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Merideth Kelliher, Diana Bogueva and Dora Marinova
Although Australia remains committed to the Paris Agreement and to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, it was late in joining the 2021 Global Methane Pledge. Finding suitable methane (CH4) mitigation solutions for Australia?s livestock industry should...
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Addisu H. Addis, Hugh T. Blair, Paul R. Kenyon, Stephen T. Morris, Nicola M. Schreurs and Dorian J. Garrick
Approximately 42% of the total calves born in New Zealand?s dairy industry are either euthanized on farms or commercially slaughtered as so-called bobby calves within 2 weeks of age. These practices have perceived ethical issues and are considered a wast...
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Xujun Li and Mingli Wang
An important foundation of a strong agricultural country is the virtuous cycle of the agricultural production system, and the beef cattle industry is the pivotal industry that guarantees the virtuous cycle of China?s agricultural production system. Farme...
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Lucio Cecchini, Francesco Romagnoli, Massimo Chiorri and Biancamaria Torquati
In recent years, eco-efficiency assessment has proven to be an effective tool to reduce the environmental damages of agricultural activities while preserving their economic sustainability. Hence, this paper aims to assess the eco-efficiency of a sample o...
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William Luiz de Souza, Eliéder Prates Romanzini, Lutti Maneck Delevatti, Rhaony Gonçalves Leite, Priscila Arrigucci Bernardes, Abmael da Silva Cardoso, Ricardo Andrade Reis and Euclides Braga Malheiros
Understanding economic scenarios is crucial in all production chains. Tropical pastures are Brazil?s primary food source for beef cattle production, and current pasture management is not ideal due to land degradation. An economic evaluation assists farme...
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Steven M. Ostoja, Hyeyeong Choe, James H. Thorne, Pelayo Alvarez, Amber Kerr, Jennifer Balachowski and Julian Reyes
On a global scale, rangelands occupy approximately half of the world?s land base surface; have a critical role in carbon sequestration and biodiversity; and support a diverse and critical economy, but at the same time, are under threat by many factors, i...
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Sanjok Poudel, Wayne E. Zeller, John Fike and Gabriel Pent
Tall fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceous (Schreb.) Dumort. nom. cons. Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh.) toxicosis results from the consumption of alkaloids released by wild-type endophytes (Epichloe coenophiala) that live in symbiosis with the plant....
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Jiawei Li, Qifeng Li, Weihong Ma, Xianglong Xue, Chunjiang Zhao, Dan Tulpan and Simon X. Yang
Body dimensions are key indicators for the beef cattle fattening and breeding process. On-animal measurement is relatively inefficient, and can induce severe stress responses among beef cattle and pose a risk for operators, thereby impacting the cattle?s...
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Xu Zheng, Tianliu Zhang, Tianzhen Wang, Qunhao Niu, Jiayuan Wu, Zezhao Wang, Huijiang Gao, Junya Li and Lingyang Xu
Genomic selection (GS) has been widely used in livestock breeding. However, the long-term impact of GS on genetic gain, as well as inbreeding levels, has not been fully explored in beef cattle. In this study, we carried out simulation analysis using diff...
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Felista W. Mwangi, Shedrach B. Pewan, John R. Otto, Oyelola A. Adegboye, Edward Charmley, Christopher P. Gardiner, Bunmi S. Malau-Aduli, Robert T. Kinobe and Aduli E. O. Malau-Aduli
This study explored the identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4), stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD), and fatty acid synthase (FASN) genes that may influence the carcass traits of tropical crossbred beef ...
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