OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Animal Nutrition is 13. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Antioxidant mechanism of tea polyphenols and its impact on health benefits	360
Trace metals and animal health: Interplay of the gut microbiota with iron, manganese, zinc, and copper	87
Gut microbiota-derived short chain fatty acids are potential mediators in gut inflammation	78
Interplay between gut microbiota and antimicrobial peptides	77
Dietary mitigation of enteric methane emissions from ruminants: A review of plant tannin mitigation options	74
The interaction among gut microbes, the intestinal barrier and short chain fatty acids	65
Antimicrobial peptides as a feed additive alternative to animal production, food safety and public health implications: An overview	63
An overview of aflatoxin B1 biotransformation and aflatoxin M1 secretion in lactating dairy cows	51
Intestinal microbiota and its interaction to intestinal health in nursery pigs	51
Gut microbiome colonization and development in neonatal ruminants: Strategies, prospects, and opportunities	49
Dietary nano-selenium alleviated intestinal damage of juvenile grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) induced by high-fat diet: Insight from intestinal morphology, tight junction, inflammation, anti-oxi	48
Dietary ferulic acid and vanillic acid on inflammation, gut barrier function and growth performance in lipopolysaccharide-challenged piglets	48
Influence of yeast on rumen fermentation, growth performance and quality of products in ruminants: A review	47
Ruminal microbiota–host interaction and its effect on nutrient metabolism	47
Mutual interaction between gut microbiota and protein/amino acid metabolism for host mucosal immunity and health	45
Swine gut microbiota and its interaction with host nutrient metabolism	44
Heat stress-induced mucosal barrier dysfunction is potentially associated with gut microbiota dysbiosis in pigs	42
Physiological function and application of dietary fiber in pig nutrition: A review	42
Probiotic Paenibacillus polymyxa 10 and Lactobacillus plantarum 16 enhance growth performance of broilers by improving the intestinal health	42
Meta-analysis quantifying the potential of dietary additives and rumen modifiers for methane mitigation in ruminant production systems	41
The role of seaweed as a potential dietary supplementation for enteric methane mitigation in ruminants: Challenges and opportunities	41
Relationship between gut microbiota and host-metabolism: Emphasis on hormones related to reproductive function	39
Dietary inclusion of multispecies probiotics to reduce the severity of post-weaning diarrhea caused by Escherichia coli F18+ in pigs	39
Dietary supplemental xylooligosaccharide modulates nutrient digestibility, intestinal morphology, and gut microbiota in laying hens	39
Opportunities of prebiotics for the intestinal health of monogastric animals	39

Calcium overload and reactive oxygen species accumulation induced by selenium deficiency promote autophagy in swine small intestine	37
Dietary supplementation of Bacillus subtilis PB6 improves sow reproductive performance and reduces piglet birth intervals	36
The impact of probiotics on gut health via alternation of immune status of monogastric animals	35
Dietary polyphenols in lipid metabolism: A role of gut microbiome	35
Black soldier fly larvae in broiler diets improve broiler performance and modulate the immune system	35
Recent advances in the utilization of insects as an ingredient in aquafeeds: A review	35
Effects of benzoic acid, Bacillus coagulans and oregano oil combined supplementation on growth performance, immune status and intestinal barrier integrity of weaned piglets	35
Advances in research on solid-state fermented feed and its utilization: The pioneer of private customization for intestinal microorganisms	35
Different dietary protein sources influence growth performance, antioxidant capacity, immunity, fecal microbiota and metabolites in weaned piglets	33
Mulberry leaf powder regulates antioxidative capacity and lipid metabolism in finishing pigs	32
Arginine metabolism and its functions in growth, nutrient utilization, and immunonutrition of fish	32
Regulation of mTORC1 by amino acids in mammalian cells: A general picture of recent advances	32
Micro-encapsulated essential oils and organic acids combination improves intestinal barrier function, inflammatory responses and microbiota of weaned piglets challenged with enterotoxigenic Escherichi	32
Gut health: The results of microbial and mucosal immune interactions in pigs	31
Subacute ruminal acidosis in dairy herds: Microbiological and nutritional causes, consequences, and prevention strategies	31
Methodologies for energy evaluation of pig and poultry feeds: A review	31
Capping dietary starch:protein ratios in moderately reduced crude protein, wheat-based diets showed promise but further reductions generated inferior growth performance in broiler chickens	30
