OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Livestock Science is 21. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Mitigating negative impacts of heat stress in growing rabbits via dietary prodigiosin supplementation	58
Selection signatures in livestock genome: A review of concepts, approaches and applications	52
A review of deep learning algorithms for computer vision systems in livestock	49
Estimating body weight, body condition score, and type traits in dairy cows using three dimensional cameras and manual body measurements	42
Perceptions of antibiotic use in livestock farming in Germany, Italy and the United States	37
Effects of dietary lavender essential oil on growth performance, intestinal function, and antioxidant status of broiler chickens	32
Advantages of Bacillus-based probiotics in poultry production	31
An overview of the current trends in precision pig farming technologies	30
What are the drivers of beef sensory quality using metadata of intramuscular connective tissue, fatty acids and muscle fiber characteristics?	29
Evaluating the impact of heat stress as measured by temperature-humidity index (THI) on test-day milk yield of small holder dairy cattle in a sub-Sahara African climate	27
Salivary tannin-binding proteins: A foraging advantage for goats?	26
Carbon footprint, non-renewable energy and land use of dual-purpose cattle systems in Colombia using a life cycle assessment approach	23
Short communication: climate impact of Australian livestock production assessed using the GWP* climate metric	23
Genome-wide analysis of genetic diversity and selection signatures in three Indian sheep breeds	23
Effect of backfat thickness during late gestation on farrowing duration, piglet birth weight, colostrum yield, milk yield and reproductive performance of sows	23
Performance, carcass and meat quality of young bulls, steers and heifers slaughtered at a common body weight	22
Farmers’ representations of the effects of precision livestock farming on human-animal relationships	22
Substituting a pasture-based diet with plantain (Plantago lanceolata) reduces nitrogen excreted in urine from dairy cows in late lactation.	21
Effects of two bacillus strains probiotic supplement on reproduction performance, nutrient digestibility, blood profile, fecal score, excreta odor contents and fecal microflora in lactation sows, and	21
Effects of xylanase on growth performance, nutrients digestibility and intestinal health in weaned piglets	21
The power of initial perceived barriers versus motives shaping consumers’ willingness to eat cultured meat as a substitute for conventional meat	21