OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Active immunization with a novel recombinant GnRH vaccine inhibits reproductive function in male goats	26
Effect of follicle size on hormonal status of follicular fluid, oocyte ATP content, and in vitro embryo production in prepubertal sheep	23
Impact of blue light therapy on plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and hypertrichosis in horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction	22
Fish oil a source of omega-3 fatty acids affects hypothalamus heat resistance genes expressions and fatty acid composition in heat-stressed chicks	20
Increasing cervical penetrability in sheep by long-acting treatments with oxytocin (Carbetocin) and/or prostaglandin E2 (Dinoprostone)	16
Granulosa cell function in domestic animals: A review on the in vitro effects of FSH, insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1	15
Pregnancy-induced mechanisms regulating central and peripheral leptin sensitivity: lessons from sheep	14
Evaluation of circulating miRNAs in mares approaching parturition	12
Table of Contents	11
Table of Contents	11
Incretin therapy in feline diabetes mellitus – A review of the current state of research	11
Editorial Board	11
Foreword	9
Sexually active male goats stimulate the endocrine and sexual activities of other males in seasonal sexual rest through the “buck-to-buck effect”	9
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	9
Letter to the editor	9
Editorial Board	9
Late gestation hyperthermia: epigenetic programming of daughter's mammary development and function	9
Antemortem inhibition of phosphoinositide 3-kinase causes changes in meat quality traits in broiler chickens	9
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	8
Early induction of luteolysis in a timed AI protocol increases reproductive performance in beef cows	8
Transcriptome and epigenome analysis of porcine embryos from non-esterified fatty acid-exposed oocytes	8
Prostaglandin F2α treatment does not hasten ovulation in weaned sows	8
Increased insulin-like growth factor 1 concentrations in a population of non-diabetic cats with overweight/obesity	8
Interferon-Tau regulates a plethora of functions in the corpus luteum	8

Effects of estradiol treatments on PGF2α release in beef heifers submitted to estrous resynchronization 14 days after timed-AI	8
Investigation of equine testis contribution to vitamin D bioactivation	8
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	8
Pyometra-associated insulin resistance assessment by insulin binding assay and tyrosine kinase activity evaluation in canine muscle tissue	8
Birth weight, growth indices, and seminal parameters in male offspring are resilient features to maternal pre-conceptional dietary manipulation in sheep	8
The impact of FSH stimulation and age on the ovarian and uterine traits and histomorphometry of prepubertal gilts	7
Effect of tetra-hydroxylated bile acid on size and insulin sensitivity of subcutaneous adipocytes in healthy lean cats	7
Editorial Board	7
Comparison of pharmacodynamics between insulin glargine 100 U/mL and insulin glargine 300 U/mL in healthy cats	7
Shifts in uterine bacterial communities associated with endogenous progesterone and 17β-estradiol concentrations in beef cattle	7
Uterine kallikrein and arterial bradykinin activities and uterine arterial proliferation in response to acute estradiol-17β exposure in ovariectomized ewes	7
Modulation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway in the ovine liver and duodenum during early pregnancy	7
17β-estradiol inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation and pyroptosis of Leydig cells of the domestic yak (Bos grunniens) via the SIRT1/Nox4/ROS pathway	7
Table of Contents	7
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Table of Contents	6
The bovine milk microbiome – an evolving science	6
Editorial Board	6
Characterizing zoo-housed Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) reproduction using gonadal steroid metabolite analysis in feces	6
Effects of xenin-25 on insulin and glucagon secretions in healthy conscious sheep	6
Prolactin and the swine mammary gland	6
Hormonal and immunological responses of Holstein dairy cows from late lactation to the dry period and from the dry period to early lactation	6
Dietary carbohydrate influences the colocalization pattern of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 with neurotensin in the chicken ileum	6
Editorial Board	6
Table of Contents	6
Skeletal muscle-secreted myokine interleukin-6 induces white adipose tissue conversion into beige adipose tissue in myostatin gene knockout pigs	5
Interaction of dietary carbohydrate and fat on glucose metabolism in growing pigs	5
The enteroinsular axis during hospitalization in newborn foals	5
FSH stimulated bovine granulosa cell steroidogenesis involves both canonical and noncanonical WNT signaling	5
Markers of muscle atrophy and impact of treatment with pergolide in horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction and muscle atrophy	5
Role of changes in plasma prolactin concentrations on ram and buck sperm cryoresistance	5
Correlation between the natural infection by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in goats and serum progesterone levels and corpus luteum development	5
Effects of buserelin administration on testicular blood flow and plasma concentrations of testosterone and estradiol-17β in rams	5
Orexin B inhibits viability and differentiation of stromal cells from swine adipose tissue	5
Early pregnancy regulates the expression of prolactin and its receptor in the thymus, the liver, the spleen and lymph nodes in sheep	5
Predictors of the ovarian superstimulatory response and oocyte collection in prepubertal heifers	4
Anabolic implants alter abundance of mRNA involved in muscle growth, metabolism, and inflammation in the longissimus of Angus steers in the feedlot	4
