OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Animal is 33. 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
The effects of supplemental levels of inorganic zinc, manganese and copper on growth performance in commercial broilers	219
Editorial Board	162
Assessment of control measures against livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a farrow-to-finish pig herd using infectious disease modelling	161
Fluorometric determination of isocitrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.42; 1; NADP+ dependent) in ruminant milk	148
Association between the prion protein genotype and animal performance traits in a large multibreed sheep population	101
The potential of a light spot, heat area, and novel object to attract laying hens and induce piling behaviour	79
Effects of a combination of fibrolytic and amylolytic enzymes on ruminal enzyme activities, bacterial diversity, blood profile and milk production in dairy cows	74
Modelling nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolisable energy requirement for egg production of 3 BW types of Yellow Broiler breeder hens during the egg-laying period	60
Physiological traits of newborn piglets associated with colostrum intake, neonatal survival and preweaning growth	59
Editorial Board	59
Short communication: Predicting blood plasma non-esterified fatty acid and beta-hydroxybutyrate concentrations from cow milk—addressing systematic issues in modelling	51
Using dynamic modelling to enhance the assessment of the beef water footprint	51
Impact of early inoculation of probiotics to suckling piglets on postweaning diarrhoea – A challenge study with Enterotoxigenic E. Coli F18	50
Prediction of growth and feed efficiency in mink using machine learning algorithms	50
Novel pathways linked to the expression of temperament in Merino sheep: a genome-wide association study	49
Editorial Board	48
Unravelling the mechanisms underlying the social interaction effects on the feed efficiency of rabbits	48
Effects of heat stress mitigation strategies on feedlot cattle performance, environmental, and economic outcomes in a hot climate	46
Review: Antimicrobial resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from poultry, cattle and pigs	44
Editorial: Values shared by journals of learned societies, associations and scientific institutions in animal science	43
Resolving and functional analysis of RNA editing sites in sheep ovaries and associations with litter size	43
Reducing foreign genetic contributions to the YDH pig population by segment-based advanced optimum contribution selection	43
How molting of laying hens influences body composition and blood parameters	43
Genomic insights into racing camels: inbreeding levels and positive selection linked to athletic traits	42
Effects of dietary energy levels on production and absorption of hindgut short-chain fatty acids in two sheep breeds	40

Effect of fish oil in Iberian sow diets on fatty acid, oxylipins and immune traits of colostrum and milk, and suckling piglets’ growth performance	39
The development of a tool to assess cow quality of life based on system-level attributes across pastoral dairy farms	39
Growth rate, either through genetics or diet, mainly determines the outcome concerning broiler welfare	37
Effect of postweaning feed intake on performance, intestinal morphology, and the probability of diarrhoea in piglets	36
Glucose injection into the yolk influences intermediary metabolism in adult Nile tilapia fed with high levels of carbohydrates	36
Whole-genome resequencing reveals genetic structure and introgression in Pudong White pigs	34
Review: More effective linkages between science and policy are needed to minimize the negative environmental impacts of livestock production	34
Individual methane emissions (and other gas flows) are repeatable and their relationships with feed efficiency are similar across two contrasting diets in growing bulls	34