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  1. Dietary supplementation with a multi-strain Bacillus subtilis probiotic improves digestive efficiency, growth performance, and meat quality in densely stocked broilers
  2. Green banana resistant starch as a candidate prebiotic in poultry diets: Mechanisms, limitations, and prospects
  3. Vertical heterogeneity of chemical constituents and in vitro ruminal fermentation parameters in browse tree leaves
  4. Nutritional and physiological impact of dietary marula (Sclerocarya birrea ssp. caffra) kernel cake as a soybean meal replacement in Jumbo quail: implications for meat quality and consumer health
  5. Fungal-mediated solid-state fermentation ameliorates antinutritional factors but does not improve in vitro digestibility of marama (Tylosema esculentum) beans
  6. Phenomenological and mechanistic insights into potential dietary nucleotide – probiotic synergies in layer chickens: A review
  7. The Impact of Partially Replacing Dietary Maize with Graded Levels of Banana Peels on Nutrient Digestibility, Physiology, and Meat Quality Traits in Jumbo Quail
  8. The Adoption and Impact of Climate-Smart Water Management Technologies in Smallholder Farming Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Literature Review
  9. Use of red grape pomace and Aloe vera gel as nutraceuticals to ameliorate stocking density-induced stress in commercial male broilers
  10. Stress-alleviating properties of dietary red grape pomace in Ross 308 broilers reared at a high stocking density
  11. Dietary inclusion of marama bean (Tylosema esculentum) in broiler chicken diets compromises feed utilization, growth performance, and carcass traits
  12. Comparative genomics and proteomics analysis of phages infecting multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli O177 isolated from cattle faeces
  13. Rethinking food waste: Exploring a black soldier fly larvae-based upcycling strategy for sustainable poultry production
  14. In-feed Salmonella-specific phages alter the physiology, intestinal histomorphology, and carcass and meat quality parameters in broiler chickens
  15. Chronic social stress blunts core body temperature and molecular rhythms of Rbm3 and Cirbp in mouse lateral habenula
  16. Effect of varied daily feeding intensities on growth performance and feed utilisation of South African dusky kob (Argyrosomus japonicus) juveniles reared in a recirculating aquaculture system
  17. In vitro ruminal fermentation parameters of canola meal protein in response to incremental doses of gamma irradiation
  18. Influence of amino acid profile and secondary structure on nutritional and functional properties of Trichilia emetica and Trichilia dregeana protein concentrates
  19. The application of multi-elemental fingerprints and chemometrics for discriminating between cage and free-range table eggs based on atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) and colorimetry
  20. Histomorphometric traits, microbiota, nutrient digestibility, growth performance, carcass traits and meat quality parameters of chickens fed diets supplemented with different levels of Bacillus protease
  21. Chronic social stress blunts core body temperature and molecular rhythms ofRbm3andCirbpin mouse lateral habenula
  22. Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Selected Phytogenics for Sustainable Poultry Production
  23. Stocking density-induced changes in growth performance, blood parameters, meat quality traits, and welfare of broiler chickens reared under semi-arid subtropical conditions
  24. Prospects of dietary seaweeds and their bioactive compounds in sustainable poultry production systems: A symphony of good things?
