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Lameness and Hoof Disorders in Sheep and Goats from Small Ruminant Farms in Selangor, Malaysia

24/06/2025 - Hoof disorders in small ruminants pose significant challenges to animal welfare and farm productivity. This study presents the first attempt to determine the prevalence of lameness and hoof disorders...

Livestock Animal Hair as an Indicator of Environmental Heavy Metals Pollution in Central Albania

27/06/2025 - Trace elements, which may have harmful health effects, are present in the environment at varying concentrations. In Albania, data on exposure risks are limited. This study aimed to assess and compare...

Key Influencing Factors in the Variation in Livestock Carbon Emissions in the Grassland Region of Gannan Prefecture, China (2009&ndash;2024)

17/06/2025 - Research was conducted in Gannan Prefecture, China, to better understand the characteristics of carbon emissions and sequestration in areas dominated by animal husbandry. The emission factor method...

New Quipazine Derivatives Active Against Drug-Resistant Oncogenic Helicobacter pylori Strains with Biofilm

22/06/2025 - Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is regarded as a significant risk factor for gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric cancer. However, the increasing resistance of H. pylori strains has resulted...

45 The effects of N-carbamylglutamate and melatonin supplementation on testicular morphometrics of peripubertal Dorper lambs experiencing heat stress

17/06/2025 - Exposure to elevated environmental temperatures during the peripubertal period of male small ruminants fosters restricted growth of secondary sex characteristics, denoting poor reproductive...

121 Haemonchus contortus alters the colostrum metabolome and lipidome profile in Florida Cracker ewes

17/06/2025 - Haemonchus contortus is a blood-sucking gastrointestinal parasite that significantly impacts productivity and poses a major threat to sustainable sheep production in the southern United States....

126 RNA-Sequencing reveals adaptation to heat stress in Florida Cracker sheep

17/06/2025 - Florida Cracker sheep is a heritage sheep breed developed under natural selection in Florida, US. This breed is parasite resistant and can tolerate high environmental heat and humidity. The objective...

128 Evaluation of lifetime feed efficiency and feeding behavior in Katahdin sheep

17/06/2025 - Feed efficiency remains one of the most economically important traits in commercial livestock production systems, as feed contributes up to 80-85% of livestock production costs. Potential exists to...

133 Progeny performance testing as a genetic evaluation of dorper rams for commercially important traits

17/06/2025 - Dorper sheep, a wool-shedding breed that doesn’t require shearing and is historically adapted to harsh and dry environments, is growing in popularity in semi-arid regions of the United States,...

61 Animal performance in small ruminant grazing systems on semi-arid savanna rangelands

17/06/2025 - Global records show rising mean annual temperatures and intensified variations in mean annual precipitation. At the Texas A&M AgriLife Sonora Research Station, the decadal coefficient of...

124 Breeds, breeding practices, and health management of sheep flocks in Arkansas, USA

17/06/2025 - The sheep industry is growing in Arkansas. The inventory has increased by 9% annually in the last five years. However, information about production systems is scarce. An online survey was conducted...

44 Evaluating the effects of N-carbamylglutamate and melatonin supplementation in carotid artery hemodynamics and other physiological variables of heat stressed Dorper rams

17/06/2025 - Heat stress negatively affects livestock production by decreasing animal efficiency resulting in economic losses to producers. Melatonin, a neuroendocrine hormone, paired with N-carbamylglutamate, an...

67 Hands on nutritional monitoring of grazing livestock as a teaching tool

17/06/2025 - Hands-on nutritional monitoring of grazing livestock was used to provide real-world data from commercial operations. This data became the foundation for a one-and-a-half-day workshop aimed primarily...

16 Comparison of sheep and cattle rumen microbiological responses to an abrupt transition from a high-forage to a high-concentrate diet

17/06/2025 - Sheep and cattle are both ruminant species; however, previous in vitro studies have indicated potential species differences in rumen carbohydrate utilization and acidosis susceptibility. To...

Toll-like Receptor Expression Patterns in the Female Reproductive Tract of Sheep

09/06/2025 - Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play crucial roles in innate immunity, but their function in reproduction remains poorly understood. This study investigated the expression patterns and localization of...

Livestock Farm Recovery Following Bushfire in South-Eastern Australia: Impacts on Cattle and Sheep Health and Management

14/06/2025 - Severe bushfires in South-Eastern Australia during the summer of 2019/2020 killed tens of thousands of livestock, while many more survived on fire-affected properties. At the time, the literature on...

Long-Term Infusion of Acylated Ghrelin Blunts LH Surge and Diminishes the Superovulatory Response in Dairy Sheep

15/06/2025 - Ghrelin, the endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, is released pre-prandially and during periods of negative energy balance, exhibiting anti-fertility properties. In this...

93 Conservation and improvement of native sheep germplasm at Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI)

20/05/2025 - 103 Supplement_1 59 60 10.1093/jas/skaf102.064 http://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf102.064 292 Beyond Controlled Research: Using Complex Data Sources to Aid in...

Description of Acute and Chronic Cases of Poisoning by Oxalis pes-caprae

05/06/2025 - Oxalis pes-caprae is one of the most widespread invasive plants in the Mediterranean areas, especially in central and southern Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia. It is an herbaceous species of South...

Bioactive Element Biodistribution of Different Biological Substrates in Sheep and Goats

06/06/2025 - The production and reproduction of small ruminants, such as sheep and goats, living under extensive range-grazing conditions may be influenced by the availability of nutrients and the mineral content...

Molecular Prevalence and Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in Sheep Tissues Intended for Human Consumption in Shanxi Province, North China

06/06/2025 - Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most widely distributed intracellular parasites worldwide, which can infect humans and a wide range of warm-blooded animals including sheep, with felines serving as...

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