OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Animal Biotechnology is 5. 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
Correction	48
Identification of candidate genes affecting egg weight trait of Putian Black duck based on whole genome resequencing	45
Modulation of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) gene expression ex vivo in response to heat stress in chicken	29
Expression profile of FASN gene and association of its polymorphisms with intramuscular fat content in Hu sheep	27
Transcriptomic profiling of lipopolysaccharide-challenged bovine mammary epithelial cells treated with forsythoside A	22
Genomic organization and transcription of superoxide dismutase genes ( sod1 , sod2 , and	21
Transcriptome analysis reveals molecular regulation mechanism of Tibet sheep tolerance to high altitude oxygen environment	19
Vitamin C enhances the in vitro development of early porcine embryos by improving mitochondrial function	18
Effect of DHCR7 on adipocyte differentiation in goats	17
Identification of core genes affecting IMF deposition in bovine	15
Functional and microbiological effects of a microencapsulated probiotic consortium on the ruminal microbiota in vivo and in vitro systems	14
Genetic variation in zona pellucida-3 (ZP3) gene and its association with litter size variation in Kari sheep	13
Effects of myonectin on porcine intramuscular adipocyte differentiation and exogenous free fatty acid utilization	13
Cross-population genetic analysis revealed genetic variation and selection in the Ovar-DRB1 gene of Indian sheep breeds	13
Dietary ferulic acid supplementation improves antioxidant capacity and lipid metabolism in liver of piglets with intrauterine growth retardation	13
Effects of dietary supplementation of cumin (Cuminum cyminumL.) essential oil on expression of genes related to antioxidant, apoptosis, detoxification, and heat shock mechanism in heat-stressed	13
Whole-genome resequencing reveals new mutations in candidate genes for Beichuan-white goat prolificacya	12
Performance and nutrigenomics modulations in response to the inclusion of biologically treated date-palm mulch and enzyme mixture in the diets of growing rabbits	12
Transcriptomic analysis of yak longissimus dorsi muscle identifies genes associated with tenderness	12
Effects of enzymatically hydrolyzed yeast supplementation on blood attributes, antioxidant status and gene expression of cytokines in vaccinated dairy cows	12
Age-dependent changes in the expression and localization of LYZL4, LYZL6 and PCNA during testicular development in the Ashidan yak	12
A missense mutation of the WNK1 gene affects cold tolerance in Chinese domestic cattle	12
Exposure to Imidacloprid under variable conditions disturbs the muscle fatty acid profile of a fresh water non target fish: Labeo rohita	12
Impact of storage duration and short periods of incubation during egg storage on embryonic development and hatching traits of hybrid chicken strain	12
Multi-tissue gene expression profiling of cows with a genetic predisposition for low and high milk urea levels	12

Screening of lncRNA profiles during intramuscular adipogenic differentiation in longissimus dorsi and semitendinosus muscles in pigs	11
Immunolocalization of antibacterial peptide S100A7 in mastitis goat mammary gland and lipopolysaccharide induces the expression and secretion of S100A7 in goat mammary gland epithelial cells via TLR4/	11
Genome-wide association studies for citric and lactic acids in dairy sheep milk in a New Zealand flock	11
Replacing biochar with mineral premix and its interaction with vitamin C on laying hen production and egg quality factors	11
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Thyroid transcriptomic profiling reveals the differential regulation of lncRNA and mRNA related to prolificacy in small tail han sheep with FecB BB	11
Genome wide landscaping of copy number variations for horse inter-breed variability	11
Weighted single step GWAS reveals genomic regions associated with economic traits in Murrah buffaloes	11
Identification of the FGB gene polymorphism and analysis of its association with fat deposition traits in Hu sheep	10
Sequencing and characterization of complete mitogenome DNA of worldwide turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ) populations	10
Effects of follicular fluid exosomes on in vitro maturation of porcine oocytes	10
Vitamin B5 supplementation enhances intestinal development and alters microbes in weaned piglets	10
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Thyroid transcriptomic profiling reveals the differential regulation of lncRNA and mRNA related to prolificacy in Small Tail Han sheep with	10
Production of immune receptor knockout chickens via direct in vivo transfection of primordial germ cells	10
Regulatory impacts of PPARGC1A gene expression on milk production and cellular metabolism in buffalo mammary epithelial cells	10
Determination of declined genetic diversity of Holstein stud bulls based on microsatellite markers	10
Whole transcriptome analysis reveals the key genes and noncoding RNAs related to follicular atresia in broilers	10
Association between single-nucleotide polymorphism in PIK3CD gene and litter size in Small Tail Han sheep	9
Isolation, characterization and differentiation of dermal papilla cells from Small-tail Han sheep	9
