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- Advances in understanding the genetics of pig behaviour
- Optimizing welfare in transport and slaughter of cattle
- Managing calves/young stock to optimise dairy herd health
- Quantifying the contribution of livestock health issues to the environmental impact of their production systems
- Advances in understanding the genetics of poultry behaviour
- Bone health and associated problems in layer hens
- Cause and prevention of injurious pecking in chickens
- Improving welfare assessment indicators and protocols for poultry
- Improving welfare in catching and transport of chickens
- Improving welfare in poultry slaughter
- Opportunities to improve the welfare of young chickens
- Poultry health monitoring and management: bone and skin health in broilers
- Poultry welfare monitoring: group-level technologies
- Poultry welfare monitoring: wearable technologies
- The role of perches in chicken welfare
- Understanding chicken learning and cognition and implications for improved management
- Understanding poultry social behaviour and its impact on animal welfare
- Understanding states of suffering with implications for improved management of poultry
- Understanding the sensory perception of chickens
- Welfare issues in poultry housing and management: broilers
- Welfare issues in poultry housing and management: laying hens
- Application of genomic selection (GS) in breeding commercial meat-type chickens
- Application of genomic selection in commercial egg-type populations
- Breeding for small-scale poultry farming
- The genetic basis for pigmentation phenotypes in poultry
- Genetics and genomics of behavioral and welfare traits in poultry species
- Genetics and genomics of egg production traits in poultry species
- Genetics and genomics of immunity and disease traits in poultry species
- Genetics and genomics of meat quality traits in poultry species
- Genetics and genomics of skeletal traits in poultry species
- Genomic selection in poultry breeding using single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction
- Genomic selection using Bayesian methods
- Landscape genomics: application in poultry breeding
- Molecular identification of major morphological mutations in poultry
- The origin and domestication of poultry species
- Physiological challenges in poultry breeding
- Poultry breeding for sustainability and plasticity in functional traits: reality or fiction in the midst of conflicting interests
- Theory of genome-wide association for QTL detection
- The use of epigenetics in poultry breeding
- The use of genome editing in poultry breeding
- The use of nutrigenomics in poultry breeding for sustainable production
- Genetics and genomics of feed utilization efficiency in poultry species
- The anaerobic rumen fungi
- Colonization and establishment of the rumen microbiota – opportunities to influence productivity and methane emissions
- A conceptual approach to the mathematical modelling of microbial functionality in the rumen
- Genome sequencing and the rumen microbiome
- Host-rumen microbiome interactions and influences on feed conversion efficiency (FCE), methane production and other productivity traits
- Nutritional factors affecting greenhouse gas production from ruminants: implications for enteric and manure emissions
- Optimising ruminal function: the role of silage and concentrate in dairy cow nutrition to improve feed efficiency and reduce methane and nitrogen emissions
- Plant secondary compounds: beneficial roles in sustainable ruminant nutrition and productivity
- A question of culture: bringing the gut microbiome to life in the -omics era
- Role of the rumen microbiome in pasture-fed ruminant production systems
- The Rumen Archaea
- The rumen as a modulator of immune function in cattle
- Rumen metabolomics – a powerful tool for discovery and understanding of rumen functionality and health
- The rumen wall microbiota community
- Ruminal-ciliated protozoa
- Ruminal fibre digestion
- Ruminal protein breakdown and ammonia assimilation
- Ruminal viruses and extrachromosomal genetic elements
- Understanding rumen lipid metabolism to optimize dairy products for enhanced human health and to monitor animal health
- The use of feedlot/cereal grains in improving feed efficiency and reducing by-products such as methane in ruminants
- The use of probiotics as supplements for ruminants
- Factors influencing the efficiency of rumen energy metabolism
- Welfare issues affecting broiler breeders
- The contribution of integrated crop–livestock systems in combatting climate change and improving resilience in agricultural production to achieve food security
- Developing decision support systems for optimizing livestock diets in farms
- Measuring and quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural activities
- Quantifying the role of livestock in climate change
- Food losses and waste in meats
- Understanding and preventing seafood loss and waste
- Optimizing livestock farming in urban agriculture
- Integration of crop-livestock in Conservation Agriculture systems
- Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve fertility/reproductive efficiency
- Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve heat tolerance
- Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve longevity
- Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve resistance to claw disorders/lameness
- Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve resistance to mastitis
- Advances in dairy cattle breeding to incorporate feed conversion efficiency in national genetic evaluations
- Assessing inbreeding and genetic diversity in the Holstein breed using pedigree and genomic approaches
- Development of dairy breeding programmes
- Developments in genomic predictions in dairy cattle breeding: a historical overview of methods, technologies, and applications
- Developments in the use of embryo technologies in dairy cows
- Finding causal variants for monogenic traits in dairy cattle breeding
- Genetic and genomic dairy cattle evaluations in developing countries
- Genetic and phenotypic improvements in temperate dairy systems: an overview
- Genetic diversity in dairy cattle: variation within and between breeds
