OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Domestic Animal Endocrinology is 2. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Prostaglandin F2α treatment does not hasten ovulation in weaned sows	32
Effects of estradiol treatments on PGF2α release in beef heifers submitted to estrous resynchronization 14 days after timed-AI	24
Pregnancy-induced mechanisms regulating central and peripheral leptin sensitivity: lessons from sheep	22
Granulosa cell function in domestic animals: A review on the in vitro effects of FSH, insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1	18
Late gestation hyperthermia: epigenetic programming of daughter's mammary development and function	17
Interaction of dietary carbohydrate and fat on glucose metabolism in growing pigs	16
Table of Contents	15
The enteroinsular axis during hospitalization in newborn foals	14
Effects of xenin-25 on insulin and glucagon secretions in healthy conscious sheep	11
Effects of methionine, leucine, and insulin on circulating concentrations and mammary extraction of energy substrates and amino acids in lactating dairy cows	11
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	11
Qualitative and semiquantitative assessment of thyroid hormone binding proteins in greyhounds and other dog breeds	11
Prolactin and the swine mammary gland	11
Unravelling the role of 17β-estradiol on advancing uterine luteolytic cascade in cattle	11
Safety and efficacy assessment of a synthetic porcine recombinant corticotrophin for the ACTH stimulation test in healthy cats	10
Nanoplastics impair in vitro swine granulosa cell functions	10
Coat color affects cortisol and serotonin levels in the serum and hairs of Holstein dairy cows exposed to cold winter	10
Correlation of Anti-Müllerian hormone serum concentration measured in proestrus and estrus with the litter size as a fertility marker in bitches	9
Irisin in domestic animals	9
Editorial Board	9
The role of hormones in the regulation of lactogenic immunity in porcine and bovine species	9
Advances in our understanding of the estrous cycle and applications for improving targeted reproductive management in livestock	9
Inverse relationship between eosinophil profiles and serum glucose concentration in dogs with naturally occurring hypercortisolism	9
American Bison (Bison bison) reproductive endocrinology: serum Pregnancy Associated Glycoproteins (PAG), Progesterone, Estrone and Estrone-Sulfate in non pregnant animals and during gestation	8
Is it possible to replace eCG by GnRH in the hormonal protocol for timed artificial insemination in ewes during the breeding season?	8

Effects of maternal obesity in an ovine model on metabolic outcomes in F2 adults and F3 neonates	8
Poor maternal nutrition during gestation in sheep alters key hormonal systems involved in energy homeostasis and appetite in the offspring	8
Quantifying heat stress; the roles on metabolic status and intestinal integrity in poultry, a review	8
Obesity and gestation in Criollo mares: endocrine and metabolic profiles	8
Endocrine fibroblast growth factors in domestic animals	8
Interactions between cattle breed type and anabolic implant strategy impact circulating serum metabolites, feedlot performance, feeding behavior, carcass characteristics, and economic return in beef s	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
Induction of parturition in horses – from physiological pathways to clinical applications	8
Changes in mRNA and protein levels of gonadotropin releasing hormone and receptor in ovine thymus, lymph node, spleen, and liver during early pregnancy	8
Editorial Board	8
Association between post-ACTH cortisol and trilostane dosage in dogs with pituitary-dependent hypercortisolism	8
Increasing cervical penetrability in sheep by long-acting treatments with oxytocin (Carbetocin) and/or prostaglandin E2 (Dinoprostone)	7
Is an increase of glucocorticoid concentrations related to the degree of arousal or valence experienced by an animal to a stimulus?	7
Active immunization with a novel recombinant GnRH vaccine inhibits reproductive function in male goats	7
Impact of blue light therapy on plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and hypertrichosis in horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction	7
Short Communication: Identification of equine corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide (CLIP) binding to an adrenocortipcotrophic hormone (ACTH) assay capture antibody	6
Table of Contents	6
Insulin interacts with PPARγ agonists to promote bovine adipocyte differentiation	6
Effects of rumen metabolite butyric acid on bovine skeletal muscle satellite cells proliferation, apoptosis and transcriptional states during myogenic differentiation	6
Chronic inflammation decreases arcuate kisspeptin expression in male sheep	6
Relationship between plasma dopamine concentration and temperament in horses	6
Shifts in uterine bacterial communities associated with endogenous progesterone and 17β-estradiol concentrations in beef cattle	6
Predictors of the ovarian superstimulatory response and oocyte collection in prepubertal heifers	6
