Frontiers in Animal Science

Original Research

Published on 01 Sep 2025

Short term heat stress alters the hematological, immunological, and plasma metabolomic responses of Florida Cracker sheep

Makenzie Harrison
John Odunayo Adebayo
Anijia Mills-Widemon
Sola Ikuejamoye-Omotore
Zaira M. Estrada-Reyes
Ibukun M. Ogunade
Andres A. Pech-Cervantes
Thomas H. Terrill
Aftab Siddique
Alexis Ruiz-González

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1631531

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Original Research

Published on 01 Sep 2025

Detecting frequent sequential patterns between weather and cattle behavior using data mining

Ly Ly Trieu
Derek W. Bailey
Huiping Cao
Tran Cao Son
Colin T. Tobin
Cory Oltjen

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1640550

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Original Research

Published on 01 Sep 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

Renee Maxine Petri
Birgit Antlinger
Lorenz Johannes Khol
Christina Gruber
Jutta Cordula Kesselring

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1620969

459 views

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Aug 2025

An overview of the national cattle health and welfare related information systems in Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Germany

Tuija Kallio
Anri Timonen
Hardi Tamm
Anne Põder
Martin Kukk
Natascha Schlereth
Pia Ulvenblad
Per-Ola Ulvenblad
Elisa Tikkanen
Pekka Kilpeläinen

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1400288

230 views

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Aug 2025

Impact of three light smoltification regimes on performance and genetic parameters of traits in Atlantic salmon

Bjarne Ragnar Gjerde
Solomon Antwi Boison
David Hazlerigg
Trine Ytrestøyl
Turid Mørkøre
Even Hjalmar Jørgensen
Anja Stringberny
Simen Sandve

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1615804

155 views

Original Research

Accepted on 28 Aug 2025

Temperature Modulates Bimodal Reproduction and Energy Allocation in the Sea Urchin Tripneustes gratilla

Chuanxin Qin
Zerui Liu
Xinye Zhao
Jia Zhang
Yu Guo
Gang Yu
Zhenhua Ma

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1635191

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Review

Published on 28 Aug 2025

Acknowledging ecological debt: towards just, humane and sustainable food systems in Africa

Mwenda Mbaka
Janice H. Cox

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1565731

874 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Aug 2025

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

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

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1658188

681 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Aug 2025

Fiber quality at dehairing and characterization of skin follicle parameters in Peruvian Q’ara llamas

Virgilio Machaca
Rubén Pinares
Franklin Lozano
Arturo Quispe-Quispe
Alex D. Machaca
A. Víctor Bustinza Choque

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1628219

723 views

Review

Published on 26 Aug 2025

Guardians of giants: a bibliometric analysis of mahout-elephant relationships and management takeaways for the Nilgiris

Jaisridhar Palanivelan
Hariraj Nagarajan
Cinthia Fernandaz
Jasimudeen S
Senthilkumar Manivasagam
Shanmugam Rajagopal
Raja P
Vinothkumar Bhojan
Manivasakan S

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1599053

715 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Aug 2025

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

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

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1634097

485 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Aug 2025

Silvopasture and altitudinal gradient reduce heat stress in livestock production in the Peruvian tropics

Hipolito Murga-Orrillo
Luis Alberto Arévalo López
Marco Antonio Mathios Flores
Jorge Cáceres Coral
Melissa Rojas García
Aldi Alida Guerra Teixeira
Nilton Luis Murga Valderrama

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1521790

719 views
1 citation

Correction

Published on 25 Aug 2025

Correction: Perception of buffalo farmers towards scientific buffalo husbandry practices: applying the extended UTAUT framework

Sabu Aiswarya
Makarabbi Gururaj
Saxena Navneet
Madan Lal Sharma

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1682216

290 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Aug 2025

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

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

757 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Aug 2025

US consumer perception survey of animal welfare in broiler stunning

Linda Barahona-Dominguez
Jihye An
Bethany Baker-Cook
Sungeun Cho

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1620566

734 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 20 Aug 2025

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

Brock M. Ortner
Dathan T. Smerchek
Stephanie L. Hansen

Frontiers in Animal Science

doi 10.3389/fanim.2025.1640542

657 views