- Genetic evaluation: use of genomic data in large-scale genetic evaluations in dairy cattle breeding
- Improving phenotypic prediction in dairy cattle breeding using the metagenome
- International genomic evaluation methods for dairy cattle
- Linking genotype to phenotype: improving functional annotation in dairy cattle breeding
- Opportunities and challenges in crossbreeding dairy cattle in temperate regions
- Recent developments in multi-trait selection in dairy cattle breeding
- The use of gene editing techniques in dairy cattle breeding
- The use of genomic information to improve selection response while controlling inbreeding in dairy cattle breeding programs
- The use of mid-infrared spectral data to predict traits for genetic selection in dairy cattle
- Developing climate-based decision support systems from agricultural systems models
- Integrating livestock production into whole-farm system models of mixed crop–livestock systems
- Advances in sequence technologies for generating poultry gut microbiome data
- Antibiotics and gut function: historical and current perspectives
- Commercial poultry production and gut function: a historical perspective
- Controlling pathogens in the poultry gut
- Gastrointestinal diseases of poultry: causes and nutritional strategies for prevention and control
- Genetics and other factors affecting intestinal microbiota and function in poultry
- In ovo development of the chicken gut microbiome and its impact on later gut function
- The interaction between gut microbiota and pathogens
- Microbial ecology and function of the gastrointestinal tract in layer hens
- Omics technologies for connecting host responses with poultry gut function
- The role of essential oils and other botanicals in optimising gut function in poultry
- Role of prebiotics in poultry gastrointestinal tract health, function, and microbiome composition
- The role of probiotics in optimising gut function in poultry
- The role of specific cereal grain dietary components in poultry gut function
- The role of synbiotics in optimising gut function in poultry
- Short chain organic acids: microbial ecology and antimicrobial activity in the poultry gastrointestinal tract
- Understanding gut function in poultry: nutrient processing
- Understanding gut function in poultry: the role of commensals, metabolites, inflammation and dysbiosis in intestinal immune function and dysfunction
- Understanding gut microbiota in poultry
- Assessing the environmental impact of ruminant production systems
- Improving the environmental performance of pig and poultry production
- Advances in automating meat processing operations
- Advances in robotic milking
- Biosecurity and safety for humans and animals in organic animal farming
- The development of organic aquaculture
- The effects of organic management on greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency in livestock production
- Enhancing naturalness and human care in organic animal farming
- Improving organic animal farming for the future
- Integrated crop/livestock systems with agroforestry to improve organic animal farming
- Organic and natural beekeeping, and caring for insect pollinators
- Organic beef farming: key characteristics, opportunities, advantages, and challenges
- Organic dairy farming: key characteristics, opportunities, advantages and challenges
- Organic pig farming: key characteristics, opportunities, advantages and challenges
- Organic poultry farming: opportunities and challenges
- Organic sheep and goat farming: opportunities and challenges
- Pastoralism and organic animal farming: are they complementary?
- The principles of organic livestock farming
- Rethinking and engaging with animal health in organic farming
- Setting the scene: the continued drive to improve organic animal farming
- Smallholder integrated organic farming: how can it work in the tropics?
- Managing grassland systems to optimise livestock production
- The role of pasture in the diet of ruminant livestock
- Assessing the environmental impact of swine production
- Dealing with the challenge of antibiotic resistance in pig production
- Detecting and preventing chemical residues in pig meat
- Factors affecting pork flavour
- Factors affecting the colour and texture of pig meat
- Nutritional composition and the value of pig meat
- Nutritional strategies to reduce emissions from waste in pig production
- Organic pig production systems, welfare and sustainability
- Producing consistent quality meat from the modern pig
- Salmonella control in pig production
- Zoonoses associated with pigs
- Changing patterns of disease affecting pigs: Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED)
- Defining and ensuring animal welfare in pig production: an overview
- Disease identification and management on the pig farm
- Diseases affecting pigs: an overview of common bacterial, viral and parasitic pathogens of pigs
- Humane slaughter techniques for pigs
- The influence of gut microbiome on developing immune and metabolic systems in the young pig
- Pasture systems for pigs
- Transport and lairage of pigs
- Understanding pig behaviour
- Welfare of gilts and pregnant sows
- Welfare of pigs during finishing
- Welfare of weaned piglets
- Advances and constraints in conventional breeding of pigs
- Advances in understanding pig nutritional requirements and metabolism
- Factors affecting the reproductive efficiency of boars
- Factors affecting the reproductive efficiency of pigs
- Genetic factors affecting feed efficiency, feeding behavior and related traits in pigs
- Meeting amino acid requirements in pig nutrition
- Meeting energy requirements in pig nutrition
- Meeting individual nutrient requirements to improve nutrient efficiency and the sustainability of growing pig production systems
- Modelling nutrient requirements for pigs to optimize feed efficiency
- Recent advances in understanding the role of vitamins in pig nutrition
- The use of growth promoters in pig nutrition
- The use of exogenous enzymes to improve feed efficiency in pigs
- The use of molecular genetic information in genetic improvement programmes for pigs
- Use of probiotics and prebiotics in pig nutrition in the post-weaning period
