1. Evaluation of test duration for feed efficiency in growing beef cattle

   • Milena Zigart Marzocchi
   • Leandro Sannomiya Sakamoto
   • Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante

   Regular Articles 07 December 2019 Pages: 1533 - 1539

2. On-station performance evaluation of improved tropically adapted chicken breeds for smallholder poultry production systems in Nigeria

   • O. Bamidele
   • E. B. Sonaiya
   • T. Dessie

   Regular Articles Open access 08 December 2019 Pages: 1541 - 1548

   

3. Effect of zeolite supplementation on the dynamics of some trace elements and pigmentation of rumen in growing lambs

   • Ibrahim Alhidary
   • Mutassim M Abdelrahman
   • Gamaleldin Suliman

   Regular Articles 09 December 2019 Pages: 1549 - 1552

   

4. Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) in goats and sheep in northern Jordan

   • Shawkat Q. Lafi
   • Abdelsalam Q. Talafha
   • Mohammad S. Khalifeh

   Regular Articles 09 December 2019 Pages: 1553 - 1559

5. Maternal supplementation with fish oil modulates inflammation-related MicroRNAs and genes in suckling lambs

   • Arash Veshkini
   • Abdollah Mohammadi-Sangcheshmeh
   • Abdolreza Salehi

   Regular Articles 09 December 2019 Pages: 1561 - 1572

   

6. The comparative effects of dietary monensin and propylene glycol on insulin resistance of transition dairy cows

   • Aliasghar Chalmeh
   • Mehrdad Pourjafar
   • Mohammad Mazrouei Sebdani

   Regular Articles 10 December 2019 Pages: 1573 - 1582

   

7. Association of single nucleotide polymorphism in NLRC3, NLRC5, HIP1, and LRP8 genes with fecal egg counts in goats naturally infected with Haemonchus contortus

   • Abdullah Ibne Omar
   • Mahmuda Bilkis Bintee Alam
   • Xiaoyong Du

   Regular Articles 11 December 2019 Pages: 1583 - 1598

   

8. Impact of dietary supplementation with Echinacea purpurea on growth performance, immunological, biochemical, and pathological findings in broiler chickens infected by pathogenic E. coli

   • Mohamed A. Hashem
   • Ahmed N. F. Neamat-Allah
   • Hala M Abou-Elnaga

   Regular Articles 11 December 2019 Pages: 1599 - 1607

   

9. Manipulating rumen fermentation, microbial protein synthesis, and mitigating methane production using bamboo grass pellet in swamp buffaloes

   • Chaichana Suriyapha
   • Thiwakorn Ampapon
   • Metha Wanapat

   Regular Articles 13 December 2019 Pages: 1609 - 1615

10. The effect of medroxyprogesterone acetate with or without eCG on conception rate of fat-tail ewes in out of breeding season

    • M. T. Garoussi
    • O. Mavadati
    • M. J. Ragh

    Regular Articles 14 December 2019 Pages: 1617 - 1622

11. The replacement of grass hay by cassava foliage hay or spineless cactus improves lamb performance

    • José Fábio dos Santos Silva
    • Mariah Tenorio de Carvalho Souza
    • Dorgival Morais de Lima Júnior

    Regular Articles 14 December 2019 Pages: 1623 - 1630

    

12. Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolated in raw milk from cows in Hokkaido, Japan

    • Sukanya Thongratsakul
    • Masaru Usui
    • Yutaka Tamura

    Regular Articles 16 December 2019 Pages: 1631 - 1637

    

13. Reproductive and productive performance, udder health, and conformation traits of purebred Holstein, F1, and R1 crossbred Holstein × Simmental cows

    • Deise Aline Knob
    • Armin Manfred Scholz
    • Andre Thaler Neto

    Regular Articles 17 December 2019 Pages: 1639 - 1647

14. Applicability of teeth examination as a tool for age estimation in a semi-arid cattle production environment in Namibia

    • Borden Mushonga
    • Immanuel Shinexuugi
    • Erick Kandiwa

    Regular Articles 18 December 2019 Pages: 1649 - 1654

    

15. Genome-wide association studies for the concentrations of insulin, triiodothyronine, and thyroxine in Chinese Holstein cattle

    • Gan QianFu
    • Li YiRan
    • Liang XueWu.

