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Andrew G. Van Kessel

Andrew G. Van Kessel

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
37
Citations
5942
World Ranking
1474
National Ranking
104

Best Publications

  • Association of a missense mutation in the bovine leptin gene with carcass fat content and leptin mRNA levels.

    Fiona C. Buchanan;Carolyn J. Fitzsimmons;Andrew G. Van Kessel;Tracey D. Thue

  • EFFECTS OF PLANT-BASED DIETS ON THE DISTAL GUT MICROBIOME OF RAINBOW TROUT (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

    Atul R. Desai;Matthew G. Links;Stephanie A. Collins;Graeme S. Mansfield

  • Potential strategies for controlling necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens in post-antibiotic era

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  • Nutritional and physiological role of medium-chain triglycerides and medium-chain fatty acids in piglets.

    J. Zentek;S. Buchheit-Renko;F. Ferrara;W. Vahjen

  • Characterization of Intestinal Microbiota and Response to Dietary Virginiamycin Supplementation in the Broiler Chicken

    Tim J. Dumonceaux;Janet E. Hill;Sean M. Hemmingsen;Andrew G. Van Kessel

  • Effects of guar gum and cellulose on digesta passage rate, ileal microbial populations, energy and protein digestibility, and performance of grower pigs.

    A. Owusu-Asiedu;J. F. Patience;B. Laarveld;A. G. Van Kessel

  • Dietary influence of replacing fish meal and oil with canola protein concentrate and vegetable oils on growth performance, fatty acid composition and organochlorine residues in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

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  • Fermentable Fiber Ameliorates Fermentable Protein-Induced Changes in Microbial Ecology, but Not the Mucosal Response, in the Colon of Piglets

    Robert Pieper;Susan Kröger;Jan F. Richter;Jing Wang

  • Effects of Dietary Protein Source and Level on Intestinal Populations of Clostridium perfringens in Broiler Chickens

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  • Hot Topic: An Association Between a Leptin Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and Milk and Protein Yield

    F.C. Buchanan;A.G. Van Kessel;C. Waldner;D.A. Christensen

  • Nonstarch Polysaccharides Modulate Bacterial Microbiota, Pathways for Butyrate Production, and Abundance of Pathogenic Escherichia coli in the Pig Gastrointestinal Tract†

    Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Seema Hooda;Robert Pieper;Ruurd T. Zijlstra

  • Effect of segregated early weaning on postweaning small intestinal development in pigs.

    M Tang;B Laarveld;A G Van Kessel;D L Hamilton

  • Effects of Commensal Bacteria on Intestinal Morphology and Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokines in the Gnotobiotic Pig

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  • Effect of barley and oat cultivars with different carbohydrate compositions on the intestinal bacterial communities in weaned piglets.

    Robert Pieper;Rajesh Jha;Brian Rossnagel;Andrew G. Van Kessel

  • Characterization of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) intestinal microbiota and inflammatory marker gene expression in a recirculating aquaculture system

    Graeme S. Mansfield;Atul R. Desai;Stephanie A. Nilson;Andrew G. Van Kessel

  • Comparison of Ileum Microflora of Pigs Fed Corn-, Wheat-, or Barley-Based Diets by Chaperonin-60 Sequencing and Quantitative PCR

    Janet E. Hill;Sean M. Hemmingsen;Blair G. Goldade;Tim J. Dumonceaux

  • Dietary amino acids affect intestinal Clostridium perfringens populations in broiler chickens

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  • Small intestinal morphology and bacterial populations in ileal digesta and feces of newly weaned pigs receiving a high dietary level of zinc oxide

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  • Dose-dependent effects of dietary zinc oxide on bacterial communities and metabolic profiles in the ileum of weaned pigs.

    R. Pieper;W. Vahjen;K. Neumann;A. G. Van Kessel

  • Enumeration of specific bacterial populations in complex intestinal communities using quantitative PCR based on the chaperonin-60 target

    Tim J. Dumonceaux;Janet E. Hill;Seth A. Briggs;Kingsley K. Amoako

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