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Papers

(The median citation count of Domestic Animal Endocrinology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Prostaglandin F2α treatment does not hasten ovulation in weaned sows	27
Pregnancy-induced mechanisms regulating central and peripheral leptin sensitivity: lessons from sheep	22
Late gestation hyperthermia: epigenetic programming of daughter's mammary development and function	20
Granulosa cell function in domestic animals: A review on the in vitro effects of FSH, insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1	19
Table of Contents	18
Synchronization of follicular wave before superovulation in dromedary camel by means of transvaginal follicle ablation	18
Editorial Board	17
Interaction of dietary carbohydrate and fat on glucose metabolism in growing pigs	13
Prolactin and the swine mammary gland	13
Immunogenicity of recombinant gonadotropin-releasing hormone contraceptive vaccines in male pigs	12
The enteroinsular axis during hospitalization in newborn foals	12
Evaluation of candidate point mutation of Kisspeptin 1 gene associated with litter size in Indian Goat breeds and its effect on transcription factor binding sites	12
Investigation of peptide cross reactivity in equine plasma using two adrenocorticotropic hormone immunoassays	11
Coat color affects cortisol and serotonin levels in the serum and hairs of Holstein dairy cows exposed to cold winter	10
Effects of methionine, leucine, and insulin on circulating concentrations and mammary extraction of energy substrates and amino acids in lactating dairy cows	10
The role of hormones in the regulation of lactogenic immunity in porcine and bovine species	10
Safety and efficacy assessment of a synthetic porcine recombinant corticotrophin for the ACTH stimulation test in healthy cats	10
Editorial Board	10
Unravelling the role of 17β-estradiol on advancing uterine luteolytic cascade in cattle	10
Correlation of Anti-Müllerian hormone serum concentration measured in proestrus and estrus with the litter size as a fertility marker in bitches	9
Advances in our understanding of the estrous cycle and applications for improving targeted reproductive management in livestock	9
Luteal features and serum concentrations of progesterone and hCG in dairy goats submitted to estrus induction followed by intrauterine or intramuscular hCG administration	9
Inverse relationship between eosinophil profiles and serum glucose concentration in dogs with naturally occurring hypercortisolism	8
Plane of nutrition and FSH-induced superovulation affect the expression of steroid hormone receptors and growth factors in caruncular tissue of non-pregnant sheep	8
Dietary oleuropein supplementation affects lipolysis in broilers	8

Obesity and gestation in Criollo mares: endocrine and metabolic profiles	8
Induction of parturition in horses – from physiological pathways to clinical applications	8
Irisin in domestic animals	8
Endocrine fibroblast growth factors in domestic animals	8
Quantifying heat stress; the roles on metabolic status and intestinal integrity in poultry, a review	8
Changes in the expression pattern of genes affecting the growth and development of mammary tissue in pregnant Saanen goats in response to dietary fats	8
Poor maternal nutrition during gestation in sheep alters key hormonal systems involved in energy homeostasis and appetite in the offspring	7
Is it possible to replace eCG by GnRH in the hormonal protocol for timed artificial insemination in ewes during the breeding season?	7
Table of Contents	7
American Bison (Bison bison) reproductive endocrinology: serum Pregnancy Associated Glycoproteins (PAG), Progesterone, Estrone and Estrone-Sulfate in non pregnant animals and during gestation	7
Editorial Board	6
Increasing cervical penetrability in sheep by long-acting treatments with oxytocin (Carbetocin) and/or prostaglandin E2 (Dinoprostone)	6
Association between post-ACTH cortisol and trilostane dosage in dogs with pituitary-dependent hypercortisolism	6
Reverse triiodothyronine concentrations in hyperthyroid, healthy, and azotemic cats determined by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry	6
Active immunization with a novel recombinant GnRH vaccine inhibits reproductive function in male goats	6
Is an increase of glucocorticoid concentrations related to the degree of arousal or valence experienced by an animal to a stimulus?	6
