OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of British Poultry Science is 4. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of different chicken meat production systems on consumers’ purchase perception	38
Antimicrobial peptides as an alternative to relieve antimicrobial growth promoters in poultry	31
Marination with citric acid, lemon, and grapefruit affects the sensory, textural, and microstructure characteristics of poultry meat	24
Baicalin ameliorates Mycoplasma gallisepticum-induced lung inflammation in chicken by inhibiting TLR6-mediated NF-κB signalling	21
Emerging new avian reovirus variants from cases of enteric disorders and arthritis/tenosynovitis in Brazilian poultry flocks	19
Effect of fennel essential oil on performance, serum biochemistry, immunity, ileum morphology and microbial population, and meat quality of broiler chickens fed corn or wheat-based diet	17
Effects of dietary betaine supplementation on growth performance, meat quality, muscle fatty acid composition and antioxidant ability in slow-growing broiler chickens	15
The combination of quillaja and yucca saponins in broilers: effects on performance, nutrient digestibility and ileal morphometrics	15
De-oiled soy lecithin positively influenced growth performance, nutrient digestibility, histological intestinal alteration, and antioxidant status in turkeys fed with low energy diets	14
True ileal calcium digestibility in soybean meal and canola meal, and true ileal phosphorous digestibility in maize-soybean meal and maize-canola meal diets, without and with microbial phytase, for br	13
Effect of temperature manipulation during incubation on body weight, plasma parameters, muscle histology, and expression of myogenic genes in breast muscle of embryos and broiler chickens from two com	12
Effect of yeast cell wall supplementation on intestinal integrity, digestive enzyme activity and immune traits of broilers	12
Effects ofastragaluspolysaccharide on intestinal inflammatory damage in goslings infected with gosling plague	11
Comparative pharmacokinetics of metronidazole in healthy and Trichomonas gallinae infected pigeons (Columba livia, var. domestica)	10
Variation in the chemical composition and the nutritive quality of different field bean UK-grown cultivar samples for broiler chicks	10
Lycopene supplementation does not change productive performance but lowers egg yolk cholesterol and gene expression of some cholesterol-related proteins in laying hens	10
Effects of flock age, storage temperature, and short period of incubation during egg storage, on the albumen quality, embryonic development and hatchability of long stored eggs	9
The ameliorative effects of Nigella sativa, thymoquinone, and bentonite against aflatoxicosis in broilers via AFAR and Nrf2 signalling pathways, and down-regulation of caspase-3	9
Comparison of the apparent ileal calcium digestibility of limestone in broilers and layers	9
The effect of delayed feeding post-hatch on caeca development in broiler chickens	9
Agaricus subrufescens and Pleurotus ostreatus mushrooms as alternative additives to antibiotics in diets for broilers challenged with Eimeria spp.	9
Pharmacokinetics of intravenous meloxicam, ketoprofen and tolfenamic acid in chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar)	9
Additivity of apparent and standardised ileal digestibility of phosphorus in corn and canola meal mixed diets; basal endogenous loss of phosphorus responses to phytase and age in broiler chickens	9
High levels of copper and zinc supplementation in broiler diets on growth performance, carcase traits and apparent ileal mineral absorption	9
Dietary betaine reduces plasma homocysteine concentrations and improves bone strength in laying hens	9

Effects of a modified clinoptilolite zeolite on growth performance, health status and detoxification of aflatoxin B₁ and ochratoxin A in male broiler chickens	9
Black soldier fly larvae meal and fat as a replacement for soybeans in organic broiler diets: effects on performance, body N retention, carcase and meat quality	9
Effect of the physicochemical properties of zinc oxide sources on their bioavailability in broilers	8
A comparison of white/red and white/blue LED light fixtures on Pekin duck production, stress and behaviour	8
Performance and Meat Quality of Broiler Chickens Reared on two Different Litter Materials and at two Stocking Densities	8
Feather pecking and foraging uncorrelated – the redirection hypothesis revisited	8
