OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Animal Science Journal 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Menthol application on healthy and inflamed goat udders changes antimicrobial components in milk	13
Effects of ozonized glycerin on inflammation of mammary glands induced by intramammary lipopolysaccharide infusion in goats	12
Optimizing antimicrobial use by improving medication adherence among pig producers	10
Effects of bioactive peptides derived from cottonseed meal solid‐state fermentation on the growth, metabolism, and immunity of yellow‐feathered broilers	10
A highly sensitive PCR method for A1 allele detection in A2 milk samples without DNA isolation	10
Expression of chemerin in intestinal mucosa of calves with comparable expression level with other antimicrobial proteins	9
Plasma methionine appearance and residual potential of supplemented N‐acetyl‐L‐methionine through ruminal or abomasal infusion in dairy cows	9
β‐glucosidase, driven by porcine transthyretin promoter, specific expression in the liver of transgenic mice	8
Relationship of parathyroid hormone‐related protein and neonatal mineral metabolism in dairy cow placentas	8
Effects of feeding wood kraft pulp silage containing sweet‐potato shochu distillery by‐product on feed intake, feed digestibility, rumen fermentation, blood components, and growth performance in Japan	8
Effects of medium‐chain fatty acids (MCFAs) on in vitro rumen fermentation, methane production, and nutrient digestibility under low‐ and high‐concentrate diets	7
Relation between postpartum calf‐licking behavior and agonistic behavior against handlers by primiparous beef cows	7
Reduction of oocyte shedding and cecal inflammation by 5‐aminolevulinic acid daily supplementation in laying hens infected with Eimeria tenella	7
Postmortem calpain changes in longissimus muscle from Lanyu native and Kaohsiung crossbred black pigs	7
Bayesian analysis of genetic and environmental effects on litter traits in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) herd under long‐term selection	7
Effects of propylene glycol used at different doses in Akkaraman lambs rations on metabolism‐related parameters and liver gene and protein expression during different feeding periods	7
Dietary supplementation with Clostridium butyricum and its ferment substance improves the egg quality and ovarian function in laying hens from 50 to 58 weeks of age	6
Nicotinamide supplementation alters plasma lipidomic profiles of peripartal dairy cows	6
The effects of rumen protected methionine supplementation on the performance of primiparous dairy cows using the Presynch‐Ovsynch protocol	6
Use of a commercial indoor positioning system for monitoring resting time and moving distance in group‐housed dairy calves	6
Effect of ambient temperature on average daily gain of pigs evaluated using public weather data and a plateau‐linear regression model	6
A method of calculating weighted values of objective traits for BLUP of breeding values to achieve relative desired changes	5
Prevention of mastitis in multiparous dairy cows with a previous history of mastitis by oral feeding with probiotic Bacillus subtilis	5
Effects of mixed sugarcane tops and napiergrass silages on fermentative quality, nutritional value, and milk yield in water buffaloes	5
Effects of starch content of calf starter on rumen properties and blood concentrations of metabolites and hormones in dairy calves under a high plane of milk feeding	5

Near‐infrared spectroscopy for rapid evaluation of winter cereals and Italian ryegrass forage mixtures	5
Effect of rumen microbiota transfaunation on the growth, rumen fermentation, and microbial community of early separated Japanese Black cattle	5
Effect of bittern immersion on textural properties and water‐holding capacity in beef	5
Turmeric essential oil improves intestinal integrity, immunological parameters, and performance of broiler chickens under cyclic heat stress	5
Effects of dietary bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens Mazel) culm powder on blood properties and intestinal environment of rabbits	5
Effects of alpha lipoic acid treatment during in vitro maturation on the development of porcine somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos	5
Effect of dietary fat on proximal composition, sensorial analysis and shelf life of a traditional Spanish cooked pork product “Lomo de Sajonia” from Iberian pork	4
