OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of South African Journal of Animal Science is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Principal Component Analysis of morphometric traits and body indices in South African Kalahari Red goats	9
Risk factors for puerperal endometritis in the sow	7
Effect of safflower oil supplementation in quail (<i>Coturnix coturnix japonica</i>) diets on growth performance, blood antioxidant status, caecal short-chain fatty acid content, and biome	7
The effect of various additives to vetch forage silage on <i>in vitro</i> digestibility values and feed quality	6
Growth performance and meat quality of Cobb 500 broilers fed phytase- and tannase-treated, sorghum-based diets	5
Effect of different dietary fibre raw material sources on production and gut development in fast-growing broilers	5
Effects of adding natural additives to whole milk on performance, faecal, and blood parameters in suckling Holstein calves	5
<i>Short Communication</i> - A new perspective on the association between radio-immuno and ELISA progesterone assays in Indonesian goats	5
Solvent-extracted cashew nut meal as a dietary protein source for layer chicks	4
Nutrient composition of swill fed to peri-urban free-roaming pigs in Gert Sibande, South Africa	4
Growth, slaughter performance, abdominal visceral organ sizes, and plasma metabolic markers in indigenous, improved, and crossbred growing pigs fed roasted or sprouted cowpea (<i>Vigna unguicula	4
Microbiological quality assessment of milk and its fermented derivatives produced in the Sfax region, Tunisia	4
Heat stress in dairy cows: A review of abiotic and biotic factors, with reference to the subtropics	4
An HPLC-MS/MS method for the quantification of heat stress-related milk metabolites in milk from Holstein-Friesian cross-bred cows in Tanzania	3
Growth performance, faecal scores, and metabolic profiles of neonatal Holstein calves with extended transition milk feeding	3
Influence of reduced dietary protein level on quality of pork carcasses in Windsnyer pigs	3
Effects of supplemental bee pollen on performance, meat quality, serum constituents and immunity system in growing quails	3
Moringa oleifera leaf meal as a feed supplement for dairy calves	3
Non-genetic sources of variation influencing yield and composition of milk production parameters in South African Saanen goats	3
Effects of heat stress on the physiological responses and vaginal microbiome of Hanwoo cows	3
Effects of breed and fattening system on fatty acid and chemical composition of meat from male lambs	3
Seasonal effects of Rhus lancea and Celtis africana on intake, preference, and physiological responses in South African indigenous goats	3
Effect of exogenous protease on growth performance and meat quality in broilers reared on fishmeal-based diets	3
Gene expression at different cell stages of in vitro-fertilized bovine embryos	3
Supplementation of dietary nano zinc phytogenic on growth performance and carcass traits of the growing Kampung Unggul Balitbangtan chickens	3

Performance and intestinal histology of sheep fed detoxified castor bean meal in sugarcane silage	3
Short communication: Impact of rest intervals and habituation on electro-ejaculated semen quality in merino-type rams	3
Relationship between body morphometry in Bapedi rams and sperm characteristics measured using Computer-aided Sperm Analysis	3
Haematological parameters of Hungarian, farmed ostriches	3
Effects of far infrared ray illumination on the performance, blood biochemistry, and faecal microflora of laying hens at different production stages	3
Behaviour of farmed fallow deer fawns in the rearing period depends on weather conditions	3
Effects of milking machine settings and teat liners on bovine udder health	3
Carcass yields in the main Algerian populations of camels: Sahraoui, Targui, steppe camel, and Reguibi (<i>Camelus dromedarius</i> L., 1758)	2
Optimization of response to selection using genomic selection in indigenous chicken breeding programmes	2
Effects of indigenous <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> on intake, growth, gut histology, and serum biomarkers in pre-weaned Lohi lambs	2
Effects of carrot leaves on digestibility of feed, and cholesterol and β-carotene content of egg yolks	2
The effect of formaldehyde treatment of canola oilcake meal and sweet lupins on the in situ dry matter and crude protein digestibility	2
Physico-chemical characteristics of meat after dietary supplementation of lambs with essential oils and calcium malate	2
Effect of transportation distance on the physiological condition and carcass traits of kampong chickens	2
In vitro ruminal fermentation parameters of canola meal protein in response to incremental doses of gamma irradiation	2
Addition of homeopathic products to pig diets in the finishing phase promotes improvement in growth performance	2
Environmental factors affecting pre-weaning mortality of Turkish Saanen kids	2
A field study of Bacillus licheniformis-fermented products on growth performance and faecal microbiota of weaning piglets	2
Effect of propolis supplementation on haematological and biochemical parameters in lambs	2
Effects of immunomodulatory peptides derived from a soil bacterium on caecal microbiota of broilers challenged with <i>Clostridium perfringens</i>	2
Yeast cell wall supplementation modulates pre-weaning stress in male Nili Ravi buffalo calves	2
Partial replacement of maize meal with high-tannin sorghum meal affects finishing and methane emissions of Pedi goats	2
Assessment of solar power-assisted cooling system for heat stress management in HF Deoni crossbred cows	2
The effects of thymoquinone and curcumin on the thyroid in rats with subacute fluoride poisoning	2
The first morphological study of the Sloughi dog breed in Algeria	2
Broiler performance on maize (<i>Zea mays</i>)–cowpea (<i>Vigna unguiculata</i>) diets fortified with black soldier fly (<i>Hermetia illucens</i>) larvae meal	2
Changes in cardiac troponin I (cTnI), T (cTnT), and some biochemical parameters in Arabian racehorses after training	2
Effects of rearing systems on growth performance and meat quality of Wuding chickens	2
Effects of the dietary supplementation of a native probiotic on the blood metabolites, gut parameters, and meat quality of growing lambs	2
Effects of biomacromolecules on growth, digestibility, digestive enzyme activity, antioxidation, and immunity in broilers	2
The effect of crossbreeding with different breeds on slaughter and carcass characteristics and meat quality in Leghorn hens	2
Perspectives and advantages of using olive (Olea europaea) by-products as a dietary supplement for rabbit production and health	2
Genetic diversity and population structure of Turkish Aseel chickens	2
Effect of microRNA, miR-215, on gene expression and metabolism of porcine intestinal epithelial cells	2
Extrusion of canola oilcake meal and sweet lupins on the production performance of Meatmaster lambs under feedlot conditions	2
Lamb behaviour during and shortly after tail-docking	2
Replacement of soybean with canola improves short-term milk yield and nitrogen-use efficiency in high-producing, early-lactation Holstein cows	2
Carcass traits and primal pork cuts of growing Windsnyer pigs fed diets containing Amarula oil cake	2
Crambe cake protein as a replacement for soybean meal protein: Intake, digestibility, and ruminal parameters in lamb diets	2
Early phase dietary supplementation of lipase and lecithin affects performance, haematology and immunology of broilers	2
Response of sheep fed urea-treated corncob and supplemented with cassava leaf meal	2