Genetic analysis of milk and milk composition traits in Murrah buffaloes using Bayesian inference	9
Tryptophan alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced liver injury and inflammation by modulating necroptosis and pyroptosis signaling pathways in piglets	9
Comparative analysis of various methods for estimating expected genetic gain of production and reproduction traits in Murrah buffaloes	9
Diversity assessment of a lesser known buffalo population from Central India and its comparative evaluation reveals presence of sufficient genetic variation and absence of selection	9
Comparative muscle transcriptome of Mali and Hampshire breeds of pigs: a preliminary study	9
Effect of varying dietary Azolla levels on growth, carcass characteristics, blood biochemical parameters and digestive enzymes of growing Egyptian geese	9
Intensity of estrus expression – valuable obvious determinant of fertility in Bos indicus cows	9
Retraction statement	9
Analysing the genetic diversity of three sheep breeds in Turkey and nearby countries using 50 K SNPs data	8
A missense SNP in the proopiomelanocortin (POMC) gene is associated with growth traits in Awassi and Karakul sheep	8
Filtration techniques are advantageous over colloidal centrifugation in improving freezability of low-quality buffalo bull (Bubalus bubalis) ejaculates	8
Effects of nanoselenium supplementation on lactation performance, nutrient digestion and mammary gland development in dairy cows	8
Genetic variants of CSN1S1, CSN2, CSN3 , and BLG genes and their association with dairy production traits in Sahiwal cattle and Nili-Ravi	8
Polymorphism and expression level of the FADS3 gene and associated with the growth traits in Hu sheep	8
ASReml-based estimation of early genetic parameters in hybrid mutton sheep populations	8
A SNP in the ovine cathepsin K ( CTSK ) gene is associated with yearling growth performance in a crossbred sheep population	8
Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in heat stress protein 70 ( HSP70 ) and 90 ( HSP90 ) with the susceptibility of Pakistani s	8
Correction	8
Caffeic acid improves intestinal barrier functions by regulating colonic bacteria and tight junction protein expression and alleviating inflammation in weaning piglets	8
Inflammatory genes expression and calf responses to different dietary grains (steam flaked corn vs steam-rolled barley) and protein sources (pelleted soybean meal vs pelleted canola meal)	8
Screening of InDel variants in PRDM6 , myostatin and IGF2BP1 genes and association analysis with body measurement traits in Malabari and A	8
Association analysis for SNPs of LIPE and ITGB4 genes with cashmere production performance, body measureme	8
Impact of different mating ratios of broiler breeder on reproductive performance during post moult phase	8
Preliminary study of melatonin in the proliferation and apoptosis of Hu sheep dermal papilla cells in vitro	7
Using cinnamon ( Cinnamomum zeylanicum ) and turmeric ( Curcuma longa L) powders as an antibiotic growth promoter substitutions in broiler	7
Analysis of OCT4 and PGP9.5 gene expression in prenatal and postnatal buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ) testes	7
Mitochondrial DNA sequencing illuminates genetic diversity and origin of Hunagrian Nonius horse breed and his relatives – Danubian horse and Serbian Nonius	7
Temperature adaptation patterns in Chinese cattle revealed by TRPM2 gene mutation analysis	7
CeRNA regulates network and expression and SNP effect onNFKBIAof cashmere fineness	7
Molecular characterization and prevalence of bovine hemoprotozoan and rickettsial organism from Bhubaneswar, Eastern India	7
Dietary metabolizable energy and crude protein levels affect the performance, egg quality and biochemical parameters of a dual-purpose chicken	7
Association analysis of polymorphisms at GLRB , GRIA2 , and GASK1B genes with reproductive traits in Dazu B	7

Impact of inclusion non-additive effects on genome-wide association and variance’s components in Scottish black sheep	7
Population-wide genetic analysis of Ovar-DQA1 and DQA2 loci across sheep breeds in India revealed their evolutionary importance and fitness of sheep in a tropical climat	7
Identification and characterization of single nucleotide polymorphisms in DMRT3 gene in Indian horse ( Equus caballus ) and donkey (	7
Neospora caninum seroprevalence in water buffaloes in Guangxi, China	7
Characteristic of the components and the metabolism mechanism of goat colostrum: a review	7
Deciphering the miRNA transcriptome of granulosa cells from dominant and subordinate follicles at first follicular wave in goat	7
Research progress on biological functions of astragalus stems and leaves and their application in cattle production: a review	7
Copy number variations of LRRFIP1 gene and the relationship with growth traits in four Chinese sheep	6
Allele mining in prolactin receptor gene and its association with some economic traits in Egyptian goat breeds	6
Roles of MEF2A and HOXA5 in the transcriptional regulation of the bovine Fox O1 gene	6
Chicken β -defensin-1 peptide as a candidate anticoccidial agent in broiler chickens	6
Effect of a garlic drench on Galectin gene expression in ovine whole blood	6
Performance responses of lactating Rahmani ewes fed diet supplemented with Enterococcus faecium NRC-3 or Lactobacillus rhamnosus	6
