OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Domestic Animal Endocrinology is 1. 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
Prostaglandin F2α treatment does not hasten ovulation in weaned sows	29
Pregnancy-induced mechanisms regulating central and peripheral leptin sensitivity: lessons from sheep	24
Granulosa cell function in domestic animals: A review on the in vitro effects of FSH, insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1	24
Synchronization of follicular wave before superovulation in dromedary camel by means of transvaginal follicle ablation	23
Table of Contents	18
Editorial Board	18
Safety and efficacy assessment of a synthetic porcine recombinant corticotrophin for the ACTH stimulation test in healthy cats	14
Immunogenicity of recombinant gonadotropin-releasing hormone contraceptive vaccines in male pigs	14
Effects of methionine, leucine, and insulin on circulating concentrations and mammary extraction of energy substrates and amino acids in lactating dairy cows	14
Effects of castration on growth performance and pineal gland function of Hu sheep	13
Coat color affects cortisol and serotonin levels in the serum and hairs of Holstein dairy cows exposed to cold winter	12
Investigation of peptide cross reactivity in equine plasma using two adrenocorticotropic hormone immunoassays	10
Endocrine fibroblast growth factors in domestic animals	9
The role of hormones in the regulation of lactogenic immunity in porcine and bovine species	9
Editorial Board	9
Correlation of Anti-Müllerian hormone serum concentration measured in proestrus and estrus with the litter size as a fertility marker in bitches	9
Luteal features and serum concentrations of progesterone and hCG in dairy goats submitted to estrus induction followed by intrauterine or intramuscular hCG administration	8
Advances in our understanding of the estrous cycle and applications for improving targeted reproductive management in livestock	8
Dietary oleuropein supplementation affects lipolysis in broilers	8
Inverse relationship between eosinophil profiles and serum glucose concentration in dogs with naturally occurring hypercortisolism	8
Changes in the expression pattern of genes affecting the growth and development of mammary tissue in pregnant Saanen goats in response to dietary fats	8
Irisin in domestic animals	8
Obesity and gestation in Criollo mares: endocrine and metabolic profiles	7
Quantifying heat stress; the roles on metabolic status and intestinal integrity in poultry, a review	7
Postnatal but not prenatal exposure to artificial long days enhances growth and IGF-1 secretion in goat kids	7

Effects of antioxidant vitamins and trace minerals on the pro-inflammatory status and liver insulin signaling pathway of transition dairy cows	7
Is it possible to replace eCG by GnRH in the hormonal protocol for timed artificial insemination in ewes during the breeding season?	7
Editorial Board	6
Table of Contents	6
Poor maternal nutrition during gestation in sheep alters key hormonal systems involved in energy homeostasis and appetite in the offspring	6
Association between post-ACTH cortisol and trilostane dosage in dogs with pituitary-dependent hypercortisolism	6
Is an increase of glucocorticoid concentrations related to the degree of arousal or valence experienced by an animal to a stimulus?	6
Table of Contents	6
Comparison of milk production and endocrine profiles of dairy cows exposed to either white light-emitting diode or induction lighting	5
Insulin interacts with PPARγ agonists to promote bovine adipocyte differentiation	5
Shifts in uterine bacterial communities associated with endogenous progesterone and 17β-estradiol concentrations in beef cattle	5
MiR-128-1-5p regulates differentiation of ovine stromal vascular fraction by targeting the KLF11 5′-UTR	5
Anabolic implants alter abundance of mRNA involved in muscle growth, metabolism, and inflammation in the longissimus of Angus steers in the feedlot	5
Active immunization with a novel recombinant GnRH vaccine inhibits reproductive function in male goats	5
Effect of tetra-hydroxylated bile acid on size and insulin sensitivity of subcutaneous adipocytes in healthy lean cats	5
Predictors of the ovarian superstimulatory response and oocyte collection in prepubertal heifers	5
Chronic inflammation decreases arcuate kisspeptin expression in male sheep	5
