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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Genome-wide association analysis of neck ring traits in NongHua ma male ducks	21
Different energy and protein levels for growth performance, serum biochemistry and intestinal development of squabs ( Columba livia ) under artificial fe	20
Combined effects of encapsulated raspberry powder and phosphate on the lipid oxidation, microbiological properties and shelf life of modified atmosphere packaged chicken nuggets during chilled storage	20
Impact of extended lairage periods on physio-metabolic status and meat quality in commercial broilers	19
Genome-wide DNA methylation and transcriptome analyses reveal important epigenetic genes associated with valgus-varus deformity in broilers	14
Nutritional impacts of dietary selenium and iodine and their interaction on growth performance, antioxidant capacity and bone quality in Longyan ducklings	13
Impact of heat stress on the post-hatch growth, morphometrics, and allometry of the chicken ( Gallus gallus )	13
Arginine requirement of breeding pigeons during incubation and lactation in the 2 + 4 lactation pattern	12
Use of wheat dilution to improve digestive function in broilers: application in low protein diets	12
Bone characteristics, pre-caecal phytate degradation, mineral digestibility and tissue expression were marginally affected by zinc level and source in phytase-supplemented diets in 21-day-old broiler	12
Characterization of circRNA expression profiles associated with non-Mendelian inheritance in feather growth of chickens	12
Effects of overfeeding on liver lipid metabolism in mule ducks based on transcriptomics and metabolomics	12
Research progress of tannins and poultry intestinal health	12
The effects of multiple low-level mycotoxins contaminated maize on the production performance, antioxidant capacity and immunity of laying hens	11
Stimbiotic and wheat bran inclusion in maize or wheat-based diets for broiler chickens; effects on jejunal histomorphology, digesta oligosaccharides and caecal short-chain fatty-acids profiles	11
Digestibility and nutritional parameters of maize ethanol coproducts and xylanase for broiler diets	11
Evaluation of calcium and non-phytate phosphorus deficient diets: effects on growth performance, carcase yield, tibia characteristics and jejunum histomorphology at 42 days of age in broilers	11
Effects of autosomal recessive gene ( ce ) on quail egg shell properties	10
Biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance and genotyping of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from retail chicken meats	10
Supplemental phosphorus can be completely replaced with microbial phytase in White Leghorn layer diets	9
Residue of Erycibe obtusifolia Benth as bedding materials improves welfare and microorganisms of chickens	9
Detailed molecular investigation of Marek’s disease virus circulating in organised poultry farms in India revealed emergence of highly virulent MDV causing varied tissue tropism	9
Dietary polysaccharides extract from Spirulina platensis : a natural alternative for enhancing broiler performance and antioxidation status	9
Changes in carcase composition, gastrointestinal morphometry and leg bone dimensions in different goose genotypes after a four-year reproductive period	9
miR-199-3p suppresses cellular migration and viability and promotes progesterone production in goose ovarian follicles before selection through regulating ITGB8 and other ECM-related genes	8

Effects of dietary calcium and microbial phytase on the bioavailability of two sources of zinc in broilers	8
Fibre-based feed supplements – fermentation and moisture characteristics, edibility and particle size influence cage-reared laying hens’ preference based on feed consumption and time at the feeder	8
Marination with aronia, grape and hawthorn vinegars affects the technological, textural, microstructural and sensory properties of spent chicken meat	8
Genetic and antigenic analysis of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 virus clade 2.3.4.4b isolated from waterfowl in Egypt during 2022; evidence of brain-specific HA mutations	8
miR-181a-5p can inhibit the proliferation and promote the differentiation of chicken primary myoblasts	8
Effect of partial replacement of soybean meal with gamma-irradiated black soldier fly larvae or crushed grasshopper on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality and organoleptic characteristics	8
Evaluation of the potential growth and body composition of the Cobb 700 genotype	8
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Effects of emulsifier, betaine and l -carnitine on growth performance, immune response, gut morphology and nutrient digestibility	8