Effects of dietary sodium butyrate on growth, digestive enzymes, body composition and nutrient retention-related gene expression of juvenile yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco)	30
Xylooligosaccharide attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced intestinal injury in piglets via suppressing inflammation and modulating cecal microbial communities	30
Understanding the role of rumen epithelial host-microbe interactions in cattle feed efficiency	29
Enteromorpha polysaccharide-zinc replacing prophylactic antibiotics contributes to improving gut health of weaned piglets	29
Dietary fiber and microbiota interaction regulates sow metabolism and reproductive performance	28
Dietary synbiotic supplementation improves the growth performance, body antioxidant pool, serum biochemistry, meat quality, and lipid oxidative stability in broiler chickens	27
Mechanistic insight into the gut microbiome and its interaction with host immunity and inflammation	27
Urea transport and hydrolysis in the rumen: A review	27
The adaptive strategies of yaks to live in the Asian highlands	26
The release and catabolism of ferulic acid in plant cell wall by rumen microbes: A review	26
Dietary protein levels and amino acid supplementation patterns alter the composition and functions of colonic microbiota in pigs	26
Facilitating the acceptance of tangibly reduced-crude protein diets for chicken-meat production	26
Effects of fish meal replacement with Chlorella meal on growth performance, pigmentation, and liver health of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)	26
Dietary supplementation with betaine or glycine improves the carcass trait, meat quality and lipid metabolism of finishing mini-pigs	26
Dietary lycopene supplementation improves meat quality, antioxidant capacity and skeletal muscle fiber type transformation in finishing pigs	26
Nutritional strategies to alleviate oxidative stress in sows	26
Comparisons of carcass traits, meat quality, and serum metabolome between Shaziling and Yorkshire pigs	26
Dietary supplementation with inulin improves lactation performance and serum lipids by regulating the rumen microbiome and metabolome in dairy cows	25
Effect of organic acids–essential oils blend and oat fiber combination on broiler chicken growth performance, blood parameters, and intestinal health	25
Combined yeast culture and organic selenium supplementation during late gestation and lactation improve preweaning piglet performance by enhancing the antioxidant capacity and milk content in nutrient	25
Insect (black soldier fly larvae) oil as a potential substitute for fish or soy oil in the fish meal-based diet of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)	25
A new single-cell protein from Clostridium autoethanogenum as a functional protein for largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)	25
Chronic exposure to high-density polyethylene microplastic through feeding alters the nutrient metabolism of juvenile yellow perch (Perca flavescens)	25
Effects of dietary energy on growth performance, carcass characteristics, serum biochemical index, and meat quality of female Hu lambs	25
Lysine deficiency impaired growth performance and immune response and aggravated inflammatory response of the skin, spleen and head kidney in grown-up grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)	24
Effect of seasonal thermal stress on oxidative status, immune response and stress hormones of lactating dairy cows	24
Zinc alleviates the heat stress of primary cultured hepatocytes of broiler embryos via enhancing the antioxidant ability and attenuating the heat shock responses	23
Fruit pomaces—their nutrient and bioactive components, effects on growth and health of poultry species, and possible optimization techniques	23
Nutritional value, bioactivity, and application potential of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) as a neotype feed resource	23
Serine-to-glycine ratios in low-protein diets regulate intramuscular fat by affecting lipid metabolism and myofiber type transition in the skeletal muscle of growing-finishing pigs	23
Organic acid blends improve intestinal integrity, modulate short-chain fatty acids profiles and alter microbiota of broilers under necrotic enteritis challenge	22
Gut microbial profiles and the role in lipid metabolism in Shaziling pigs	22
Mixed organic acids as an alternative to antibiotics improve serum biochemical parameters and intestinal health of weaned piglets	22

Early life administration of milk fat globule membrane promoted SCFA-producing bacteria colonization, intestinal barriers and growth performance of neonatal piglets	21
Glycerol monolaurate attenuated immunological stress and intestinal mucosal injury by regulating the gut microbiota and activating AMPK/Nrf2 signaling pathway in lipopolysaccharide-challenged broilers	21
