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Animal Science and Veterinary
Egypt
2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
43
Citations
4872
World Ranking
965
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Egypt Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Egypt Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Egypt Leader Award

Overview

Ahmed E. Kholif is affiliated with the National Research Centre in Egypt. Their research activity primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science, Food Science, and Genetics. The main topics investigated by this researcher include Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Moringa oleifera research and applications, Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health, Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, and Animal Nutrition and Physiology.

Several papers authored by Ahmed E. Kholif reflect their research interests and contributions across various scientific venues. Notable works include:

  • Essential oils and phytogenic feed additives in ruminant diet: chemistry, ruminal microbiota and fermentation, feed utilization and productive performance, 2021, Phytochemistry Reviews
  • Phytogenic feed additives mixture enhances the lactational performance, feed utilization and ruminal fermentation of Friesian cows, 2020, Animal Biotechnology
  • A Review of Effect of Saponins on Ruminal Fermentation, Health and Performance of Ruminants, 2023, Veterinary Sciences

Other frequently cited papers relevant to their research field but authored by different researchers include:

  • Ultrasound-assisted preparation of anise extract nanoemulsion and its bioactivity against different pathogenic bacteria, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • Moringa Oleifera Oil Modulates Rumen Microflora to Mediate In Vitro Fermentation Kinetics and Methanogenesis in Total Mix Rations, 2020, Current Microbiology

Ahmed E. Kholif has collaborated extensively with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors involved in multiple publications include:

  • Uchenna Y. Anele
  • Olurotimi A. Olafadehan
  • Gouda A. Gouda
  • Einar Vargas-Bello-Pérez
  • Tarek A. Morsy

The researcher has contributed numerous articles to prominent scientific journals, showing recurring publication activity in several venues such as:

  • Annals of Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Small Ruminant Research
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Animal Biotechnology

Best Publications

  • Moringa oleifera leaf meal as a protein source in lactating goat's diets: Feed intake, digestibility, ruminal fermentation, milk yield and composition, and its fatty acids profile

    A. E. Kholif;G. A. Gouda;T. A. Morsy;A. Z. M. Salem

  • Effect of feeding diets with processed Moringa oleifera meal as protein source in lactating Anglo-Nubian goats

    A.E. Kholif;T.A. Morsy;G.A. Gouda;U.Y. Anele

  • Direct-fed microbes: A tool for improving the utilization of low quality roughages in ruminants

    Mona M Y Elghandour;Abdelfattah Z M Salem;Jose S Martínez Castañeda;Luis M Camacho

  • Essential oils and phytogenic feed additives in ruminant diet: chemistry, ruminal microbiota and fermentation, feed utilization and productive performance

    Ahmed E. Kholif;Olurotimi A. Olafadehan

  • Effect of Mediterranean saltbush (Atriplex halimus) ensilaging with two developed enzyme cocktails on feed intake, nutrient digestibility and ruminal fermentation in sheep.

    Haidy Alsersy;Abdelfattah Z. M. Salem;Abdelfattah Z. M. Salem;Borhami E. Borhami;Jaime Olivares

  • Effects of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae at Direct Addition or Pre-incubation on in Vitro Gas Production Kinetics and Degradability of Four Fibrous Feeds

    Mona M.Y. Elghandour;Juan C.Vázquez Chagoyán;Abdelfattah Z.M. Salem;Ahmed E. Kholif

  • Effects of replacement of Moringa oleifera for berseem clover in the diets of Nubian goats on feed utilisation, and milk yield, composition and fatty acid profile.

    A.E. Kholif;G.A. Gouda;O.A. Olafadehan;M.M. Abdo

  • Nutrient Digestibility, Ruminal Fermentation Activities, Serum Parameters and Milk Production and Composition of Lactating Goats Fed Diets Containing Rice Straw Treated with Pleurotus ostreatus

    A. E. Kholif;H. M. Khattab;A. A. El-Shewy;A. Z. M. Salem

  • Influence of exogenous enzymes in presence of Salix babylonica extract on digestibility, microbial protein synthesis and performance of lambs fed maize silage

    K. I. Valdés;A. Z. M. Salem;Secundino López;M. U. Alonso

  • Feed intake, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen utilization, and ruminal fermentation activities in sheep fed Atriplex halimus ensiled with three developed enzyme cocktails

    A.Z.M. Salem;H. Alsersy;Luisa M. Camacho;M.M. El-Adawy

  • Effects of two enzyme feed additives on digestion and milk production in lactating Egyptian buffaloes

    Tarek A. Morsy;Ahmed E. Kholif;Sobhy M. Kholif;Abdelkader M. Kholif

  • Ultrasound-assisted preparation of anise extract nanoemulsion and its bioactivity against different pathogenic bacteria.