The food for feed concept. Performance of broilers fed hotel food residues	8
Transcriptomic investigation of embryonic pectoral muscle reveals increased myogenic processes in Shitou geese compared to Wuzong geese	8
Dietary soluble non-starch polysaccharide level and composition influences grower and finisher phase performance, excreta moisture content and total tract nutrient digestibility in broilers	7
Investigation of the effects of substitution levels, assay methods and length of adaptation to experimental diets on determined metabolisable energy value of maize, barley and soya bean meal	7
Supplementation of Beltsville extender with quercetin improves the quality of frozen-thawed rooster semen	7
Effect of moderate intensity pulsed electric field on shelf-life of chicken breast meat	7
Marination with aronia, grape and hawthorn vinegars affects the technological, textural, microstructural and sensory properties of spent chicken meat	7
Feeding guanidinoacetic acid to broiler chickens can compensate for low dietary metabolisable energy formulation	7
Practices and issues of moulting programs for laying hens: a review	7
miR-30a-3p can inhibit the proliferation and promote the differentiation of chicken primary myoblasts	7
Effect of chelated source of additional zinc and selenium on performance, yolk fatty acid composition, and oxidative stability in laying hens fed with oxidised oil	6
Microencapsulated and uncoated butyric acid as alternative additives to the regeneration of intestinal mucosa in broilers challenged with Eimeria spp	6
Integrated analysis of long non-coding RNAs and mRNA expression profiles identified potential interactions regulating melanogenesis in chicken skin	6
Comparison of antimicrobial resistance in thermophilic Campylobacter strains isolated from conventional production and backyard poultry flocks	6
Effects of the FABP4 gene on steroid hormone secretion in goose ovarian granulosa cells	6
miRNA-mRNA associations with inosine monophosphate specific deposition in the muscle of Jingyuan chicken	6
Phytate degradation and phosphorus utilisation by broiler chickens fed diets containing wheat with increased phytase activity	6
Comparison of absorption kinetics and utilisation of DL-methionine (DL-Met), Met-Met product (AQUAVI® Met-Met), and protein-bound methionine (PB-Met) by female broiler chickens	6
The efficacy of three on-farm euthanasia methods for broiler chickens throughout the production cycle	6
Effects of diet density and feeding frequency during the rearing period on broiler breeder performance	6
Dietary calcium levels regulate calcium transporter gene expression levels in the small intestine of broiler chickens	6
Comparative analysis of the morphology, chemistry and structure of the tibiotarsus, humerus and keel bones in laying hens	6
Low dietary phosphorus impairs keel bone health and quality in laying hens	6
Cinnamon bark oil and coconut oil emulsions modified small intestinal motility and barrier function in laying hens in an ex vivo experiment	6
Feeding dihydroquercetin in wheat-based diets to laying hens: impact on egg production and quality of fresh and stored eggs	6
Effects of emulsifier, betaine, and L-carnitine on growth performance, immune response, gut morphology, and nutrient digestibility in broiler chickens exposed to cyclic heat stress	6
The apparent metabolisable energy and ileal amino digestibility of black soldier fly ( Hermetia illucens ) larvae meal for broiler chickens	6
Effect of zymosan on feed passage in the digestive tract in chicks	6
Contamination of chicken carcasses and the abattoir environment withListeria monocytogenesin Taiwan	6
Integument, mortality, and skeletal strength in extended production cycles for laying hens – effects of genotype and dietary zinc source	5
Infectious bronchitis virus infection in chicken: viral load and immune responses in Harderian gland, choanal cleft and turbinate tissues compared to trachea	5
Effects of fully or partially slatted flooring designs on the performance, welfare and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens	5
Growth performance, real-time gizzard pH and calcium solubility in the gut of broiler chickens is dependent on the interaction between dietary calcium concentration and limestone particle size	5
An approach for goose egg recognition for robot picking based on deep learning	5
METTL21C mediates lysine trimethylation of IGF2BP1 to regulate chicken myoblast proliferation	5
Welfare of broiler chickens reared in two different industrial house types during the winter season in Southern Brazil	5