- Advances in sheep breeding
- Bacterial and viral diseases affecting sheep
- Humane transport, lairage and slaughter of sheep
- Improving sheep wool quality
- Improving the welfare of ewes
- Mapping the sheep genome
- Nutritional strategies to minimise emissions from sheep
- Producing quality milk from sheep
- Sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematode parasites affecting sheep
- Understanding and improving immune function in sheep
- Understanding sheep behaviour
- The contribution of environmental enrichment to sustainable poultry production
- Disease management in poultry flocks
- The effect of incubation temperature on embryonic development in poultry
- Ensuring the welfare of broilers: an overview
- Gut health and susceptibility to enteric bacterial diseases in poultry
- Hot weather management of poultry
- Monitoring trends in diseases of poultry
- Parasites affecting poultry
- Transportation and the welfare of poultry
- Understanding and boosting poultry immune systems
- Understanding poultry behaviour
- Viruses affecting poultry
- Advances in understanding and improving the role of amino acids in poultry nutrition
- A balanced approach to commercial poultry breeding
- The cellular basis of feed efficiency in poultry muscle: mitochondria and nucleic acid metabolism
- Developments in feed technology to improve poultry nutrition
- Genes associated with functional traits in poultry: implications for sustainable genetic improvement
- Marker-assisted selection in poultry
- Probiotics, prebiotics and other feed additives to improve gut function and immunity in poultry
- Understanding feed and water intake in poultry
- Aetiology, diagnosis and control of mastitis in dairy herds
- Biochemical and physiological determinants of feed efficiency in dairy cattle
- Causes, prevention and management of infertility in dairy cows
- Control of infectious diseases in dairy cattle
- Disorder of digestion and metabolism in dairy cattle: the case of subacute rumen acidosis
- Feed supplements for dairy cattle
- Housing and the welfare of dairy cattle
- Key issues in the welfare of dairy cattle
- Preventing and managing lameness in dairy cows
- Prevention and control of parasitic helminths in dairy cattle: key issues and challenges
- Responsible and sustainable use of medicines in dairy herd health
- The rumen microbiota and its role in dairy cow production and health
- Sustainable nutrition management of dairy cattle in intensive systems
- The use and abuse of cereals, legumes and crop residues in rations for dairy cattle
- Understanding the behaviour of dairy cattle
- Beef carcass inspection systems
- Maintaining the safety and quality of beef carcass meat
- Traceability in the beef supply chain
- Chemical contaminants in milk
- Detecting and preventing contamination of dairy cattle feed
- Improved energy and water management to minimize the environmental impact of dairy farming
- Improving smallholder dairy farming in Africa
- Managing sustainable food safety on dairy farms
- Mastitis, milk quality and yield
- Organic dairy farming in developing countries
- Organic dairy farming: towards sustainability
- Organic dairy farming: towards sustainability
- Setting environmental targets for dairy farming
- ‘Towards’ sustainability of dairy farming: an overview
- Detecting antibiotic residues in animal feed: the case of distiller’s grains
- Ensuring beef safety through consumer education
- Genetic variation in immunity and disease resistance in dairy cows and other livestock
- Ensuring the health and welfare of dairy calves and heifers
- Feed evaluation and formulation to maximise nutritional efficiency in dairy cattle
- Improving the welfare of lambs
- Nutrition management of grazing dairy cows in temperate environments
- Beef cattle nutrition and its effects on beef quality
- Composition and properties of egg white
- Controversies surrounding the impact of the fat content of beef on human health
- Effects of metabolic modifiers on beef carcass composition and meat quality
- The future of DNA technologies for improving beef quality: marbling, fatty acid composition and tenderness
- Mechanisms for transmissions of pathogens into eggs
- Animal and on-farm factors affecting sheep and lamb meat quality
- Branded beef programmes
- Packaging systems for beef retailers and their effects on visual quality and palatability
- The role of beef in human nutrition and health
- Understanding the effects of handling, transportation, lairage and slaughter on cattle welfare and beef quality
- Welfare issues affecting free-range laying hens
- Advances in understanding the role of phytate in phosphorus and calcium nutrition of poultry
- Assessing the environmental impact of sheep production
- Assessing the overall impact of dairy farming
- Breeding and management strategies to improve reproductive efficiency in dairy cattle
- Broiler breeding flocks: management and animal welfare
- Competitive exclusion treatment to control pathogens in poultry
- Ensuring the safety of feed for beef cattle
- Factors affecting sheep carcass characteristics
- Genetic selection for dairy cow welfare and resilience to climate change
- Improving the reproductive efficiency of sheep
- Maintaining sheep flock health: an overview
- Methods for detecting pathogens in the beef food chain: an overview
- Methods for detecting pathogens in the beef food chain: detecting particular pathogens
- Pathogens affecting table eggs
- Sheep nutrition: formulated diets
- The sustainability and ‘carbon footprints’ of conventional and alternative beef production systems
- Sustainably meeting the nutrient requirements of grazing sheep
- The effects of housing systems for laying hens on egg safety and quality
- Trends in dairy farming and milk production: the case of the United Kingdom and New Zealand
- Understanding and preventing spoilage of cow’s milk
- Understanding the natural antibacterial defences of egg white and their regulation
- Validating indicators of sheep welfare
- Managing laying hen flocks with intact beaks
- Welfare of laying hens: an overview
- Laying hen nutrition: optimizing energy intake, egg size and weight
- Determinants of egg appearance and colour
- Sampling and detection of Salmonella in eggs