Impact of blue light therapy on plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and hypertrichosis in horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction	6
Comparison of milk production and endocrine profiles of dairy cows exposed to either white light-emitting diode or induction lighting	6
Dietary carbohydrate influences the colocalization pattern of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 with neurotensin in the chicken ileum	5
Table of Contents	5
Chronic inflammation decreases arcuate kisspeptin expression in male sheep	5
Anabolic implants alter abundance of mRNA involved in muscle growth, metabolism, and inflammation in the longissimus of Angus steers in the feedlot	5
Predictors of the ovarian superstimulatory response and oocyte collection in prepubertal heifers	5
Insulin interacts with PPARγ agonists to promote bovine adipocyte differentiation	5
Shifts in uterine bacterial communities associated with endogenous progesterone and 17β-estradiol concentrations in beef cattle	5
Effect of tetra-hydroxylated bile acid on size and insulin sensitivity of subcutaneous adipocytes in healthy lean cats	5
Effects of rumen metabolite butyric acid on bovine skeletal muscle satellite cells proliferation, apoptosis and transcriptional states during myogenic differentiation	5
Table of Contents	4
Role of sex steroids and prostaglandins during the luteal life cycle in domestic cats and lynxes	4
Comparison of moderate (7% on dry matter basis) and high (15% on dry matter basis) fiber diets on glycemic control in dogs with spontaneous insulin deficient diabetes mellitus	4
The impact of environmental and nutritional stresses on milk fat synthesis in dairy cows	4
MiR-128-1-5p regulates differentiation of ovine stromal vascular fraction by targeting the KLF11 5′-UTR	4
Anti–Müllerian hormone concentrations in queens throughout the estrous cycle	4
Melatonin acts through different mechanisms to control oxidative stress and primordial follicle activation and survival during in vitro culture of bovine ovarian tissue	4
Short Communication: Identification of equine corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide (CLIP) binding to an adrenocortipcotrophic hormone (ACTH) assay capture antibody	4
Analyses of widely targeted metabolic profiling reveal enhanced energy metabolism in well-developed testicular tissue of Hu sheep	4
Table of Contents	4
Serum anti-Müllerian hormone concentration as a diagnostic tool to identify testicular tissue in canine disorders of sexual development	4
Effect of the gonadotropin surge on steroid receptor regulation in preovulatory follicles and newly formed corpora lutea in the cow	4
Relationship between plasma dopamine concentration and temperament in horses	4
Differential responsiveness and signaling pathways for prostaglandin F2a on chemokine mRNA in bovine corpus luteum and luteinized granulosa cells	3
Altrenogest treatment reduces the stress response of three-year-old warmblood mares during their initial equestrian training	3
Osteopontin expression in prepubertal and adult dog testes and the effect of slow-release deslorelin implants (Suprelorin® 4.7 mg)	3
Correlation between the natural infection by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in goats and serum progesterone levels and corpus luteum development	3
L-thyroxine and 4-pregnane-3,20‑dione preserves pregnancy in bitches with hypothyroidism and hypoluteoidism	3
Age-specific analysis of anti-müllerian hormone and liver biochemical parameters in freemartin holstein calves and heifers: A pilot study	3
Editorial Board	3
Investigation of equine testis contribution to vitamin D bioactivation	3
Characterizing zoo-housed Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) reproduction using gonadal steroid metabolite analysis in feces	3
Corrigendum to “Association of vitamin D status with redox balance and insulin resistance and its predicting ability for subclinical pregnancy toxemia in pregnant sheep” [Domestic Animal Endocrinology	3

Table of Contents	3
Pregnancy in pigs: the journey of an early life	3
Interferon-Tau regulates a plethora of functions in the corpus luteum	3
Distribution and sequence analysis of the melanocortin 2 receptor in horses and ponies	3
Relationship among cattle breed and anabolic implant protocol relative to feedlot performance: Growth, temperament, feeding behavior, carcass traits, and economic return	2
