteristics and fatty acid composition of meat from intact and castrated kids	3
Interactions of diet and circadian rhythm to achieve precision nutrition of poultry	3
Improving accuracy and stability of genetic predictions for dairy cow survival	3

Investigation of the relationship between meat fatty acids and the expression levels of genes associated with lipid metabolism in Kivircik and Hungarian Merino sheep	3
Growth rate of male Bali cattle (Bos javanicus) fed leucaena and rice straw diets with increasing levels of cassava	3
Platforms to accelerate biomanufacturing of enzyme and probiotic animal feed supplements: discovery considerations and manufacturing implications	3
The role of black soldier fly larval protein and fat in companion-animal nutrition: challenges and opportunities from an industry perspective	3
The role of goat production in smallholder systems in Lao PDR: implications for improving productivity and scaling up production	3
How much soil do cattle ingest? A review	3
Use of 15N abundance in tail hair to predict feed efficiency and response to a urea supplement in young cattle fed a tropical grass forage	3
Human resource management practices on Irish dairy farms: an exploratory study	3
Motivations for Swiss veal farmers to adopt calf health management strategies that enable reduction in antibiotic use	3
Efficacy of dietary quercetin supplementation with high-energy diet model in broilers: implications on zootechnical parameters, serum biochemistry, antioxidant status, patho-morphology and gene expres	3
Breeding objectives and economic value of important traits of Abergelle goats kept under a smallholder production system in Tigray, Ethiopia	3
Dietary microbial 6-phytase concentration effects broiler growth, short-chain fatty acid profile, and intestinal histomorphology	3
Selection for yearling growth rate in Angus cattle results in bigger cows that eat more	3
Oxidative stability of milk and expression of oxidative stress response, lipogenic-related, and IGF-1 genes in early-lactation cows supplemented with peanut and sunflower oils	3
Effects of micronised bamboo powder on growth performance, intestinal development, caecal chyme microflora and metabolic pathway of broilers aged 24–45 days	3
Induction of hypocalcaemia and evaluation of reticuloruminal motility using a three-axis accelerometer	3
Importance of circadian rhythms in dairy nutrition	3
A review of factors affecting the welfare of dairy calves in pasture-based production systems	3
A simplified approach for producing Tier 2 enteric-methane emission factors based on East African smallholder farm data	3
Animal and plant-sourced nutrition: complementary not competitive	3
Energy intake and nutritional balance of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in special Bavarian landscapes in southern Germany	3
Greenhouse-gas abatement on Australian dairy farms: what are the options?	3
A novel 22-bp InDel in the intron 1 of the IGF1 gene is associated with slaughtering performance of Chinese Jiaji duck	3
Cow age, resilience and productivity of cow–calf systems	3
Genetic parameters for milk production and body-conformation traits in Dairy Gir cattle	3
Dietary energy level and β2-adrenergic agonist supplementation on growth performance, dietary energy, carcass traits, and visceral mass of hairy lambs	3
Influence of genotype on carcass composition, metric traits of the digestive system and leg bones of laying hens after the egg-production season	3
Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry. 1. Chicken meat production	3
Effects of maternal dietary selenium sources on growth performance, meat quality, antioxidant status and the immune response of broiler progeny	3
Effect of various chemical processing on nutritional value of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) residues determined via in vitro, in situ, and X-ray powder diffraction techniques	3
Reducing one third the dose of porcine follicle-stimulating hormone did not affect the in vivo embryo production in Santa Inês ewes	2
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The influence of loading, road transport, unloading and time in lairage on body temperature in finished feedlot steers	2
Average daily gain in lambs grazing mixed annual forage species compared with single species and relationship to feed on offer	2
Succinate dehydrogenase participation in porcine gamete function	2
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Enhancing gut health and performance of grower-finisher pigs: assessing the efficacy of the mixture of microencapsulated essential oils and saponins	2
Effect of egg weight and maternal flock age on egg characteristics, incubation traits, and offspring performance	2
Liveweight gain and metabolisable energy requirements of young entire male Australian Rangeland goats in response to supplementation	2
Disease as a constraint on goat production in Lao PDR and trade to neighbouring countries: a review	2
Abstracts from the Proceedings of the 34th Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences	2
Impact of feeding volumes on performance and bone characteristics of Embrapa 051 laying hens housed in a cage-free system	2
Effects of physical form and wheat straw level in the diet on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, rumen papillae morphometry, and carcass characteristics in Lohi lambs	2
Mobilisation and replenishment of phosphorus reserves in Bos indicus cows. 2. Mature lactating cows fed diets deficient or adequate in phosphorus	2
Perspectives on progression of transboundary disease, one health and ecosystem health management in the Greater Mekong Subregion and beyond	2
Fleece rot and dermatophilosis (lumpy wool) in sheep: opportunities and challenges for new vaccines	2