  25. Simultaneous pre-treatment of dietary Moringa oleifera leaf meal with polyethylene glycol and fibrolytic enzymes: Effect on growth performance, physiological indices, and meat quality parameters in jumbo quail
  26. Inclusion of children with disabilities in qualitative health research: A scoping review
  27. Improving the marketing of goat meat to youths in South Africa
  28. Physical Treatment Reduces Trypsin Inhibitor Activity and Modifies Chemical Composition of Marama Bean (Tylosema esculentum)
  29. Nutraceutical Properties of Unripe Banana Flour Resistant Starch: A Review
  30. Data on complete genome sequence and annotation of two multidrug resistant atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O177 serotype isolated from cattle faeces
  31. Partial Substitution of Fishmeal with Mopane Worm Meal in Dusky Kob Fingerling (Argyrosomus japonicus) Diets: Feed Utilization, Digestive Enzyme Activity, Blood Parameters, and Growth Performance
  32. Enhancing the Utility of Dietary Moringa oleifera Leaf Meal for Sustainable Jumbo quail (Coturnix sp.) Production
  33. Genetic diversity and whole genome sequence analysis data of multidrug resistant atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O177 strains: An assessment of food safety and public health implications
  34. Effect of dietary red grape pomace on growth performance, hematology, serum biochemistry, and meat quality parameters in Hy-line Silver Brown cockerels
  35. Crocodile meat meal as a fishmeal substitute in juvenile dusky kob (Argyrosomus japonicus) diets: Feed utilization, growth performance, blood parameters, and tissue nutrient composition
  36. Effect of soil type on spatial distribution and nutritive value of grass species growing in selected rangelands of South Africa
  37. Contribution of Soil Type to Quantity and Nutritional Value of Grass Species on the South African Highveld
  38. Interactive effects of growth stage and nitrogen fertilization on herbage characteristics and nutritive value of Paspalum atratum
  39. Effect of pre-treating dietary green seaweed with fibrolytic enzymes on growth performance, blood indices, and meat quality parameters of Cobb 500 broiler chickens
  40. Effect of Pre-Treating Dietary Green Seaweed with Proteolytic and Fibrolytic Enzymes on Physiological and Meat Quality Parameters of Broiler Chickens
  41. Low nitrogen fertiliser rates and stage of maturity influence nitrogen fractionation and in vitro ruminal nitrogen degradability in tropical grasses
  42. Effect of graded levels of red grape pomace (Vitis vinifera L.) powder on physiological and meat quality responses of Japanese quail
  43. Efficacy of novel phages for control of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli O177 on artificially contaminated beef and their potential to disrupt biofilm formation
  44. Complete replacement of maize grain with sorghum and pearl millet grains in Jumbo quail diets: Feed intake, physiological parameters, and meat quality traits
  45. Blunted diurnal firing in lateral habenula projections to dorsal raphe nucleus and delayed photoentrainment in stress-susceptible mice
  46. An Assessment of the Viability of Lytic Phages and Their Potency against Multidrug Resistant Escherichia coli O177 Strains under Simulated Rumen Fermentation Conditions
  47. Cultivating oyster mushrooms on red grape pomace waste enhances potential nutritional value of the spent substrate for ruminants
  48. Effect of seaweed-containing diets on visceral organ sizes, carcass characteristics, and meat quality and stability of Boschveld indigenous hens
  49. Black Soldier Fly Larvae Meal as a Fishmeal Substitute in Juvenile Dusky Kob Diets: Effect on Feed Utilization, Growth Performance, and Blood Parameters
  50. Dietary Green Seaweed Compromises Overall Feed Conversion Efficiency but not Blood Parameters and Meat Quality and Stability in Broiler Chickens
  51. What it takes to be at the top: The interrelationship between chronic social stress and social dominance
  52. Short-term grazing exclusion impacts using brush packs on soil and grass layers in degraded communal rangelands of semi-arid South Africa and implications for restoration and pasture utilization
  53. Replacement of Soybean Meal with Heat-Treated Canola Meal in Finishing Diets of Meatmaster Lambs: Physiological and Meat Quality Responses
  54. Nutrient Digestibility, Growth Performance, and Blood Indices of Boschveld Chickens Fed Seaweed-Containing Diets
  55. What it takes to be at the top: The interrelationship between chronic social stress and social dominance
  56. Polyethylene glycol inactivates red grape pomace condensed tannins for broiler chickens
  57. Effects of soil type on density of trees and nutritive value of tree leaves in selected communal areas of South Africa
  58. Dietary seaweed (Ulva sp.) does not alter fatty acid profiles and concentration in South African juvenile dusky kob (Argyrosomus japonicus, Sciaenidae) fillet
  59. The Impact of Covid-19 on the Livestock Industry and the Way Forward: A Review
  60. Partial replacement of soybean products with canola meal in indigenous chicken diets: size of internal organs, carcass characteristics and breast meat quality
  61. Evaluating Alternatives to Zinc-Bacitracin Antibiotic Growth Promoter in Broilers: Physiological and Meat Quality Responses
  62. Characterization of Lytic Bacteriophages Infecting Multidrug-Resistant Shiga Toxigenic Atypical Escherichia coli O177 Strains Isolated From Cattle Feces
  63. A Nutritional Evaluation of Insect Meal as a Sustainable Protein Source for Jumbo Quails: Physiological and Meat Quality Responses
  64. Canola meal as an alternative dietary protein source in quail (Coturnix coturnix) diets – A review
