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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Dear SAJAS contributors,

Please note that the sixth issue of SAJAS volume 56 is now available online:

  1. Precision livestock farming technologies to support sustainable beef cattle production: A South African perspective
    • U. Gresse & E. van Marle-Köster
  2. Effects of white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on egg production, egg quality, blood hormones, and behaviour patterns in Brown Tsaiya ducks
    • H. Chen, M.F. Lin, Y.L. Lin, C.H. Cheng, & C.H. Su
  3. Effects of different bacteriocin levels on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, small intestine histomorphology, and caecal microbiota in male broiler chickens
    • O. Ustundag, M. Ozdogan, & E. Gökmen Yılmaz

Thank you to all the section editors and reviewers who were involved in getting these papers published and I hope to see some of you at the SASAS congress!

Kind regards,

SAJAS Editorial Team

SA Journal of Animal Science (SAJAS) Online Journal Management System Instructions to Authors

NOTICE BOARD

56th Annual SASAS Congress

07–09 July 2026 | Lagoon Beach Hotel, Cape Town

SASAS Congress 2025

  • Reports tabled at the AGM are available in the member’s section

Communique May 2026

Veterinary/Para-Veterinary vs Non-Veterinary Procedures

Document is in Member’s section under Information and Documentation

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