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55
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9869
World Ranking
454
National Ranking
162

Overview

Brian J. Kerr is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, Biochemistry, Small Animals, and Food Science as subfields of study.

Their work covers several main research topics including Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress, Gut Microbiota and Health, and Odor and Emission Control Technologies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with them are:

  • Victoria C Wilson
  • Julian Trachsel
  • Bradley L. Bearson
  • Crystal L. Loving
  • Nicholas K Gabler

Their publications frequently appear in these venues:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Poultry Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Translational Animal Science
  • Frontiers in Animal Science

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian J. Kerr include:

  • Swine diets impact manure characteristics and gas emissions: Part I protein level, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Impact of dietary oxidized protein on oxidative status and performance in growing pigs, 2020, Journal of Animal Science
  • Changes in markers of lipid oxidation and thermal treatment in feed-grade fats and oils, 2020, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
  • Influence of feeding thermally peroxidized soybean oil on growth performance, digestibility, gut integrity, and oxidative stress in nursery pigs, 2020, Journal of Animal Science
  • Short Chain Fatty Acids and Bacterial Taxa Associated with Reduced Salmonella enterica serovar I 4,[5],12:i:- Shedding in Swine Fed a Diet Supplemented with Resistant Potato Starch, 2022, Microbiology Spectrum

Best Publications

  • Effect on performance and carcass characteristics of nursery to finisher pigs fed reduced crude protein, amino acid-supplemented diets

    B J Kerr;F K McKeith;R A Easter

  • Effect of feeding reduced protein, amino acid-supplemented diets on nitrogen and energy balance in grower pigs

    B J Kerr;R A Easter

  • The effect of reducing excess dietary amino acids on growing-finishing pig performance: an elevation of the ideal protein concept.

    K. Tuitoek;L. G. Young;C.F.M. de Lange;B. J. Kerr

  • Influence of dietary protein level, amino acid supplementation, and dietary energy levels on growing-finishing pig performance and carcass composition.

    B. J. Kerr;L. L. Southern;T. D. Bidner;K. G. Friesen

  • Dietary interactions between lysine and threonine in broilers

    MT Kidd;BJ Kerr;NB Anthony

  • Influences of dietary protein level, amino acid supplementation and environmental temperature on performance, body composition, organ weights and total heat production of growing pigs.

    B. J. Kerr;J. T. Yen;J. A. Nienaber;R. A. Easter

  • Response of broiler chicks to essential and non-essential amino acid supplementation of low crude protein diets

    A. Corzo;C.A. Fritts;M.T. Kidd;B.J. Kerr

  • Digestible and metabolizable energy of crude glycerol for growing pigs.

    P. J. Lammers;B. J. Kerr;T. E. Weber;W. A. Dozier

  • Apparent Metabolizable Energy of Glycerin for Broiler Chickens

    W. A. Dozier;B. J. Kerr;A. Corzo;M. T. Kidd

  • Nitrogen-Corrected Apparent Metabolizable Energy Value of Crude Glycerol for Laying Hens

    P.J. Lammers;B.J. Kerr;M.S. Honeyman;K. Stalder

  • Effects of supplemental L-tryptophan on serotonin, cortisol, intestinal integrity, and behavior in weanling piglets,

    S.J. Koopmans;A.C. Guzik;J. van der Meulen;R.A. Dekker

  • Determination and prediction of digestible and metabolizable energy from chemical analysis of corn coproducts fed to finishing pigs.

    P. V. Anderson;B. J. Kerr;T. E. Weber;C. J. Ziemer

  • L-Threonine for Poultry: A Review

    M. T. Kidd;B. J. Kerr

  • Influence of dietary lysine on growth and carcass composition of high-lean-growth gilts fed from 34 to 72 kilograms.

    K. G. Friesen;J. L. Nelssen;R. D. Goodband;M. D. Tokach

  • Effects of Dietary Fiber and Reduced Crude Protein on Ammonia Emission from Laying-Hen Manure

    Stacey Ann Roberts;Hongwei Xin;Brian J. Kerr;James R. Russell

  • Lysine Levels in Starter and Grower-Finisher Diets Affect Broiler Performance and Carcass Traits

    M. T. Kidd;B. J. Kerr;K. M. Halpin;G. W. McWard

  • Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Meat Quality, and Tissue Histology of Growing Pigs Fed Crude Glycerin-Supplemented Diets

    Peter J. Lammers;Brian J. Kerr;Thomas E. Weber;Kristjan Bregendahl

  • Strategies to improve fiber utilization in swine.

    Brian J Kerr;Gerald C Shurson

  • Effects of Dietary Fiber and Reduced Crude Protein on Nitrogen Balance and Egg Production in Laying Hens

    Stacey Ann Roberts;Hongwei Xin;Brian J. Kerr;James R. Russell

  • Characteristics of lipids and their feeding value in swine diets

    Brian J. Kerr;Trey A. Kellner;Gerald C. Shurson

  • Effect of dietary fiber or fat in low-crude protein, crystalline amino acid-supplemented diets for finishing pigs.

    T A Knowles;L L Southern;T D Bidner;B J Kerr

  • Difference in rates of net portal absorption between crystalline and protein-bound lysine and threonine in growing pigs fed once daily

    J. T. Yen;B. J. Kerr;R. A. Easter;A. M. Parkhurst

  • Evaluating the quality of feed fats and oils and their effects on pig growth performance.

    Gerald C Shurson;Brian J Kerr;Andrea R Hanson

  • Dietary glycine needs of broiler chicks

    A. Corzo;M. T. Kidd;D. J. Burnham;B. J. Kerr

  • Effects of reduced-oil corn distillers dried grains with solubles composition on digestible and metabolizable energy value and prediction in growing pigs

    B. J. Kerr;W. A. Dozier;G. C. Shurson

  • Ideal Ratios of Isoleucine, Methionine, Methionine Plus Cystine, Threonine, Tryptophan, and Valine Relative to Lysine for White Leghorn-Type Laying Hens of Twenty-Eight to Thirty-Four Weeks of Age

    K. Bregendahl;S. A. Roberts;B. Kerr;D. Hoehler

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald C Shurson
Gerald C Shurson University of Minnesota
William A. Dozier
William A. Dozier Auburn University
John F. Patience
John F. Patience Iowa State University
M. T. Kidd
M. T. Kidd Mississippi State University
Lee J Johnston
Lee J Johnston University of Minnesota
Nicholas K. Gabler
Nicholas K. Gabler Iowa State University
Chi Chen
Chi Chen University of Minnesota
Kenneth J. Stalder
Kenneth J. Stalder Iowa State University
L. L. Southern
L. L. Southern Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
Merlin D Lindemann
Merlin D Lindemann University of Kentucky

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