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Response of the Ruminal Microbial Environment to a High‐Dose Supplementation of Blended Essential Oils

Peng Zhaoyu, Kasumi Fujimura, Alimari Endo, Yutaka Uyeno, 
  •  18 July 2025
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Behavior, Welfare, and Meat Quality of Japanese Black Cattle Under Different Transportation Methods

Gianne Bianca P. Manalo, Mitsushi Kobayashi, Jitsuo Mizowaki, Masayuki Nagase, Makoto Iwamoto, Kenta Koike, Shigeru Ninomiya, 
  •  16 July 2025
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Detection of QTLs and Candidate Polymorphisms for Percentage of Oleic Acid Through GWAS and Post‐GWAS Analysis in Japanese Black Beef

Fuki Kawaguchi, Natsuki Maeda, Ryotaro Ito, Eiji Iwamoto, Emi Yoshida, Kenji Oyama, Hideyuki Mannen, Shinji Sasazaki, 
  •  16 July 2025
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ceRNA Profiling Reveals circSAMD4A Promoted Porcine Adipocytes Differentiation via Targeting miR‐127/PRKAR2B

Zhenzhen Zhang, Huali Chen, Li Ding, Ya Chen, Chunhui Yin, Pan Zhou, Honglin Yan, Qingbi Gou, 
  •  1 July 2025
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Comparison of Teat End Massage Characteristics Across Liner Types Using a Modeling Device

Masafumi Enokidani, 
  •  30 June 2025
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Fennel seeds dietary inclusion as a sustainable approach to reduce methane production and improve nutrient utilization and ruminal fermentation

Ahmed E. Kholif, Gouda A. Gouda, Mahmoud Fahmy, Tarek A. Morsy, Mahmoud M. Abdelsattar, Einar Vargas-Bello-Pérez, 
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Effect of fermented tomato pomace on the growth performance, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal microflora in broiler chickens

Emrah Gungor, Aydin Altop, Guray Erener, 
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Effect of rice bran extract on in vitro rumen fermentation and methane production

Jamal James D. Manlapig, Suzuna Kawakami, Masaya Matamura, Makoto Kondo, Tomomi Ban-Tokuda, Hiroki Matsui, 
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A method of calculating weighted values of objective traits for BLUP of breeding values to achieve relative desired changes

Masahiro Satoh, 
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Effects of allicin on growth performance, antioxidant profile, and microbiota compared to monensin of growing goats

Yitian Tang, Li Huang, Xinyang Sun, Chunhuan Ren, Tian Wei Liu, Wenxuan Wu, Zijun Zhang, Wen Zhu, 
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Animal Science Journal Award-Winning Articles 2023

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Effect of L‐theanine on meat quality, muscle amino acid profiles, and antioxidant status of broilers

Cheng Zhang, Chi Wang, Xiaohui Zhao, Kaikai Chen, Zhaoyu Geng, 
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Comparison studies of the chemical, physical, technological, and microbiological characteristics of the European roe deer, boar, red deer, and beaver hunted wild game meat

Dovile Klupsaite, Vilija Buckiuniene, Sonata Sidlauskiene, Vita Lele, Vytaute Sakiene, Paulina Zavistanaviciute, Jolita Klementaviciute, Ema Viskontaite, Elena Bartkiene, 
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Establishment of an in vitro culture model to study milk production and the blood–milk barrier with bovine mammary epithelial cells

Yusaku Tsugami, Norihiro Suzuki, Manabu Kawahara, Takahiro Suzuki, Takanori Nishimura, Ken Kobayashi, 
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Regulation of the intestinal barrier by nutrients: The role of tight junctions

Takuya Suzuki, 
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Effects of oral administration of colostrum whey in peripartum goat on antimicrobial peptides in postpartum milk

Naoki Isobe, Shoko Matsukawa, Kota Kubo, Kazutoshi Ueno, Toshihisa Sugino, Takahiro Nii, Yukinori Yoshimura, 
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Comparison of the fecal microbiota of two monogastric herbivorous and five omnivorous mammals

Rana Kobayashi, Kentaro Nagaoka, Naomichi Nishimura, Satoshi Koike, Eiki Takahashi, Kimie Niimi, Harutaka Murase, Teruo Kinjo, Takamitsu Tsukahara, Ryo Inoue, 
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Effects of electroporation treatment using different concentrations of Cas9 protein with gRNA targeting Myostatin (MSTN) genes on the development and gene editing of porcine zygotes

Quynh A. Le, Maki Hirata, Nhien T. Nguyen, Koki Takebayashi, Manita Wittayarat, Yoko Sato, Zhao Namula, Masahiro Nii, Fuminori Tanihara, Takeshige Otoi, 
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Association between the body weight of growing pigs and the functional capacity of their gut microbiota

Ju Kyoung Oh, Jong Pyo Chae, Edward Alain B. Pajarillo, Sung Hun Kim, Min-Jin Kwak, Jong-Su Eun, Seok Woo Chee, Kwang-Youn Whang, Sae-Hun Kim, Dae-Kyung Kang, 
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Effect of probiotic supplementation on growth performance, intestinal morphology, barrier integrity, and inflammatory response in broilers subjected to cyclic heat stress

Qiufen Li, Gen Wan, Chengying Peng, Lanjiao Xu, Yingmei Yu, Lin Li, Guanhong Li, 

Animal Science Journal Award-Winning Articles 2022

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Pitfalls in short‐chain fatty acid research: A methodological review

