OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of Animal Science is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of chemostat turnover rate and select antibiotics on Salmonella Typhimurium in the presence of porcine gastrointestinal tract bacteria	16
Randomized blind study of the antispasmodic effect of scopolamine and dipyrone on the gastrointestinal tract of healthy cattle	12
The face of the Canadian riding lesson industry—common management practices and industry opinions	11
Evaluating the efficacy of red, brown, and green seaweeds in reducing in vitro methane production from cattle	11
Effects of space allowance on behaviour during lairage, stress physiology, skin lesion scores, and meat quality of market pigs transported in an actively ventilated vehicle in the winter	10
Probiotic complex supplementation to growing pig’s diet enhances daily growth and reduces fecal gas emission	10
Genetic and environmental determinism of age at puberty of purebred Charolais heifers and its links with growth traits and feed efficiency	9
Ammonium phosphate is a potential nitrogen supplement in nitrogen-limiting diets for growing pigs	9
Digestive and absorptive capacity and digesta microbiota throughout the gastrointestinal tract of nursery pigs from parents with divergent estimated breeding value for feed conversion ratio	8
A 99-year journey on the development of Canadian forages for livestock production	8
Effects of Red Osier dogwood (Cornus sericea) inclusion with grass hay on in vitro dry matter disappearance, gas production, and fermentation characteristics	8
Effect of hydrogenated fat-embedded calcium gluconate on lactation performance in dairy cows	8
Efficacy of yeast and garlic extract mixture on growth performance, tract digestibility, excreta microbiota, gas emission, blood profile, and meat quality in broiler	7
Predicting the performance of beef cattle on diverse perennial forage mixtures using the cowbytes ration-balancing software program	7
Variability in dairy farm greenhouse gas emissions: implications of gross and net GHG estimates for mitigation	7
Porcine in vitro digestion and solubilization of non-starch polysaccharides in corn and wheat supplemented with xylanase and feruloyl esterase	7
Effects of dietary emulsifier and lipid source on broiler meat quality, lipids, and serum antioxidant status	7
Investigating feather corticosterone and fault bars along the length of domestic male turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) feathers	6
Characterization of heifer rearing costs and their association with farm factors of Québec Holstein dairy farms	6
Effects of sugarcane extract on growth and diarrhea of growing piglets	6
Evaluation of growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and stress level in grower pigs fed oven-dried apple pomace	6
Feeding graded levels of camelina expeller meal up to 20% of dietary dry matter decreases feed intake and milk production but enhances concentration in milk fat of n-3 fatty acids in dairy cows	6
Response of growth performance, blood hematology, organ indexes, and myofiber traits to increasing dietary methionine levels in Jilin White goose	6
Manure storage practices in Canada: farm survey analysis with implications for GHG emissions	6
Association of postabsorptive glucose and acetate metabolism with feed intake, growth, and efficiency in finishing beef heifers	6

Use of cinnamon and Bacillus subtilis probiotics in the diet of broiler chickens	5
The behavioural response of finisher pigs and sows to electrode attachment: An evaluation of pig welfare and ease of application as a precursor to on-farm euthanasia by one-step electrocution	5
Supplementation of microencapsulated sodium butyrate on the performance, haemato-biochemical profile and intestinal microbiota composition of broiler chickens challenged with Eimeria spp.	5
Evaluation of the use of commercial-type and synthetic diets to test a nucleotide-rich yeast-derived product as a growth promotor for first feeding rainbow trout fry raised at 10 or 16 °C	5
Genetic evaluation of profitability measures in Holstein dairy cows	5
A scoping review on the impact of rotational grazing in beef cattle systems on greenhouse gas emissions, soil health, plant diversity, and plant productivity parameters	5
Genomic regions underlying variation in wattles, horns, and supernumerary teats phenotypes in Egyptian goats	5
Canadian cow–calf production in the east and west regions: insights into calving distribution, and adoption of calf management, feed and water testing, and animal health practices	5
Silybum marianum seed extract as a potential phytogenic feed additive for improving growth performance and nutrient digestibility in growing pigs	5
