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High-Performance Automated Detection of Sheep Binocular Eye Temperatures and Their Correlation with Rectal Temperature

22/08/2025 - Although rectal temperature is reliable, its measurement requires manual handling and causes stress to animals. IRT provides a non-contact alternative but often ignores bilateral eye temperature...

Safety and Efficacy of Plant?Produced Trivalent Virus?Like Particle Vaccine Candidate Against Bluetongue Disease

- ABSTRACTBluetongue (BT) is a non?contagious, insect?transmitted disease of wild and domestic ruminants caused by bluetongue virus (BTV). Effective control of BT disease relies on vaccination against...

Ultrastructural Insight into Rift Valley Fever Virus Pathogenesis in Different Human Cell Types

23/08/2025 - Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV) is an arbovirus that predominantly affects sheep, goats, and cattle, causing epizootics in livestock and epidemics in humans. Infection in pregnant livestock leads to...

Enhancing Sheep Vitality Through Diverse Pastures and Seaweed-Based Bio-Stimulants: Effects on Performance, Health, and Product Quality

17/08/2025 - This on-farm study explored the effects of diverse pasture systems and seaweed-based bio-stimulants (AgriSea NZ Seaweed Products, Paeroa, New Zealand) on sheep performance, metabolic health, milk...

A Functional Regulatory Variant of FGF9 Gene Affected the Body Weight in Hu Sheep

13/08/2025 - Body weight (BW) is a critical economic trait closely linked to livestock meat production performance and producer profitability. In the present study, we measured individual BW of 1070 male Hu sheep...

Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Nine Local Sheep Populations Bred in the Carpathia Area of Central Europe Revealed by Microsatellite Analysis

15/08/2025 - A necessary step towards the development of genetic diversity is the protection of the valuable genetic resources of farm animals that are at risk of extinction. We analyzed 375 individuals of nine...

Fine mapping genetic variants affecting birth weight in sheep: a GWAS of 3007 individuals using low-coverage whole genome sequencing

12/08/2025 - Birth weight is a critical economic trait in livestock production. However, its genetic architecture remains poorly understood due to historical limitations in sample size and reliance on low-density...

Charting a course on the effects of ocean and sea transportation stress on cattle and sheep body weight changes, behavior, and nutrient mobilization

06/08/2025 - animal welfarebody conditionlivestockmeat qualityocean transportskeletal muscle

Detection of Cathelicidin-1 and Cathelicidin-2 Biomolecules in the Milk of Goats and Their Use as Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Mastitis

06/08/2025 - The objectives of the present work were as follows: (i) the detection of cathelicidin biomolecules in the milk of individual goats during the early stages of mastitis and their potential use for the...

Candidate Genes, Markers, Signatures of Selection, and Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) and Their Association with Economic Traits in Livestock: Genomic Insights and Selection

08/08/2025 - This review synthesizes advances in livestock genomics by examining the interplay between candidate genes, molecular markers (MMs), signatures of selection (SSs), and quantitative trait loci (QTLs)...

Is hemp (Cannabis sativa) safe to feed pregnant sheep?

22/07/2025 - ABSTRACTCannabis sativa (varieties for industrial use or animal feed are termed hemp), and its extracted byproducts are being considered for animal feed due to their high protein content. However, if...

Interannual Variability in Precipitation Modulates Grazing-Induced Vertical Translocation of Soil Organic Carbon in a Semi-Arid Steppe

29/07/2025 - Grazing affects soil organic carbon (SOC) through plant removal, livestock trampling, and manure deposition. However, the impact of grazing on SOC is also influenced by multiple factors such as...

Mitigating Effects of Rosmarinus officinalis Essential Oil and Sugar Beet Pulp on Immune Response and Growth Performance of Heat-Stressed Lambs

30/07/2025 - Dietary supplementation under high ambient temperatures can be considered crucial for supporting immune responses in livestock. In the present paper, Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil (REO) alone...

Explainable Multi-Scale CAM Attention for Interpretable Cloud Segmentation in Astro-Meteorological Applications

01/08/2025 - Accurate cloud segmentation is critical for astronomical observations and solar forecasting. However, traditional threshold- and texture-based methods suffer from limited accuracy...

Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of a tincture derived from the flowers of Lavandula angustifolia Mill. (lavender tincture) for use in all animal species (FEFANA asbl)

- AbstractFollowing a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of a tincture from the flowers of Lavandula angustifolia Mill....

Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of a tincture derived from the leaves or aerial parts of Thymus serpyllum L. (wild thyme tincture) for use in all animal species (FEFANA asbl)

- AbstractFollowing a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of a tincture from the leaves or aerial parts of Thymus serpyllum...

Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of a tincture derived from the leaves of Salvia officinalis L. (sage tincture) for use in all animal species (FEFANA asbl)

- AbstractFollowing a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of a tincture from the leaves of Salvia officinalis L. (sage...

Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of a tincture derived from the leaves of Ocimum basilicum L. (basil tincture) for use in all animal species (FEFANA asbl)

- AbstractFollowing a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of a tincture from the leaves of Ocimum basilicum L. (basil...

Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of a tincture derived from the leaves or the aerial parts of Mentha?×?piperita L. (peppermint tincture) for use in all animal species (FEFANA asbl)

Diversity and Seasonal Abundance of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tengchong County of Yunnan, China

30/07/2025 - Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) are small biting midges and are known as vectors for many arboviruses, including bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV). Tengchong...

Epidemiological Insights into Maedi-Visna Virus in Algeria: First National Seroprevalence Survey and Risk Factor Profiling in Sheep Herds

23/07/2025 - Maedi-visna virus (MVV), a small ruminant lentivirus causing chronic multisystemic disease in sheep, poses significant economic burdens due to reduced productivity and a lack of effective treatments....

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