Takashi Sakata, 
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Estimation of genetic parameters for farrowing traits in purebred Landrace and Large White pigs

Shinichiro Ogawa, Ayane Konta, Makoto Kimata, Kazuo Ishii, Yoshinobu Uemoto, Masahiro Satoh, 
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Generation of PDX-1 mutant porcine blastocysts by introducing CRISPR/Cas9-system into porcine zygotes via electroporation

Fuminori Tanihara, Maki Hirata, Nhien T. Nguyen, Quynh A. Le, Takayuki Hirano, Tatsuya Takemoto, Michiko Nakai, Dai-ichiro Fuchimoto, Takeshige Otoi, 
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β‐carotene attenuates lipopolysaccharide‐induced inflammation via inhibition of the NF‐κB, JAK2/STAT3 and JNK/p38 MAPK signaling pathways in macrophages

Ruonan Li, Pan Hong, Xin Zheng, 
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Effect of resveratrol on growth performance, rectal temperature and serum parameters of yellow‐feather broilers under heat stress

Shaoping He, Si Li, Muhammed Adebayo Arowolo, Qifang Yu, Fu Chen, Ruizhi Hu, Jianhua He, 
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Adipocytes suppress differentiation of muscle cells in a co‐culture system

Kangmin Seo, Takahiro Suzuki, Ken Kobayashi, Takanori Nishimura, 
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Dairy cattle behavior classifications based on decision tree learning using 3‐axis neck‐mounted accelerometers

Tomoya Tamura, Yuki Okubo, Yoshitaka Deguchi, Shizu Koshikawa, Masahiro Takahashi, Yasushi Chida, Keiji Okada, 
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Effects of dietary leucine on antioxidant activity and expression of antioxidant and mitochondrial-related genes in longissimus dorsi muscle and liver of piglets

Xiaoling Chen, Lu Xiang, Gang Jia, Guangmang Liu, Hua Zhao, Zhiqing Huang, 
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Expression of pluripotency‐related genes is highly dependent on trichostatin A‐assisted epigenomic modulation of porcine mesenchymal stem cells analysed for apoptosis and subsequently used for generating cloned embryos

Marcin Samiec, Joanna Romanek, Daniel Lipiński, Jolanta Opiela, 
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Impact of restricting feed and probiotic supplementation on growth performance, mortality and carcass traits of meat‐type quails

Rab N. Soomro, Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack, Syed S. Shah, Ayman E. Taha, Mahmoud Alagawany, Ayman A. Swelum, Elsayed O.S. Hussein, Hani A. Ba-Aawdh, Islam Saadeldin, Mohamed A. El-Edel, Vincenzo Tufarelli, 

Vol. 95

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Vitrification of immature oocytes in pigs

Tamás Somfai, 
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The role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in metabolic diseases and mammary epithelial cell homeostasis in dairy cows

Shinichi Yonekura, 
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Recent advances of oocyte/embryo vitrification in mammals from rodents and large animals

Maki Kamoshita, Hibiki Sugita, Atsuko Kageyama, Yui Kawata, Junya Ito, Naomi Kashiwazaki, 
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Advancements in medical research using fetal sheep: Implications for human health and treatment methods

Tomoyuki Abe, Borjigin Sarentonglaga, Yoshikazu Nagao, 

Vol. 94

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L‐Citrulline: A novel hypothermic amino acid promoting thermotolerance in heat‐exposed chickens

Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, 

Vol. 93

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Intramuscular adipogenesis in cattle: Effects of body fat distribution and macrophage infiltration

Tomoya Yamada, 
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Current status of assisted reproductive technologies in buffaloes

Kanokwan Srirattana, Danilda Hufana-Duran, Eufrocina P. Atabay, Peregrino G. Duran, Edwin C. Atabay, Kehuan Lu, Yuanyuan Liang, Thuchadaporn Chaikhun-Marcou, Kasem Theerakittayakorn, Rangsun Parnpai, 
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Diversity of Japanese consumers' requirements, sensory perceptions, and eating preferences for meat

Keisuke Sasaki, 
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Cryodevices developed for minimum volume cooling vitrification of bovine oocytes

Shinichi Hochi, 

Vol. 92

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Follicular development in livestock: Influencing factors and underlying mechanisms

Yanjun Zhang, Shuai Gong, Yanping Su, Minhua Yao, Xiaocui Liu, Zhaoqing Gong, Hongshu Sui, Mingjiu Luo, 
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Selenium and the health status, production results, and product quality in poultry

Monika Michalczuk, Martyna Batorska, Urszula Sikorska, Damian Bień, Jakub Urban, Katarzyna Capecka, Paweł Konieczka, 
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Development of DNA markers for improvement of meat quality in a Japanese Black cattle population in Hyogo Prefecture

Shinji Sasazaki, 
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Composition and physiological functions of the porcine colostrum

Ryo Inoue, Takamitsu Tsukahara, 
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A review of okara (soybean curd residue) utilization as animal feed: Nutritive value and animal performance aspects

Mohammad Mijanur Rahman, Khairiyah Mat, Genki Ishigaki, Ryo Akashi, 
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Potential protective effects of thiamine supplementation on the ruminal epithelium damage during subacute ruminal acidosis

Jian Ma, Ali Mujtaba Shah, Zhisheng Wang, Xue Fan, 
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Carbohydrates effects on nutrition and health functions in pigs

Hua Zhou, Bing Yu, Hong Chen, Daiwen Chen, 

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