Implications of Jatropha curcas L. cake feed on swine health: A microbiota‐gut‐brain axis perspective	4
Influences of oxidative stress and energy balance on pregnancy rates after the transfer of embryos to repeat‐breeder Japanese Black cattle	4
Reaction‐norm animal model analysis of average daily gain heat tolerance in purebred Duroc pigs	4
Human social enrichment is linked with reduced mortality in artificially reared ewe lambs	4
Fennel seeds dietary inclusion as a sustainable approach to reduce methane production and improve nutrient utilization and ruminal fermentation	4
Genetic relationship of energy balance predicted from milk traits with fertility in Japanese Holsteins	4
Prediction of pork loin storage period using a compact impedance device	4
Effects of cyclic antimicrobial lipopeptides from Bacillus subtilis on growth performance, intestinal morphology, and cecal gene expression and microbiota community in broilers	4
Isolation and characterization of tannin‐degrading bacteria from the rumen of wild Hokkaido sika deer (Cervus nippon yezoensis)	4
Effects of abrupt and gradual light/dark switching on growth performance, behavior, villus development, meat characteristics, and immunity of broilers	4
Transportation‐induced nausea‐like behavior in goats and the effects of anti‐motion sickness medication	4
Low oxygen tension during in vitro embryo production improves the yield, quality, and cryotolerance of bovine blastocysts	4
Retraction: Mengling Peng, Longlong Li, Lei Yu, Chongyang Ge, Haitian Ma, Effects of (−)‐hydroxycitric acid on lipid droplet accumulation in chicken embryos, Animal Science Journal Volume 89, Issue 1,	3
Dietary puerarin supplementation improves immune function in the small intestines of oxidized oil‐challenged broilers	3
Effect of 6‐n‐propyl‐2‐thiouracil or dexamethasone administration on the responses of antimicrobial components in goat milk to intramammary lipopolysaccharide infusion	3
A comparative study of acute heat tolerance and meat quality in three chicken breeds	3
Effect of difference in training skills on stress in horses trained by Kazakh trainers	3
The influence of breath concentration in the gas sample on the accuracy of methane to carbon dioxide ratio using the sniffer method in dairy cows	3
Rumen‐protected methionine modulates body temperature and reduces the incidence of heat stress temperatures during the hottest hours of the day of grazing heat‐stressed Bos indicus b	3
Effect of inclusion levels of low‐fat dried distillers grains in finishing diets on protein and energy intake and retention and estimation of protein and energy requirements of young Nellore bulls fed	3
Advancements in medical research using fetal sheep: Implications for human health and treatment methods	3
Ethanolamine plasmalogens derived from whale brain stimulate both follicle‐stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone secretion by bovine gonadotrophs	3
Predictability of carcass traits in live Tan sheep by real‐time ultrasound technology with least‐squares support vector machines	3
Effect of the gain rate during growing phase on the performance and characteristics of carcass and meat of super precocious steers	3
Genetic relationships of feed efficiency and growth traits with carcass traits in Japanese Shorthorn cattle	3
1,25‐Dihydroxyvitamin D₃ potentiates the innate immune response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from Japanese Black cattle	3
Effect of intramuscular fat content on the sensory characteristics and dynamic flavor attributes of Japanese black cattle beef	3
Exogenous gamma‐aminobutyric acid addition enhances porcine sperm acrosome reaction	3
Settlement of a stable wolf pack in a highly anthropic area of Pisan hills: Relationship with animal husbandry and hunting in a human–wolf coexistence perspective	3
Diversity of mitochondrial D‐loop haplotypes from ancient Thracian horses in Bulgaria	3
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Comprehensive assessment of genetic diversity, structure, and relationship in four Japanese cattle breeds by Illumina 50 K SNP array analysis	3
Improvement of nonsurgical artificial insemination with cryopreserved spermatozoa in Alexandromys montebelli, Japanese grass vole	2
Effects of various levels of coated cysteamine hydrochloride in the diet on feed intake, digestibility, ruminal fermentation, and blood metabolites in growing Charolais crossbred cattle	2
