Animal Production Science

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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	107
Efficacy of fermented carrot by-product diets on blood profiles, immune responses, and faecal characteristics in fattening pigs	32
Holstein strain affects energy and feed efficiency in a grazing dairy system	31
Abstracts from the Proceedings of the 34th Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences	20
Milk yield and pasture nutrient availability associated with milking order in commercial dairy herds	18
Analysing the effects of feeding black soldier fly on broiler growth performance: a meta-analysis	17
Feeding twin-bearing Merino ewes above the metabolisable energy requirements for maintenance during late gestation increases the duration of parturition of the first-born lamb	17
Genetic parameters of blood urea nitrogen and milk urea nitrogen concentration in dairy cattle managed in pasture-based production systems of New Zealand and Australia	15
Effect of diurnal feeding times and sources of energy supplementation to optimise rearing of F1 Angus × Nellore young bulls	13
The effects of parasitism on ewes for prime lamb production in western Victoria	12
Enhancing bypass starch in cassava chip to sustain growth in goat	12
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Effect of additive fermented residues from factory on rumen fermentation and microbial population in beef cattle	11
Evaluation of	11
The welfare of ewes on stud and meat farms in southern Brazil	11
Effect of refeeding on growth performance, blood metabolites and physiological parameters of Dorper × Santa Ines lambs previously subjected to feed restriction	11
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The effect of ammoniated maize stover inclusion in diets on growth performance, physiological characteristics and meat quality in lambs	10
Doppler evaluation of recipient cows treated with progesterone and estradiol	10
Dietary inclusion of purified crude glycerin improves bodyweight at slaughter and affects the fatty acid profile of lamb meat	10
Frequency of feeding during the periconceptional period did not alter reproduction in Merino sheep	10
Maternal oral supplementation with citrulline increases plasma citrulline but not arginine in pregnant Merino ewes and neonatal lambs	10
Foreword: Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia 2021	10
Commercial equine production in New Zealand 4: welfare implications of the New Zealand production systems	9

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ADSS 2022 special edition	9
Nutritional characteristics estimated by faecal protein in cattle fed with heterogeneous natural grassland	9
Enhancing gut health and performance of grower-finisher pigs: assessing the efficacy of the mixture of microencapsulated essential oils and saponins	9
Weaning causes imbalanced T lymphocyte distribution and impaired intestinal immune barrier function in piglets	9
Dietary condensed tannins in bovine faeces and effects on soil microbial dynamics: are there environmental benefits for cattle production systems?	8
Sheep performance and forage quality in grass-legume pastures with different canopy heights	8
Evaluation of a dietary blend of essential oils and polyphenols on methane emission by ewes	8
Metabolic adaptation to lactation of dairy cows in two contrasting facilities involving partial confinement plus grazing or total confinement	8
Effect of molasses on fermentation quality of wheat straw ensiled with perennial ryegrass	8
Effects of silage to concentrate ratio and duration of feeding on the fatty acid composition of ovine muscle and adipose tissue	8
Genetic parameters for production traits in F1 reciprocal crossbred Chee Fah and Fah Luang chickens	8
Effects of the organic selenium sources with/without probiotics on broiler chicken growth, meat quality and meat selenium content	7
Nutrient intake, body weight changes, digestibility and nitrogen utilisation of West African dwarf goats fed Pleurotus tuber-regium treated cassava root sievate based diets	7
Investigation of methods for inclusion of systematic environmental effects in weaning and post-weaning weights for meat sheep in large-scale genetic evaluation	7
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) gene: molecular characterisation of complete coding sequence and expression profile in Tarim red deer (Cervus hanglu yarkandensis) antlers	7
Thermal response in Boer goats differing in coat colour	7
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	7
A conceptual framework for modelling the role of livestock systems in sustainable diets and a sustainable planet	7
Paullinia cupana peel meal on the growth performance, meat quality, and haematological and serum biochemical parameters of slow-growing broilers	7
Efficacy of a capsicum extract on growth, blood parameters and intestinal bacterial population of broilers	7
Grazing beef cows identified as efficient using a nutrition model partition more energy to lactation	7
Dual-purpose cropping: the opportunity for a step change in production in the temperate region of Australia	7
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Optimal sheep stocking rates for broad-acre farm businesses in Western Australia: a review	7
Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia: people and circumstances shaping this symposium’s successful first 50 years	6
Maternal influence on the skewing of offspring sex ratio: a review	6
Dietary supplementation with tryptophan increases the plasma concentrations of tryptophan, kynurenine, and melatonin in Yili mares	6
Effects of melatonin implants on reproductive performance in sheep: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
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	6
On the value of adding commercial data into the reference population of the Angus SteerSELECT genomic tool	6
Deep learning method for rapidly estimating pig body size	6
Preliminary material	6
Genetic parameters and trends for lamb survival following long-term divergent selection for number of lambs weaned in the Elsenburg Merino flock	6
Early end of embryonic diapause and overall reproductive activity in roe deer populations from Bavaria	6
Regional differences in beef cattle trade and movements associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia	6
Review of the potential impacts of freight rail corridors on livestock welfare and production	6
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	6
Evaluation of egg production and egg quality of Sasso and Kuroiler chickens fed three diets at varying levels of supplementation under a semi-intensive system of production in Tanzania	6
Shifting agriculture and a depleting aquifer: implications of row-crop farming on mule deer population performance	6
Mechanical analysis of bovid horns and cervid antlers: a possible ultimate cause for antler casting	6
An investigation of pathways for rebuilding Australia’s sheep flock	6
Application of circular economy principles to pastoral farming: development of an assessment framework	5
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Perspectives on progression of transboundary disease, one health and ecosystem health management in the Greater Mekong Subregion and beyond	5
Post-weaning performance of Nellore calves subject to different weaning methods	5
Fermented bed flooring systems enhance profitability in smallholder native pig production	5
Partial replacement of maize with cassava root–moringa leaf and vegetable oil concentrates in broiler finisher diets	5
Frequencies of β-casein variants and their influence on genetic merit for production traits in Holstein cows	5
Cassava wastewater can be safely used in the diet of feedlot lambs	5

Water intake and wastage during the growing–finishing period of immunocastrated and surgically castrated pigs	5
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	5
Selection criteria for frame score and its association with growth-, reproductive-, feed efficiency- and carcass-related traits in Nellore cattle	5
Effect of animal and diet parameters on methane emissions for pasture-fed cattle	5
Additivity and associative effects of metabolisable energy and ileal amino acid digestibility in broiler diets combining sorghum with different protein sources	5
Effects of a blend of acidifiers added continuously to the drinking water of nursery piglets	5
Dietary supplementation with biosynthesised nano-selenium affects growth, carcass characteristics, meat quality and blood parameters of broiler chickens	5
The genetic and phenotypic associations between lamb survival outcomes and other traits recorded at lambing	5
Access to shade during the dry period improves the performance of multiparous Holstein cows	5
Effects of heat stress on	5
Discovery of single nucleotide polymorphisms in bone morphogenetic protein (	5
Effects of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on the vitrification of bovine metaphase II oocytes	5
A review of some aspects of goat meat quality: future research recommendations	5
Integrated crop–livestock systems and beef cattle: risk and economics assessments	5
Implications of elevated threonine plasma concentrations in the development of reduced-crude protein diets for broiler chickens	5
Effect of heat stress on the reproductive performance of sows: comparison of different thermal-comfort indices in a temperate climate	5
Indicators of functional integrity in production animals	5
Impact of hot weather on animal performance and genetic strategies to minimise the effect	5
Effect of zinc supplementation on the quality of cooled, stored equine sperm	5
Effects of different rearing systems on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality and serum biochemical parameters in Gaoyou ducks	5
Comparing three filter-bag types for accuracy and precision of in sacco undigestible neutral detergent fibre determination of various dicotyledon forages	5
The Sustainability Index: a new tool to breed for reduced greenhouse-gas emissions intensity in Australian dairy cattle	5
A perspective on animal welfare of grazing ruminants and its relationship with sustainability	5
Effect of capsaicin supplementation on lactational and reproductive performance of Holstein cows during summer	5
The pattern of breeding and management within the New Zealand Thoroughbred breeding industry 2005–2015. 1. The stallion population	5
