Animal Science Peer-Reviewed Publications

A selection of recently published journal articles and book chapters from the faculty of the College of Agrcultural and Environmenta Sciences

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Recent Publications

2025

Optimizing olive (Olea europaea) leaves as a sustainable ruminant feed: effects of chemical treatments on nutritional value and greenhouse gas emissions.

2025 Animals 15(5):705

Comparative properties of anise, clove, oregano and peppermint essential oils used individually or combined on nutrient digestibility and greenhouse gas emissions in concentrate- and fiber-based diets.

2025 Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus 90(1):71–81

Evaluating the Effect of an Essential Oil Blend on the Growth and Fitness of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria.

2025 Biology 14(4):437

Effects of Onion Peel Inclusion on In Vitro Fermentation, Methane and Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Nutrient Degradability in Dairy Cow Diets.

2025 Animals 15(7):969

Spleen proteome profile reveals immune responses induced by dietary spray-dried plasma against Salmonella Enteritidis infection in broiler chicks.

2025 Poultry Science 104:105091

Effect of Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) Extract on Growth Performance, Intestinal Health, and Immune Response of Broiler Chickens During Subclinical Necrotic Enteritis.

2025 Pathogens 14(3):260

Sow and Piglet Behavior Characterization Using Visual Observation, Sensor Detection, and Video Recording.

2025 Applied Sciences 15(6):3018

Isolation, Identification, and Pathogenicity of an Avian Reovirus Epidemic Strain in Xinjiang, China.

2025 Viruses 17(4):499

Acidifiers and Organic Acids in Livestock Nutrition and Health.

2025 In Organic Feed Additives for Livestock, pp. 43–56 (Academic Press)

Mineral nutrient analysis of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) cultivars grown under different conditions.

2025 Journal of Biotech Research 20:130–142

Avian zoonotic arboviruses: Transmission dynamics, epidemiology, and control strategies.

2025 German Journal of Microbiology 5(1):29–40

NRH, a potent NAD+ enhancer, improves glucose homeostasis and lipid metabolism in diet-induced obese mice through an active adenosine kinase pathway.

2025 Metabolism 164:156110

The impact of cooling and Moringa supplementation on oxidative stress in serum and milk, including milk cytokines, in heat-stressed lactating sows and their litters.

2025 Translational Animal Science 9:txae156

Solid state fermentation: A strategy for wheat bran supplemented corn stover valorization with Pleurotus species.

2025 AIMS Microbiology 11(1):206

2024

Bacitracin Methylene Disalicylate (BMD) Treatment Affects Spleen Proteome in Broiler Chicks Infected with Salmonella enteritidis.

2024 Antibiotics 13(5):414

Impact of Heat Stress on Broiler Chicken Production.

2024 Poultry 3:107–128

Prospect of yeast probiotic production enhances livestock feeds utilization and performance: an overview.

2024 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 14:2923–2935

Effects of Different Essential Oil Blends and Fumaric Acid on In Vitro Fermentation, Greenhouse Gases, Nutrient Degradability, and VFA Production in a Total Mixed Ration for Dairy Cattle.

2024 Agriculture 14(6):876

Characterization of spray-dried plasma-induced immune response in Salmonella-challenged broiler chicks.

2024 Poultry Science 103(11):104077 (Advance)

Holstein calves fed a milk replacer with a direct-fed microbial and a starter containing a botanical extract or a DFM alone or in combination.

2024 Journal of Dairy Science (accepted)

Benefits of Mushroom-Based Supplements on Growth Performance, Immunocompetence, and Meat Quality in Poultry.

2024 Animals 14(11):1517

A Mixture of Prebiotics, Essential Oil Blends, and Onion Peel Did Not Affect Greenhouse Gas Emissions or Nutrient Degradability, but Altered Volatile Fatty Acids Production in Dairy Cows Using Rumen Simulation Technique (RUSITEC).

2024 Fermentation 10(6):324

Effect of Ginger Root Extract on Intestinal Oxidative Status and Mucosal Morphometrics in Broiler Chickens.

2024 Animals 14(7):1084

Microbial feed additives in ruminant feeding.

2024 AIMS Microbiology 10(3):542–571

The Impact of Three White-Rot Fungi on Nutrient Availability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Volatile Fatty Acid Production in Myceliated Sorghum.

2024 Foods 13(14):2199

Impact of Dietary Fat Types on Expression Levels of Dopamine and Serotonin Transporters in the Ileum of Broiler Chickens.

2024 Poultry Science (in press)

Synergistic Effects of Essential Oil Blends and Fumaric Acid on Ruminal Fermentation, Volatile Fatty Acid Production and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using the Rumen Simulation Technique (RUSITEC).