- Laying hen nutrition: optimising hen performance and health, bone and eggshell quality
- Nutraceutical benefits of eggs
- Waste management in egg production
- Dairy herd health management: an overview
- Alternative sources of protein for poultry nutrition
- Composition and properties of eggshell
- Management of dairy cows in transition and at calving
- The nutritional and physiological functions of egg yolk components
- Measuring and assessing beef quality and sensory traits for retailers and consumers
- Muscle fibre types and beef quality
- Using genetic selection in the breeding of dairy cattle
- Ensuring biodiversity in dairy farming
- Maintaining the safety of poultry feed
- The emergence of antibiotic resistance on poultry farms
- Waste management and emissions in poultry processing
- Zoonoses affecting poultry: the case of Salmonella
- Case studies on food safety control in the production of fresh poultry meat: effective control of Salmonella in Sweden
- Enhancing texture and tenderness in poultry meat
- Safety management and pathogen monitoring in poultry slaughterhouse operations: the case of the United States
- Helping smallholders to improve poultry production
- Minimizing the environmental impact of poultry production through improved feed formulation
- Zoonoses affecting poultry: the case of Campylobacter
- Safety management on the poultry farm
- The colour of poultry meat: understanding, measuring and maintaining product quality
- Egg quality: consumer preferences and
- Energy and water use in poultry processing
- Ensuring the welfare of culled dairy cows during transport and slaughter
- Factors affecting fat content and distribution of fat in cattle and carcasses
- Nutritional strategies to improve nitrogen efficiency and milk protein synthesis in dairy cows
- The effects of carcass chilling and electrical stimulation on visual beef quality and palatability
- Enhancing the nutritional profile of eggs
- Factors affecting flavour development in beef
- Traditional animal breeding of cattle to improve carcass composition and meat quality
- Advances in understanding and improving the role of enzymes in poultry nutrition
- Alternatives to antibiotics in preventing zoonoses and other pathogens in poultry: prebiotics and related compounds
- Beak trimming of laying hens: welfare costs and benefits
- Beef carcass grading and classification
- Beef colour development and variation
- Bioactive components in cow’s milk
- Egg washing to ensure product safety
- Ensuring safety in chilling and freezing of poultry meat
- Inspection techniques for poultry slaughterhouse operations: the case of the European Union
- Minimising the development of antimicrobial resistance on dairy farms: appropriate use of antibiotics for the treatment of mastitis
- Poultry meat quality: an overview
- Sensory evaluation of cow’s milk
- Ingredients from milk for use in food and non-food products: from commodity to value-added ingredients
- Optimizing the microbial shelf-life of fresh beef
- Organic systems for raising poultry
- The proteins of milk
- The nutritional role of eggs
- Advances and future directions in poultry feeding: an overview
- Ageing, physical and chemical methods for improving tenderness and palatability of beef
- Assessing the sustainability of organic egg production
- Biological types of cattle: carcass and meat quality
- Detecting pathogens in milk on dairy farms: key issues for developing countries
- Developments in humane slaughtering techniques for poultry
- Enhancing the flavour of poultry meat
- Enhancing the nutritional quality of poultry meat
- Food safety control on poultry farms: effective control of Campylobacter
- Food safety management on farms producing beef
- Genetic factors affecting fertility, growth, health and longevity in dairy cattle
- Grassland management to minimise the environmental impact of dairy farming
- Improving smallholder dairy farming in tropical Asia
- Leg disorders in poultry: bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis (BCO)
- Life cycle assessment (LCA) of intensive poultry production systems
- Maintaining the health of laying hens
- Molecular breeding techniques to improve egg quality
- New developments in packaging of eggs to improve safety and quality
- Pathogens affecting beef
- Pathogens affecting raw milk from cows
- Preventing spoilage of poultry meat
- Thermal adaptation and tolerance of poultry
- Understanding and improving the shelf-life of eggs
- Using models to optimize poultry nutrition
- Welfare standards for laying hens
Author
- A. J. Escribano, Nutrion Internacional, Spain; J. Ryschawy, University of Toulouse, France; and L. K. Whistance, The Organic Research Centre, UK
- A. L. Ridler and K. J. Griffiths, Massey University, New Zealand
- Ai-Ping Hu, Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA
- Alejandro Ramirez, Iowa State University, USA
- Alexander C. O. Evans, University College Dublin, Ireland; and Shenming Zeng, China Agriculture University, China
- Alison Bailey, Lincoln University, New Zealand
- Alison L. Van Eenennaam and Amy E. Young, University of California-Davis, USA
- Allison Fleming, Canadian Dairy Network, Canada; Tatiane Chud, University of Guelph, Canada; Luiz Brito, Purdue University, USA; Francesca Malchiodi, Semex, Canada; and Christine Baes and Filippo Miglior, University of Guelph, Canada
- Alma Delia Alarcon-Rojo and Ana Luisa Renteria-Monterrubio, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
- Amy-Lynn Hall, United States Food and Drug Administration, USA
- Andy Butterworth, University of Bristol, UK
- Anna Wolc, Iowa State University, and Hy-Line International, USA; and Janet E. Fulton, Hy-line International, USA
- Anusha Bulumulla, Mi Zhou and Le Luo Guan, University of Alberta, Canada
- Arlene Garcia and John J. McGlone, Texas Tech University, USA
- B. M. Hargis and G. Tellez, University of Arkansas, USA; and L. R. Bielke, Ohio State University, USA
- B. N. Harsh and D. D. Boler, University of Illinois, USA
- Barbara Früh, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland; and Mirjam Holinger, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- Bart De Ketelaere, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Koen De Reu, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Belgium; and Steven Vermeir, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
