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Chantal Farmer is affiliated with Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on veterinary sciences and agricultural and biological sciences, with a substantial number of publications in these fields. They have contributed extensively to the study of small animals, animal science and zoology, genetics, molecular biology, and agronomy and crop science.

The scientist's main research topics encompass animal behavior and welfare studies, animal nutrition and physiology, nutrition, reproduction, and health of rabbits, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, reproductive physiology in livestock, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, as well as agricultural sustainability and environmental impact.

Chantal Farmer has a significant publication record, particularly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Domestic Animal Endocrinology
  • Translational Animal Science
  • Canadian Journal of Animal Science
  • animal

Their recent papers include:

  • Review: Improving the performance of neonatal piglets, 2021, published in animal
  • Review: Physiology and nutrition of late gestating and transition sows, 2022, published in Journal of Animal Science
  • Dietary supplementation with lysine (protein) stimulates mammary development in late pregnant gilts, 2022, published in Journal of Animal Science
  • The combination of nutraceuticals and functional feeds as additives modulates gut microbiota and blood markers associated with immune response and health in weanling piglets, 2020, published in Journal of Animal Science
  • Current knowledge on the control of onset and cessation of colostrogenesis in swine, 2020, published in Journal of Animal Science

Throughout their career, Farmer has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Lee-Anne Huber
  • Jakob Christoffer Johannsen
  • Marie-France Palin
  • Russell C. Hovey
  • Caroline Gillies

Best Publications

  • Variability of colostrum yield and colostrum intake in pigs.

    N. Devillers;C. Farmer;J. Le Dividich;A. Prunier

  • Colostrum intake: Influence on piglet performance and factors of variation

    Hel ene Quesnel;Hel ene Quesnel;Chantal Farmer;Nicolas Devillers

  • Nutritional, hormonal, and environmental effects on colostrum in sows.

    C Farmer;H Quesnel

  • Effects of different supplemental sugars and starch fed in combination with degradable intake protein on low-quality forage use by beef steers.

    J S Heldt;R C Cochran;G L Stokka;C G Farmer

  • High-fibre diets for sows: effects on stereotypies and adjunctive drinking

    S. Robert;J.J. Matte;C. Farmer;C.L. Girard

  • Relationships between colostrum production by primiparous sows and sow physiology around parturition.

    A. Foisnet;C. Farmer;C. David;C. David;H. Quesnel;H. Quesnel

  • Dietary fiber for pregnant sows: influence on sow physiology and performance during lactation.

    H. Quesnel;M.-C. Meunier-Salaün;A. Hamard;R. Guillemet

  • Effects of high fiber intake during late pregnancy on sow physiology, colostrum production, and piglet performance

    Florence Loisel;Chantal Farmer;Peter Ramaekers;Helene Quesnel;Helene Quesnel

  • Bromocriptine given orally to periparturient of lactating sows inhibits milk production.

    C Farmer;S Robert;J Rushen

  • The effect of feed intake level on splanchnic metabolism in growing beef steers

    H. Lapierre;J. F. Bernier;P. Dubreuil;C. K. Reynolds

  • Both energy content and bulk of food affect stereotypic behaviour, heart rate and feeding motivation of female pigs

    S. Robert;J. Rushen;C. Farmer

  • EFFECT OF BULKY DIETS BASED ON WHEAT BRAN OR OAT HULLS ON REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF SOWS DURING THEIR FIRST TWO PARITIES

    J J Matte;S Robert;C L Girard;C Farmer

  • Hormones, IgG and lactose changes around parturition in plasma, and colostrum or saliva of multiparous sows.

    Nicolas Devillers;Chantal Farmer;Anne-Marie Mounier;Jean Le Dividich

  • The effects of several supplementation frequencies on forage use and the performance of beef cattle consuming dormant tallgrass prairie forage.

    C G Farmer;R C Cochran;D D Simms;E A Klevesahl

  • Nest-building in sows: Effects of farrowing housing on hormonal modulation of maternal characteristics

    Jinhyeon Yun;Kirsi-Marja Swan;Kirsi Vienola;Chantal Farmer

  • Review: Improving the performance of neonatal piglets.

    C. Farmer;S.A. Edwards

  • Inhibition of prolactin in the last trimester of gestation decreases mammary gland development in gilts.

    C Farmer;M T Sorensen;D Petitclerc

  • Effect of a wide range in the ratio of supplemental rumen degradable protein to starch on utilization of low-quality, grass hay by beef steers☆

    E.A Klevesahl;R.C Cochran;E.C Titgemeyer;T.A Wickersham

  • Effect of dose and frequency of administration of a potent analog of human growth hormone-releasing factor on hormone secretion and growth in pigs.

    P. Dubreuil;D. Petitclerc;G. Pelletier;P. Gaudreau

  • Effect of age on the behavioral and physiological responses of piglets to tail docking and ear notching.

    S. Torrey;N. Devillers;M. Lessard;C. Farmer

  • Lactation performance of sows fed a bulky diet during gestation and receiving growth hormone-releasing factor during lactation.

    C Farmer;S Robert;J J Matte

  • Administering exogenous porcine prolactin to lactating sows: milk yield, mammary gland composition, and endocrine and behavioral responses.

    C Farmer;M T Sorensen;S Robert;D Petitclerc

  • Prepartum nest-building has an impact on postpartum nursing performance and maternal behaviour in early lactating sows

    Jinhyeon Yun;Kirsi-Marja Swan;Chantal Farmer;Claudio Oliviero

  • Does the number of daily meals affect feeding motivation and behaviour of gilts fed high-fibre diets?

    S Robert;R Bergeron;C Farmer;M.C Meunier-Salaün

  • Colostrum and milk production

    H Quesnel;Chantal Farmer;Peter Kappel Theil

  • Review: nutritional and endocrine control of colostrogenesis in swine

    H. Quesnel;C. Farmer

  • The effect of intake on protein metabolism across splanchnic tissues in growing beef steers.

    H. Lapierre;J. F. Bernier;P. Dubreuil;C. K. Reynolds

  • Specific window of prolactin inhibition in late gestation decreases mammary parenchymal tissue development in gilts

    C. Farmer;D. Petitclerc

  • Impacts of dietary protein level and feed restriction during prepuberty on mammogenesis in gilts.

    C Farmer;D Petitclerc;M T Sorensen;M Vignola

Frequent Co-Authors

Helene Quesnel
Helene Quesnel INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Pascal Dubreuil
Pascal Dubreuil University of Montreal
Martin Tang Sørensen
Martin Tang Sørensen Aarhus University
Jeffrey Rushen
Jeffrey Rushen University of British Columbia
Hélène Lapierre
Hélène Lapierre Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Robert M. Friendship
Robert M. Friendship University of Guelph
Jean-Yves Dourmad
Jean-Yves Dourmad INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Armelle Prunier
Armelle Prunier INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Stephanie Torrey
Stephanie Torrey University of Guelph
Christopher K. Reynolds
Christopher K. Reynolds University of Reading

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