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Dermatophilosis (lumpy wool) in sheep: a review of pathogenesis, aetiology, resistance and vaccines	2
Biological additives improved qualities, in vitro gas production kinetics, digestibility, and rumen fermentation characteristics of different varieties of rice straw silage	2
Early lactation performance of primiparous dairy heifers reared with differing levels of early-life complexity	2
Speed of extirpation of the huemul in the history of human occupation in Patagonia	2
Regional heat stress maps for grazing dairy cows in New Zealand under climate change	2
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Can measurements of foraging behaviour predict variation in weight gains of free-ranging cattle?	2
Shade effect on behaviour, physiology, performance, and carcass weight of heat-stressed feedlot steers in humid subtropical area	2
Sheep grazing Trigonella balansae had productivity, health and meat quality similar to sheep grazing subterranean clover or French serradella	2
Validation of body condition score based on subcutaneous fat thickness measurements in primiparous Gyr cows	2
The role of animal products in balancing food baskets for Laos and the Pacific islands of Samoa and Vanuatu to minimise caloric and hidden hunger: a review	2
Growth and reproductive performance of broiler breeders reared to puberty under the open-sided housing in a tropical environment	2
Extended Abstracts of Short Presentations at Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia 2021	2
Genetic evaluation of lactation persistency in the Gyr breed by using a two-trait random regression model	2
Perspectives on methods for expressing energy values of poultry feed and energy requirements. 1. History and critique of the metabolizable energy paradigm	2
Temporal trends in estimated breeding values for daughter fertility in Holstein and Jersey cows in the Australian dairy industry	2
Foreword: Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia 2021	2
On the value of adding commercial data into the reference population of the Angus SteerSELECT genomic tool	2
Validation of hand-held refractometers for assessing Merino ewe colostrum and neonatal lamb serum	2
Mating weight and condition score are both good predictors of lambing potential for young Merino and Border Leicester Merino ewes across different environments and years in Australia	2
Implications of negative energy balance in lactating Barki and Rahmani ewes	2
Effect of early gut microbiota intervention using pre-designed poultry microbiota substitute on broiler health and performance	2
SwiftWeigh: a rapid calf weighing system using top-down 2D point cloud data	2
Multienzyme complex in rations containing whole rice bran for newly weaned piglets	2
Effects of supplementation with different concentrations of L-citrulline on the plasma amino acid concentration, reproductive hormone concentrations, antioxidant capacity, and reproductive performance	2
A copy number variant near KITLG is associated with the roan pattern in alpacas	2
Corrigendum to : Production and performance of commercial beef breeding females in northern Australia. 4. Factors influencing the occurrence of lactating cows becoming pregn	2
Vitamin K: history, metabolism, and nutrition in the horse	2
Validation of triglyceride and glucose index as a rapid diagnostic test to diagnose insulin resistance in pregnant and lactating sows	2
Effects of AM/PM feeding on behaviour, range use and welfare indicators of free-range laying hens	2
Nutrients digestibility, microbial protein synthesis and rumen and blood parameters in sheep feeding grape pomace treated with Neurospora sitophila	2
A model of flystrike pesticide resistance management on sheep: use of pesticide rotations	2
Corrigendum to: Analysing the effects of feeding black soldier fly on broiler growth performance: a meta-analysis	2
Duration and sex-dependent effect of betaine supplementation on growth performance and carcass backfat of finisher pigs	2
Influence of temperature–humidity index and seasonal variations on semen quality, scrotal circumference, and hormones in Kail rams raised under subtropical climate	2
The role of animal welfare in improving the future of farming	2
Comparison of equations to predict the metabolisable energy content as applied to the vertical strata and plant parts of forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)	2
Utilising Gliricidia sepium leaf meal as a protein substitute in cassava-based supplements to increase average daily gain of Ongole bulls and income of smallholder farmers	2
Construction of the miRNA–mRNA regulatory networks for both the cartilage formation and remodel zones in the antler tip in sika deer (Cervus nippon)	2
Effects of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on the vitrification of bovine metaphase II oocytes	2
Quantification of behavioural variation among sheep grazing on pasture using accelerometer sensors	2
Investigation of methods for inclusion of systematic environmental effects in weaning and post-weaning weights for meat sheep in large-scale genetic evaluation	2
Corrigendum to : Legume grain-based supplements in dairy sheep diet: effects on milk yield, composition and fatty acid profile	2
Energy sources in diets for lambs in confinement	2
Productive and reproductive consequences of crossbreeding Dohne Merino with Corriedale in Uruguayan sheep production systems	2
Carcass characteristics, colour and eating quality of beef from late maturing suckler bulls finished at pasture with or without concentrate supplementation or indoors on a high concentrate ration	2
Comparison of gastrointestinal transit times in stabled Thoroughbred horses fed freshly cut pasture and three conserved forage-based diets	2
Possible relationships between the physical conditions of cattle and the occurrence of structural modifications of their coat hair	2