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Benefits of tannin added to concentrate diets fed to ruminants and monogastric livestock
John R. Caradus
Frontiers in Animal Science
doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1905042
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Mulberry (Morus alba) leaves in sheep and goat nutrition: a critical narrative review of rumen function, performance, meat quality, and mechanistic evidence
Muhammad Jawad · Pengyu Zhang · Haoqi Yang · Jianguo Shi · Linfeng Mi · Yanyi He · Sina Lu · Pengpeng Fu · Huzaifa Iftikhar · Xiaoyue Song
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
doi 10.3389/fvets.2026.1986200
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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
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Processing poor quality ram semen by colloid centrifugation prior to freezing: a proof-of-concept study
Jane M. Morrell
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
doi 10.3389/fvets.2026.1946483
Brief Research Report
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First molecular detection of small ruminant lentivirus in a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Italy
Sara Mrabet · Paola Gobbi · Lucia Toso · Alice Ranucci · Luca Tassoni · Elena Tinelli · Giulia Costantino · Monica Giammarioli · Carmen Iscaro · Marco Gobbi · Francesco Feliziani · Maria Serena Beato
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
doi 10.3389/fvets.2026.1900987
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A large animal lung cancer model for the evaluation of intratumoural cisplatin delivery strategies
James Meehan · David Collie · Ziyuan Chang · Rachael Gregson · R. Eddie Clutton · Stephen N. Greenhalgh · Lynn Grant · Sara Kennedy · James Nixon · Chris Cousens · Helen Todd · Jennifer Savage · Jo Moore · David J. Griffiths · Lorna J. Eades · Gavin Sim · Nicole Storer · Chad E. Eckert · Mark Gray
Frontiers in Oncology
doi 10.3389/fonc.2026.1906629
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Dietary quercetin and glucoraphanin supplementation improves growth performance and modulates ruminal microbiota in meat sheep
Rao Li · Xiuyuan Yu · Huimei Feng · Chaowu Fu · Yurong Yang · Yibao Jiang
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
doi 10.3389/fvets.2026.1976936
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Molecular epidemiology and geographic distribution of Theileria spp. in Kazakhstan: a countrywide cattle survey and a southern sheep survey
Kassym Mukanov · Alexander Ostrovskii · Dinara Kamalova · Anara Ryskeldina · Amirkhan Kassen · Maxat Berdikulov · Sarsenbay Abdrakhmanov · Alexandr Shevtsov · Christian Bauer
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
doi 10.3389/fvets.2026.1987322
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Nutrient and energy digestibility, mineral status and antioxidant defense in goat wethers and periparturient does supplemented with poplar and willow leaves
Kaja Helffenstein · Jessica Schwerdtfeger · Solvig Görs · Maciej Durkalec · Janine Kowalczyk · Anja Eggert · Mirja R. Wilkens · Björn Kuhla
Frontiers in Animal Science
doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1861647
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Insights into pastoralist households’ coping and adaptive strategies during northern Kenya’s 2019–2022 drought
Gufu Oba · Hussein Tadicha Wario · Hassan Guyo Roba
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice
doi 10.3389/past.2026.16489
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Genetic variants of BMP15 and GDF9 genes and their association with litter size in Tibetan sheep
Litan Zhang · Yuxiang Zhang · Yuting Deng · Na He · Ruizhe Sun · Junxia Zhang
Frontiers in Animal Science
doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1904014
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Understanding positive animal welfare through good stockmanship: insights from UK sheep farmers
Mukhtar Muhammad · Jessica Stokes · Louise Manning · Iona Y. Huang
Frontiers in Animal Science
doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1906955
Original Research
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Genome edited sheep generated by zygote electroporation of prime editor ribonucleoproteins
Zhixuan Yu · Junjin Li · Menghao Liu · Qi Qi · Zengyi Duan · Ziyu Yang · Boyuan Guan · Jiawang Chen · Jian Hou
Frontiers in Genome Editing
doi 10.3389/fgeed.2026.1931608
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Substitution with Lentinus edodes chaff enhances the health and growth performance of Altay sheep, and improvement of serum immune function and oxidative resistance
Lele Wang · Shuzhen Tang · Rongyan Qin · Abuxiaheman Mubalake · Yan Wang · Xiangyu Chen · Yanfeng Liu · Wenqi Wang
Frontiers in Animal Science
doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1861221
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UK farmers opinions and challenges regarding fitness for transport and emergency slaughter
Claire White · Jenna Murdoch · Erin Napier · Amelia Garcia-Ara
Frontiers in Animal Science
doi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1827413