2024 Fermentation 10(2):114

Unraveling frontiers in poultry health (part 1) — Mitigating economically important viral and bacterial diseases in commercial chicken and turkey production.

2024 Poultry Science 103(4):103500

Alternative to Antibiotics Used in Sheep Production. (Book chapter)

2024 IntechOpen

Use of Selected Plant Extracts in Controlling and Neutralizing Toxins and Sporozoites Associated with Necrotic Enteritis and Coccidiosis.

2024 Applied Sciences 14(8):3178

Metabolomic Profiling, Volatile Fatty Acids, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Beef Cattle Infused with Different Essential Oil Blends.

2024 Ruminants 4:329–351

Role of trefoil factors in maintaining gut health in food animals.

2024 Frontiers in Veterinary Science 11:1434509

Dietary supplementation with quercetin alleviates fescue toxicosis-induced cardiovascular toxicity by modulating detoxification enzymes through the AHR/NRF2/ABCC1 signaling pathways.

2024 Food Bioscience 61:104877

Milk replacer galacto-oligosaccharide inclusion rates for neonatal calves.

2024 Journal of Dairy Science 107(12):10667–10679

Effect of a garlic drench on Galectin gene expression in ovine whole blood.

2024 Animal Biotechnology 35(1):2344208

Effect of dietary fat source on the composition of the cecal microbiome in maturing broiler chicken.

2024 Frontiers in Microbiology 15:1462757

Cooling lactating sows exposed to early summer heat wave alters circadian patterns of behavior and rhythms of respiration, rectal temperature, and saliva melatonin.

2024 PLOS ONE 19(10):e0310787

Male Holstein calves fed a milk replacer and pelleted calf starter containing a botanical extract or a direct-fed microbial alone or in combination.

2024 Journal of Dairy Science 107(12):10838–10850

Bisphenol A Disrupts Ribosome Function During Ovarian Development of Mice.

2024 Toxics 12(9):627

2023

Spray-Dried Plasma Promotes Broiler Chick Growth by Enhancing Immune Surveillance.

2023 Animals 13(9):1436

Supplementation of ginger root extract into broiler chicken diet: effects on growth performance and immunocompetence.

2023 Poultry Science 102(10):102897

Estimation of genetic parameters for parasite resistance and genome-wide identification of runs of homozygosity islands in Florida Cracker sheep.

2023 Frontiers in Animal Science 4:1249470

Differential plasma and ruminal pathways & bacterial taxa associated with divergent residual body weight gain phenotype in crossbred beef steers.

2023 Translational Animal Science 7(1):txad054

Phytogenic blend administered through water impacts Salmonella infection in broiler chickens.

2023 Journal of Applied Poultry Research 32(1):100320

Characterization of sow milk N-linked glycoproteome over the course of lactation.

2023 Journal of Animal Science 101(3):skac426

Nutrient and Rumen Fermentation Studies of Indian Pasture Legumes for Sustainable Animal Feed Utilisation in Semiarid Areas.

2023 Animals 13(23):3676

Absorption and Metabolism of Ginger Compounds in Broiler Chicks.

2023 J. Agric. Food Chem. 71(37):13757–13767

Effects of dietary inclusion of dry distillers grains with solubles on performance, carcass characteristics, and nitrogen metabolism in meat sheep: a meta-analysis.

2023 Frontiers in Veterinary Science 10:1141068

2022

Dry matter intake, digestibility, nitrogen utilization and fermentation characteristics of sheep fed Atriplex hay-based diet supplemented with discarded dates as a replacement for barley grain.

2022 J. Anim. Physiol. Anim. Nutr. 106:229–238

Proteomic Analysis of the Effect of Salmonella Challenge on Broiler Chicken.

2022 Molecules 27(21):7277

Effects of Essential Oil Blends on In Vitro Apparent and Truly Degradable Dry Matter, Efficiency of Microbial Production, Total Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Two Dairy Cow Diets.

2022 Animals 12(17):2185

CNV-based GWAS reveals immune-related genes associated with parasite resistance in a heritage sheep breed from the U.S.

2022 Parasite Immunology 44(11):e12943

Residual feed intake in beef cattle is associated with differences in hepatic mRNA expression of fatty acid, amino acid, and mitochondrial energy metabolism genes.

2022 Frontiers in Animal Science 3:828591

The Awassi sire can be used to crossbreed with low-productive Tikur local ewes to produce export-marketable weight at yearling under farmer management in the Ethiopian highlands.

2022 Circular Agricultural Systems 2(6)