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• Brief Research Report

  Published 9 October 2026

  Validation of a computer-vision milking parlour monitoring system

  Fernando J. Guardado Servellón · David L. Renaud · Nolan Davies · Madyson Dailey · Kelsey L. Spence · Trevor J. DeVries · Rita Couto Serrenho

  Frontiers in Animal Science

  doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1959684

• Review

  Published 9 October 2026

  Rice straw for ruminants: processing technologies, nutritive value, feeding responses and environmental trade-offs

  Xiong Li · Jianbo Li · Yang Luo · Kangle Yi · Baizhong Zhang · Huifen Deng · Ao Sun

  Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

  doi 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1919149

• Original Research

  Published 7 October 2026

  Associations of breed, herd structure, and grazing system with the reproductive performance of Nguni and Boran cattle in South Africa

  Mhlangabezi Slayi · Siphe Zantsi · Zuko Mpisana

  Frontiers in Veterinary Science

  doi 10.3389/fvets.2026.1940048

• Original Research

  Published 6 October 2026

  Uterine infection-induced transcriptomic changes in the bovine endometrium

  Mahfuz Rahman Adnan · Chin N. Lee · Vedbar S. Khadka · Birendra Mishra

  Frontiers in Veterinary Science

  doi 10.3389/fvets.2026.1916650

• Original Research

  Published 5 October 2026

  Cervico-vaginal microbiota and antimicrobial resistance patterns in relation to different reproductive statuses in cattle: a field study from Nepal

  Bishal Bhattachan · Gokarna Gautam · Rabin Raut · Hom Bahadur Basnet · Bibek Bhattachan · Sundar Khatiwada · Rebanta Kumar Bhattarai

  Frontiers in Microbiomes

  doi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1900716

• Original Research

  Published 30 September 2026

  Repeatability and genetic architecture of milk urea nitrogen in a multi-breed Romanian dual-purpose cattle population: a genome-wide association study and the impact of phenotype definition

  Daniel George Bratu · Şerban Blaga-Voicu · Bianca Zanfira · Călin Mircu · Ioana Irina Spătaru · Iuliu Torda · Vlad Mihai Cocioba · Alexandru Eugeniu Mizeranschi · Daniela Elena Ilie · Ludovic Toma Cziszter · Dorin Alexandru Vizitiu · Oana Maria Boldura · Ioan Huţu

  Frontiers in Animal Science

  doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1937481

• Original Research

  Published 30 September 2026

  Collar-based prediction of individual dry matter intake in dairy cows: validation across international research farms and evidence of familial variation in commercial herds

  Roni Yair · Alon Arazi · Veronica Shabtai · Gil Katz

  Frontiers in Animal Science

  doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1897979

• Brief Research Report

  Published 29 September 2026

  A lipidomic-based biological clock model indicates greater metabolic age in housed dairy cows compared to pasture-based dairy cows

  David B. Sheedy · Helen M. Golder · Sergio C. Garcia · Zhiqian Liu · Priyanka Reddy · Simone J. Rochfort · Jennie E. Pryce · Ian J. Lean

  Frontiers in Animal Science

  doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1923710

• Review

  Published 28 September 2026

  Heat stress impacts productivity and methane emissions in dairy cattle

  Daniel Onan-Martinez · Nicolas DiLorenzo · Geoffrey E. Dahl

  Frontiers in Animal Science

  doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1787191

• Original Research

  Published 28 September 2026

  Activity-based first estrus detection in grazing heifers and first-lactation dairy cows for use as novel fertility phenotypes at scale

  Simon J. R. Woodward · Daniel P. Garrick · Nicole M. Steele · Melissa A. Stephen · Claire V. C. Phyn · Susanne Meier · Chris R. Burke

  Frontiers in Animal Science

  doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1916553

• Correction

  Published 18 September 2026

  Correction: Modulation of the rumen microbiome and metabolism in dairy cows by altering the concentrate feeding pattern and the inclusion of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast

  Timothy J. Snelling · Catherine A. Johnson · Helen E. Warren · Jules Taylor-Pickard · James A. Huntington · Liam A. Sinclair

  Frontiers in Microbiomes

  doi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1965017

• Original Research

  Published 18 September 2026

  An exploratory assessment of mineral supplementation on circulating minerals, herd performance, and reproductive success in American Plains Bison

  Bailey M. Rodriguez · Jessica N. Drum · Cody L. Wright · Philip M. Urso

  Frontiers in Animal Science

  doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1893970

• Original Research

  Published 16 September 2026

  Prepartum biochemical, ruminal, and behavioral indicators associated with postpartum fat-to-protein ratio in dairy cows

  Samanta Grigė · Akvilė Girdauskaitė · Lina Anskienė · Inga Sabeckienė · Sigitas Japertas · Karina Džermeikaitė · Justina Krištolaitytė · Arūnas Rutkauskas · Ramūnas Antanaitis

  Frontiers in Animal Science

  doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1912755

• Original Research

  Published 14 September 2026

  Effects of a single trace mineral injection in gestating Brangus cows on growth, physiology, and the liver transcriptomic profile of their offspring

  Marcelo Vedovatto · Matheus L. Ferreira · Wellison J. S. Diniz · Hiam Marcon · Joao L. S. Abreu · Mateus J. I. Abreu · Barbara R. dos Reis

  Frontiers in Animal Science

  doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1923158

• Original Research

  Published 7 September 2026

  Associations between temperature–humidity index and rumination time in lactating and periparturient Holstein cows in a New England conventional dairy herd

  Francesca C. Pharo · Claira R. Seely

  Frontiers in Animal Science

  doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1893001

• Brief Research Report

  Published 31 August 2026

  Host identity dominates over intra-ruminal spatial variation in shaping the rumen microbiome of Holstein–Friesian dairy cows

  Soumya Kanti Kar · Edoardo Zaccaria · Léon Šebek · Sanne van Gastelen

  Frontiers in Microbiomes

  doi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1883079

• Original Research

  Published 7 August 2026

  Modulation of the rumen microbiome and metabolism in dairy cows by altering the concentrate feeding pattern and the inclusion of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast

  Timothy J. Snelling · Catherine A. Johnson · Helen E. Warren · Jules Taylor-Pickard · James A. Huntington · Liam A. Sinclair

  Frontiers in Microbiomes

  doi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1884444

• Original Research

  Published 23 July 2026

  Multiple bovine papillomavirus types in squamous papillomas of the upper gastrointestinal tract of dairy cows from southern Brazil

  Bruna Fonseca Matias · Michele Lunardi · Gabriela Donini Cesário · Ana Paula Frederico Rodrigues Loureiro Bracarense · Alice Fernandes Alfieri · Amauri Alcindo Alfieri

  Frontiers in Virology

  doi 10.3389/fviro.2026.1871673

• Policy and Practice Reviews

  Published 23 June 2026

  Salience, legitimacy and credibility of the Scientific and Technical Body to the BBNJ agreement: precedents, best practices and trade-offs

  Martin Hitziger · Lisa Speer

  Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability

  doi 10.3389/focsu.2026.1837491

• Original Research

  Published 14 April 2026

  Automatic monitoring herbage prehensions in grazing cows using audio signals and deep learning techniques

  Roberta Avanzato · Ludovica Beritelli · Salvatore Bognanno · Francesco Beritelli · Marcella Avondo

  Frontiers in Signal Processing

  doi 10.3389/frsip.2026.1778118

• Original Research

  Published 14 January 2026

  Snakebite envenomation and predation of domestic animals in Goa, India

  Shaleen Attre · Mahesh Poudyal · Ian Bride · Richard A. Griffiths

  Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science

  doi 10.3389/famrs.2025.1746300