Animal Production Science

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A conceptual framework for modelling the role of livestock systems in sustainable diets and a sustainable planet	44
Milk yield and pasture nutrient availability associated with milking order in commercial dairy herds	30
Additivity and associative effects of metabolisable energy and ileal amino acid digestibility in broiler diets combining sorghum with different protein sources	29
Early end of embryonic diapause and overall reproductive activity in roe deer populations from Bavaria	29
Post-weaning performance of Nellore calves subject to different weaning methods	27
Effects of the organic selenium sources with/without probiotics on broiler chicken growth, meat quality and meat selenium content	21
An investigation of pathways for rebuilding Australia’s sheep flock	18
Sheep performance and forage quality in grass-legume pastures with different canopy heights	16
Regional differences in beef cattle trade and movements associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia	16
Immediate prepartum supplementation accelerates progesterone decline, boosting passive immunity transfer in tropically adapted beef cattle	15
The effect of ammoniated maize stover inclusion in diets on growth performance, physiological characteristics and meat quality in lambs	15
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	14
How different strategies affect intramuscular fat deposition and marbling in meat: a meta-analysis on beef cattle	14
Commercial equine production in New Zealand 4: welfare implications of the New Zealand production systems	14
A review of some aspects of goat meat quality: future research recommendations	13
Optimal sheep stocking rates for broad-acre farm businesses in Western Australia: a review	13
Cassava wastewater can be safely used in the diet of feedlot lambs	12
Advances in prebiotics for poultry: role of the caeca and oligosaccharides	12
Preparation process optimisation, structural characterisation and stability analysis of sika deer blood–selenium chelate	11
Effects of microRNA-21-5p treatment of porcine sperm before and after capacitation on in vitro oocyte fertilization and embryo development	11
Effects of different rearing systems on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality and serum biochemical parameters in Gaoyou ducks	11
Investigating the trend of blood progesterone concentration following an injection of slow-release progesterone in ewes out of the breeding season	11
Future pastures: exploring options for improving perennial ryegrass water-use efficiency and drought tolerance	10
Sheep producers report docking tails shorter than recommended, knowledge–practice gap, and inconsistent length descriptions: an Australian survey	10
Milk composition and health status of quarters adjacent to an on-farm protocol-treated clinical-mastitis gland	9

Access to Emission Control Blocks for improved productivity and mitigation of enteric methane in smallholder cattle in Cambodia	9
Physicochemical, volatile compounds, oxidative and sensory profiles of the Longissimus muscle of six South African sheep breeds	9
Detection of heat-shock protein 70 in cow’s milk using ELISA	9
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Technical and economic analysis, and benchmarking associated with dairy farms in Minas Geraiz, Brazil	9
The economic optimum mob size at lambing for triplet-bearing Maternal and Merino ewes across southern Australia	9
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Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 5. Factors influencing risk of non-pregnancy	9
Exploring the impact of replacement rates on carbon footprint in south-east Australian dairy herds	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
Production of Rhode Island Red × Naked Neck hybrid hens under conditions of the family poultry production systems in a warm environment	8
The relationship between milk oestradiol concentrations and oestrus activity in lactating Holstein–Friesian cows	8
Haemato-biochemical responses, worm burdens and Haemonchus contortus ultrastructural changes in lambs fed diets containing graded inclusion levels of sericea lespedeza	8
Risk management in pig farming: a reality or conjecture? A systematic review	8
Evaluating the performance and profitability of varied combinations of brewery by-products for fattening pigs	8
Folate metabolism and application of folic acid in ruminant production	8
Balancing future food security and greenhouse-gas emissions from animal-sourced protein foods in Southeast Asia	8
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	8
Metagenomic comparison of the microbial load colonizing lucerne hay and gum astralagus (Astragalus glycyphyllos) in ruminants	8
Optimisation of branched-chain amino acid requirements for 15–21-day-old broiler chickens by using the Taguchi method	7
Effects of time away from pasture on milk production and dry matter intake in dairy cattle	7
SNP associations and genetic-parameter estimation for nose and hoof pigmentation in Corriedale sheep	7