- Ben Putman, Martin Christie and Greg Thoma, University of Arkansas, USA
- Ben Tyson, Central Connecticut State University, USA; Liza Storey and Nick Edgar, New Zealand Landcare Trust, New Zealand; Jonathan Draper, Central Connecticut State University, USA; and Christine Unson, Southern Connecticut State University, USA
- Bernadette O’Brien and Kieran Jordan , Teagasc, Ireland
- Bogdan A. Slominski, University of Manitoba, Canada
- Bradley J. Heins, University of Minnesota, USA
- Brian Fairchild, University of Georgia, USA
- Brian Jordan, University of Georgia, USA
- C. Egger-Danner, ZuchtData EDV-Dienstleistungen GmbH, Austria; and B. Heringstad, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway
- C. Hamelin, CCPA, France and F. Cisneros, DSM, Switzerland
- C. J. C. Phillips, University of Queensland, Australia
- C. Jamie Newbold, Aberystwyth University, UK
- C. Jamie Newbold, Eli R. Saetnan and Kenton J. Hart, Aberystwyth University, UK
- C. Maltecca, North Carolina State University, USA; C. Baes, University of Guelph, Canada; and F. Tiezzi, North Carolina State University, USA
- Candido Pomar, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada; Ines Andretta, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; and Luciano Hauschild, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil
- Carita Schneitz, Finland; and Martin Wierup, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
- Carla Correia-Gomes, Scotland’s Rural College, UK
- Carmen Gallo and Ana Strappini, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
- Charles Stark, Kansas State University, USA; and Adam Fahrenholz, North Carolina State University, USA
- Charlotte Lauridsen, Aarhus University, Denmark; and J. Jacques Matte, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
- Chris R. Kerth, Texas A&M University, USA
- Christine Baes, University of Guelph, Canada and University of Bern, Switzerland; and Bayode Makanjuola and Larry Schaeffer, University of Guelph, Canada
- Christopher J. Richards, Oklahoma State University, USA; and Michael E. Dikeman, Kansas State University, USA
- Chunbao Li, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
- Claire Verraes, Sabine Cardoen and Wendie Claeys, Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain; and Lieve Herman, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Belgium
- Clyde W. Fraisse, University of Florida-Gainesville, USA; Norman E. Breuer, Catholic University Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Paraguay; and Victor Cabrera, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- D. J. Ambrose, University of Alberta, Canada and J. P. Kastelic, University of Calgary, Canada
- D. K. Revell, Revell Science and The University of Western Australia, Australia
- D. L. Hopkins, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Centre for Red Meat and Sheep Development, Australia
- D. Luján-Rhenals, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, USA and Universidad de Córdoba, Columbia, R. Morawicki, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, USA, E. J. Van Loo, Ghent University, Belgium and S. C. Ricke, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, USA
- D. Luján-Rhenals, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, USA and Universidad de Córdoba, Columbia, R. Morawicki, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, USA, E. J. Van Loo, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, USA and Ghent University, Belgium and S. C. Ricke, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, USA
- Dana Dittoe and Steven C. Ricke, University of Arkansas, USA; and Aaron Kiess, Mississippi State University, USA
- Dana L.M. Campbell, University of New England and CSIRO, Australia, Sarah L, Lambton, University of Bristol, UK, Isabelle Ruhnke, University of New England, Australia and Claire A. Weeks, University of Bristol, UK
- Daniel D. Buskirk and Tristan P. Foster, Michigan State University, USA
- David C. Barrett, Kristen K. Reyher, Andrea Turner and David A. Tisdall, University of Bristol, UK
- David S. Buchanan, North Dakota State University, USA
- Deana R. Jones, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, USA
- Declan J. Bolton, Teagasc Food Research Centre (Ashtown), Ireland
- Delia Grace, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya; Johanna Lindahl, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden; Erastus Kang’ethe, University of Nairobi, Kenya; and Jagger Harvey, Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa Hub, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya; Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss, Kansas State University, USA
- Delia Grace, Silvia Alonso, Johanna Lindahl, Sara Ahlberg and Ram Pratim Deka, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya
- Derek A. Griffing and Christy L. Bratcher, Auburn University, USA
- Didier Boichard, INRA, AgroParisTech and Université Paris-Saclay, France
- Dinesh D. Jayasena, Uva Wellassa University, Sri Lanka; and Cheorun Jo, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
- Divek V. T. Nair, Grace Dewi and Anup Kollanoor-Johny, University of Minnesota, USA
- Dominiek Maes, Jeroen Dewulf, Filip Boyen and Freddy Haesebrouck, Ghent University, Belgium
- Dorothy McKeegan, University of Glasgow, UK
- Duy Ngoc Do, McGill University, Canada; and Haja N. Kadarmideen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- E. David Peebles, Mississippi State University, USA
- E. K. Doyle, University of New England, Australia
- Elly Ana Navajas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Uruguay
- Emily Miller-Cushon, University of Florida, USA; Ken Leslie and Trevor DeVries, University of Guelph, Canada
- Erin M. Goldberg and Neijat Mohamed, University of Manitoba, Canada and James D. House, University of Manitoba and the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine, Canada
- Florian Leiber, Adrian Muller, Veronika Maurer, Christian Schader and Anna Bieber, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland
- Francesca Chianini, Moredun Research Institute, UK