Phenotypic and molecular characterisation of Salmonella spp. isolates in healthy poultry	8
Temporal variation characteristics of microbial aerosols in the goose house environment	7
An approach for goose egg recognition for robot picking based on deep learning	7
Prediction of live weight of hens using non-stationary thermal imaging and deep learning algorithms	7
Effects of calcium pidolate on performance, carcass traits, bone biomechanical properties and mineralisation and jejunum histomorphology in broilers	7
Alpha-amylase supplementation in reduced-energy diets enhances energy efficiency, mineral digestibility and intestinal health in broiler chickens	7
Evaluating the genetic components of growth in ostriches with multi-trait and random regression models	7
The Gordon Memorial Lecture: Steering the gut microbiome for improved health and welfare in broilers	7
Metagenomic reconstructions of caecal microbiome in Landes, Roman and Zhedong White geese	7
Dynamic transcriptome profiling reveals essential roles of the receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) family in feather development of duck	7
Influence of eggshell density of fertile eggs and infectious bronchitis virus on performance and sanitary parameters of embryos and broilers	7
Controlling microbial population in poultry industry using acidic and slightly acidic electrolysed water as a potential non-thermal food sanitizer	7
Adenovirus type D and type E infection in broiler chickens: the effect on CD4 and CD8 T cell response, cytokines expression and their immunopathology	7
The potential post-hatching growth of domestic birds is sufficiently described by the Gompertz function	7
Effect of goose-derived adiponectin peptide gADP3 on LPS-induced inflammatory injury in goose liver	6
Egg laying performance and egg quality with Paracoccus carotinifaciens supplementation containing high astaxanthin levels	6
Food safety control in poultry industry: prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli isolated from raw chicken and the potential use of <	6
Genetic parameter estimation for traits related to the immune system against sheep red blood cells in Japanese quail	6
Transcriptomic analysis of pigeon retina and pineal gland illuminated with red light	6
Dietary supplementation combining apo-carotenoid acid ester and canthaxanthin can counteract any decline in egg albumen quality	6
Polygonatum sibiricum polysaccharides combat fatty liver haemorrhage syndrome in hens via regulation of lipid metabolism, oxid	6
Avian sperm-borne RNAs: optimisation of a new isolation protocol	6
Histopathological effects of azithromycin on broilers: immune system alterations and apoptotic changes	6
N-acetyl-L-cysteine improves the performance of chronic cyclic heat-stressed finisher broilers but has no effect on tissue glutathione levels	6
Aronia melanocarpa pomace enhances egg production and quality in late-laying hens via modulating gut microbiota and lipid meta	6
Comprehensive analysis of changes in expression of lncRNA, microRNA and mRNA in liver tissues of chickens with high or low abdominal fat deposition	6
Catalase, superoxide dismutase and butylated hydroxytoluene benefit mid-term storage of red-legged partridge sperm ( Alectoris rufa )	6
Genome-wide methylation and transcriptome differential analysis of skeletal muscle in broilers with valgus-varus deformity	5
Changes of chicken liver-enriched antimicrobial peptide 2 across feeding states and body weight and its regulatory role in feed intake	5
Expression of genes related to ileal barrier function in heritage and modern broiler chickens	5
Feed emulsifier improves the performance and nutrient digestibility in broiler chicken fed diets without antibiotic growth promoter	5
Dietary cholecalciferol and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol supplementation interact to modulate reproductive performance, egg quality, serum antioxidant capacity, intestinal morphology and tibia quality of	5
Gga-let-7a-3p inhibits the proliferation and differentiation of chicken intramuscular preadipocytes	5
Correlation between pepsin digestibility, metabolisable energy and digestibility coefficients of amino acids from animal meals for broilers	5
Dietary high-protein distiller’s dried grains with solubles can fully replace soybean meal in diets for meat quails without affecting growth performance	5
The use of golden mussel meal of different particle sizes to feed broiler chickens aged 1–42 days	5
How are they really doing? Animal welfare on organic laying hen farms in terms of health and behaviour	5
Field study using sentinel birds and ELISA for differentiating infected from vaccinated animals (DIVA) in chicken flocks vaccinated with inactivated avian influenza H5 vaccines	5