Breed and diet influence the ruminal bacterial community of sheep	7
Phenotypic causal networks between boar taint compounds measured in biopsies and carcasses	7
Diversity and population structure of indigenous chicken in Congo, using MHC-linked microsatellite LEI0258	7
Xylanase and phytase supplementation of Moringa oleifera diets: effects on the performance, egg quality and blood profile of laying hens	7
Reaction-norm analysis of neonatal lamb mortality suggests heritability varies with cold-stress: an example in the Elsenburg Merino selection lines	7
Meat acceptability of crossbred bulls fed a high-grain feedlot diet with antimicrobials and a blend of organic trace minerals and yeast	7
Variability in practices for drinking water vaccination of meat chickens against infectious laryngotracheitis	7
Determinants of women small ruminant farmers’ perceptions of climate change impact in Northern Benin	7
Carcass traits and meat lipid profile of cull cows fed palm kernel cake	6
A semi-extensive management system reduces plasma testosterone concentrations, sexual behaviour and sperm production in male goats from subtropical latitudes	6
Effects of germination on the energy value of cereal grains for livestock	6
Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 6. Risk factors associated with reproductive losses between confirmed pregnancy and weaning	6
Genetic parameters for milk yield, casein percentage, subclinical mastitis incidence and sexual precocity using Bayesian linear and threshold models	6
Aquaculture nutrition in Australia: challenges and trends	6
Optimum inclusion rate of barley in diets of meat chickens: an incremental and practical program	6
Sustainable animal agriculture for developing countries – a brief history	6
Viability of bull epididymal spermatozoa recovered 24 hours post-mortem and diluted with Triladyl® and modified Ham’s F10	6
Selection for growth rate at pasture in Angus cattle results in heavier cattle that eat more in the feedlot	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
Factors affecting length of productive life of Brazilian Holstein cows assessed using survival analysis	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
Effects of water-quality management mitigations on greenhouse-gas emissions from deer farms	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
Sensor-based detection of parturition in beef cattle grazing in an extensive landscape: a case study using a commercial GNSS collar	6
Anti-inflammatory effects of hard antler button extract on inflammation in vitro and prostatitis in vivo in mice	6
Physical treatment and protease or probiotic supplementation and feather meal digestibility by broilers	6
Animal husbandry and animal production activities in village institutes, an important educational institution for social and economic development in Türkiye	6

Forty-five years of studying deer: a personal reflection of the past, present and future of deer research	6
Genetic parameters, genetic trends and selection response for gestation length and traits used as selection criteria in Angus breed in Brazil	6
Strengthening the role of innovation brokers in the livestock advisory services system of Pakistan	5
Managing predators on livestock producing properties in South Africa and Western Australia – producer perspectives	5
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Evaluation of n-alkanes, long-chain alcohols, and carbon stable isotope enrichments of n-alkanes as diet composition markers in free-grazing animals	5
Strategies to minimise the impact of climate change and weather variability on the welfare of dairy cattle in New Zealand and Australia	5
Frequencies of β-casein variants and their influence on genetic merit for production traits in Holstein cows	5
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Partial replacement of maize with cassava root–moringa leaf and vegetable oil concentrates in broiler finisher diets	5
Dietary supplementation with tryptophan increases the plasma concentrations of tryptophan, kynurenine, and melatonin in Yili mares	5
Role of plant bioactive compounds in improving ruminant resilience to heat stress challenge	5
Livestock guardian dog protection of free-range poultry from the red fox	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
Economic analysis of benefits from grazing unharvested standing lupin crops in a mixed farm enterprise in south-west Western Australia	5
Cattle welfare aspects of production systems in the tropics	5
Lemongrass essential oil reduces Mombasa grass silage gas losses, fibre content and pH after aerobic exposure	5
Dietary leucine deficiency alters performance, body composition, intestine microbiota, and immune response of female Cobb broilers	5
Mechanical analysis of bovid horns and cervid antlers: a possible ultimate cause for antler casting	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
Revisiting tropical pasture intake: what has changed in 50 years?	5
A review of extended lactation in dairy cows managed in high-input and pasture-based farming systems	5
