Animal Production Science

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Effects of the organic selenium sources with/without probiotics on broiler chicken growth, meat quality and meat selenium content	34
Immediate prepartum supplementation accelerates progesterone decline, boosting passive immunity transfer in tropically adapted beef cattle	25
Effects of different rearing systems on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality and serum biochemical parameters in Gaoyou ducks	22
The effect of ammoniated maize stover inclusion in diets on growth performance, physiological characteristics and meat quality in lambs	21
Cassava wastewater can be safely used in the diet of feedlot lambs	19
Commercial equine production in New Zealand 4: welfare implications of the New Zealand production systems	17
Sheep performance and forage quality in grass-legume pastures with different canopy heights	16
Post-weaning performance of Nellore calves subject to different weaning methods	16
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
A conceptual framework for modelling the role of livestock systems in sustainable diets and a sustainable planet	13
Optimal sheep stocking rates for broad-acre farm businesses in Western Australia: a review	13
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	12
Early end of embryonic diapause and overall reproductive activity in roe deer populations from Bavaria	12
Implications of elevated threonine plasma concentrations in the development of reduced-crude protein diets for broiler chickens	12
Milk yield and pasture nutrient availability associated with milking order in commercial dairy herds	12
Regional differences in beef cattle trade and movements associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia	12
A review of some aspects of goat meat quality: future research recommendations	11
Advances in prebiotics for poultry: role of the caeca and oligosaccharides	11
Additivity and associative effects of metabolisable energy and ileal amino acid digestibility in broiler diets combining sorghum with different protein sources	11
An investigation of pathways for rebuilding Australia’s sheep flock	10
Effects of ambient temperature and humidity on body temperature and activity of heifers, and a novel idea of heat stress monitoring	10
Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 5. Factors influencing risk of non-pregnancy	10
Analysis of bacterial community in rumen fluid of cattle supplemented with different protein and energy sources	10
Preparation process optimisation, structural characterisation and stability analysis of sika deer blood–selenium chelate	10
Response of broilers to dietary balanced protein. 2. Determining the optimum economic level of protein	10

Dentition can predict maturity in young Merino sheep	10
Physicochemical, volatile compounds, oxidative and sensory profiles of the Longissimus muscle of six South African sheep breeds	9
Geographic distribution of a missense mutation in the KRT38 gene in Chinese indigenous cattle breeds	9
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Milk composition and health status of quarters adjacent to an on-farm protocol-treated clinical-mastitis gland	9
Detection of heat-shock protein 70 in cow’s milk using ELISA	9
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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
Risk management in pig farming: a reality or conjecture? A systematic review	9
Technical and economic analysis, and benchmarking associated with dairy farms in Minas Geraiz, Brazil	9
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	8
The economic optimum mob size at lambing for triplet-bearing Maternal and Merino ewes across southern Australia	8
Sheep producers report docking tails shorter than recommended, knowledge–practice gap, and inconsistent length descriptions: an Australian survey	8
Genetic relationships among yearling fertility, body composition and weight traits in tropically adapted composite cattle	8
Balancing future food security and greenhouse-gas emissions from animal-sourced protein foods in Southeast Asia	8
Haemato-biochemical responses, worm burdens and Haemonchus contortus ultrastructural changes in lambs fed diets containing graded inclusion levels of sericea lespedeza	8
Folate metabolism and application of folic acid in ruminant production	7
Optimisation of branched-chain amino acid requirements for 15–21-day-old broiler chickens by using the Taguchi method	7
Evaluating the performance and profitability of varied combinations of brewery by-products for fattening pigs	7
Reaction-norm analysis of neonatal lamb mortality suggests heritability varies with cold-stress: an example in the Elsenburg Merino selection lines	7
Variability in practices for drinking water vaccination of meat chickens against infectious laryngotracheitis	7
The Modular Breeding Program Simulator (MoBPS) allows efficient simulation of complex breeding programs	7
Diversity and population structure of indigenous chicken in Congo, using MHC-linked microsatellite LEI0258	7
Meat acceptability of crossbred bulls fed a high-grain feedlot diet with antimicrobials and a blend of organic trace minerals and yeast	7
Exploring the impact of replacement rates on carbon footprint in south-east Australian dairy herds	7
Genetic parameters, genetic trends and selection response for gestation length and traits used as selection criteria in Angus breed in Brazil	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
The relationship between milk oestradiol concentrations and oestrus activity in lactating Holstein–Friesian cows	7
Incubation, hatchery practice and the welfare of layer hens	7
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Effects of water-quality management mitigations on greenhouse-gas emissions from deer farms	6
Aquaculture nutrition in Australia: challenges and trends	6
Development, implementation and evaluation of a hub and spoke multi-institutional national model to tertiary education in sheep and wool science	6
SNP associations and genetic-parameter estimation for nose and hoof pigmentation in Corriedale sheep	6