The Gordon Memorial Lecture: A paradigm shift in high pathogenicity avian influenza and perspectives for the future	5
Efficacy of maize differing in particle size in low-density protein diets fed to broilers from day 1 to 21 of age	5
FEDM: a convolutional neural network based fertilised egg detection model	5
Comparative liver transcriptomics of Kadaknath and Aseel chickens reveals molecular basis of their unique nutritional and metabolic traits	5

Biomarker discovery and authentication of cold-slaughtered chicken through classical analytical procedures and mass spectrometry based proteomic approaches	5
Statement of Retraction: Effects of emulsifier, betaine and L-carnitine on growth performance, immune response, gut morphology and nutrient digestibility in broiler chickens exposed to cyclic heat str	5
Lack of reproducibility compromises conclusions on the effects of three Bacillus species on Salmonella enterica	5
Investigation on adaptations of broiler chickens to high dietary free amino acid levels in nitrogen utilisation and plasma amino acid concentrations	5
The apparent metabolisable energy and ileal amino digestibility of black soldier fly ( Hermetia illucens ) pre-pupae meal for broiler chickens	5
Rhythmatic immune response to Campylobacter jejuni inoculation revealed by immune factors level in serum	5
Enhancing diet specification to maximise feed efficiency and production characteristics of the Redbro slow growing broiler chicken	5
Swimming access improves nutritional value but alters sensory traits in Muscovy duck meat	5
Selective breeding improves body weight and egg production in indigenous Tilili chicken in Ethiopia	4
Feed particle size and live-attenuated coccidiosis vaccination interact to improve productive performance rather than significant effects on gastrointestinal tract development and meat quality in broi	4
Transcriptome analysis of granulosa cell layer of hierarchical follicles during the egg-laying interval in pigeons	4
Influence of particle size and inclusion level of oat hulls on retention and passage in the anterior digestive tract of broilers	4
Repurposing advanced DMEM/F-12 cell culture medium to mitigate glycerol toxicity in poultry semen	4
Effect of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol supplementation with different dietary available phosphorus levels for broilers	4
The relationship of MITF gene expression and promoter methylation with plumage colour in quail	4
Biomechanical properties of femur and tibiotarsus in quails	4
The response of turkeys to dietary balanced protein during two periods of growth	4
Practices and issues of moulting programs for laying hens: a review	4
Dietary inclusion of black soldier fly larvae as a partial protein source: effects on growth performance, carcass traits and meat quality of broilers	4
Factors affecting cryopreservation-associated damages in sperm motility of cockerels (Gallus gallus domesticus)	4
The current research status of non-destructive testing technologies for egg quality: internal freshness – a review	4
A review of resistant starch as a functional fibre in poultry: microbial fermentation and short-chain fatty acid interaction–mediated effects on gut and bone health	4
Tissue oxidative stress and expression of chicken UCP and ANT mRNA in laying hens exposed to acute cold stress	4
Propolis extract reduces heterocyclic aromatic amine formation in chicken thigh meat	4
A comparison of immersion-based and spray-based crate washing systems on the impact of Campylobacter spp. reduction	4
Genome-wide association study for reproduction-related traits in Chinese domestic goose	4
Effects of different monochromatic LED light colours on tear production, intraocular pressure and corneal thickness in broilers	4
Epidermal growth factor receptors and their ligands are expressed in the spleen of the Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) during the post-hatch period	4
The effect of fermented rapeseed meal on production performance, egg quality and hatchability in broiler breeders after peak production	4
Resveratrol enhances duck cathelicidin expression in heterophilic granulocytes via MAPK–EGR1 signalling pathway	4
Genetic parameter estimation and genetic evaluation of important economic traits in white and yellow broilers	4
The alleviating effect of dietary electrolyte balance levels on heat stress via regulating water and ion metabolism in Pekin ducks	4
Oxidative stress mediated immunosuppression caused by ammonia gas via antioxidant/oxidant imbalance in broilers	4
Association between antimicrobial resistance and biofilm forming ability of Salmonella enterica serotypes from commercial broiler farms in Brazil	4