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Animal performance

Testing weight-based conditional discrimination in Goffin’s cockatoos, Cacatua goffiniana

Poppy J. Lambert, Antonia Rippel-Rachle, Alice M. I. Auersperg

published 19 Dec 2025

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Emerging insect-based aquafeed for sustainable African catfish production

Anderson N. Maina, Isaac M. Osuga, Leonard K. Munga, Jonathan M. Munguti, Subramanian Sevgan, Didier K. Barwani, Menaga Meenakshisundaram, Jimmy B. Mboya, Stavroula Bourou, Aikaterini Zachariadi, Vassilios Zachariadis, Rodrigue Yossa, Dennis Beesigamukama, Brian O. Ochieng, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Shaphan Y. Chia, David M. Liti, Chrysantus M. Tanga

published 26 Nov 2025

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Evaluation of imputation strategies for multi-centre studies: Application to a large clinical pathology dataset

Lucy Grigoroff, Reika Masuda, John Lindon, Janonna Kadyrov, Jeremy K. Nicholson, Elaine Holmes, Julien Wist

published 20 Nov 2025

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Comparing the impact of systemic pituitary adenylate-cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on motion-induced nausea and balance behaviors in mice

Shafaqat M. Rahman, Abigail Dweh, Anne E. Luebke

published 18 Nov 2025

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Effects of a pelletized mash containing fresh Asparagopsis taxiformis ‘brominata’ and oil on the performance of Holstein dairy cows

Isabela Fonseca Carrari, Valerie Annabelle Achziger, Nathalia Veloso Tropia, Dhones Rodriguez de Andrade, Marcos Inacio Marcondes

published 13 Nov 2025

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missForestPredict—Missing data imputation for prediction settings

Elena Albu, Shan Gao, Laure Wynants, Ben Van Calster

published 07 Nov 2025

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The group-housed pigs attacking and daily behaviors detection and tracking based on improved YOLOv5s and DeepSORT

Tianyu Cheng, Fujie Sun, Liang Mao, Haoxuan Ou, Shuqin Tu, Fang Yuan, Hairan Yang

published 31 Oct 2025

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Performance and carcass characteristics of Nellore cattle fed a high-concentrate diet with a phytogenic additive blend

Jéssica Geralda Ferracini, Rodrigo José de Oliveira, Mariana Bassanezi Gasparim, Daniel Polli, Luanda Torquato Feba, Gercino Ferreira Virginio Júnior, Ivanor Nunes do Prado, Danilo Domingues Millen

published 16 Oct 2025

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Effects of rumen-protected or unprotected Clostridium butyricum on growth performance, rumen fermentation, immunity and antioxidation in fattening goats

Caixia Zhang, Jiyu Han, Hairong Wang

published 10 Oct 2025

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Effects of chitosan oligosaccharide on the growth performance, antioxidant capacity, immune function, intestinal digestive capacity and morphological structure in growing female minks

Hongfei Liu, Wenli Li, Gaoqiang Fan, Qiaoyi Chen, Shulei Zhang, Beibei Zhang

published 19 Sep 2025

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Shade provision and its influence on water intake and drinking behaviour of Nellore cattle in feedlot in a tropical environment

M. Jordana Rivero, Julio C. Pascale Palhares, Taisla Inara Novelli, Luciane Silva Martello, Simón Pérez-Márquez, Andrew S. Cooke

published 12 Sep 2025

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The effects of concentrate to roughage ratio in the diet on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of housed yaks

Fajie Gou, Yincang Han, Yonggang Sun, Weiqing Ding, Shenwei Jin, Yaqian Liu, Jianyu Chen

published 11 Sep 2025

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Formulation of silages from spent mushroom substrates of Pleurotus ostreatus and Lentinula edodes: Organoleptic properties, phenolic content, in vitro digestibility, gas production and ruminal kinetics

Angélica Valeria Lorenzana-Moreno, Diana Victoria Valdés-Meléndez, Hermilo Leal Lara, José Moisés Talamantes-Gómez, Augusto César Lizarazo-Chaparro, Claudia C. Márquez-Mota

published 05 Sep 2025

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