Effect of mixtures of legume species on ruminal fermentation, methane, and microbial nitrogen production in batch and continuous culture (RUSITEC) systems	5
Note of appreciation	5
Genome-wide association studies for growth and feed efficiency traits in American mink	5
The effect of temperature and humidity index on egg-laying and hatching parameters in Japanese quail	4
Effects of pre-farrow feeding time on the farrowing time and duration in sows and litter outcomes	4
A review of foot-related lameness in feedlot cattle	4
The effects of corncob and xylanase supplementation on performance, ileal digestibility, intestinal morphology, gastrointestinal pH, and serum biochemical traits in the broiler chickens	4
Genome-wide association study identifies major histocompatibility complex genes linked to resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes in grazing Rideau Arcott sheep	4
Development of a new composite SLICK beef cattle breed for improved tolerance to heat stress in temperate environments	4
Note of appreciation	4
Atmospheric ammonia causes histopathological lesions, cell cycle blockage, and apoptosis of spleen in chickens	4
Trends in the risk of heat stress to Canadian dairy cattle in a changing climate	4
The effects of raw and steam-pressure toasted faba bean seeds on the production performance in high-lactating dairy cows	4
The effects of grinding and pelleting on nutrient composition of Canadian pulses	4
Impact of multicarbohydrase and phytase on apparent and standardized digestibility, energy, and nutrient balance in broilers fed sunflower meal	4
An evaluation of the effects of dietary mixed-species direct-fed microbial (probiotic) on growth performance, gas emissions, meat quality, nutrient digestibility, and fecal score in finishing pigs	4
The effects of extrusion on nutrient content of Canadian pulses with a focus on protein and amino acids	4
Effects of feeding graded levels of camelina expeller meal up to 10% of dietary dry matter on production and milk fatty acid profiles in dairy cows	4
Lethal white foal syndrome: a review	3
Estimation of digestible zinc and copper in pigs: a meta-analysis approach	3
Influence of dietary protease supplementation to high- and low-protein diets on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood profiles, and gas emissions in finishing pigs	3
Performance and ruminal fermentation of second-trimester pregnant beef cows fed short-season high-moisture corn stover or barley greenfeed during winter in western Canada	3
Effects of space allowance on behaviour during lairage, stress physiology, skin lesion scores, and meat quality of market-weight pigs transported in an actively ventilated vehicle in the summer	3
Simulation of loading and unloading through ramps of different configuration: effects on the ease of handling and physiological response of pigs of two slaughter weights	3
Dietary Bacillus subtilis- and Clostridium butyricum-based probiotics supplement improves growth and meat quality, and alters microbiota in the excreta of broiler chickens	3
Effect of displaced abomasum on milk production, reproductive performance, and culling of Holstein dairy cattle in Iran	3
Comparative transcriptomic and proteomic analyses provide insights into the key genes involved in muscle growth in the large Diqing Tibetan pig	3
Thermal processing induced changes on molecular structure spectral profile of carbohydrates and ruminal degradation and intestinal digestion characteristics of oat grains (Avena sativa) in dair	3
Impact of dietary zinc and copper levels on ileal and total apparent nutrient digestibility in growing pigs	3
Dietary β-1,3-glucan supplementation in broilers with dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis: impact on growth performance, organ weight, meat quality, and intestinal health	3
Multienzyme preparation containing a blend of mannanase, xylanase, cellulase, pectinase, β-glucanase, amylase, protease, and phytase on the performance of laying hens fed corn–soybean meal diet	3
The effect of a sugarcane polyphenol extract on intake, apparent total tract digestibility, rumen fermentation, pH, methane emissions, and the rumen microbiome of beef heifers fed a high forage diet	3
Residual feed intake does not seem to affect reproductive competence of Hays Converter heifers	3
Prediction of ileal digestible phosphorus in broiler chicken diets supplemented with exogenous phytase	3
Analysis of VRTN, NR6A1 and LTBP2 gene polymorphisms in Lijiang pigs and their association with the number of thoracic vertebrae	3
Minor stall modifications and outdoor access can help improve dairy cow welfare in tie-stalls	3
The association of rs413799434, rs401648197, and rs423370130 SNPs in the methionine sulfoxide reductase B3 (MSRB3) gene with liveweight gain from birth to weaning in the Morkaraman sheep	3