- G. J. Thoma, University of Arkansas, USA
- G. LaPointe, University of Guelph, Canada
- G. Raj Murugesan and Chasity M. Pender, BIOMIN America Inc., USA
- Gary Entrican and Sean Wattegedera, Moredun Research Institute, UK
- Georgios Arsenos, Angeliki Argyriadou, Sotiria Vouraki and Athanasios Gelasakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Gidi Smolders, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Mette Vaarst, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Glen W. Almond and Emily Mahan-Riggs, North Carolina State University, USA
- Grant Dewell, Iowa State University, USA
- Gregory B. Penner, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
- Guillermo Tellez and Juan D. Latorre, University of Arkansas, USA; Margarita A. Arreguin-Nava, Eco-Bio LLC, USA; and Billy M. Hargis, University of Arkansas, USA
- Hector E. Leyva-Jimenez and Christopher A. Bailey, Texas A&M University, USA
- Hoon H. Sunwoo and Naiyana Gujral, University of Alberta, Canada
- Iksoon Kang, California Polytechnic State University, USA; and Yuan H. Brad Kim, Purdue University, USA
- Ilkka Leinonen, Newcastle University, UK
- Ingrid C. de Jong and Rick A. van Emous, Wageningen Livestock Research, The Netherlands
- Ingunn Stensland, Linley Valley Pork, Australia and John R. Pluske, Murdoch University, Australia
- Inma Estevez, Neiker-Tecnalia and Ikerbasque (The Basque Foundation for Science), Spain ; and Ruth C. Newberry , Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
- Isabel Blanco Penedo, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden; and José Perea-Muñoz, University of Córdoba, Spain
- Issmat I. Kassem, Yosra A. Helmy, Isaac P. Kashoma and Gireesh Rajashekara, The Ohio State University, USA
- Ivar Vågsholm, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
- J. F. Patience, Iowa State University, USA
- J. L. Peyraud, L. Delaby and R. Delagarde, INRA-Agrocampus Ouest, France
- J. M. K. Ojango, R. Mrode, A. M. Okeyo, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya; J. E. O. Rege, Emerge-Africa, Kenya; M. G. G. Chagunda, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), UK; and D. R. Kugonza, Makerere University, Uganda
- J. P. C. Greyling, University of the Free State, South Africa
- J. P. Hill, Fonterra Cooperative Group, New Zealand
- J. R. Roche, DairyNZ, New Zealand
- J. Upton, E. Murphy and L. Shalloo, Teagasc, Ireland; M. Murphy, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland; and I.J.M. De Boer and P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
- J. W. S. Yancey, University of Arkansas, USA
- Jack C. M. Dekkers, Iowa State University, USA
- Jacqueline B. Matthews, Moredun Research Institute, UK
- Jacqueline Jacob and Anthony Pescatore, University of Kentucky, USA
- James D. Ferguson, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- James E. Koltes, Iowa State University, USA; and Francisco Peñagaricano, University of Florida, USA
- James E. Wells and Elaine D. Berry, US Meat Animal Research Center, USDA-ARS, USA
- James S. Dickson, Iowa State University, USA and Gary R. Acuff, Texas A&M University, USA
- Jan Dahl, Danish Agriculture and Food Council (DAFC), Denmark
- Jan Hultgren, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
- Jana Seifert and Bruno Tilocca, University of Hohenheim, Germany
- Janet M. Riley, North American Meat Institute, USA
- Janne Lundén, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Jeferson M. Lourenço, Darren S. Seidel and Todd R. Callaway, University of Georgia, USA
- Jeffrey Rushen, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Jennie E. Pryce, Agriculture Victoria and La Trobe University, Australia; and Yvette de Haas, Wageningen UR, The Netherlands
- Jennifer Fleming and Penny Kris-Etherton, Penn State University, USA
- Jennifer M. Young, North Dakota State University, USA
- Joel Ira Weller, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Israel
- Joel Ira Weller, The Volcani Center, Israel
- John Cole, USDA-ARS, USA
- John M. Brameld, David M. Brown and Tim Parr, University of Nottingham, UK
- John M. Gonzalez, Sara M. Ebarb, Kelsey J. Phelps and Michael E. Dikeman, Kansas State University, USA
- John McNamara, Washington State University, USA
- John Moran, Profitable Dairy Systems, Australia
- Jonathan Amory, Writtle University College, UK; and Nina Wainwright, British Pig Executive (BPEX), UK
- Jonathan Statham, Bishopton Veterinary Group and RAFT Solutions Ltd, UK
- Jude L. Capper, Livestock Sustainability Consultancy, UK
- Juliet R. Roberts, University of New England, Australia
- Julius van der Werf, School of Environmental & Rural Science, University of New England, Australia; and Andrew Swan and Robert Banks, Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit, University of New England, Australia
- Julius van der Werf, University of New England, Australia and Jennie Pryce, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (Government of Victoria) and La Trobe University, Australia
- Jungsoo Joo, University of Maryland, USA; Aishwarya Pradeep Rao, University of Maryland and University of Arizona, USA; and Debabrata Biswas, University of Maryland, USA
- K. Ellis, Scottish Centre for Production Animal Health and Food Safety, University of Glasgow, UK
- K. Schwean-Lardner and T. G. Crowe, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
- K. Stafford, Massey University, New Zealand
- Kapil Chousalker, University of Adelaide, Australia and Kylie Hewson, Australian Chicken Meat Federation, Australia
- Katrien Descheemaeker, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands; and Lindsay Bell, CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Australia
- Kaustav Majumder, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA and Yoshinori Mine, University of Guelph, Canada
- Kenneth Nordlund, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- KiChang Nam, Sunchon National University, Republic of Korea, Eun Joo Lee, University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA and Dong Uk Ahn, Iowa State University, USA
- Kor Oldenbroek, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
- L. G. Smith, The Organic Research Centre and Cranfield University, UK; and A. G. Williams, Cranfield University, UK
