Pastoral livestock-production systems are under increasing environmental, social and
consumer pressures to reduce environmental impacts and to enhance biodiversity and …

The current review examines potential solutions to enhance the sustainability and
productivity of the dairy sector in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with an emphasis on breeding …

Reducing enteric methane (CH 4) production and improving feed conversion efficiency of
dairy cows is of high importance. Residual feed intake (RFI) is one measure of feed …

There is growing evidence that animal personality is linked to a range of productivity traits in
farm animals, including dairy cattle. To date, the methodology for assessing personality traits …

Simple Summary We studied the nitrogen excretion patterns of cows selected for divergent
nitrogen excretion consuming either ryegrass or plantain. Both the use of a plantain diet as …

Feed efficiency has the potential to be improved both through feeding, management, and
breeding. Including feed efficiency in a selection index is limited by the fact that dry matter …

Although food from grazed animals is increasingly sought by consumers because of
perceived animal welfare advantages, grazing systems provide the farmer and the animal …

Voluntary intake by cattle and other ruminants is controlled by a complex mix of physical and
physiological factors that interact with a variety of environmental, geo-spatial, and …

Part-time grazing (PTG) is the grazing technique based on the time-restricted access to
pasture of farmed herbivores, usually supplemented indoors. This review evaluates the …

While grazing lands can offer a diverse range of forages, individuals within herds prefer to
graze some habitats and not others. They can have consistent differences in grazing …