Optimisation of antioxidant, antimicrobial and metal-chelating properties of bioactive peptides from blood wastes by enzymatic hydrolysis	5
Corrigendum to: Feeding behaviour of beef cattle in intensive finishing on pasture and supplemented with different additives	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
Thermal response in Boer goats differing in coat colour	5
Nutritional strategies to support performance of commercial Pekin ducks exposed to a high-temperature thermal challenge over 29–41 days of age	5
Nutrient intake, body weight changes, digestibility and nitrogen utilisation of West African dwarf goats fed Pleurotus tuber-regium treated cassava root sievate based diets	5
Gestation length is highly heritable and could indirectly reduce birthweight without impacting the weaning weight of Australian tropically adapted Bos indicus beef cattle	5
Indicators of functional integrity in production animals	5
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	5
Effects of residual feed intake on the growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, and serum biochemical parameters of Cherry Valley ducks	5
Productive, hematological and physiological responses of Barbarine ewe lambs subjected to nutritional challenge under hot conditions	4
Fermented bed flooring systems enhance profitability in smallholder native pig production	4
Corrigendum to : Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry. 1. Chicken meat production	4
Increasing the proportion of Leucaena leucocephala in hay-fed beef steers reduces methane yield	4
Effect of animal and diet parameters on methane emissions for pasture-fed cattle	4
The Sustainability Index: a new tool to breed for reduced greenhouse-gas emissions intensity in Australian dairy cattle	4
Utilization of oocytes from closely related domestic species for interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer in gaur embryo production	4
Applying virtual fencing technology for grazing and crop management: Three case studies with cattle in Southern Australian mixed farming systems	4
Condition for reuse and sharing	4
Frequency of narasin intake affects ruminal metabolism and growth of lambs	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
Replacing barley with oats in the supplement to grass silage-fed beef cattle: intake, feed efficiency, carcass traits, and beef colour, fatty acid composition and sensory characteristics	4
Additives used as stimulative and cryoprotective agents in bovine semen cryopreservation: a systematic review	4
Effects of melatonin implants on reproductive performance in sheep: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
The genetic and phenotypic associations between lamb survival outcomes and other traits recorded at lambing	4
Metabolic costs related to protein turnover, fat turnover, and rate of gain determine the energetically optimal size of growing sheep	4
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Nutritional characteristics estimated by faecal protein in cattle fed with heterogeneous natural grassland	4
Multi-residue analysis of eight veterinary drugs in buffalo milk using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry†	4
Meat production traits of Angora goats. 2. Meat quality characteristics and fatty acid composition of meat from intact and castrated kids	4
Preliminary material	4
Calcium and magnesium supplementation of ewes grazing pasture did not improve lamb survival	4
Climate-smart approaches for enhancing livestock productivity, human nutrition, and livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries	4
Early-life cold stress and broiler breeder age: effects on metabolism and performance in broiler chicks	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
A perspective on animal welfare of grazing ruminants and its relationship with sustainability	4
Organic side streams (bioproducts) as substrate for black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) intended as animal feed: chemical safety issues	4
Effects of transport stress on gene expression and biomarkers in broilers with and without an anti-stress supplement	4
Benchmarking smallholder goat enterprises and practices in central Lao PDR and farmer response to a research and development program	4
Integrating climate-change adaptation and greenhouse-gas mitigation in the livestock industry: a review	4
A history of deer management and abundance estimation in Japan: past lessons and future challenges	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
The influence of genetic and environmental factors on performance of Brahman heifers grazing pastures in northern Australia	4
Importance of circadian rhythms in dairy nutrition	3
Associations of digestibility with phenotypic and genetic variation in methane production in Angus cattle	3
Growth rate of male Bali cattle (Bos javanicus) fed leucaena and rice straw diets with increasing levels of cassava	3
Selection for yearling growth rate in Angus cattle results in bigger cows that eat more	3