    O.A. Ghazy;M.T. Fouad;H.H. Saleh;A.E. Kholif

  • Effect of exogenous xylanase on rumen in vitro gas production and degradability of wheat straw

    Norovsambuu Togtokhbayar;María A. Cerrillo;Germán Buendía Rodríguez;Mona M. M. Y. Elghandour

  • The effect of garlic oil, xylanase enzyme and yeast on biomethane and carbon dioxide production from 60-d old Holstein dairy calves fed a high concentrate diet

    A. Hernandez;A.E. Kholif;R. Lugo-Coyote;M.M.Y. Elghandour

  • Extract of Moringa oleifera leaves improves feed utilization of lactating Nubian goats

    A.E. Kholif;G.A. Gouda;U.Y. Anele;M.L. Galyean

  • Influence of Sunflower Whole Seeds or Oil on Ruminal Fermentation, Milk Production, Composition, and Fatty Acid Profile in Lactating Goats

    T.A. Morsy;S. M. Kholif;Ahmed Kholif;O. H. Matloup

  • Rosemary and lemongrass herbs as phytogenic feed additives to improve efficient feed utilization, manipulate rumen fermentation and elevate milk production of Damascus goats

    A.E. Kholif;O.H. Matloup;T.A. Morsy;M.M. Abdo

  • Influence of individual or mixed cellulase and xylanase mixture on in vitro rumen gas production kinetics of total mixed rations with different maize silage and concentrate ratios

    Mona Mohamed Mohamed Yasseen Elghandour;Ahmed Eid Kholif;Ofelia Mãrquez-Molina;Josã Fernando Vãzquez-Armijo

  • Phytogenic feed additives mixture enhances the lactational performance, feed utilization and ruminal fermentation of Friesian cows.

    A E Kholif;A A Hassan;Ghada M El Ashry;M H Bakr

  • Performance of lactating Friesian cows fed a diet supplemented with coriander oil: feed intake, nutrient digestibility, ruminal fermentation, blood chemistry, and milk production.

    O.H. Matloup;A.M. Abd El Tawab;A.A. Hassan;F.I. Hadhoud

  • Anaerobic ensiling of raw agricultural waste with a fibrolytic enzyme cocktail as a cleaner and sustainable biological product

    Ahmed E. Kholif;Mona Mohamed Mohamed Yasseen Elghandour;German Buendia Rodriguez;Olurotimi Olafadehan

  • Influence of oral administration of Salix babylonica extract on milk production and composition in dairy cows

    Abdelfattah Z.M. Salem;Ahmed E. Kholif;Mona M.Y. Elghandour;German Buendía

  • Effect of Supplementing Diets of Anglo-Nubian Goats with Soybean and Flaxseed Oils on Lactational Performance

    Ahmed E. Kholif;Tarek A. Morsy;Ahmed M. Abd El Tawab;Uchenna Y. Anele

  • Moringa Oleifera Oil Modulates Rumen Microflora to Mediate In Vitro Fermentation Kinetics and Methanogenesis in Total Mix Rations.

    Hossam M. Ebeid;Li Mengwei;Ahmed E. Kholif;Faiz-ul Hassan

  • Crushed flaxseed versus flaxseed oil in the diets of Nubian goats: Effect on feed intake, digestion, ruminal fermentation, blood chemistry, milk production, milk composition and milk fatty acid profile

    A.E. Kholif;T.A. Morsy;M.M. Abdo

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdelfattah Z.M. Salem
Abdelfattah Z.M. Salem Autonomous University of Mexico State
Uchenna Y. Anele
Uchenna Y. Anele North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Nicholas E. Odongo
Nicholas E. Odongo Pwani University
Sobhy M. A. Sallam
Sobhy M. A. Sallam Alexandria University
Secundino López
Secundino López University of Leon
M. L. Galyean
M. L. Galyean Texas Tech University
Kendall C Swanson
Kendall C Swanson North Dakota State University
Joel S. Caton
Joel S. Caton North Dakota State University
Adibe Luiz Abdalla
Adibe Luiz Abdalla Universidade de São Paulo
Amlan Kumar Patra
Amlan Kumar Patra West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences

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