Physiological and behavioural responses of sheep grazing in a tropical silvopastoral system	6
Animal husbandry and animal production activities in village institutes, an important educational institution for social and economic development in Türkiye	6
A semi-extensive management system reduces plasma testosterone concentrations, sexual behaviour and sperm production in male goats from subtropical latitudes	6
Xylanase and phytase supplementation of Moringa oleifera diets: effects on the performance, egg quality and blood profile of laying hens	6
Determinants of women small ruminant farmers’ perceptions of climate change impact in Northern Benin	6
Effects of germination on the energy value of cereal grains for livestock	6
Lipid microspheres containing urea for slow release of non-protein N in ruminant diets	6
Dietary leucine deficiency alters performance, body composition, intestine microbiota, and immune response of female Cobb broilers	5
Strengthening the role of innovation brokers in the livestock advisory services system of Pakistan	5
Can a return to small ruminants increase profitability and drought resilience in the semiarid rangelands of northern Australia?	5
Lessons for animal nutrition and production science from the Australian Academy of Science Decadal Plan for the Science of Nutrition	5
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Cattle welfare aspects of production systems in the tropics	5
Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia: people and circumstances shaping this symposium’s successful first 50 years	5
Optimum inclusion rate of barley in diets of meat chickens: an incremental and practical program	5

Lemongrass essential oil reduces Mombasa grass silage gas losses, fibre content and pH after aerobic exposure	5
Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 6. Risk factors associated with reproductive losses between confirmed pregnancy and weaning	5
Strategies to minimise the impact of climate change and weather variability on the welfare of dairy cattle in New Zealand and Australia	5
The effects of Alnus viridis encroachment in mountain pastures on the growth performance, carcass and meat quality of Dexter cattle and Engadine sheep	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
Selection strategies for beef cow size and condition	5
Revisiting tropical pasture intake: what has changed in 50 years?	5
Growth, body composition and body wrinkle are favourably correlated with reproductive performance in 2-8-year-old Merino sheep	5
Management tools for genetic diversity in an isolated population of the honeybee (	5
Factors affecting length of productive life of Brazilian Holstein cows assessed using survival analysis	5
Effects of residual feed intake on the growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, and serum biochemical parameters of Cherry Valley ducks	5
Selection for growth rate at pasture in Angus cattle results in heavier cattle that eat more in the feedlot	5
Livestock guardian dog protection of free-range poultry from the red fox	5
Strain differences in effects of dietary supplementation with	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
Carcass traits and meat lipid profile of cull cows fed palm kernel cake	5
Role of plant bioactive compounds in improving ruminant resilience to heat stress challenge	5
Physical treatment and protease or probiotic supplementation and feather meal digestibility by broilers	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
Effect of a probiotic (	5
Replacing maize with low tannin sorghum grains: lamb growth performance, microbial protein synthesis and enteric methane production	5
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The effect of high monacolin K red yeast rice supplement on performance, egg quality, egg yolk cholesterol, plasma lipids and enzyme profile of laying hens	5
Corrigendum to: Feeding behaviour of beef cattle in intensive finishing on pasture and supplemented with different additives	5
Comparison of microbial diversity in rumen and small intestine of Xinong Saanen dairy goats using 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing	5
Sensor-based detection of parturition in beef cattle grazing in an extensive landscape: a case study using a commercial GNSS collar	5
The genetic and phenotypic associations between lamb survival outcomes and other traits recorded at lambing	5
Genetic parameters for milk yield, casein percentage, subclinical mastitis incidence and sexual precocity using Bayesian linear and threshold models	5
Optimisation of antioxidant, antimicrobial and metal-chelating properties of bioactive peptides from blood wastes by enzymatic hydrolysis	5
Nutritional strategies to support performance of commercial Pekin ducks exposed to a high-temperature thermal challenge over 29–41 days of age	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
Effects of methionine as free amino acid and dipeptide on productive efficiency and meat quality of broilers under acute and chronic heat stress	5
Preliminary material	4
Genetic parameters of breech strike, neck wrinkles, dags and breech cover over the lifetime of crutched Merino ewes in a Mediterranean environment	4
Utilization of oocytes from closely related domestic species for interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer in gaur embryo production	4
Thermal response in Boer goats differing in coat colour	4
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Layer hen welfare	4
Effect of animal and diet parameters on methane emissions for pasture-fed cattle	4
A review of extended lactation in dairy cows managed in high-input and pasture-based farming systems	4
Evaluation of	4
Benchmarking smallholder goat enterprises and practices in central Lao PDR and farmer response to a research and development program	4
Increasing the proportion of Leucaena leucocephala in hay-fed beef steers reduces methane yield	4
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry. 1. Chicken meat production	4
Multi-residue analysis of eight veterinary drugs in buffalo milk using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry†	4