Effects of maternal dietary selenium sources on growth performance, meat quality, antioxidant status and the immune response of broiler progeny	3
Replacing bacitracin zinc antibiotic with symbiotic additive in pullet diet	3
Interactions of diet and circadian rhythm to achieve precision nutrition of poultry	3
Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon mitigation methods in probiotic-fed broiler production	3
The role of black soldier fly larval protein and fat in companion-animal nutrition: challenges and opportunities from an industry perspective	3
A novel 22-bp InDel in the intron 1 of the IGF1 gene is associated with slaughtering performance of Chinese Jiaji duck	3
Effects of feeding fodder beet or kale in winter to dams and their heifer offspring on the heifer growth and production	3
The role of goat production in smallholder systems in Lao PDR: implications for improving productivity and scaling up production	3
Pre-slaughter handling and selected genotypic traits modulate proteolytic enzymes and pork tenderness during 24 h post-mortem	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

Platforms to accelerate biomanufacturing of enzyme and probiotic animal feed supplements: discovery considerations and manufacturing implications	3
Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry. 1. Chicken meat production	3
Effects of micronised bamboo powder on growth performance, intestinal development, caecal chyme microflora and metabolic pathway of broilers aged 24–45 days	3
Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 7. Risk factors affecting mortality rates of pregnant cows	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
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
A simplified approach for producing Tier 2 enteric-methane emission factors based on East African smallholder farm data	3
Energy intake and nutritional balance of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in special Bavarian landscapes in southern Germany	3
Abstracts from the Proceedings of the 34th Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences	3
How much soil do cattle ingest? A review	3
Liveweight gain and metabolisable energy requirements of young entire male Australian Rangeland goats in response to supplementation	3
Dietary microbial 6-phytase concentration effects broiler growth, short-chain fatty acid profile, and intestinal histomorphology	3
Genetic parameters for milk production and body-conformation traits in Dairy Gir cattle	3
Induction of hypocalcaemia and evaluation of reticuloruminal motility using a three-axis accelerometer	3
Trends in the environmental impacts of the Australian pork industry	3
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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
Improving accuracy and stability of genetic predictions for dairy cow survival	3
Insights into the pathogenesis of catastrophic spontaneous humeral fractures in first-lactation dairy cows	3
Meta-analysis of prevalence and associated risk factors for lameness in dairy cattle across tropical Asian nations	3
Cow age, resilience and productivity of cow–calf systems	3
Human resource management practices on Irish dairy farms: an exploratory study	3
Competence to thrive: resilience as an indicator of positive health and positive welfare in animals	3
Breeding objectives and economic value of important traits of Abergelle goats kept under a smallholder production system in Tigray, Ethiopia	3
Dietary energy level and β2-adrenergic agonist supplementation on growth performance, dietary energy, carcass traits, and visceral mass of hairy lambs	3
Growth and reproductive performance of broiler breeders reared to puberty under the open-sided housing in a tropical environment	2
Enhancing gut health and performance of grower-finisher pigs: assessing the efficacy of the mixture of microencapsulated essential oils and saponins	2
A model of flystrike pesticide resistance management on sheep: use of pesticide rotations	2
Early lactation performance of primiparous dairy heifers reared with differing levels of early-life complexity	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
Reducing one third the dose of porcine follicle-stimulating hormone did not affect the in vivo embryo production in Santa Inês ewes	2
Average daily gain in lambs grazing mixed annual forage species compared with single species and relationship to feed on offer	2
Possible relationships between the physical conditions of cattle and the occurrence of structural modifications of their coat hair	2
On the value of adding commercial data into the reference population of the Angus SteerSELECT genomic tool	2
Foreword	2
Effects of by-product feed inclusion in a grass hay-based diet on nutrient disappearance, total gas and methane production, rumen fermentation and protozoal populations in an artificial rumen (RUSITEC	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
Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia 2023	2
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Probiotics effects on the growth performance and meat quality of broiler chickens	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