Shade effect on behaviour, physiology, performance, and carcass weight of heat-stressed feedlot steers in humid subtropical area	5
The application of virtual fencing technology effectively herds cattle and sheep	4
Plasma progesterone profiles in ewes using different injectable progesterone formulations	4
A narrative review of factors affecting the welfare of dairy cows in larger Australasian pasture-based production systems	4
Immediate prepartum supplementation accelerates progesterone decline, boosting passive immunity transfer in tropically adapted beef cattle	4
Vitamin K: history, metabolism, and nutrition in the horse	4
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Sustainability of beef production from brigalow lands after cultivation and mining. 1. Sown pasture growth and carrying capacity	4
Leichhardt, land clearing and livestock: the legacy of European agriculture in the Brigalow Belt bioregion of central Queensland, Australia	4
Utilization of oocytes from closely related domestic species for interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer in gaur embryo production	4
Lemongrass essential oil reduces Mombasa grass silage gas losses, fibre content and pH after aerobic exposure	4
Future application of an attention bias test to assess affective states in sheep	4
Response of broilers to dietary balanced protein. 2. Determining the optimum economic level of protein	4
Effect of cooling rates and equilibration times on post-thaw sperm quality of Kail rams	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
Early-life cold stress and broiler breeder age: effects on metabolism and performance in broiler chicks	4
Proximity sensors provide an accurate alternative for measuring maternal pedigree of lambs in Australian sheep flocks under commercial conditions	4
Using mid-infrared spectroscopy to identify more fertile cows for insemination to sexed semen	4
Water quality and management in the Australian pig industry	4
Non-infectious diseases and laying hen welfare	4
Impact of feeding volumes on performance and bone characteristics of Embrapa 051 laying hens housed in a cage-free system	4
Nutrition, feeding and laying hen welfare	4
Advances in prebiotics for poultry: role of the caeca and oligosaccharides	4
A review of extended lactation in dairy cows managed in high-input and pasture-based farming systems	4
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	4
Longissimus from Berkshire pigs in a small-scale supply chain have increased oxidative metabolism, tenderness and water-holding capacity, compared with Large White × Landrace pigs in a modern commerci	4
Increasing the proportion of Leucaena leucocephala in hay-fed beef steers reduces methane yield	4
Australian cattle herd: a new perspective on structure, performance and production	4
Effects of dietary valine-to-lysine ratio on placenta growth, the placental nutrient transporters, and reproductive performance in sows	4
Energy sources in diets for lambs in confinement	4
An industry survey on litter management and re-use practices of Australian meat chicken growers	4
The challenge to reduce crude protein contents of wheat-based broiler diets	4
Organic side streams (bioproducts) as substrate for black soldier fly (	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	3
Preliminary material	3
Genetic relationships among yearling fertility, body composition and weight traits in tropically adapted composite cattle	3
Comparative metabolomics analysis shows key metabolites as potential biomarkers for selection of beef fat colour	3
Technical and economic analysis, and benchmarking associated with dairy farms in Minas Geraiz, Brazil	3
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Relationship of pig carcass grade with the amount of pork belly estimated with AutoFom III	3
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Production and performance of commercial beef breeding females in northern Australia. 4. Factors influencing the occurrence of lactating cows becoming pregnant withi	3
An investigation into potential genetic predictors of birth weight in tropically adapted beef cattle in northern Australia	3
Preliminary material	3
Research, development and adoption for the north Australian beef cattle breeding industry: an analysis of needs and gaps	3
Genetic evaluation in Merinos: the past and future opportunities	3
Effects of melatonin in the maturation medium on developmental competence of bovine oocytes exposed to heat shock and on embryo quality	3
Predicting the extent to which excess lipid is deposited in the physical components of a broiler when dietary protein content is reduced	3
Can condensed tannins improve fermentation patterns and the nutritive value of sorghum silage?	3
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry. 1. Chicken meat production	3
Productive and reproductive consequences of crossbreeding Dohne Merino with Corriedale in Uruguayan sheep production systems	3
Effects of supplementation with different concentrations of L-citrulline on the plasma amino acid concentration, reproductive hormone concentrations, antioxidant capacity, and reproductive performance	3
Foreword: Sustainable Animal Agriculture for Developing Countries 2019	3
