Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli

Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli sits on this spectrum.

Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli sits on this spectrum.

Overview

Best Publications

• Exploring a possible link between the intestinal microbiota and feed efficiency in pigs

  Ursula M. McCormack;Ursula M. McCormack;Tânia Curião;Stefan G. Buzoianu;Maria L. Prieto

  340
  Citations

• Interplay between rumen digestive disorders and diet-induced inflammation in dairy cattle

  Q. Zebeli;B.U. Metzler-Zebeli

  245
  Citations

• 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

  173
  Citations

• Dietary calcium phosphate content and oat β‐glucan influence gastrointestinal microbiota, butyrate‐producing bacteria and butyrate fermentation in weaned pigs

  Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Ruurd T. Zijlstra;Ruurd T. Zijlstra;Rainer Mosenthin;Rainer Mosenthin;Michael G. Gänzle

  147
  Citations

• Starch with High Amylose Content and Low In Vitro Digestibility Increases Intestinal Nutrient Flow and Microbial Fermentation and Selectively Promotes Bifidobacteria in Pigs

  Prajwal R. Regmi;Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Michael G. Gänzle;Theo A. T. G. van Kempen

  146
  Citations

• Intestinal microbiota profiles associated with low and high residual feed intake in chickens across two geographical locations.

  Sina-Catherine Siegerstetter;Stephan Schmitz-Esser;Elizabeth Magowan;Stefanie Urimare Wetzels

  135
  Citations

• Impact of Intestinal Microbiota on Growth and Feed Efficiency in Pigs: A Review

  Gillian E. Gardiner;Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Peadar G. Lawlor

  135
  Citations

• Nutrition, rumen health and inflammation in the transition period and their role on overall health and fertility in dairy cows.

  Q. Zebeli;K. Ghareeb;E. Humer;B.U. Metzler-Zebeli

  120
  Citations

• Mucosa-associated bacterial microbiome of the gastrointestinal tract of weaned pigs and dynamics linked to dietary calcium-phosphorus.

  Evelyne Mann;Stephan Schmitz-Esser;Qendrim Zebeli;Martin Wagner

  119
  Citations

• Grain-rich diets differently alter ruminal and colonic abundance of microbial populations and lipopolysaccharide in goats.

  Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Stephan Schmitz-Esser;Fenja Klevenhusen;Leopold Podstatzky-Lichtenstein

  118
  Citations

• Porcine feed efficiency-associated intestinal microbiota and physiological traits: finding consistent cross-locational biomarkers for residual feed intake

  Ursula M. McCormack;Ursula M. McCormack;Tânia Curião;Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Elizabeth Magowan

  106
  Citations

• Effects of viscosity and fermentability of dietary fibre on nutrient digestibility and digesta characteristics in ileal-cannulated grower pigs

  Seema Hooda;Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Thavaratnam Vasanthan;Ruurd T. Zijlstra

  105
  Citations

• Impact of osmoregulatory and methyl donor functions of betaine on intestinal health and performance in poultry.

  B.U. Metzler-Zebeli;M. Eklund;R. Mosenthin

  98
  Citations

• Oat β-Glucan and Dietary Calcium and Phosphorus Differentially Modify Intestinal Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokines and Monocarboxylate Transporter 1 and Cecal Morphology in Weaned Pigs

  Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Michael G. Gänzle;Rainer Mosenthin;Rainer Mosenthin;Ruurd T. Zijlstra

  92
  Citations

• Fecal Microbiota Transplant From Highly Feed Efficient Donors Affects Cecal Physiology and Microbiota in Low- and High-Feed Efficient Chickens.

  Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Sina-Catherine Siegerstetter;Elizabeth Magowan;Peadar G. Lawlor

  79
  Citations

• Dietary Deoxynivalenol Contamination and Oral Lipopolysaccharide Challenge Alters the Cecal Microbiota of Broiler Chickens

  Annegret Lucke;Josef Böhm;Qendrim Zebeli;Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli

  74
  Citations

• Epithelial response to high-grain diets involves alteration in nutrient transporters and Na+/K+-ATPase mRNA expression in rumen and colon of goats.

  B U Metzler-Zebeli;M Hollmann;S Sabitzer;L Podstatzky-Lichtenstein

  73
  Citations

• Ileal microbiota of growing pigs fed different dietary calcium phosphate levels and phytase content and subjected to ileal pectin infusion.

  B. U. Metzler-Zebeli;W. Vahjen;T. Baumgärtel;M. Rodehutscord

  73
  Citations

• Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Gestating Sows and Neonatal Offspring Alters Lifetime Intestinal Microbiota and Growth in Offspring

  Ursula M. McCormack;Ursula M. McCormack;Tânia Curião;Toby J Wilkinson;Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli

  71
  Citations

• Changing Dietary Calcium-Phosphorus Level and Cereal Source Selectively Alters Abundance of Bacteria and Metabolites in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tracts of Weaned Pigs

  Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Evelyne Mann;Stephan Schmitz-Esser;Martin Wagner

  70
  Citations

• Adaptation of the Cecal Bacterial Microbiome of Growing Pigs in Response to Resistant Starch Type 4

  Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Stephan Schmitz-Esser;Evelyne Mann;Dietmar Grüll

  62
  Citations

• Feed Restriction Modifies Intestinal Microbiota-Host Mucosal Networking in Chickens Divergent in Residual Feed Intake.

  Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Sina-Catherine Siegerstetter;Elizabeth Magowan;Peadar G. Lawlor

  58
  Citations

• Meta-analysis reveals threshold level of rapidly fermentable dietary concentrate that triggers systemic inflammation in cattle.

  Q. Zebeli;B.U. Metzler-Zebeli;B.N. Ametaj

  54
  Citations