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Livestock Science
Volume 120, Issue 1-2, Pages 1-162 (January 2009)
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Performance of spring-calving beef suckler cows and their progeny to slaughter on intensive and extensive grassland management systems
M.J. Drennan, M. McGee
pages 1-12
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Hypothalamic deafferentation in prepuberal beef heifers: Effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and estradiol benzoate on luteinizing hormone secretion
Jose R. Molina, Allison M. Benoit, Sender Lkhagvadorj, Lloyd L. Anderson
pages 13-24
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Effect of floor cooling and dietary amino acids content on performance and behaviour of lactating primiparous sows during summer
B.A.N. Silva, R.F.M. Oliveira, J.L. Donzele, H.C. Fernandes, A.L. Lima, D. Renaudeau, J. Noblet
pages 25-34
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The effect of probiotic BioPlus 2B® on growth performance, dry matter and nitrogen digestibility and slurry noxious gas emission in growing pigs
Y. Wang, J.H. Cho, Y.J. Chen, J.S. Yoo, Y. Huang, H.J. Kim, I.H. Kim
pages 35-42
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Influence of differing carbohydrate sources on l-tryptophan metabolism by porcine fecal microbiota studied in vitro
Cai-Yan Li, Jian-Xin Liu, Yi-Zhen Wang, Yue-Ming Wu, Jia-Kun Wang, Yi-Yi Zhou
pages 43-50
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Growth rate and age at boar exposure as factors influencing gilt puberty
W.S. Amaral Filha, M.L. Bernardi, I. Wentz, F.P. Bortolozzo
pages 51-57
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Diet selection by calves facing pairs of nutritionally complementary foods
F. Catanese, R. Distel, J. Arroquy, R.M. Rodríguez Iglesias, B. Olano, M. Arzadun
pages 58-65
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Acid–base status and serum l-lactate in growing/finishing bull calves fed different high-grain diets
C. Castillo, J.L. Benedito, V. Pereira, P. Vázquez, C. Gutiérrez, J. Hernández
pages 66-74
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Genetic connectedness between seven European countries for performance in jumping competitions of warmblood riding horses
C. Ruhlmann, E. Bruns, E. Fraehr, J. Philipsson, S. Janssens, K. Quinn, E. Thorén Hellsten, A. Ricard
pages 75-86
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Supplementing Guinea grass with fresh sweet potato foliage for milk production by Bunaji and N'Dama cows in early lactation
I. Etela, A. Larbi, U.J. Ikhatua, M.A. Bamikole
pages 87-95
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Fatty acid composition and meat quality traits of organically reared Korean native black pigs
D.H. Kim, P.N. Seong, S.H. Cho, J.H. Kim, J.M. Lee, C. Jo, D.G. Lim
pages 96-102
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Effects of early weaning and breed on calf performance and carcass and meat quality in autumn-born bull calves
M. Blanco, D. Villalba, G. Ripoll, H. Sauerwein, I. Casasús
pages 103-115
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Effect of age at castration on animal performance, muscle characteristics and meat quality traits in 26-month-old Charolais steers
D. Micol, M.P. Oury, B. Picard, J.F. Hocquette, M. Briand, R. Dumont, D. Egal, R. Jailler, H. Dubroeucq, J. Agabriel
pages 116-126
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Metabolic characterization of rumen epithelial tissue from dairy calves fed different starter diets using 1H NMR spectroscopy
Hanne Christine Bertram, Niels Bastian Kristensen, Mogens Vestergaard, Søren Krogh Jensen, Jakob Sehested, Niels Christian Nielsen, Anders Malmendal
pages 127-134
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Foraging of Iberian fattening pigs grazing natural pasture in the dehesa
V. Rodríguez-Estévez, A. García, F. Peña, A.G. Gómez
pages 135-143
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Lysine requirement for maintenance in growing pigs
J. Ringel, A. Susenbeth
pages 144-150
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Estimation of genetic parameters of racing performance in Iranian Thoroughbred horses
J. Bakhtiari, N.E.J. Kashan
pages 151-157
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Access to land, livestock production and ecosystem conservation in the Brazilian Campos biome: The natural grasslands dilemma
Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho, Caterina Batello
pages 158-162
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