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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Risk factors for puerperal endometritis in the sow	16
Principal Component Analysis of morphometric traits and body indices in South African Kalahari Red goats	14
Laying hens behave as omnivores with poultry meal included in their diet	9
Growth performance and meat quality of Cobb 500 broilers fed phytase- and tannase-treated, sorghum-based diets	8
Effect of garlic supplementation on zootechnical performance and hepato-renal functions in nitrate-treated rabbits	7
<i>Short Communication</i> - A new perspective on the association between radio-immuno and ELISA progesterone assays in Indonesian goats	7
Effects of ventilation programme and eggshell thickness on hatchability rate and hatching time of broiler eggs	7
Microbiological quality assessment of milk and its fermented derivatives produced in the Sfax region, Tunisia	7
The effect of various additives to vetch forage silage on <i>in vitro</i> digestibility values and feed quality	6
Effect of different dietary fibre raw material sources on production and gut development in fast-growing broilers	5
Heat stress in dairy cows: A review of abiotic and biotic factors, with reference to the subtropics	5
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	5
Effects of adding natural additives to whole milk on performance, faecal, and blood parameters in suckling Holstein calves	5
Solvent-extracted cashew nut meal as a dietary protein source for layer chicks	5
Seasonal effects of Rhus lancea and Celtis africana on intake, preference, and physiological responses in South African indigenous goats	5
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	5
Effects of breed and fattening system on fatty acid and chemical composition of meat from male lambs	4
Haematological parameters of Hungarian, farmed ostriches	4
Influence of reduced dietary protein level on quality of pork carcasses in Windsnyer pigs	4
Effect of exogenous protease on growth performance and meat quality in broilers reared on fishmeal-based diets	4
Effects of heat stress on the physiological responses and vaginal microbiome of Hanwoo cows	4
Modelling lactation curves for fat-to-protein ratio of milk in the first three lactations of Polish Holstein-Friesian cows	4
Performance and intestinal histology of sheep fed detoxified castor bean meal in sugarcane silage	4
Short communication: Impact of rest intervals and habituation on electro-ejaculated semen quality in merino-type rams	4
The effect of formaldehyde treatment of canola oilcake meal and sweet lupins on the in situ dry matter and crude protein digestibility	3

Effects of biomacromolecules on growth, digestibility, digestive enzyme activity, antioxidation, and immunity in broilers	3
Effects of supplemental bee pollen on performance, meat quality, serum constituents and immunity system in growing quails	3
Physico-chemical characteristics of meat after dietary supplementation of lambs with essential oils and calcium malate	3
Effects of far infrared ray illumination on the performance, blood biochemistry, and faecal microflora of laying hens at different production stages	3
Extrusion of canola oilcake meal and sweet lupins on the production performance of Meatmaster lambs under feedlot conditions	3
Genetic diversity and population structure of Turkish Aseel chickens	3
Use of Lactobacillus farciminis to improve antioxidant status of Tuj lambs	3
Carcass yields in the main Algerian populations of camels: Sahraoui, Targui, steppe camel, and Reguibi (<i>Camelus dromedarius</i> L., 1758)	3
Non-genetic sources of variation influencing yield and composition of milk production parameters in South African Saanen goats	3
Relationship between body morphometry in Bapedi rams and sperm characteristics measured using Computer-aided Sperm Analysis	3
Gene expression at different cell stages of in vitro-fertilized bovine embryos	3
Assessment of solar power-assisted cooling system for heat stress management in HF Deoni crossbred cows	3
Effects of milking machine settings and teat liners on bovine udder health	3
Effect of microRNA, miR-215, on gene expression and metabolism of porcine intestinal epithelial cells	3
Partial replacement of maize meal with high-tannin sorghum meal affects finishing and methane emissions of Pedi goats	3
Lamb behaviour during and shortly after tail-docking	3
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
Supplementation of dietary nano zinc phytogenic on growth performance and carcass traits of the growing Kampung Unggul Balitbangtan chickens	3
Moringa oleifera leaf meal as a feed supplement for dairy calves	3
Behaviour of farmed fallow deer fawns in the rearing period depends on weather conditions	3
Effects of carrot leaves on digestibility of feed, and cholesterol and β-carotene content of egg yolks	3
Partial replacement of DL-Methionine and methionine hydroxy analogue with betaine in diets for broiler chickens	2
Optimization of response to selection using genomic selection in indigenous chicken breeding programmes	2
Effects of oregano essential oil and capsicum extract on fattening, serum constituents, and rumen fermentation of lambs	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
Replacement of soybean with canola improves short-term milk yield and nitrogen-use efficiency in high-producing, early-lactation Holstein cows	2
Effects of immunomodulatory peptides derived from a soil bacterium on caecal microbiota of broilers challenged with <i>Clostridium perfringens</i>	2
The effects of thymoquinone and curcumin on the thyroid in rats with subacute fluoride poisoning	2
The effect of crossbreeding with different breeds on slaughter and carcass characteristics and meat quality in Leghorn hens	2
Effects on egg production and quality of supplementing drinking water with calcium and magnesium	2
Addition of homeopathic products to pig diets in the finishing phase promotes improvement in growth performance	2
Early phase dietary supplementation of lipase and lecithin affects performance, haematology and immunology of broilers	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
Crambe cake protein as a replacement for soybean meal protein: Intake, digestibility, and ruminal parameters in lamb diets	2
Response of sheep fed urea-treated corncob and supplemented with cassava leaf meal	2
Effect of transportation distance on the physiological condition and carcass traits of kampong chickens	2
The first morphological study of the Sloughi dog breed in Algeria	2
Perspectives and advantages of using olive (Olea europaea) by-products as a dietary supplement for rabbit production and health	2
Effects of garlic supplementation on in vitro nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation, and gas production	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
Animal welfare practices in livestock farms from the perspective of veterinarians: Northeast Anatolia region in Turkiye	2
Effect of chia oil addition to quail (<i>Coturnix coturnix japonica</i>) diets on growth performance, blood antioxidant status, caecal concentrations of short-chain fatty acids, and biomec	2
Carcass traits and primal pork cuts of growing Windsnyer pigs fed diets containing Amarula oil cake	2
In vitro ruminal fermentation parameters of canola meal protein in response to incremental doses of gamma irradiation	2
Effects of the dietary supplementation of a native probiotic on the blood metabolites, gut parameters, and meat quality of growing lambs	2
Yeast cell wall supplementation modulates pre-weaning stress in male Nili Ravi buffalo calves	2
Effects of indigenous <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> on intake, growth, gut histology, and serum biomarkers in pre-weaned Lohi lambs	2