Short-chain fatty acids promote jejunal barrier function and caecal muscle contractibility in laying hens ex vivo	5
Transcriptome analysis of genes potentially associated with white and black plumage formation in Chinese indigenous ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)	5
Developmental potential of cryopreserved gonadal germ cells from 7-day-old chick embryos recovered using the PBS(-) method	5
Association between antimicrobial resistance and biofilm forming ability of Salmonella enterica serotypes from commercial broiler farms in Brazil	5
Impact of feeding n-3 fatty acids to layer breeders and their offspring on concentration of antibody titres against infectious bronchitis, and Newcastle diseases and plasma fatty acids in the offsprin	5
Variability of amino acid digestibility in different field bean cultivars for broilers	5
The effects of outdoor access and stocking density on the performance of broilers reared under tropical conditions	5
Effects of encapsulated butyrate and salinomycin on gut leakage and intestinal inflammation in broilers	5

Dietary soluble non-starch polysaccharide level and xylanase influence the gastrointestinal environment and nutrient utilisation in laying hens	5
The fatty acid profile in the yolk and yolk sac from incubated goose eggs depends on the breeder age and laying period	4
Effects of phenylpyruvate on the growth performance and intestinal microbiota in broiler chicken	4
The potential post-hatching growth of domestic birds is sufficiently described by the Gompertz function	4
Runs of homozygosity analysis reveals population characteristics of yellow-feathered chickens using re-sequencing data	4
Metabolomic evaluation of serum metabolites of geese reared at different stocking densities	4
Effects of protease supplementation and diet type on jejunal and ileal digestibility and total tract metabolisability of nitrogen, starch, and energy in broilers	4
Composition of chicken gallbladder bile	4
Ammonia concentrations, litter quality, performance and some welfare parameters of broilers kept on different bedding materials	4
Evaluation of a commercial loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay, 3M^TM Molecular Detection Assay 2 – Campylobacter, for the detection of Campylobacter from poultry matr	4
Performance of broiler chicken on dietary supplementation of protected organic acids blend	4
Effect of crop retention time and acidification of the feed on phytase efficacy in broiler chickens	4
Novel IGF2BP1 splice variants, expression and their association with growth traits in goose	4
Dietary amylose and amylopectin ratio changes starch digestion and intestinal microbiota diversity in goslings	4
Contrasting the effects of phytase and pure myo-inositol on the performance, digestibility, blood and egg yolk inositol levels and digestion physiology of laying hens	4
Reproductive performance, metabolism and oxidative stress profile in Chinese yellow-feathered broiler breeder hens fed multiple levels of isoleucine	4
Biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance and genotyping of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from retail chicken meats	4
Screening and bioinformatics analysis of cellular proteins interacting with chicken bromodomain-containing protein 2 in DF-1 cells	4
Proteomic analysis of liver tissue between fat and lean broiler lines	4
H-FABPgene expression and genetic association with meat quality traits in domestic pigeons (Columba livia)	4
Assessing the effect of water deprivation on the efficacy of on-farm euthanasia methods for broiler chickens	4
Enhancing gosling growth and secretion of somatotrophic and thyrotrophic axis hormones through egg turning during incubation	4
miR-181a-5p can inhibit the proliferation and promote the differentiation of chicken primary myoblasts	4
Therapeutic antigout and antioxidant activity of Piper betle L. in gout-induced broilers	4
Influence of Anacardium occidentale leaf supplementation in broiler chicken diet on performance, caecal microbiota, blood chemistry, immune status, carcass, and meat quality	4
Preference for artificial range enrichment design features in free-range commercial laying hens	4
Phenotypic correlations between feed efficiency, growth, and meat quality of slow-growing chickens	4
Gut capacity of broiler breeder hens	4
Detection and differentiation of Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium by multiplex quantitative PCR from different poultry matrices	4