Genome-wide association study for wattles trait in the dairy goat breed	6
Transcriptome-wide study of mRNAs modified by m ⁶ A RNA methylation in the testis development of dairy goats	6
Copy number variation of the ZNF679 gene in cattle and its association analysis with growth traits	6
Retraction statement	6
Hematology profile, digestive enzymes, thyroid hormones, productivity, and nitrogen balance of growing male rabbits supplemented with exogenous dietary lysozyme	6
Characterization of chicken eggs associated Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus for biofilm product	6
Estimation of genetic correlations of two key feed efficiency traits with production traits in male Hu sheep	6
Analysis of alternative splicing in chicken macrophages infected with avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC)	6
Effect of dietary oregano essential oil and milk replacer on physiological status and immunological responses of pre- and post-weaned Ghoongroo piglets	6
Core promoter identification and transcriptional regulation of porcine ACSL3 gene	6
Genome-wide genetic variation and population structure of native and cosmopolitan cattle breeds reared in Türkiye	6
The impact of genetic variants related to the fatty acid metabolic process pathway on milk production traits in Jersey cows	6
Molecular identification of haemoparasites in animals using blood lysate PCR: a quick and inexpensive alternative to purified whole genomic DNA	6
Potential status of A1 and A2 variants of bovine beta-casein gene in milk samples of Indian cattle breeds	6
Establishment and functional characterization of immortalized rabbit dermal papilla cell lines	6
Genetic characterization and diversity assessment in ‘Bhangor’ indigenous swamp buffalo population using heterologous microsatellite markers	5
CKM intron : an appropriate marker for the determination of the genetic relationships among horse populations and breeds	5
Salivary cell-free HSD17B1 and HSPA1A transcripts as potential biomarkers for estrus identification in buffaloes ( Bubalus	5
Insulin desensitization and cell senescence induced by heat stress in pig testicular cell model	5
Dietary ginger ( Zingiber officinale ) enhances performance traits, biochemical and haematological indices of Turkey targeting mRNA gene expression	5
Prokaryotic expression of the V protein of the peste des petits ruminants virus and development of an indirect ELISA	5
Determination of Raman spectrum under different culture conditions: preliminary research on bacterial fish pathogens	5
Bioinformatics analysis and the association of polymorphisms within the caprine GDF9 gene promoter with economically useful traits in Damani goats	5
Comparative genomic and evolutionary analysis of the heat shock protein gene family in the chicken genome	5
Landmark native breed of the Orenburg goats: progress in its breeding and genetics and future prospects	5
Neuron-derived neurotrophic factor promotes the differentiation of intramuscular and subcutaneous adipocytes in goat	5
A novel deleterious oxytocin variant is associated with the lower twinning ratio in Awassi ewes	5
Cloning of STC-1 and analysis of its differential expression in Hezuo pig	5
Comparison of knee joint and temporomandibular joint development in pig embryos	5
Dietary supplementation ofAloe veraextract modulates rumen microbes and improves the functional food value of milk by altering phenolic content, antioxidant capacity, and fatty acid profile in	5
Expression profiling of cytokine genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from Anaplasma marginale infected and healthy cattle	5
Comparison of genetic diversity and phylogenetic structure of BRCA1 gene of some domestic and wild sheep breeds in different countries	5
Evidence for selective sweeps in the MHC gene repertoire of various cattle breeds	5
The stems and leaves of Panax notoginseng reduce the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes by regulating intestinal microbiota in Duzang pigs	5
Effects of dietary folic acid supplementation on lactation performance and mammary epithelial cell development of dairy cows and its regulatory mechanism	5
Isolation, in vitro expansion and characterization of ovine fetal adnexa-derived mesenchymal stem cells reveals a source dependent trilineage differentia	5
Effects of YAP1 on proliferation and differentiation of Hu sheep skeletal muscle satellite cells in vitro	5
Identification of key factors causing ketosis in dairy cows with low feed intake	5
The molecular characteristic analysis of TRIB2 gene and its expressional patterns in Bos grunniens tissue and granulosa cells	5
Condition optimization for electroporation transfection in horse skeletal muscle satellite cells	5
Expression profile and the G63A mutation of IGF2 gene associated with growth traits in Zhedong-White goose	5
The genetic secrets of adaptation: decoding the significance of the 30-bp insertion in the KRT77 gene for Chinese cattle	5
The variation in the beta-casein genotypes and its effect on milk yield and genomic values in Holstein-Friesian cows	5
Effects of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone on testicular development and reproduction-related gene expression in roosters	5
Identification of polymorphic loci in OSMR and GHR genes and analysis of their association with growth traits in sheep	5