Increasing cervical penetrability in sheep by long-acting treatments with oxytocin (Carbetocin) and/or prostaglandin E2 (Dinoprostone)	5
Reverse triiodothyronine concentrations in hyperthyroid, healthy, and azotemic cats determined by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry	5
HDAC5 mediates the regulation of muscle-derived interleukin 6 on the differentiation of porcine intramuscular pre-adipocytes	5
Table of Contents	5
Effects of rumen metabolite butyric acid on bovine skeletal muscle satellite cells proliferation, apoptosis and transcriptional states during myogenic differentiation	5
Melatonin acts through different mechanisms to control oxidative stress and primordial follicle activation and survival during in vitro culture of bovine ovarian tissue	4
The impact of environmental and nutritional stresses on milk fat synthesis in dairy cows	4
Analyses of widely targeted metabolic profiling reveal enhanced energy metabolism in well-developed testicular tissue of Hu sheep	4
Anti–Müllerian hormone concentrations in queens throughout the estrous cycle	4
Short Communication: Identification of equine corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide (CLIP) binding to an adrenocortipcotrophic hormone (ACTH) assay capture antibody	4
Effect of the gonadotropin surge on steroid receptor regulation in preovulatory follicles and newly formed corpora lutea in the cow	4
Editorial Board	4
Relationship between plasma dopamine concentration and temperament in horses	4
Table of Contents	4
Comparison of moderate (7% on dry matter basis) and high (15% on dry matter basis) fiber diets on glycemic control in dogs with spontaneous insulin deficient diabetes mellitus	3
Editorial Board	3
Differential responsiveness and signaling pathways for prostaglandin F2a on chemokine mRNA in bovine corpus luteum and luteinized granulosa cells	3
Backfat thickness at first insemination as a determinant of endocrine regulation of appetite during the gestation–lactation transition in primiparous gilt	3
Field outcomes of laparoscopic ovum pick-up combined with in vitro embryo production in sheep: Effects of long-acting recombinant ovine FSH pre-stimulation, collection frequency, and donor breed	3
L-thyroxine and 4-pregnane-3,20‑dione preserves pregnancy in bitches with hypothyroidism and hypoluteoidism	3
Long-term male-to-male effect progressively activates testosterone and socio-sexual behavior in seasonally resting male goats	3
Age-specific analysis of anti-müllerian hormone and liver biochemical parameters in freemartin holstein calves and heifers: A pilot study	3
Corrigendum to “Association of vitamin D status with redox balance and insulin resistance and its predicting ability for subclinical pregnancy toxemia in pregnant sheep” [Domestic Animal Endocrinology	3
Distribution and sequence analysis of the melanocortin 2 receptor in horses and ponies	3
Editorial Board	3
Altrenogest treatment reduces the stress response of three-year-old warmblood mares during their initial equestrian training	3
Table of Contents	3
Osteopontin expression in prepubertal and adult dog testes and the effect of slow-release deslorelin implants (Suprelorin® 4.7 mg)	3
Characterizing zoo-housed Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) reproduction using gonadal steroid metabolite analysis in feces	3
Expressions of ghrelin and GHSR-1a in the corpus luteum and the stimulatory effect of ghrelin on luteal function of pregnant sows	3
Differential profiles of GH, IGF-1, and fructosamine in follicular fluid and plasma of cyclic mares	2
Molecular regulation, breed differences and genes involved in stress control in farm animals	2
Utero-placental adaptations in response to intrauterine growth restriction in swine	2

Unhatched bovine blastocysts express all transcripts of the estrogen biosynthetic pathway, but steroid hormone synthesis could not yet be demonstrated	2
Short-term clinical and biochemical responses following treatment with dapagliflozin or ertugliflozin in horses with hyperinsulinemia: A retrospective case series	2
Developmental and hormonal regulation of FBN1 and OR4M1 mRNA in bovine granulosa cells	2
Impact of endophyte-infected tall fescue seed consumption on endocrine changes associated with intake regulation and post-absorptive metabolism in growing steers	2