    Regular Articles 18 December 2019 Pages: 1655 - 1660

    

16. Chromium supplementation improves glucose metabolism and vaginal temperature regulation in Girolando cows under heat stress conditions in a climatic chamber

    • Lilian dos Santos Ribeiro
    • Felipe Zandonadi Brandão
    • Bruno Campos de Carvalho

    Regular Articles 18 December 2019 Pages: 1661 - 1668

    

17. Brazilian Sport Horse: genetic parameters for approval of Brasileiro de Hipismo stallions

    • Bethânia Rocha Medeiros
    • Petra Garbade
    • Concepta McManus

    Regular Articles 19 December 2019 Pages: 1669 - 1680

18. High occurrence of CMY-2-type beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli among broiler flocks in Turkey

    • Özkan Aslantaş

    Regular Articles 19 December 2019 Pages: 1681 - 1689

    

19. Management strategies, reproductive performance and causes of infertility in sheep flocks in the central region of Saudi Arabia

    • Ahmed Ali
    • Derar R. Derar
    • Mohamed Alshahed

    Regular Articles 19 December 2019 Pages: 1691 - 1697

    

20. Efficacy of VERYL® in the treatment of cattle naturally infected with gastro-intestinal nematodes in Kenya

    • M. W. Maichomo
    • J. M. Nginyi
    • N. Isaka

    Regular Articles 21 December 2019 Pages: 1699 - 1705

    

21. Genome-wide discovery of SNPs in candidate genes related to production and fertility traits in Sahiwal cattle

    • M. R. Vineeth
    • T. Surya
    • I. D. Gupta

    Regular Articles 23 December 2019 Pages: 1707 - 1715

    

22. The breeding structure for the small ruminant resources in India

    • G. R. Gowane
    • Najif Akram
    • Arun Kumar

    Regular Articles 02 January 2020 Pages: 1717 - 1724

    

23. The efficacy and performance impact of Fostera PRRS in a Vietnamese commercial pig farm naturally challenged by a highly pathogenic PRRS virus

    • Duy Tien Do
    • Toan Tat Nguyen
    • Choew Kong Mah

    Regular Articles 02 January 2020 Pages: 1725 - 1732

    

24. Parasitism in Angus x Nellore heifers in a silvopastoral system

    • Hornblenda Joaquina Silva Bello
    • Juliana Alencar Gonçalves
    • Ricardo Velludo Gomes de Soutello

    Regular Articles 02 January 2020 Pages: 1733 - 1738

    

25. Effect of supplementation of multiple enzymes to the diets containing variable protein sources on performance and nutrient utilization in commercial broilers

    • Gaikwad Amol Haribhau
    • K. Vijaya Lakshmi
    • Srinivas Gurram

    Regular Articles 02 January 2020 Pages: 1739 - 1744

26. Importance of livestock diseases identified using participatory epidemiology in the highlands of Ethiopia

    • Solomon Gizaw
    • Hiwot Desta
    • Barbara Wieland

    Regular Articles Open access 03 January 2020 Pages: 1745 - 1757

    

27. Effect of reducing energy intake during the dry period on milk production, udder health, and body condition score of Jersey crossbred cows in the tropical lower Gangetic region

    • Amit Kumar Singh
    • Champak Bhakat
    • M. K. Ghosh

    Regular Articles 03 January 2020 Pages: 1759 - 1767

    

28. Influence of a diet containing plant ingredients at different levels on growth performance, carcass biochemical composition, and blood parameters in Indian major carps grown in polyculture earthen ponds

    • Chiranjiv Pradhan
    • Shiba Shankar Giri
    • Satyandra Nath Mohanty

    Regular Articles 03 January 2020 Pages: 1769 - 1777

29. The effect of pre-breeding vitamin E and selenium injection on reproductive performance, antioxidant status, and progesterone concentration in estrus-synchronized Mehraban ewes

    • A. Farahavar
    • Z. Rostami
    • A. Ahmadi

    Regular Articles 03 January 2020 Pages: 1779 - 1786

30. Epidemiological study of goat’s gastrointestinal nematodes in the North West of Algeria

    • Mokhtar Saidi
    • Michael J. Stear
    • Lakhder Belabid

    Regular Articles 03 January 2020 Pages: 1787 - 1793

31. Population structure of indigenous southern African goats based on the Illumina Goat50K SNP panel

    • P. I. Monau
    • C. Visser
    • E. Van Marle-Köster

    Regular Articles 06 January 2020 Pages: 1795 - 1802

    

32. Nutrient intake and ingestive behavior of feedlot steers fed with licuri cake

    • Marceliana da Conceição Santos
    • Robério Rodrigues Silva
    • Gabriel Dallapicola da Costa

    Regular Articles 08 January 2020 Pages: 1803 - 1809

33. Molecular surveillance of viral pathogens associated with diarrhea in pre-weaned Korean native calves

    • Ji-Hyoung Ryu
    • Seung-Uk Shin
    • Kyoung-Seong Choi

    Regular Articles 11 January 2020 Pages: 1811 - 1820

    

34. Impact of high-concentrate diets with cottonseed associated with calcium lignosulfonate on the metabolic, productive, and carcass characteristics of feedlot lambs

    • Luís Gabriel Alves Cirne
    • Gleidson Giordano Pinto de Carvalho
    • José Esler de Freitas Júnior