Soybean β-conglycinin and glycinin reduced growth performance and the intestinal immune defense and altered microbiome in juvenile pearl gentian groupers Epinephelus fuscoguttatus♀ × Epinephelus lance	21
Role of dietary gamma-aminobutyric acid in broiler chickens raised under high stocking density	21
Source of fiber influences growth, immune responses, gut barrier function and microbiota in weaned piglets fed antibiotic-free diets	21
Dietary fatty acids in gut health: Absorption, metabolism and function	21
Effects of dietary supplementation with Allium mongolicum Regel extracts on growth performance, serum metabolites, immune responses, antioxidant status, and meat quality of lambs	21
Fermented mixed feed alters growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality and muscle fatty acid and amino acid profiles in finishing pigs	21
Potential of blended organic acids to improve performance and health of broilers infected with necrotic enteritis	21
Yeast-based nucleotide supplementation in mother sows modifies the intestinal barrier function and immune response of neonatal pigs	21
Responsive changes of rumen microbiome and metabolome in dairy cows with different susceptibility to subacute ruminal acidosis	20
Evaluation of xylanase and a fermentable xylo-oligosaccharide on performance and ileal digestibility of broiler chickens fed energy and amino acid deficient diets	20
Dietary supplementation with Clostridium butyricum improves growth performance of broilers by regulating intestinal microbiota and mucosal epithelial cells	20
Infusion of short chain fatty acids in the ileum improves the carcass traits, meat quality and lipid metabolism of growing pigs	20
Dietary carbohydrate-to-protein ratio influences growth performance, hepatic health and dynamic of gut microbiota in atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)	20
Prevotella-rich enterotype may benefit gut health in finishing pigs fed diet with a high amylose-to-amylopectin ratio	20
Tannic acid extracted from gallnut prevents post-weaning diarrhea and improves intestinal health of weaned piglets	20
Bacillus subtilis ANSB01G culture alleviates oxidative stress and cell apoptosis induced by dietary zearalenone in first-parity gestation sows	20
Chromium propionate improves performance and carcass traits in broilers	19
Current experimental models, assessment and dietary modulations of intestinal permeability in broiler chickens	19
New horizons for selenium in animal nutrition and functional foods	19
Manganese methionine hydroxy analog chelated affects growth performance, trace element deposition and expression of related transporters of broilers	19
Trends in feed evaluation for poultry with emphasis on in vitro techniques	19
Active dry yeast supplementation improves the growth performance, rumen fermentation, and immune response of weaned beef calves	18
Dietary supplementation with acidifiers improves the growth performance, meat quality and intestinal health of broiler chickens	18
Effect of full-fat sunflower or flaxseed seeds dietary inclusion on performance, egg yolk fatty acid profile and egg quality in laying hens	18
The insensitive mechanism of poultry to zearalenone: A review	18
Dietary ellagic acid supplementation attenuates intestinal damage and oxidative stress by regulating gut microbiota in weanling piglets	18
Protein and energy concentrations of meat meal and meat and bone meal fed to pigs based on in vitro assays	18
Dietary chenodeoxycholic acid improves growth performance and intestinal health by altering serum metabolic profiles and gut bacteria in weaned piglets	18
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 improves performance and gut function in broilers fed different levels of protein and/or under necrotic enteritis challenge	18
Effects of dietary supplementation of nucleotides from late gestation to lactation on the performance and oxidative stress status of sows and their offspring	18
Yak rumen microbiome elevates fiber degradation ability and alters rumen fermentation pattern to increase feed efficiency	17
Phosphorus nutrition of growing pigs	17
Tributyrin administration improves intestinal development and health in pre-weaned dairy calves fed milk replacer	17
Live yeast supplementation during late gestation and lactation affects reproductive performance, colostrum and milk composition, blood biochemical and immunological parameters of sows	17
Decreasing ruminal methane production through enhancing the sulfate reduction pathway	17
Natural capsicum extract replacing chlortetracycline enhances performance via improving digestive enzyme activities, antioxidant capacity, anti-inflammatory function, and gut health in weaned pigs	17
Probiotic effect of ferulic acid esterase-producing Lactobacillus plantarum inoculated alfalfa silage on digestion, antioxidant, and immunity status of lactating dairy goats	17
Use of nanoscale metals in poultry diet as a mineral feed additive	17