From spermatogenesis to fertilisation: the role of melatonin on ram spermatozoa	2
Involvement of cholesterol and ketone bodies in early stages of bovine cystic ovarian disease development	2
Editorial Board	2
The effect of an alpha2-adrenoceptor antagonist on equine carbohydrate metabolism after intravenous glucose load	2
Expressions of ghrelin and GHSR-1a in the corpus luteum and the stimulatory effect of ghrelin on luteal function of pregnant sows	2
Changes in serum testosterone and anti-Müllerian hormone concentration in bulls undergoing scrotal insulation	2
Developmental programming: prenatal and postnatal consequences of hyperthermia in dairy cows and calves	2
Field outcomes of laparoscopic ovum pick-up combined with in vitro embryo production in sheep: Effects of long-acting recombinant ovine FSH pre-stimulation, collection frequency, and donor breed	2
Developmental and hormonal regulation of FBN1 and OR4M1 mRNA in bovine granulosa cells	2
Effect of GnRH administration on follicular development and ovulation during the early luteal phase in subtropical goats	2
Spatial local expressions of kisspeptin in the uterus and uterine tubes and its relationship to the reproductive potential in goats	2
Table of Contents	2
Editorial Board	2
Unhatched bovine blastocysts express all transcripts of the estrogen biosynthetic pathway, but steroid hormone synthesis could not yet be demonstrated	2
Cold exposure affects glucose metabolism, lipid droplet deposition and mitophagy in skeletal muscle of newborn goats	1
Editorial Board	1
The impact of FSH stimulation and age on the ovarian and uterine traits and histomorphometry of prepubertal gilts	1
Table of Contents	1
Effectors and predictors of conceptus survival in cattle: What is next?	1
Longitudinal assessment of adrenocortical steroid and steroid precursor response to illness in hospitalized foals	1
Reproductive performance in gilts submitted to non-steroidal therapies to prolong the luteal phase of the estrous cycle	1
Short-term clinical and biochemical responses following treatment with dapagliflozin or ertugliflozin in horses with hyperinsulinemia: A retrospective case series	1
Sexually active male goats stimulate the endocrine and sexual activities of other males in seasonal sexual rest through the “buck-to-buck effect”	1
Skeletal muscle-secreted myokine interleukin-6 induces white adipose tissue conversion into beige adipose tissue in myostatin gene knockout pigs	1
Role of steroid hormones in the maintenance of focal adhesions in bovine oviductal epithelial cells	1
Effects of a single dose of long-acting FSH on testicular blood flow, testicular echotexture, and circulating testosterone, estradiol, and nitric oxide in rams during the non-breeding season	1
Effects of different doses of estradiol benzoate used in a cervical relaxation protocol on the success of non-surgical embryo recovery and luteal function in superovulated ewes	1
Analysis of circulating microRNA during early gestation in Japanese black cattle	1
A career in lactation biology	1
A novel mechanism of kisspeptin regulating ovarian granulosa cell function via down-regulating let-7b to activate ERK/PI3K-Akt pathway in Tan sheep	1
Daily variation of the cortisol and insulin concentration, glycemia, surface temperature, and behavior patterns due the administration of equine Chorionic Gonadotropin in rams	1
Effects of genetic selection on activity of corticotropic and thyrotropic axes in modern broiler chickens	1
Hormonal and immunological responses of Holstein dairy cows from late lactation to the dry period and from the dry period to early lactation	1
Effect of selenium and zinc nanoparticles supplementations on testicular blood flow, semen, and reproductive hormones in Egyptian native goats subjected to ambient heat stress	1
The basic functions of rabbit ovarian granulosa cell are regulated by adipokines monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1	1
17β-estradiol inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation and pyroptosis of Leydig cells of the domestic yak (Bos grunniens) via the SIRT1/Nox4/ROS pathway	1
Molecular regulation, breed differences and genes involved in stress control in farm animals	1
Impact of endophyte-infected tall fescue seed consumption on endocrine changes associated with intake regulation and post-absorptive metabolism in growing steers	1
Utero-placental adaptations in response to intrauterine growth restriction in swine	1