Conception rate according to antral follicle count and oestrus expression in Nelore cows submitted to timed artificial insemination	3
Multienzyme complex in rations containing whole rice bran for newly weaned piglets	3
Frequency of narasin intake affects ruminal metabolism and growth of lambs	3

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Black soldier fly larvae (Hermetica illucens) as a sustainable source of nutritive and bioactive compounds, and their consumption challenges	3
Dentition can predict maturity in young Merino sheep	3
Increasing levels of microalga supplementation in diet on	3
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Influence of antral follicle count on in vitro embryo production, sexual precocity and conception rate of Senepol cattle	3
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Effect of three weaning methods on behavioural, cortisol and weight changes in buffalo calves	3
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Reflections on genetic improvement	3
An assessment of global ruminant methane-emission measurements shows bias relative to contributions of farmed species, populations and among continents	3
Comparison of two software programs for fitting one- and two-compartment age-dependent non-linear digestion models for ruminants: empirical data	3
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Effect of probiotic supplementation on performance, morphology and gene expression associated with immune responses in early age of broiler chickens exposed to stress induced by corticosterone injecti	3
Reproductive performance of northern Australian beef herds. 3. Descriptive analysis of major factors affecting reproductive performance	3
Effects of ambient temperature and humidity on body temperature and activity of heifers, and a novel idea of heat stress monitoring	3
Lamb survival and weight at marking may be reduced in ewes lambing on forage oats after grazing lucerne during late pregnancy	3
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A brief history of the International Deer Biology Congress	3
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Effects of extreme summer heat events on nutritive characteristics of dairy pastures in northern Victoria, Australia	3
Geographic distribution of a missense mutation in the KRT38 gene in Chinese indigenous cattle breeds	3
Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia 2023	2
Efficacy of a phytonutrient supplement at different dietary protein contents on growth performance, gut morphology, digestive enzymes activities and stress indicators of broilers subjected to circular	2
Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 5. Factors influencing risk of non-pregnancy	2
Replacement of choline chloride with a plant source of choline in broiler chicken diets	2
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Breed-adjusted genomic relationship matrices as a method to account for population stratification in multibreed populations of tropically adapted beef heifers	2
Characterisation of productive performance, body reserve dynamics and energy metabolic parameters of Holstein Friesian and Normande dairy cows managed in a low-input pastoral dairy system	2
Sheep producers report docking tails shorter than recommended, knowledge–practice gap, and inconsistent length descriptions: an Australian survey	2
Utilising dual-purpose crops to produce prime lambs: comparison of White Dorper and Merino sheep on crops and pasture	2
Genomic analysis of purebred and crossbred Angus cattle demonstrates opportunity for multi-breed evaluation	2
Layer hen welfare	2
Optimisation of branched-chain amino acid requirements for 15–21-day-old broiler chickens by using the Taguchi method	2
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Physicochemical, volatile compounds, oxidative and sensory profiles of the Longissimus muscle of six South African sheep breeds	2
Nutrients digestibility, microbial protein synthesis and rumen and blood parameters in sheep feeding grape pomace treated with Neurospora sitophila	2
Analysis of bacterial community in rumen fluid of cattle supplemented with different protein and energy sources	2
Effect of increasing dietary proportion of plantain on milk production and nitrogen use of grazing dairy cows in late lactation	2
Improving growth rates of Ongole crossbred bulls by formulation and level of supplement of by-products	2
Balancing future food security and greenhouse-gas emissions from animal-sourced protein foods in Southeast Asia	2
Risk management in pig farming: a reality or conjecture? A systematic review	2
Average daily gain in lambs grazing mixed annual forage species compared with single species and relationship to feed on offer	2
Selection for lower residual feed intake in mice is accompanied by increased body fatness and lower activity but not lower metabolic rate	2
Increased light scattering in electrically stimulated beef longissimus muscle fibres contributes to the observed meat colour at grading	2
Supplementation of reduced protein diets with	2
Effects of faecal microbiota transplantation on the growth performance, intestinal microbiota, jejunum morphology and immune function of laying-type chicks	2
