Frontiers in Animal Science | Animal Nutrition

Original Research

Accepted on 31 Jul 2025

Meat quality and fatty acid profile in broilers as affected by low-fat Tenebrio molitor meal in the diet

in Animal Nutrition

Teodora Popova
Evgeni Petkov
Desislava Vlahova-Vangelova
Nikolay Kolev
Desislav Balev
Stefan Dragoev
Krasimir Dimov

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1629411

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Original Research

Accepted on 30 Jul 2025

Horehound (Marrubium vulgare L.) as natural dietary feed additive in rabbit: effects on productive traits, antioxidant status, caecal environment, and gut morphology

in Animal Nutrition

Caterina Losacco
Gianluca Pugliese
Letizia Passantino
Francesco Giannico
Edmondo Edmondo Ceci
Vincenzo Roselli
Lucia Gambacorta
Michele Schiavitto
Vito Laudadio
Luca Piemontese

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1658188

144 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Jul 2025

Effects of silage from different maize varieties on growth traits, meat quality, slaughter performance, apparent digestibility of nutrients, and rumen microbiota in Hu sheep

in Animal Nutrition

Longfei Yan
Jinling Hua
Wenwen Lu
Huwei Zhao
Chen Chao
Liang Yan
Xiaokang Lv

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1640756

474 views

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Jul 2025

Optimization of RUSITEC Model Adaptations for In vitro Simulation of Subacute Ruminal Acidosis and Evaluation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Supplementation on Microbial Fermentation and Stability

in Animal Nutrition

R M Petri
B Antlinger
Johannes Khol
C Gruber
Jutta C Kesselring

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1620969

214 views

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Jul 2025

Dietary apparent metabolizable energy and crude protein levels influence slaughter performance, meat quality, and amino acid composition in slow-growing Danzhou chicken meat

in Animal Nutrition

Dingfa Wang
Luli Zhou
Liguang Shi
Ting Cao
Khaled Abouelezz Fouad Mohammed
Guanyu Hou

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1646519

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 24 Jul 2025

Differences in longissimus thoracis metabolites in feedlot steers with differing plasma Zn concentration and implant status

in Animal Nutrition

Brock Ortner
Dathan Smerchek
Stephanie Hansen

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1640542

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Original Research

Accepted on 21 Jul 2025

Fecal microbiota transplantation alleviates weaning stress in Tibetan piglets by modulating gut microbiota-metabolite interactions

in Animal Nutrition

Jian Zhang
Mingxuan Zhao
Hongliang Zhang
Mengjia Han
Zhankun Tan
Peng Shang

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1634097

144 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Jul 2025

Whole blood RNA-seq analysis reveals the immunomodulatory effects of a supplemental multi-strain direct-fed microbial in the diet of newly weaned beef steers1

in Animal Nutrition

Adekunle Ajiboye
Samanthia Johnson
Modoluwamu Idowu
Yarahy Leal
Taylor Sidney
Godstime Taiwo
Ibukun M. Ogunade
Christopher Ashwell

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1623311

793 views

Original Research

Accepted on 17 Jul 2025

Novel milk ingredient blend in nursery pig diets did not improve growth performance and survival compared to control diets without or with spray-dried plasma

in Animal Nutrition

Yanbin Shen
Sung Woo Kim
Hans Stein
Javier Polo
Joe David Crenshaw

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1648283

182 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Jul 2025

Impact of maternal diet and pregnancy type on the abundance of zoonotic bacteria (Firmicutes and Proteobacteria) in sheep feces and wool

in Animal Nutrition

Maria Gallardo Paffetti
Lucía Azócar-Aedo
Angel Parra-Vizcaíno
José M. Larraín
Adriano Díaz

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1583281

780 views

Original Research

Accepted on 15 Jul 2025

Effects of honeycomb polysaccharides on growth performance, slaughter performance, antioxidant capacity, and immune function in Cyan-Shank Partridge chickens

in Animal Nutrition

Haibo Zhang
Ling Yin
Jingqi Zhang
Guiqing Yan

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1641431

173 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Jul 2025

Biphasic effects of Callicarpa nudiflora water extract on rumen fermentation in vitro and microbial communities in sheep

in Animal Nutrition

Wanqin Yang
Runhang Li
Wenxi Wang
Kunna Li
Yiying Huang
Ying Ying
Yuning Liu
Hongxin Wu

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1595795

751 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Jul 2025

Multi-omics revealed the promoting effect of dietary inulin supplementation on hepatic gluconeogenesis in goats

in Animal Nutrition

Dan Zhu
Yun Hu
Yong Liu
Chuanshe Zhou
Zhiliang Tan
Jinhe Kang
Zheng Wang

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1614869

750 views

Review

Accepted on 11 Jul 2025

FROM FAT TO FACTS: THE POTENTIAL OF ADIPOKINE AND INSULIN DOSING IN OBESE FELINE PATIENTS

in Animal Nutrition

Laura Cernat
Sorana Daina
Adrian Maximilian Macri

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1637154

147 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Jul 2025

Effects of birth body weight and zinc source on growth, gut health, and immune response in weaned piglets

in Animal Nutrition

Clara Negrini
Diana Luise
Federico Correa
Sara Virdis
Andrea Serra
Alessio Bonaldo
Naiana Manzke
Alessandra Monteiro
Maurizio Mazzoni
Paolo Trevisi

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1614280

1,003 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Jul 2025

Inclusion of paper packaging in a small fraction of the diet of confined lambs

in Animal Nutrition

Mônica Márcia da Silva
Daniela Lázara de Almeida
Amanda de Carvalho
Bruna Moreira Maióli
Vicenti Braun Klein
Leticia Aline Gonçalves
Matheus Sousa de Paula Carlis
Sarita Bonagurio Gallo

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1544988

810 views