Distribution and sequence analysis of the melanocortin 2 receptor in horses and ponies	4
The impact of environmental and nutritional stresses on milk fat synthesis in dairy cows	4
Relationship between plasma dopamine concentration and temperament in horses	4
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	4
The basic functions of rabbit ovarian granulosa cell are regulated by adipokines monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1	4
Role of steroid hormones in the maintenance of focal adhesions in bovine oviductal epithelial cells	4
Developmental and hormonal regulation of FBN1 and OR4M1 mRNA in bovine granulosa cells	4
The role of hormones in the regulation of lactogenic immunity in porcine and bovine species	4
Maternal nutrient restriction alters thyroid hormone dynamics in placentae of sheep having small for gestational age fetuses	4
GATA4: Regulation of expression and functions in goat granulosa cells	4
Insulin interacts with PPARγ agonists to promote bovine adipocyte differentiation	4
Expression profile of the Kisspeptin/Kiss1r system and angiogenic and immunological mediators in the ovary of cyclic and pregnant cats	4
Table of Contents	4

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	4
Safety and efficacy assessment of a synthetic porcine recombinant corticotrophin for the ACTH stimulation test in healthy cats	3
Involvement of somatotrophic hormones in the postpartum regulation of ovarian activity in mares	3
Qualitative and semiquantitative assessment of thyroid hormone binding proteins in greyhounds and other dog breeds	3
Group or individual housing does not reduce socio-sexual and reproductive responses in anestrous goats during the first contact with the photo-stimulated buck	3
Effects of rumen metabolite butyric acid on bovine skeletal muscle satellite cells proliferation, apoptosis and transcriptional states during myogenic differentiation	3
Expressions of ghrelin and GHSR-1a in the corpus luteum and the stimulatory effect of ghrelin on luteal function of pregnant sows	3
Field efficacy and safety of protamine zinc recombinant human insulin in 276 dogs with diabetes mellitus	3
An incremental feeding pattern for Guangdong Small-ear Spotted gilts during gestation: effects on stillbirth rate and muscle weight of progeny	3
Chronic inflammation decreases arcuate kisspeptin expression in male sheep	3
The glucagon-receptor antagonist MK-3577 reduces glucagon-stimulated plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in metabolically healthy overweight cats	3
Unravelling the role of 17β-estradiol on advancing uterine luteolytic cascade in cattle	3
The effect of capromorelin on glycemic control in healthy dogs	3
Effects of methionine, leucine, and insulin on circulating concentrations and mammary extraction of energy substrates and amino acids in lactating dairy cows	2
Hair cortisol concentration in postpartum dairy cows and its association with parameters of milk production	2
Canine parturition: what is known about the hormonal setting?	2
Editorial Board	2
The effects of Zinc-Methionine on glucose metabolism and insulin resistance during late pregnancy in ewes	2
Effect of short-term dopamine reduction on insulin sensitivity and post-prandial insulin and glucose responses in Standardbred horses	2
Steroid sulfates in domestic mammals and laboratory rodents	2
Effect of alpine grazing on plasma and hair cortisol, serotonin, and DHEA in dairy cows and its welfare impact	2
A functional variant in the promoter region of IGF1 gene is associated with chicken abdominal fat deposition	2
Short Communication: Identification of equine corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide (CLIP) binding to an adrenocortipcotrophic hormone (ACTH) assay capture antibody	2
Unhatched bovine blastocysts express all transcripts of the estrogen biosynthetic pathway, but steroid hormone synthesis could not yet be demonstrated	2
Table of Contents	2
Oral administration of domperidone in the first or third week of lactation: Effects on prolactin concentrations and mammary gene expression in sows and piglet growth	2
Nanoplastics impair in vitro swine granulosa cell functions	2
Maternal and neonatal cortisol and catecholamines throughout vaginal eutocia and C-section in dogs	2
Table of Contents	2
Relationship among cattle breed and anabolic implant protocol relative to feedlot performance: Growth, temperament, feeding behavior, carcass traits, and economic return	2
Coat color affects cortisol and serotonin levels in the serum and hairs of Holstein dairy cows exposed to cold winter	2
MiR-128-1-5p regulates differentiation of ovine stromal vascular fraction by targeting the KLF11 5′-UTR	2
Table of Contents	1
Table of Contents	1
Editorial Board	1
MicroRNA miR-152 can support ovarian granulosa cell functions and modify apigenin actions	1
Editorial Board	1
Effect of GnRH administration on follicular development and ovulation during the early luteal phase in subtropical goats	1
Editorial Board	1
Table of Contents	1
Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances in dogs with spontaneous hypercortisolism	1
Circadian clocks and their role in lactation competence	1
Editorial Board	1
Induction of parturition in horses – from physiological pathways to clinical applications	1
Advances in our understanding of the estrous cycle and applications for improving targeted reproductive management in livestock	1
Pregnancy maintenance following sequential induced prostaglandin pulses in beef cows	1
Table of Contents	1
Endocrine fibroblast growth factors in domestic animals	1
Changes in serum testosterone and anti-Müllerian hormone concentration in bulls undergoing scrotal insulation	1
From spermatogenesis to fertilisation: the role of melatonin on ram spermatozoa	1
Sexual behaviour of young rams is improved and less stressful after intranasal administration of oxytocin	1