The South African Journal of Animal Science is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. The journal publishes reports of research dealing with the production of farmed animal species (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, poultry and ostriches), as well as pertinent aspects of research on companion animals and aquatic and wildlife species. All submitted articles are subjected to a single-blind peer review process that is managed by a section editor under the supervision of the editor-in-chief. Copyright of a published article resides with the authors. Such articles will be published as open access content and be covered by the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 South African Licence. Users may copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work, but must recognise the authors and the South African Journal of Animal Science.
Originally supported by the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), the South African Journal of Animal Science moved online in the early 2000s using a custom-built manuscript submission and editorial management system. In August 2025, the journal transitioned to the Public Knowledge Project’s Open Journal Systems (PKP OJS), hosted by Khulisa Journals at the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).
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Effect of ambient temperature on farrowing rate in pigs
Records kept over a 4-year period on a 300-sow Natal north coast farm show that reproductive efficiency in pigs is markedly depressed during the hottest months of the year. Under these conditions mean monthly temperatures in excess of 22 C…
Vrugbaarheid van vleisbeeste op die Soutpan beesplaas
The conception rates of 495 lactating cows and 99 replacement heifers were compared over a 3-year period on an extensive cattle ranch in the sour mixed bushveld. A summer breeding season and controlled selective grazing were applied. A protein-rich dicalciumphosphate…
Inteelttoename by die S.A. vleismerino en die verband met kuddegrootte
Pedigrees of 2 291 lambs born during l97l and 1972 were employed in an estimation of the inbreeding coefficient of the S.A. Mutton Merino breed. Pedigrees were extended in 4 lines from the grand parents up to and inclusive of…
Invloed van fisiese vorm van mieliegraan en aanvullende proteienvoeding op die benutting van hoë kragvoerrantsoene deur vleisbee
The substitution of whole maize grain for maize meal in high concentrate rations (±20% silage on dry basis) for young beef cattle did not significantly lower intake, digestible energy content of ration, mass gain and feed efficiency (2-5%). The milling…
Verskillende verhouding van mieliekuilvoere en kragvoer vir die vetmesting van speenkalwers
Weaned Simmentaler steers were fed one of three basic rations viz. (l) silage ad lib.,(2) silage ad lib. + maize meal at l% of live mass and (3) 4 kg silage + maize meal ad lid. In addition each of…
The use of DPW at varying levels in cattle fattening rations
4 Levels (0%, 4%, 8%, and 12% on a dry matter basis) of dried cage layer manure (DPW) were combined with either urea or sunflower oilcake meal to investigate the possibility of successfully including low levels.of DPW into cattle fattening…
Comparative feed intake and digestibility studies with sheep and cattle on roughages
The daily voluntary feed intake and digestibility of 31 forages by sheep and cattle were measured. It was found that the intake of cattle per kg W0,75kg was significantly higher than that of sheep in 26 out of the 3l…
Proteïenbronne in die rantsoene van groeiende varke 3. ‘n Vergelyking tussen vismeel en afgeroomde melk
The study was conducted to replace fish meal partially as protein source in the rations of growing pigs. In the first trial fish meal was partially replaced with skim milk powder, while liquid skim milk was used to partially replace…
Similar efficiency at two feeding levels in sheep
Twelve Mutton-Walrich Merino cross wether lambs were randomly allotted to two groups of 6 at 8 weeks of age after they were weaned. The one group received a high energy diet just below ad libitum and the other 80% of…
‘n Vergelyking tussen mieliekuilvoer, stoekmielies en ryp mielieplante
Maize silage, stover and ripe maize plants were compared with one another in respect to dry matter yield and dry matter losses. These feeds were also used in metabolism and production studies. Whereas 8,63% of the original harvested dry matter…
Energieaanvulling by mieliekuilvoer vir slaglamproduksie
Six different ratios of maize supplementation to maize silage were evaluated for slaughter lambs in 2 experiments. Maize silage, supplemented at l% of mean live body mass with maize, resulted in the highest growth rate in the first experiment, whereas…
Birth mass and neonatal mortality of lambs as affected by level of nutrition of the ewe
Fifty pregnant S.A. Mutton merino ewes, the mating of which had been synchronized, were allotted to two planes of nutrition six weeks prior to lambing. The ewes bearing multiple lambs consumed significantly (P<0,01) less feed per kg birth mass of…
Die invloed van omgewingsfaktore op speeneienskappe van Afrikanerkalwers
The effect of environmental factors on weaning traits of Afrikaner calves Data from 1142 Afrikaner calves from the herd of stud Afrikaner cattle at the Glen Agricultural Research Institute were used. The calves were the progeny of' 27 sires and…
Ekstensiewe vleisbeesboerdery op Soutpan
The extensive production of beef according to the principles of controlled selective grazing and improved herd management on natural veld in the sour mixed bushveld, was investigated at the Soutpan experimental farm. Originally a start was made with Afrikaner type…