Vitrification of immature oocytes in pigs	2
Effects of parity, calving season, and previous lactation's milk yield on fertility of dairy cows on a commercial farm	2
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Effect of residual methane emission on physiological characteristics and carcass performance in Japanese Black cattle	2
Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bacillus subtilis significantly change the growth performance, serum immunity and cecal microbiota of Cherry Valley ducks during the f	2
Individual identification of dairy cows based on deep learning and feature fusion	2
Modeling impact of improved forage cultivation on milk productivity and feed sufficiency in semiarid tropics of central India: A doubly robust analysis	2
Genetic relationship between superovulatory response traits and carcass traits in Japanese Black cattle	2
Effects of supplementation with mature coconut water on oxidative stress, semen quality, reproductive hormone levels, and sexual behavior in Boer bucks	2

Curcumin reduces oxidative stress and fat deposition in longissimus dorsi muscle of intrauterine growth‐retarded finishing pigs	2
Analysis of the relationship between energy balance and properties of rumen fermentation of primiparous dairy cows during the perinatal period	2
Low dietary carbohydrate induces structural alterations in enterocytes of the chicken ileum	2
Changes in mammary infection status in dairy cows during the dry period using dry cow therapy approaches on three farms	2
Sensory and physicochemical characteristics of Japanese jidori chicken (Choshu‐Kurokashiwa) and broiler thigh meat: Effect of cooking procedure	2
Comparison of physiologically functional compounds in Sika deer Cervus nippon meats obtained from different regions in Japan	2
Production, reproduction, and some adaptation characteristics of Romanov sheep raised under humid temperate climate	2
Effect of vitamin K3 supplementation on immunoglobulin G concentration in colostrum of periparturient Holstein dairy cows	2
Genetic polymorphisms of calpain1 and calpain3 genes and their effects on growth, carcass, and meat quality traits in Betong chicken (KU line)	2
Effect of ensiled total mixed rations containing sake lees on digestion, nitrogen use, and plasma metabolite concentrations in sheep	2
The influence of corpus luteum and first‐wave dominant follicle location on conception rate after artificial insemination in Holstein cattle	2
Cryodevices developed for minimum volume cooling vitrification of bovine oocytes	2
Comparison of 2,5‐dimethyl‐4‐hydroxy‐3(2H)‐furanone, a volatile odor compound generated by the Maillard reaction, in cooked meat of various animal species and parts	2
Denatured collagen in keratin layers and smooth muscles of teats with low or high teat apex scores in Holstein dairy cows	2
Effects of starch content of calf starter on feed intake, growth performance, and fecal properties in dairy calves under a high plane of milk replacer feeding	2
Intraday and interday variations of milk fatty acids in dairy cows in early and late lactation	2
Effects of bisphenol A and tauroursodeoxycholic acid on maturation of porcine oocytes and parthenogenetic development of embryos	2
Physicochemical properties as indicators of sensory characteristics of jidori and broiler chicken meat	2
Prediction of response to truncated selection based on BLUP of breeding values and its prediction accuracy	2
Maternal genetic phylogeography analysis of Kyrgyz native cattle	2
Rumen degradable protein levels on fatty acid profile of rumen bacteria and milk fat of dairy cows supplemented with calcium salts of fatty acids	2
Effects of altering prepartum and postpartum dietary cation–anion difference on calcium concentrations and blood metabolites of Holstein dairy cows	2
Investigation of corticosteroid levels in the hairs of female Holstein calves	2
Divergence effects between dietary Acacia and Quebracho tannin extracts on nutrient utilization, performance, and methane emission of ruminants: A meta‐analysis	2
Ovarian dynamics in progesterone tablet‐induced superovulation in goats assessed by magnetic resonance imaging	2
The expression of nutrient chemosensing gate molecules in the ileum and colon is altered for goats fed on a high‐grain diet	2
Effect of transition to an automated milking system for a tie‐stall barn on milk production and cow condition	2