  65. Growth performance and carcass characteristics of finishing male lambs fed barberry pomace-containing diets
  66. Valorization of Red Grape Pomace Waste Using Polyethylene Glycol and Fibrolytic Enzymes: Physiological and Meat Quality Responses in Broilers
  67. The First Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Shiga Toxin-Producing Virulent Multi-Drug Resistant Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O177 Serogroup From South African Cattle
  68. Growth performance and hemobiochemical parameters in South African dusky kob (Argyrosomus japonicus, Sciaenidae) offered brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as a feed additive
  69. Nutrient digestibility, haemo-biochemical parameters and growth performance of an indigenous chicken strain fed canola meal–containing diets
  70. A multi-strain probiotic administered via drinking water enhances feed conversion efficiency and meat quality traits in indigenous chickens
  71. Effect of dietary inclusion of safflower meal on ruminal fermentation, growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of lambs
  72. Effects of dietary humic acid and enzymes on meat quality and fatty acid profiles of broiler chickens fed canola-based diets
  73. From Landfills to the Dinner Table: Red Grape Pomace Waste as a Nutraceutical for Broiler Chickens
  74. Optimizing ruminant production systems for sustainable intensification, human health, food security and environmental stewardship
  75. Exploitation dressed in a suit, shining shoes, and carrying a suitcase full of dollars: What does China want in Africa?
  76. A comparative analysis of the morphology and nutritive value of five South African native grass species grown under controlled conditions
  77. Comparison of meat quality parameters in three chicken strains fed Moringa oleifera leaf meal-based diets
  78. The potential of rumen fluid waste from slaughterhouses as an environmentally friendly source of enzyme additives for ruminant feedstuffs
  79. Humic acid and enzymes inclusion in canola-based diets generate different responses in growth performance, protein utilization dynamics, and hemato-biochemical parameters in broiler chickens
  80. Growth performance, blood parameters, carcass characteristics and meat quality traits in Potchefstroom Koekoek chickens fed Lippia javanica leaf meal
  81. Potential impacts of dietary Lemna gibba supplements in a simulated ruminal fermentation system and environmental biogas production
  82. Extra dietary vitamin E – selenium as a mitigation strategy against housing-induced stress in Dohne Merino lambs: Effect on growth performance, stress biomarkers, and meat quality
  83. Growth performance, haematology, serum biochemistry and meat quality characteristics of Japanese quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica ) fed canola meal-based diets
  84. A nutritional and economic evaluation of <i>Moringa oleifera</i> leaf meal as a dietary supplement in West African Dwarf goats
  85. Protease treatment of canola meal-containing Japanese quail diets: Effect on physiological parameters and meat quality traits
  86. Enteric methane emissions and protozoa populations in Holstein steers fed spent mushroom (Flammulina velutipes) substrate silage-based diets
  87. Exogenous carbohydrases do not improve the physiological and meat quality parameters of female Japanese quail fed canola-based diets
  88. Humic acid and enzymes in canola-based broiler diets: Effects on bone development, intestinal histomorphology and immune development
  89. Evaluating derived vegetation indices and cover fraction to estimate rangeland aboveground biomass in semi-arid environments
  90. Macro and trace elements of 26 browse species growing in semi-arid grazing lands of Eastern Cape, South Africa
  91. Growth performance, haemo-biochemical parameters and meat quality characteristics of male Japanese quails fed a Lippia javanica-based diet
  92. Effect of graded levels of dietary seaweed (Ulva sp.) on growth, hematological and serum biochemical parameters in dusky kob, Argyrosomus japonicus, sciaenidae
  93. Oxidative stress biomarkers in West African Dwarf goats reared under intensive and semi-intensive production systems
  94. Accuracy of two optical chlorophyll meters in predicting chemical composition and in vitro ruminal organic matter degradability of Brachiaria hybrid, Megathyrsus maximus , and Paspalum atratum
  95. Chemical characterisation of Moringa oleifera (MO) leaves and the apparent digestibility of MO leaf meal-based diets offered to three chicken strains
  96. Optical chlorophyll measurements as predictors of total nitrogen, nitrogen fractions and in vitro ruminal nitrogen degradability in tropical grass forages
  97. Effects of Lactobacillus formosensis S215T and Lactobacillus buchneri on quality and in vitro ruminal biological activity of condensed tannins in sweet potato vines silage
  98. The effects of Lippia javanica dietary inclusion on growth performance, carcass characteristics and fatty acid profiles of broiler chickens
  99. Influence of harvesting site on chemical composition and potential protein value ofAcacia erioloba,A.niloticaandZiziphus mucronataleaves for ruminants
  100. Calibration and validation of optical chlorophyll‐measuring devices for use in predicting crude protein concentration in tropical grass herbage
  101. Growth performance, hematology, and meat quality characteristics of Mutton Merino lambs fed canola-based diets
  102. Utility of the browser’s behavioural and physiological strategies in coping with dietary tannins: Are exogenous tannin-inactivating treatments necessary?