    Regular Articles 11 January 2020 Pages: 1821 - 1832

35. Extraction and purification of β-glucanase from bovine rumen fungus Trichoderma reesei and its effect on performance, carcass characteristics, microbial flora, plasma biochemical parameters, and immunity in a local broiler hybrid Golpayegan-Ross

    • Mohammadebrahim Tasirnafas
    • Kazem Karimi
    • Fatemeh Noorbakhsh

    Regular Articles 14 January 2020 Pages: 1833 - 1843

    

36. A molecular prevalence survey on Anaplasma infection among domestic ruminants in Khartoum State, Sudan

    • Nagwa M. Eisawi
    • Abdel Rahim M. El Hussein
    • Mohammed A. Bakheit

    Regular Articles 14 January 2020 Pages: 1845 - 1852

    

37. Growth performance, hemato-biochemical indices, thyroid activity, antioxidant status, and immune response of growing Japanese quail fed diet with full-fat canola seeds

    • Abdel-Moneim E. Abdel-Moneim
    • E. M. Sabic
    • N. S. Ibrahim

    Regular Articles 16 January 2020 Pages: 1853 - 1862

    

38. An investigation on the prevalence of peste des petits ruminants in the camels of Sindh, Pakistan

    • Hamidur Rahman
    • Asghar Ali Kamboh
    • Muhammad Abubakar

    Regular Articles 17 January 2020 Pages: 1863 - 1867

39. Vitamin A, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium status of heifers grazing in Northern Cyprus

    • Serkan Sayiner
    • Ulvi Reha Fidanci
    • Hilal Karagul

    Regular Articles 17 January 2020 Pages: 1869 - 1874

40. Nutritional effects of using cactus cladodes (Opuntia stricta Haw Haw) to replace sorghum silage in sheep diet

    • Fábio Monteiro Rezende
    • Antônia Sherlânea Chaves Véras
    • Marcelo Andrade Ferreira

    Regular Articles 18 January 2020 Pages: 1875 - 1880

41. Relationship between gain rate during the growing phase and forage allowance in the finishing phase in Nellore cattle

    • Verônica A. C. Mota
    • Rodolfo M. Fernandes
    • Gustavo R. Siqueira

    Regular Articles 18 January 2020 Pages: 1881 - 1891

    

42. Effect of dietary pomegranate by-product extract supplementation on growth performance, digestibility, and antioxidant status of growing rabbit

    • Fawzia A. Hassan
    • M. R. M. Ibrahim
    • Sohair A. Arafa

    Regular Articles 18 January 2020 Pages: 1893 - 1901

43. Whole-crop triticale silage for dairy cows grazing perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) or tall fescue (Lolium arundinaceum) pastures in small-scale dairy systems during the dry season in the highlands of Mexico

    • Felipe de Jesús González-Alcántara
    • Julieta Gertrudis Estrada-Flores
    • Carlos Manuel Arriaga-Jordán

    Regular Articles 18 January 2020 Pages: 1903 - 1910

44. Effects of concentrate levels and pineapple stem on growth performance, carcass and meat quality of dairy steers

    • Sirawat Pintadis
    • Phoompong Boonsaen
    • Suriya Sawanon

    Regular Articles 20 January 2020 Pages: 1911 - 1917

45. Kikuyu pastures associated with tall fescue grazed in autumn in small-scale dairy systems in the highlands of Mexico

    • María Nayeli Marín-Santana
    • Felipe López-González
    • Carlos Manuel Arriaga-Jordán

    Regular Articles 20 January 2020 Pages: 1919 - 1926

    

46. Economic impact of the liver condemnation of cattle infected with Fasciola hepatica in the Peruvian Andes

    • Carmen Arias-Pacheco
    • J. Raúl Lucas
    • Estevam G. Lux-Hoppe

    Regular Articles 22 January 2020 Pages: 1927 - 1932

    

47. Breeding objectives and selection criteria of a participatory community-based breeding programme of goats and sheep

    • A. L. de Aguiar
    • R. R. da Silva
    • R. N. B. Lobo

    Regular Articles 22 January 2020 Pages: 1933 - 1943

48. Seroepidemiological study of Caseous lymphadenitis in sheep from the Northeast region of Brazil using an indirect ELISA

    • José Romero Alexandre Alves
    • Areano Ethério Moreira de Farias
    • Clebert José Alves

    Regular Articles 23 January 2020 Pages: 1945 - 1952

    

49. Indirect measures of methane emissions of Sahelian zebu cattle in West Africa, role of environment and management

    • Berenice Bois
    • Diego P. Morgavi
    • Michel Doreau

    Regular Articles 24 January 2020 Pages: 1953 - 1960

    

50. Single nucleotide polymorphisms at heat shock protein 90 gene and their association with thermo-tolerance potential in selected indigenous Nigerian cattle

    • Gbolabo O. Onasanya
    • George M. Msalya
    • Christian O. Ikeobi

    Regular Articles 24 January 2020 Pages: 1961 - 1970