Proximity sensors provide an accurate alternative for measuring maternal pedigree of lambs in Australian sheep flocks under commercial conditions	4
An industry survey on litter management and re-use practices of Australian meat chicken growers	4
Fermented bed flooring systems enhance profitability in smallholder native pig production	4
The Sustainability Index: a new tool to breed for reduced greenhouse-gas emissions intensity in Australian dairy cattle	4
Effects of melatonin implants on reproductive performance in sheep: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Nutritional characteristics estimated by faecal protein in cattle fed with heterogeneous natural grassland	4
Partial replacement of maize with cassava root–moringa leaf and vegetable oil concentrates in broiler finisher diets	4
Metabolic costs related to protein turnover, fat turnover, and rate of gain determine the energetically optimal size of growing sheep	4
Frequencies of β-casein variants and their influence on genetic merit for production traits in Holstein cows	4
A perspective on animal welfare of grazing ruminants and its relationship with sustainability	4
Calcium and magnesium supplementation of ewes grazing pasture did not improve lamb survival	4
Comparison of two software programs for fitting one- and two-compartment age-dependent non-linear digestion models for ruminants: empirical data	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
Frequency of narasin intake affects ruminal metabolism and growth of lambs	4
Dual-purpose cropping: the opportunity for a step change in production in the temperate region of Australia	4
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	4
Early-life cold stress and broiler breeder age: effects on metabolism and performance in broiler chicks	4
Indicators of functional integrity in production animals	4
Mechanical analysis of bovid horns and cervid antlers: a possible ultimate cause for antler casting	4
Dietary supplementation with tryptophan increases the plasma concentrations of tryptophan, kynurenine, and melatonin in Yili mares	4
Organic side streams (bioproducts) as substrate for black soldier fly (	4
The effects of feeding nitrate on the development of methaemoglobinaemia in sedentary	4
Condition for reuse and sharing	4
Trends in the environmental impacts of the Australian pork industry	3
Replacing bacitracin zinc antibiotic with symbiotic additive in pullet diet	3
Climate-smart approaches for enhancing livestock productivity, human nutrition, and livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries	3
Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry. 1. Chicken meat production	3
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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
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
Growth rate of male Bali cattle (Bos javanicus) fed leucaena and rice straw diets with increasing levels of cassava	3
The role of goat production in smallholder systems in Lao PDR: implications for improving productivity and scaling up production	3
Platforms to accelerate biomanufacturing of enzyme and probiotic animal feed supplements: discovery considerations and manufacturing implications	3
Dual-purpose crops: the potential to increase cattle liveweight gains in winter across southern Australia	3
A review of factors affecting the welfare of dairy calves in pasture-based production systems	3

Breeding objectives and economic value of important traits of Abergelle goats kept under a smallholder production system in Tigray, Ethiopia	3
Importance of circadian rhythms in dairy nutrition	3
Meat production traits of Angora goats. 2. Meat quality characteristics and fatty acid composition of meat from intact and castrated kids	3
Effects of maternal dietary selenium sources on growth performance, meat quality, antioxidant status and the immune response of broiler progeny	3
Selection for yearling growth rate in Angus cattle results in bigger cows that eat more	3
Shelter and shade for grazing sheep: implications for animal welfare and production and for landscape health	3
The influence of genetic and environmental factors on performance of Brahman heifers grazing pastures in northern Australia	3
Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 7. Risk factors affecting mortality rates of pregnant cows	3
Interactions of diet and circadian rhythm to achieve precision nutrition of poultry	3
Dietary microbial 6-phytase concentration effects broiler growth, short-chain fatty acid profile, and intestinal histomorphology	3
Competence to thrive: resilience as an indicator of positive health and positive welfare in animals	3
Success rate, genetic improvement and economic analysis of artificial insemination delivery models for smallholder pig production systems	3
How much soil do cattle ingest? A review	3
Genetic parameters for milk production and body-conformation traits in Dairy Gir cattle	3
Improving accuracy and stability of genetic predictions for dairy cow survival	3
Associations of digestibility with phenotypic and genetic variation in methane production in Angus cattle	3
Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon mitigation methods in probiotic-fed broiler 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
Semen quality, testosterone values, and testicular and accessory gland parameters in rams receiving sustained stimulation with low doses of buserelin	3
Birthweight of female Holstein dairy cows is associated with subsequent lactation performance	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 montmorillonite on the growth performance, immunity, intestinal morphology and caecal microflora of broilers	3
The role of black soldier fly larval protein and fat in companion-animal nutrition: challenges and opportunities from an industry perspective	3
Energy intake and nutritional balance of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in special Bavarian landscapes in southern Germany	3
Meta-analysis of prevalence and associated risk factors for lameness in dairy cattle across tropical Asian nations	3
Induction of hypocalcaemia and evaluation of reticuloruminal motility using a three-axis accelerometer	3