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Carrie L Walk is affiliated with AmeriCorps VISTA in the United States and has contributed extensively to research within agricultural and biological sciences. Their work primarily spans animal nutrition and physiology, with significant focus on aquaculture nutrition and growth, livestock and poultry management, and the applications of phytase in animal feed.

The scientist's research output includes 84 publications classified under agricultural and biological sciences. More specifically, 53 papers fall under animal science and zoology, 17 under aquatic science, 13 under plant science, with smaller contributions in small animals and molecular biology.

Main topics of Carrie L Walk's research cover:

  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Livestock and Poultry Management
  • Phytase and its Applications
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health

Frequent co-authors include:

  • M.R. Bedford
  • J.O.B. Sorbara
  • K. Stamatopoulos
  • Hengxiao Zhai
  • Sami Dridi

Publication venues where Carrie L Walk has contributed are led by:

  • Poultry Science (13 publications)
  • Animal Feed Science and Technology (6 publications)
  • British Journal of Nutrition (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Physiology (2 publications)
  • Animals (2 publications)

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Dietary Oxidative Distress: A Review of Nutritional Challenges as Models for Poultry, Swine and Fish," 2021, Antioxidants
  • "Quantifying the effect of coccidiosis on broiler performance and infection outcomes in the presence and absence of control methods," 2022, Poultry Science
  • "Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy as a tool to predict non-starch polysaccharide composition and starch digestibility profiles in common monogastric cereal feed ingredients," 2022, Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • "Research Note: Dietary phytase reduces broiler woody breast severity via potential modulation of breast muscle fatty acid profiles," 2020, Poultry Science
  • "Towards a digestible calcium system for broiler chicken nutrition: A review and recommendations for the future," 2021, Animal Feed Science and Technology

Best Publications

  • Influence of limestone and phytase on broiler performance, gastrointestinal pH, and apparent ileal nutrient digestibility

    C. L. Walk;M. R. Bedford;A. P. McElroy

  • Influence of superdoses of a novel microbial phytase on growth performance, tibia ash, and gizzard phytate and inositol in young broilers

    C. L. Walk;T. T. Santos;M. R. Bedford

  • Extra-phosphoric effects of superdoses of a novel microbial phytase.

    C. L. Walk;M. R. Bedford;T. S. Santos;D. Paiva

  • Effects of microbial phytase on apparent and standardized total tract digestibility of calcium in calcium supplements fed to growing pigs

    J. C. González-Vega;C. L. Walk;H. H. Stein

  • Evaluation of a highly soluble calcium source and phytase in the diets of broiler chickens

    C. L. Walk;E. K. Addo-Chidie;M. R. Bedford;O. Adeola

  • Hydrolysis of phytate to its lower esters can influence the growth performance and nutrient utilization of broilers with regular or super doses of phytase.

    Beeson La;Beeson La;Walk Cl;Bedford Mr;Olukosi Oa

  • Endogenous intestinal losses of calcium and true total tract digestibility of calcium in canola meal fed to growing pigs.

    J. C. González-Vega;C. L. Walk;Y. Liu;H. H. Stein

  • Effect of phytate, microbial phytase, fiber, and soybean oil on calculated values for apparent and standardized total tract digestibility of calcium and apparent total tract digestibility of phosphorus in fish meal fed to growing pigs.

    J. C. González-Vega;C. L. Walk;H. H. Stein

  • Dietary calcium, phosphorus, and phytase effects on bird performance, intestinal morphology, mineral digestibility, and bone ash during a natural necrotic enteritis episode

    Diego Paiva;Carrie Walk;Audrey McElroy

  • Effects of a high level of phytase on broiler performance, bone ash, phosphorus utilization, and phytate dephosphorylation to inositol.

    A E Gautier;C L Walk;R N Dilger

  • Effects of dietary enzymes on performance and intestinal goblet cell number of broilers exposed to a live coccidia oocyst vaccine

    C. L. Walk;A. J. Cowieson;J. C. Remus;C. L. Novak

  • Dietary Oxidative Distress: A Review of Nutritional Challenges as Models for Poultry, Swine and Fish

    Elodie Bacou;Carrie Walk;Sebastien Rider;Gilberto Litta

  • Effect of phytase on growth performance, phytate degradation and gene expression of myo-inositol transporters in the small intestine, liver and kidney of 21 day old broilers.

    Walk Cl;Bedford Mr;Olukosi Oa

  • Influence of dietary calcium concentrations and the calcium-to-non-phytate phosphorus ratio on growth performance, bone characteristics, and digestibility in broilers.

    A. E. Gautier;C. L. Walk;R. N. Dilger

  • Influence of a microbial phytase and zinc oxide on young pig growth performance and serum minerals.

    C. L. Walk;S. Srinongkote;P. Wilcock

  • Requirement for digestible calcium by eleven- to twenty-five-kilogram pigs as determined by growth performance, bone ash concentration, calcium and phosphorus balances, and expression of genes involved in transport of calcium in intestinal and kidney cells.

    J. C. González-Vega;Y. Liu;Joshua Clay McCann;C. L. Walk

  • Evaluation of the effects of pharmacological zinc oxide and phosphorus source on weaned piglet growth performance, plasma minerals and mineral digestibility.

    C. L. Walk;P. Wilcock;E. Magowan

  • Influence of the concentration of dietary digestible calcium on growth performance, bone mineralization, plasma calcium, and abundance of genes involved in intestinal absorption of calcium in pigs from 11 to 22 kg fed diets with different concentrations of digestible phosphorus

    L. Vanessa Lagos;Su A. Lee;Guillermo Fondevila;Carrie L. Walk

  • The site of net absorption of Ca from the intestinal tract of growing pigs and effect of phytic acid, Ca level and Ca source on Ca digestibility.

    J. Caroline González-Vega;Carrie L. Walk;Yanhong Liu;Hans-Henrik Stein

  • Effect of High Phytase Inclusion Rates on Performance of Broilers Fed Diets Not Severely Limited in Available Phosphorus

    T. T. dos Santos;S. Srinongkote;M. R. Bedford;C. L. Walk

  • Influence of dietary calcium level, calcium source, and phytase on bird performance and mineral digestibility during a natural necrotic enteritis episode

    D. M. Paiva;C. L. Walk;A. P. McElroy

  • The effect of dietary calcium inclusion on broiler gastrointestinal pH: Quantification and method optimization

    N. K. Morgan;C. L. Walk;M. R. Bedford;E. J. Burton

  • Phytate destruction - Consequences for precision animal nutrition

    C. L. Walk;I. Kühn;H. H. Stein;M. T. Kidd

Frequent Co-Authors

M. R. Bedford
M. R. Bedford AmeriCorps VISTA
Aaron J. Cowieson
Aaron J. Cowieson DSM (Netherlands)
Ilias Kyriazakis
Ilias Kyriazakis Queen's University Belfast
O. A. Olukosi
O. A. Olukosi University of Georgia
John F. Patience
John F. Patience Iowa State University
William A. Dozier
William A. Dozier Auburn University
Greg M. Cronin
Greg M. Cronin University of Sydney
Olayiwola Adeola
Olayiwola Adeola Purdue University West Lafayette
Henry L. Classen
Henry L. Classen University of Saskatchewan
Stephanie L. Hansen
Stephanie L. Hansen Iowa State University

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