Perspectives on methods for expressing energy values of poultry feed and energy requirements. 1. History and critique of the metabolizable energy paradigm	2
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	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
Twenty years of the Australasian Dairy Science Symposium: a review	2
Role of seminal plasma extracellular vesicles and their miRNAs in black boar sperm cryopreservation	2
Influence of temperature–humidity index and seasonal variations on semen quality, scrotal circumference, and hormones in Kail rams raised under subtropical climate	2
Speed of extirpation of the huemul in the history of human occupation in Patagonia	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
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
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
Pregnancy scanning of sheep in southern Australia. 2. Accuracy of pregnancy scanning in field data	2
Disease as a constraint on goat production in Lao PDR and trade to neighbouring countries: a review	2
Multienzyme complex in rations containing whole rice bran for newly weaned piglets	2
Accuracy of genomic prediction of mean performance of Merino sheep for traits related to reproduction rate	2
Can measurements of foraging behaviour predict variation in weight gains of free-ranging cattle?	2
Effect of early gut microbiota intervention using pre-designed poultry microbiota substitute on broiler health and performance	2
A copy number variant near KITLG is associated with the roan pattern in alpacas	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
Effects of protected protein supplementation on feeding, faecal nitrogen and reproduction in dairy cows	2
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Incubation temperature affects growth and efficacy of white-rot fungi to improve the nutritive value of rice straw	2
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Replacement of choline chloride with a plant source of choline in broiler chicken diets	2
Duration and sex-dependent effect of betaine supplementation on growth performance and carcass backfat of finisher pigs	2
Maize and soybean meal supplementation improves utilization of low-quality forage in lambs drinking high-sulfate water	2
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	2
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Greenhouse-gas abatement on Australian dairy farms: what are the options?	2
Pregnancy scanning of sheep in southern Australia. 1. Scanning for litter size was profitable across all modelled regions, times of lambing and genotypes	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
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Effects of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on the vitrification of bovine metaphase II oocytes	2
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Biological additives improved qualities, in vitro gas production kinetics, digestibility, and rumen fermentation characteristics of different varieties of rice straw silage	2
Effects of AM/PM feeding on behaviour, range use and welfare indicators of free-range laying hens	2
Regional heat stress maps for grazing dairy cows in New Zealand under climate change	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
Vitamin K: history, metabolism, and nutrition in the horse	2
Sheep grazing Trigonella balansae had productivity, health and meat quality similar to sheep grazing subterranean clover or French serradella	2
Impact of feeding volumes on performance and bone characteristics of Embrapa 051 laying hens housed in a cage-free system	2
Shade effect on behaviour, physiology, performance, and carcass weight of heat-stressed feedlot steers in humid subtropical area†	2
Perspectives on progression of transboundary disease, one health and ecosystem health management in the Greater Mekong Subregion and beyond	2
Cold stress changes the composition and function of microbiota in the content and mucosa of the ileum and colon in piglets	2
Meta-analysis of garlic in small ruminant nutrition: dry matter intake, rumen fermentability, nutrient digestibility, and blood biochemical indices	2
Goat meat supply and demand in Vietnam: global context and opportunities and risks for smallholder producers	2
The role of animal welfare in improving the future of farming	2
Microbiome engineering to combat antimicrobial resistance and upsurge productivity of food animals: a systematic review	2
Motivations for Swiss veal farmers to adopt calf health management strategies that enable reduction in antibiotic use	2
Corrigendum to: Analysing the effects of feeding black soldier fly on broiler growth performance: a meta-analysis	2
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Parameters influencing the maturation of bovine oocyte: a review	2
SwiftWeigh: a rapid calf weighing system using top-down 2D point cloud data	2
Effect of maternal dietary 25OHD3 on the gonadal development of offspring mice	2
Foreword: Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia 2021	2