Condition for reuse and sharing	2
Evaluation of dominance in tropically adapted composite beef cattle	2
Improving accuracy and stability of genetic predictions for dairy cow survival	2
Application of machine-learning algorithms to predict calving difficulty in Holstein dairy cattle	2
Biological additives improved qualities,	2
Diversity and population structure of indigenous chicken in Congo, using MHC-linked microsatellite LEI0258	2
Effect of dietary protein level on egg production and egg-quality characteristics of Japanese quail (	2
Influence of calf vigour and suckling assistance from birth to weaning in Guzerá beef cattle	2
Embryo development and survival in peripubertal ewe lambs	2
Genetic parameters of breech strike, neck wrinkles, dags and breech cover over the lifetime of crutched Merino ewes in a Mediterranean environment	2
Delineating the extra-nutritional properties of nutrients: characterisation with amino acids	2
Milk yield and feeding behaviour responses to two flat-rate levels of concentrate supplementation fed over a period of 8 months to cohorts of grazing dairy cows, differing in genotype, bodyweight, or	2
Meat production traits of Angora goats. 2. Meat quality characteristics and fatty acid composition of meat from intact and castrated kids	2
Within-breed selection is sufficient to improve terminal crossbred beef marbling: a review of reciprocal recurrent genomic selection	2
Excessive rumen-protected choline in the daily diet compromises sperm quality of male dairy goats as a result of aberrant DNA methylation modification	2
The economic optimum mob size at lambing for triplet-bearing Maternal and Merino ewes across southern Australia	2
Effect of different levels of physically effective neutral detergent fibre from forage in whole corn grain-based diets for feedlot lambs	2
A survey of stockperson attitudes and youngstock management practices on Australian dairy farms	2
Effects of supplementation with 1,25(OH)2D3-glycoside of herbal origin in the diet of nursery piglets	2
The reproductive performance of phosphorus-deficient mature cows improved rapidly when given supplementary phosphorus in the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory	2
Disease as a constraint on goat production in Lao PDR and trade to neighbouring countries: a review	2
Effects of dietary supplementation with Artemisia argyi alcohol extract on growth performance, blood biochemical properties and small intestinal immune markers of broilers challenged with lipopolysacc	2
Can measurements of foraging behaviour predict variation in weight gains of free-ranging cattle?	2
Preparation process optimisation, structural characterisation and stability analysis of sika deer blood–selenium chelate	2
Sustainability of beef production from brigalow lands after cultivation and mining. 2. Acland Grazing Trial pasture and cattle performance	2
Shelter and shade for grazing sheep: implications for animal welfare and production and for landscape health	2
Protective effects of pre-treatment with exogenous porcine glucagon-like peptide-2 and its microspheres of piglets with lipopolysaccharide-induced intestinal inflammation	2
The Modular Breeding Program Simulator (MoBPS) allows efficient simulation of complex breeding programs	2
Detection of heat-shock protein 70 in cow’s milk using ELISA	2
Productive responses of European crossbred and zebu cattle fed whole shelled corn diets, with or without sugarcane bagasse	2
Growth rate of male Bali cattle (Bos javanicus) fed leucaena and rice straw diets with increasing levels of cassava	2
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	2
Meat acceptability of crossbred bulls fed a high-grain feedlot diet with antimicrobials and a blend of organic trace minerals and yeast	2
Milk composition and health status of quarters adjacent to an on-farm protocol-treated clinical-mastitis gland	2
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	2
Microbiome engineering to combat antimicrobial resistance and upsurge productivity of food animals: a systematic review	2
Gypsum improves broiler litter quality and reduces footpad lesions	2
Comparison of virtually fencing and electrically fencing sheep for pasture management	2
Development of Angus SteerSELECT: a genomic-based tool to identify performance differences of Australian Angus steers during feedlot finishing: Phase 1 validation	2
Recent advances in the use of phytochemicals to manage gastrointestinal oxidative stress in poultry and pigs	2
Possible relationships between the physical conditions of cattle and the occurrence of structural modifications of their coat hair	2
Multi-residue analysis of eight veterinary drugs in buffalo milk using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry†	2
Fleece rot in sheep: a review of pathogenesis, aetiology, resistance and vaccines	2
A method for implementing methane breeding values in Australian dairy cattle	2
Selection criteria for feed efficiency-related traits and their association with growth, reproductive and carcass traits in Nelore cattle	2
Sulfur amino acid requirements for pullets in growth and pre-laying trials	2
The effects of feeding nitrate on the development of methaemoglobinaemia in sedentary	2