Flesh quality of hybrid grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀ × Epinephelus lanceolatus ♂) fed with hydrolyzed porcine mucosa-supplemented low fishmeal diet	17
Green tea polyphenols supplementation alters immunometabolism and oxidative stress in dairy cows with hyperketonemia	16
Effect of dietary L-glutamate levels on growth, digestive and absorptive capability, and intestinal physical barrier function in Jian carp (Cyprinus carpio var. Jian)	16
Gut microbiota absence and transplantation affect growth and intestinal functions: An investigation in a germ-free pig model	16
Priming of intestinal cytoprotective genes and antioxidant capacity by dietary phytogenic inclusion in broilers	15
Lipo-nutritional quality of pork: The lipid composition, regulation, and molecular mechanisms of fatty acid deposition	15
Dietary supplementation of yeast cell wall improves the gastrointestinal development of weaned calves	15
Acid-insoluble ash is a better indigestible marker than chromic oxide to measure apparent total tract digestibility in pigs	15
Effects of starch and gelatin encapsulated vitamin A on growth performance, immune status and antioxidant capacity in weaned piglets	15
Glutamine in suppression of lipopolysaccharide-induced piglet intestinal inflammation: The crosstalk between AMPK activation and mitochondrial function	15
Age-associated changes in caecal microbiome and their apparent correlations with growth performances of layer pullets	15
Microbiota-gut-brain axis and nutritional strategy under heat stress	15
Ferulic acid mediates prebiotic responses of cereal-derived arabinoxylans on host health	15
Feed endoxylanase type and dose affect arabinoxylan hydrolysis and fermentation in ageing broilers	14
Effect of age and different doses of dietary vitamin E on breast meat qualitative characteristics of finishing broilers	14
Multi-omics analysis reveals gut microbiota-induced intramuscular fat deposition via regulating expression of lipogenesis-associated genes	14
Serum biochemical parameters and amino acids metabolism are altered in piglets by early-weaning and proline and putrescine supplementations	14
Exopolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria, as an alternative to antibiotics, on regulation of intestinal health and the immune system	14
Growth performance, fatty acid composition, and lipid metabolism are altered in groupers (Epinephelus coioides) by dietary fish oil replacement with palm oil	14
Glutamine, glutamate, and aspartate differently modulate energy homeostasis of small intestine under normal or low energy status in piglets	14
Dietary glutamine, glutamate, and aspartate supplementation improves hepatic lipid metabolism in post-weaning piglets	14
Nutritional stimulation by in-ovo feeding modulates cellular proliferation and differentiation in the small intestinal epithelium of chicks	14
Co-fermented defatted rice bran alters gut microbiota and improves growth performance, antioxidant capacity, immune status and intestinal permeability of finishing pigs	14
Dietary supplementation with curcumin-loaded nanocapsules in lambs: Nanotechnology as a new tool for nutrition	14
Changes in chemical composition, structural and functional microbiome during alfalfa (Medicago sativa) ensilage with Lactobacillus plantarum PS-8	14
Plant-derived polyphenols in sow nutrition: An update	14
Recalcitrant cell wall of Ulva lactuca seaweed is degraded by a single ulvan lyase from family 25 of polysaccharide lyases	13
L-Arginine/nitric oxide regulates skeletal muscle development via muscle fibre-specific nitric oxide/mTOR pathway in chickens	13
An emerging role of vitamin D3 in amino acid absorption in different intestinal segments of on-growing grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)	13
Ruminal bacterial community is associated with the variations of total milk solid content in Holstein lactating cows	13
Betaine improves growth performance, liver health, antioxidant status, breast meat yield, and quality in broilers fed a mold-contaminated corn-based diet	13
Branched-chain amino acids partially recover the reduced growth of pigs fed with protein-restricted diets through both central and peripheral factors	13
Dietary supplementation of porcine bile acids improves laying performance, serum lipid metabolism and cecal microbiota in late-phase laying hens	13
Dietary dihydroartemisinin supplementation alleviates intestinal inflammatory injury through TLR4/NOD/NF-κB signaling pathway in weaned piglets with intrauterine growth retardation	13
Gut microbiota—a positive contributor in the process of intermittent fasting-mediated obesity control	13
4-Phenylbutyric acid accelerates rehabilitation of barrier function in IPEC-J2 cell monolayer model	13
Dietary folic acid addition reduces abdominal fat deposition mediated by alterations in gut microbiota and SCFA production in broilers	13
Screening for probiotic characters in lactobacilli isolated from chickens revealed the intra-species diversity of Lactobacillus brevis	13