- Larry McDougald, University of Georgia, USA
- Lauren E. O’Connor and Wayne W. Campbell, Purdue University, USA
- Lindsay K. Whistance, The Organic Research Centre, UK
- Ludovic Brossard, Jean-Yves Dourmad, Florence Garcia-Launay and Jaap van Milgen, PEGASE, INRA – Agrocampus Ouest, France
- Luiz F. Brito and Hinayah R. Oliveira, Purdue University, USA and University of Guelph, Canada; Fabyano F. Silva, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil; and Flavio S. Schenkel, University of Guelph, Canada
- Lynn Post, Food and Drug Administration, USA
- M. A. Price, University of Alberta, Canada
- M. L. Thonney, Cornell University, USA
- M. L. W. J. Broekhuijse, Topigs Norsvin Research Center B.V., The Netherlands
- M. M. Makagon and R. A. Blatchford , University of California-Davis, USA
- M. R. Bedford and C. L. Walk, AB Vista, UK
- M. S. Lilburn and R. Shanmugasundaram, Ohio State University, USA
- Manpreet Singh and Estefanía Novoa Rama, Purdue University, USA
- Marcia Endres and Jim Salfer, University of Minnesota, USA
- Margaret E. Graves, Dalhousie University, Canada; and Ralph C. Martin, University of Guelph, Canada
- Margaret Sexton, Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia (PIRSA), Australia
- Markus Rodehutscord, University of Hohenheim, Germany
- Matt Littlejohn, Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) and Massey University, New Zealand; and Chad Harland, Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC), New Zealand
- Matt Spangler, University of Nebraska, USA
- Maureen Bain, University of Glasgow, UK
- Mekonnen Haile-Mariam, Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Australia; and Jennie Pryce, Agriculture Victoria and La Trobe University, Australia
- Mette Vaarst, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Mette Vaarst, Aarhus University, Denmark; Klaus Horsted, Danish Centre for Food and Agriculture DCA, Aarhus University, Denmark; and Veronika Maurer, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland
- Mette Vaarst, Aarhus University, Denmark; and Stephen Roderick, Duchy College, UK
- Michael A. Grashorn, University of Hohenheim, Germany
- Michael Blümmel, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia; A. Muller, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), and ETH Zürich Switzerland; C. Schader, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland; M. Herrero, Commonwealth Scientifi c and Industrial Research Organization, Australia; and M. R. Garg, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), India
- Michael D. Cressman, The Ohio State University, USA; Jannigje G. Kers, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; and Lingling Wang and Zhongtang Yu, The Ohio State University, USA
- Michael E. Dikeman, Kansas State University, USA
- Michael H. Kogut, USDA-ARS, USA
- Michael R. F. Lee, University of Bristol and Rothamsted Research, UK; M. Jordana Rivero, Rothamsted Research, UK; and John W. Cone, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
- Michael S. Cockram, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Michael S. Lilburn, Ohio State University, USA
- Michael Stear, Karen Fairlie-Clarke, and Nicholas Jonsson, University of Glasgow, UK; Bonnie Mallard, University of Guelph, Canada; and David Groth, Curtin University, Australia
- Michel A. Wattiaux, Matias A. Aguerre and Sanjeewa D. Ranathunga, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Mick Bailey, Emily Porter and Ore Francis, University of Bristol, UK
- Mike Coffey, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), UK
- Mingyang Huang and Yu Wang, University of Florida, USA; and Chi-Tang Ho, Rutgers University, USA
- N. M. Schreurs and P. R. Kenyon, Massey University, New Zealand
- N.J. Beausoleil and D.J. Mellor, Massey University, New Zealand
- Neil Sargison, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Nicholas B. Anthony , University of Arkansas, USA
- Nick Bell, The Royal Veterinary College, UK
- Nicola Bradbear, Bees for Development, UK
- Nicola M. Schreurs and Paul R. Kenyon, Massey University, New Zealand
- Nicolas Gengler and Hélène Soyeurt, University of Liège, Belgium
- Nicolas Guyot, Sophie Réhault-Godbert, Yves Nys, INRA, France; and Florence Baron, INRA – Agrocampus Ouest, France
- Noelle E. Cockett, Utah State University, USA; Brian Dalrymple, University of Western Australia, Australia; James Kijas, CSIRO, Australia; Brenda Murdoch, University of Idaho, USA; and Kim C. Worley, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
- Norman R. Scott and Curt Gooch, Cornell University, USA
- Oscar González-Recio, Alejandro Saborio-Montero, Adrián López-García, Beatriz Delgado and Cristina Óvilo, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Spain
- Osman Yasir Koyun and Todd R. Callaway, University of Georgia, USA
- P. H. Hemsworth and E. C. Jongman, University of Melbourne, Australia
- P. M. Hocking and J. Hickey, University of Edinburgh, UK
- P. Moroni, Cornell University, USA and Universit à degli Studi di Milano, Italy; F. Welcome, Cornell University, USA; and M.F. Addis, Porto Conte Ricerche, Italy
- P. Moroni, Cornell University, USA and University of Milano, Italy; F. Welcome, Cornell University, USA; and M. F. Addis, Porto Conte Ricerche, Italy
- Pamela L. Ruegg, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Paul A. Iji, Mehdi Toghyani, Emmanuel U. Ahiwe and Apeh A. Omede, University of New England, Australia
- Paul D. Ebner and Yingying Hong, Purdue University, USA
- Paul H. Hemsworth, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Paul Iji, Fiji National University, Fiji Islands and University of New England, Australia; Apeh Omede, University of New England, Australia and Kogi State University, Nigeria; Medani Abdallh, University of New England, Australia and University of Khartoum, Sudan; and Emmanuel Ahiwe, University of New England, Australia and Federal University of Technology – Owerri, Nigeria
- Pekka Huhtanen, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
- Peter Amer, AbacusBio Ltd, New Zealand; and Tim Byrne, AbacusBio International Ltd, UK
- Peter Groves, University of Sydney, Australia
- Peter Paulsen, Frans J. M. Smulders and Friederike Hilbert, University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria
