This systematic review evaluates dietary supplements – probiotics, prebiotics, vitamins, and minerals – for preventing and controlling bovine respiratory disease (BRD), highlighting their potential to improve respiratory health and immune response in beef cattle under intensive and semi-intensive management.

Animal Production Science
Volume 65 Number 14 2025
Worldwide microplastics have become widespread in the environment and are infiltrating food supply chains. Understanding and eliminating microplastics in food systems is one strategy to combat microplastics ingested by humans – livestock being one of the food supply chains deserving inquiry. This review finds that microplastics are present in livestock production systems, but there are several knowledge gaps that must be overcome to understand the effects on animal health, and the strategies to mitigate risks.
This article belongs to the collection: Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia 2025.
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Polyspermy is a major problem during in vitro fertilization of pigs, and microRNAs (miRNAs) derived from female reproductive cells may have a beneficial role on sperm function and embryo development. The role of miRNA-21-5p on the in vitro fertilization and embryo development of pigs is still unclear. Our findings found that miRNA-21-5p inhibitor could enhance the development of porcine embryos.