Reproductive performance in gilts submitted to non-steroidal therapies to prolong the luteal phase of the estrous cycle	2
Longitudinal assessment of adrenocortical steroid and steroid precursor response to illness in hospitalized foals	2
Relationship among cattle breed and anabolic implant protocol relative to feedlot performance: Growth, temperament, feeding behavior, carcass traits, and economic return	2
Pilot study of β-endorphin concentrations in horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction using a newly validated enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay	2
Developmental programming: prenatal and postnatal consequences of hyperthermia in dairy cows and calves	2
Spatial local expressions of kisspeptin in the uterus and uterine tubes and its relationship to the reproductive potential in goats	2
Cold exposure affects glucose metabolism, lipid droplet deposition and mitophagy in skeletal muscle of newborn goats	2
Effect of GnRH administration on follicular development and ovulation during the early luteal phase in subtropical goats	2
A novel mechanism of kisspeptin regulating ovarian granulosa cell function via down-regulating let-7b to activate ERK/PI3K-Akt pathway in Tan sheep	2
Editorial Board	2
The effect of an alpha2-adrenoceptor antagonist on equine carbohydrate metabolism after intravenous glucose load	2
From spermatogenesis to fertilisation: the role of melatonin on ram spermatozoa	2
Involvement of cholesterol and ketone bodies in early stages of bovine cystic ovarian disease development	2
Winter shearing enhances basal and GnRH-stimulated testosterone secretion in rams	1
Role of steroid hormones in the maintenance of focal adhesions in bovine oviductal epithelial cells	1
Effects of different doses of estradiol benzoate used in a cervical relaxation protocol on the success of non-surgical embryo recovery and luteal function in superovulated ewes	1
Sexually active male goats stimulate the endocrine and sexual activities of other males in seasonal sexual rest through the “buck-to-buck effect”	1
Effect of selenium and zinc nanoparticles supplementations on testicular blood flow, semen, and reproductive hormones in Egyptian native goats subjected to ambient heat stress	1
Current understanding of insulin dysregulation and its relationship with carbohydrate and protein metabolism in horses	1
Effectors and predictors of conceptus survival in cattle: What is next?	1
17β-estradiol inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation and pyroptosis of Leydig cells of the domestic yak (Bos grunniens) via the SIRT1/Nox4/ROS pathway	1
The impact of FSH stimulation and age on the ovarian and uterine traits and histomorphometry of prepubertal gilts	1
Table of Contents	1
Effects of a single dose of long-acting FSH on testicular blood flow, testicular echotexture, and circulating testosterone, estradiol, and nitric oxide in rams during the non-breeding season	1
The basic functions of rabbit ovarian granulosa cell are regulated by adipokines monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1	1
Physiological and metabolic effects of short-term dopamine reduction in healthy horses using a tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor (alpha-methyl-para-tyrosine)	1
Effects of protein-bound iron supplementation on reproductive performance of sows and growth performance of piglets	1
Effect of short-term dopamine reduction on insulin sensitivity and post-prandial insulin and glucose responses in Standardbred horses	1
Oral administration of domperidone in the first or third week of lactation: Effects on prolactin concentrations and mammary gene expression in sows and piglet growth	1
Hormonal and immunological responses of Holstein dairy cows from late lactation to the dry period and from the dry period to early lactation	1
Effects of intravenous oxytocin on plasma serotonin and trainability in horses	1
The effects of different trace mineral supplementation strategies on performance, feeding behavior, health, carcass quality, and profitability of mineral deficient receiving steers	1
Editorial Board	1
Carbetocin - a long-acting oxytocin analogue - increases the blood supply to the reproductive tract of rams	1
Maternal and neonatal cortisol and catecholamines throughout vaginal eutocia and C-section in dogs	1
Table of Contents	1