- Peter R. Davies, University of Minnesota, USA
- Peter Sullivan, Canadian Dairy Network, Canada
- Phillip E. Strydom, Agricultural Research Council and University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Phung Lê Đình, Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University, Vietnam; and André J. A. Aarnink, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
- Pietro Rocculi, University of Bologna, Italy
- Pina M. Fratamico, Joseph M. Bosilevac and John W. Schmidt, United States Department of Agriculture, USA
- R. D. Warner and F. R. Dunshea, University of Melbourne, Australia; and H. A. Channon, University of Melbourne and Australian Pork Limited, Australia
- R. J. van Barneveld, R. J. E. Hewitt and D. N. D’Souza, SunPork Group, Australia
- R. M. Gous and C. Fisher, University of KwaZulu-Natal and EFG Software, South Africa
- R. Michael Hulet, Penn State University, USA
- R. Nowak, INRA/Université de Tours, France
- Rami A. Dalloul, Virginia Tech, USA
- Ranjith Ramanathan, Oklahoma State University, USA and Richard A. Mancini, University of Connecticut, USA
- Raphael Mrode, Scotland’s Rural College, UK and International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya
- Raphael Wahome and Caroline Chepkoech, University of Nairobi, Kenya
- Raveendra R. Kulkarni, North Carolina State University, USA; Khaled Taha-Abdelaziz, University of Guelph, Canada and Beni-Suef University, Egypt; and Bahram Shojadoost, Jake Astill and Shayan Sharif, University of Guelph, Canada
- Richard K. Gast, USDA-ARS, USA
- Richard M. Fulton, Michigan State University, USA
- Robert F. Wideman, Jr., University of Arkansas, USA
- Robert Moore, RMIT University, Australia
- Robert Pym, University of Queensland, Australia; and Robyn Alders, University of Sydney, Australia
- Roel Veerkamp, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands; and Mathijs van Pelt, CRV Cooperation, The Netherlands
- Ruediger Hauck, Auburn University, USA; and Lisa Bielke and Zhongtang Yu, The Ohio State University, USA
- Ruihong Zhang, University of California-Davies, USA and Hamed M. El-Mashad, Mansoura University, Egypt
- Ryan J. Arsenault, University of Delaware, USA
- Réjean Bouchard, VIDO-InterVac/University of Saskatchewan, Canada; Helen Dornom, Dairy Australia, Australia; Anne-Charlotte Dockès, Institut de l’Élevage, France; Nicole Sillett, Dairy Farmers of Canada, Canada; and Jamie Jonker, National Milk Producers Federation, USA
- S. F. Ledgard, AgResearch Ruakura Research Centre, New Zealand
- S. Ivemeyer, University of Kassel, Germany; and A. Bieber and A. Spengler Neff, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland
- Sabrina Vandeplas, Adisseo France SAS, France
- Sam W. Peterson, Massey University, New Zealand
- Sami Dridi, University of Arkansas, USA
- Samuel E. Aggrey , University of Georgia, USA ; Fernando González-Cerón , Chapingo Autonomous University, Mexico ; and Romdhane Rekaya , University of Georgia, USA
- Sandra Edwards, University of Newcastle, UK
- Sandra Edwards, University of Newcastle, UK; and Christine Leeb, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
- Shane V. Crowley, James A. O ’ Mahony and Patrick F. Fox, University College Cork, Ireland
- Shlomo Yahav, Institute of Animal Science, ARO, Israel
- Silvana Pietrosemoli and James T. Green, North Carolina State University, USA
- Simon P. Turner and Richard B. D’Eath, Scotland’s Rural College, UK
- Sophie Bertrand, French Dairy Board (CNIEL), France
- Sophie Jan and Florence Baron, Agrocampus Ouest-INRA, France
- Stephanie Clark, Iowa State University, USA
- Stephen B. Smith, Texas A&M University, USA
- Stephen Roderick, Duchy College, UK
- Stephen Roderick, Duchy College, UK; and Mette Vaarst, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Steven C. Ricke, University of Arkansas, USA
- Steven C. Ricke, University of Arkansas, USA, A.V.S. Perumalla, Kerry, USA and Navam. S. Hettiarachchy, University of Arkansas, USA
- Sung Woo Kim, North Carolina State University, USA
- Susanne Padel, The Organic Research Centre, UK
- Susanne Støier, Leif Lykke and Lars O. Blaabjerg, Danish Meat Research Institute – Danish Technological Institute, Denmark
- T. B. Rodenburg, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
- Taro Takahashi, Rothamsted Research and University of Bristol, UK; Graham A. McAuliffe, Rothamsted Research, UK; and Michael R. F. Lee, Rothamsted Research and University of Bristol, UK
- Thea van Niekerk, Wageningen Livestoch Research, The Netherlands
- Thierry Astruc and Annie Vénien, INRA, France
- Thom Huppertz and Inge Gazi, NIZO food research, The Netherlands
- Thuy T. T. Nguyen, Agriculture Victoria, Australia
- Tia M. Rains and Mitch Kanter, Egg Nutrition Centre, USA
- Timo Stadtlander, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland
- Tina Widowski, Teresa Casey-Trott, Michelle Hunniford and Krysta Morrissey, University of Guelph, Canada
- Tom J. Humphrey and Lisa K Williams, Swansea University, UK
- Trudee Fair and Pat Lonergan, University of College Dublin, Ireland
- U. S. National Poultry Center – USDA-ARS, USA
- Velmurugu Ravindran and Mohammad R. Abdollahi, Massey University, New Zealand
- Venugopal Nair, Pirbright Institute, UK
- W. E. Pomroy, Massey University, New Zealand
- Walter Bottje and Byung-Whi Kong, University of Arkansas, USA
- Wendela Wapenaar, Simon Archer and John Remnant, University of Nottingham, UK; and Alan Murphy, Minster Veterinary Practice, UK
- William A. Dozier III, Auburn University, USA; and Paul B. Tillman, Poultry Technical Nutrition Services, USA
- William James, formerly Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)-USDA, USA
- Xiang Liu, University of Tennessee, USA, Irene Hanning, Lincoln International Academy, Nicaragua, Sandra Diaz-Sanchez, SaBio IREC, Spain and Jun Lin, University of Tennessee, USA
- Xiaofan Wang and Jiangchao Zhao, University of Arkansas, USA
- Xin Sun and Eric Berg, North Dakota State University, USA
- Y. Nys, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France
- Yasumi Horimoto, University of Guelph, Canada and Hajime Hatta, Kyoto Women’s University, Japan
- Young W. Park. Fort Valley State University, USA