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From waste to resource: circular economy, silage and nutritional quality of melon and watermelon by-products for ruminants
Sandra Patricia Maciel-Torres · Pablo Arenas-Báez · Marco Andrés López-Santiago · Jonathan Raúl Garay-Martínez · Yuridia Bautista-Martínez · Lorenzo Danilo Granados-Rivera
Frontiers in Sustainability
doi 10.3389/frsus.2026.1809417
Original Research
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Effects of Pholiota microspora basal stipe powder on growth and development of Tenebrio molitor
Tong Mu · Ziyan Jiang · Honghong Hu · Yi Wang · Yikun Jia · ZhiHong Sun · Xiaolong He
Frontiers in Insect Science
doi 10.3389/finsc.2026.1916272
Original Research
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Conservation tillage regulates aggregate organic carbon and microbial communities in aeolian sandy soil
Xianzhao Xie · Min Jiang · Beibei Han · Shuangshuang Li · Tinglong Chen · Zhiyong Gou
Frontiers in Agronomy
doi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1869811
Original Research
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Characterization of mixed livestock systems applied by small-scale breeders in the high Andean region of Ayacucho, Peru
Walter Palomino-Guerrera · Hamilton Guzman · Mijaíl Contreras · Fritz Trillo
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice
doi 10.3389/past.2026.16335
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Grazing of cover crops improves soil nitrogen dynamics in organic vegetable systems with minimal soil health tradeoffs
Sequoia R. Williams · Frances Neill · Sejin Cheong · Carolyn Chandler-Khayd · Nicole Tautges · Niuniu Ji · Alda F. A. Pires · Amélie C. M. Gaudin
Frontiers in Soil Science
doi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1825405
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Senecioylcholine in Heterometrus spinifer scorpion venom activates vertebrate nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Rosa E. Prahl · Pratik Neupane · Angela A. Salim · Richard J. Lewis · Irina Vetter · Robert J. Capon · Glenn F. King · Volker Herzig
Frontiers in Arachnid Science
doi 10.3389/frchs.2026.1888189
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Beyond pastoralism: challenges and strategic solutions in Iranian sheep farming
Farbod Naghshbandi · Enayat Abbasi · Ali Maghsoudi · Aliakbar Masoudi · Rasoul Vaez Torshizi
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice
doi 10.3389/past.2026.15989
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Feasibility analysis of livestock protection implementation on alpine pastures
Isabella E. Faffelberger · Felix Knauer
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice
doi 10.3389/past.2026.15739
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Enteric methane emission factors for sheep in Mongolian extensive grazing systems: a Tier 2 approach
Altantsetseg Lkhamaachin · Lkhagvatseren Sukhbaatar · Nyamsuren Nyam-Osor · Otgondemberel Galaaraidii · Yanfen Cheng · Togtokhbayar Norovsambuu · Choikhand Janchivlamdan · Munkhtuya Amarsanaa · Baasanjalbuu Bayaraa · Jigjidpurev Sukhbaatar · Ming-Zhi Zhang · Otgonpurev Sukhbaatar
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice
doi 10.3389/past.2026.15693
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Harnessing myostatin pleiotropy for multitrait improvement via precision gene editing
Yajun Chen · Ruiyao Yang · Yucai Yang · Qianguang Wang · Kai Yang · Man Xu
Frontiers in Genome Editing
doi 10.3389/fgeed.2026.1749445
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Livestock production resource assessment, mapping and suitability analysis in the pastoral areas of Bale and East Bale Zones, Southeastern Ethiopia
Girma Defar · Behailu Legesse · Derara Kumbishu · Tesfaye Amene
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice
doi 10.3389/past.2026.15417
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Drought, grazing routes and resource use by small-ruminant pastoralists in Montesinho, northeastern Portugal
Ana Carolina Farias de Oliveira · José Castro · Isa Aleixo-Pais · Vitor Henrique Mistro Seripieri · Marina Castro
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice
doi 10.3389/past.2026.15757
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Innate immune function in the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
Sarah J. Baker · Kaylie Delacerda · Mark E. Merchant
Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science
doi 10.3389/famrs.2025.1689622
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Allosuckling in domestic hair sheep: a rare behavior associated with multiple births and male lambs
Libia Pérez-Torres · Agustín Orihuela · José Herrera-Haro · Angelica Terrazas
Frontiers in Ethology
doi 10.3389/fetho.2025.1723614
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Udder skin temperature is related to the ewes’ and lambs’ behaviors at birth in autumn lambing ewes
Rodolfo Ungerfeld · Ophélie Menant · Raquel Pérez-Clariget · Aline Freitas-de-Melo
Frontiers in Ethology
doi 10.3389/fetho.2025.1727875
Fuels
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Achieving biodiesel standards through saturation level optimisation
Kemal Masera · Abul Kalam Hossain · Gareth Griffiths
Frontiers in Fuels
doi 10.3389/ffuel.2025.1528451