  103. Landscape and Seasonal Effects on Crude Protein, Fibre and In Vitro Fermentation Characteristics of Common Grass Species in Semi-arid Communal Grazing Lands of South Africa
  104. Mineral Concentration and Standing Crop Yield Dynamics of Forages in Semi-arid Communal Grazing Lands of South Africa: Effect of Landscape and Season
  105. The trans-octadecenoic fatty acid profile of beef: Implications for global food and nutrition security
  106. Towards household food and nutrition security in semi-arid areas: What role for condensed tannin-rich ruminant feedstuffs?
  107. Growth performance and carcass characteristics of three chicken strains in response to incremental levels of dietary Moringa oleifera leaf meal
  108. Chemical composition, nitrogen degradability andin vitroruminal biological activity of tannins in vines harvested from four tropical sweet potato (Ipomoea batatasL.) varieties
  109. Non-destructive foliar chlorophyll measurement has the potential to predict crude protein concentration and in vitro ruminal organic matter digestibility in Bracharia decumbens herbage
  110. Buffer nitrogen solubility,in vitroruminal partitioning of nitrogen andin vitroruminal biological activity of tannins in leaves of four fodder tree species
  111. The application of bioelectrical impedance analysis in live tropical hair sheep as a predictor of body composition upon slaughter
  112. Potency of microbial inocula from bovine faeces and rumen fluid for in vitro digestion of different tropical forage substrates
  113. Effests of Dichrastachys cinerea and Acacia nilotica leaf phenolics on in vitro degradability of substrates with different fibre and protein content
  114. Dichrostachys cinerea fruits as a protein supplement for sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L) tops offered to goars: effects on intake and nutrient retention
  115. Encroachment of Acacia brevispica and Acacia drepanolobium in Semi-Arid Rangelands of Ethiopia and their Influence on Sub-Canopy Grasses
  116. In vitro biological activity of tannins from Acacia and other tree fruits: Correlations with colorimetric and gravimetric phenolic assays
  117. Chemical composition and in vitro ruminal fermentation of selected grasses in the semiarid savannas of Swaziland
  118. Current range condition in relation to land management systems in semi-arid savannas of Swaziland
  119. Chemical composition and in vitro ruminal fermentation of common tree forages in the semi-arid rangelands of Swaziland
  120. Chemical composition and in vitro fermentation of tannin-rich tree fruits
  121. Octanol−Water Partition Coefficients for Predicting the Effects of Tannins in Ruminant Nutrition
  122. The effectiveness of adapted rumen fluid versus PEG to ferment tannin-containing substrates in vitro
  123. Calibration and validation of the 14C-labelled polyethylene glycol-binding assay for tannins in tropical browse
  124. Dichrostachys cinerea and Acacia nilotica fruits as dry season feed supplements for goats in a semi-arid environment: Summary of a DFID funded project in Zimbabwe
  125. Tanniniferous Dichrostachys cinerea fruits do not require detoxification for goat nutrition: in sacco and in vivo evaluations