Dietary carbohydrate influences the colocalization pattern of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 with neurotensin in the chicken ileum	6
MiR-128-1-5p regulates differentiation of ovine stromal vascular fraction by targeting the KLF11 5′-UTR	6
The impact of environmental and nutritional stresses on milk fat synthesis in dairy cows	6
Anabolic implants alter abundance of mRNA involved in muscle growth, metabolism, and inflammation in the longissimus of Angus steers in the feedlot	6
Effect of tetra-hydroxylated bile acid on size and insulin sensitivity of subcutaneous adipocytes in healthy lean cats	6
Steroid sulfates in domestic mammals and laboratory rodents	6
Table of Contents	5
Anti–Müllerian hormone concentrations in queens throughout the estrous cycle	5
Effect of the gonadotropin surge on steroid receptor regulation in preovulatory follicles and newly formed corpora lutea in the cow	5
Role of sex steroids and prostaglandins during the luteal life cycle in domestic cats and lynxes	5
Heterologous beta-nerve growth factor (β-NGF) given at the LH surge enhances luteal function in dairy heifers	5
Effect of maternal overnutrition on predisposition to insulin resistance in the foal: Foal skeletal muscle development and insulin signaling	5
Serum anti-Müllerian hormone concentration as a diagnostic tool to identify testicular tissue in canine disorders of sexual development	5
Melatonin acts through different mechanisms to control oxidative stress and primordial follicle activation and survival during in vitro culture of bovine ovarian tissue	5
Residual effects of abomasal 5-hydroxytryptophan administration on serotonin metabolism in cattle	4
Altrenogest treatment reduces the stress response of three-year-old warmblood mares during their initial equestrian training	4
Table of Contents	4
Pregnancy in pigs: the journey of an early life	4
Analyses of widely targeted metabolic profiling reveal enhanced energy metabolism in well-developed testicular tissue of Hu sheep	4
Age-specific analysis of anti-müllerian hormone and liver biochemical parameters in freemartin holstein calves and heifers: A pilot study	4
Pyometra-associated insulin resistance assessment by insulin binding assay and tyrosine kinase activity evaluation in canine muscle tissue	4
Editorial Board	4
Table of Contents	4
Interferon-Tau regulates a plethora of functions in the corpus luteum	4
Investigation of equine testis contribution to vitamin D bioactivation	4
Developmental and hormonal regulation of FBN1 and OR4M1 mRNA in bovine granulosa cells	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

Correlation between the natural infection by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in goats and serum progesterone levels and corpus luteum development	3
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	3
Editorial Board	3
Relationship among cattle breed and anabolic implant protocol relative to feedlot performance: Growth, temperament, feeding behavior, carcass traits, and economic return	3
Table of Contents	3
Characterizing zoo-housed Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) reproduction using gonadal steroid metabolite analysis in feces	3
Expressions of ghrelin and GHSR-1a in the corpus luteum and the stimulatory effect of ghrelin on luteal function of pregnant sows	3
Unhatched bovine blastocysts express all transcripts of the estrogen biosynthetic pathway, but steroid hormone synthesis could not yet be demonstrated	3
Distribution and sequence analysis of the melanocortin 2 receptor in horses and ponies	3
Maternal nutrient restriction alters thyroid hormone dynamics in placentae of sheep having small for gestational age fetuses	3
Table of Contents	3
Editorial Board	2
From spermatogenesis to fertilisation: the role of melatonin on ram spermatozoa	2
Developmental programming: prenatal and postnatal consequences of hyperthermia in dairy cows and calves	2
Effects of genetic selection on activity of corticotropic and thyrotropic axes in modern broiler chickens	2
Cold exposure affects glucose metabolism, lipid droplet deposition and mitophagy in skeletal muscle of newborn goats	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
Analysis of circulating microRNA during early gestation in Japanese black cattle	2
Molecular regulation, breed differences and genes involved in stress control in farm animals	2
Longitudinal assessment of adrenocortical steroid and steroid precursor response to illness in hospitalized foals	2
Daily variation of the cortisol and insulin concentration, glycemia, surface temperature, and behavior patterns due the administration of equine Chorionic Gonadotropin in rams	2
Changes in serum testosterone and anti-Müllerian hormone concentration in bulls undergoing scrotal insulation	2
Short-term clinical and biochemical responses following treatment with dapagliflozin or ertugliflozin in horses with hyperinsulinemia: A retrospective case series	2
Reproductive performance in gilts submitted to non-steroidal therapies to prolong the luteal phase of the estrous cycle	2
A career in lactation biology	2
Utero-placental adaptations in response to intrauterine growth restriction in swine	2