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24
Citations
2667
World Ranking
3007
National Ranking
855

Overview

D. A. Yates is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the study of parasitic diseases, parasite biology, and host interactions, with additional emphasis on extracellular vesicles in disease and genetic aspects related to aging and longevity in model organisms.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Specific subfields pursued are:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Parasitology
  • Aging

The core topics addressed in Yates's research involve:

  • Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Insects and Parasite Interactions

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Bruce A. Rosa
  • Makedonka Mitreva
  • Gary J. Weil
  • Peter Fischer
  • Lucía Sánchez Di Maggio

D. A. Yates has published in several academic venues, notably:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Frontiers in Parasitology
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent publications include:

  • Identification of biomarker candidates for filarial parasite infections by analysis of extracellular vesicles, 2023, Frontiers in Parasitology
  • The proteome of extracellular vesicles of the lung fluke Paragonimus kellicotti produced in vitro and in the lung cyst, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • A novel antigen biomarker for detection of high-level of Loa loa microfilaremia, 2024, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Spatial proteomics of Onchocerca volvulus with pleomorphic neoplasms shows local and systemic dysregulation of protein expression, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Spatial proteomics of Onchocerca volvulus with pleomorphic neoplasms shows local and systemic dysregulation of protein expression, 2025, PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Best Publications

  • Research Guidelines for Cookery, Sensory Evaluation, and Instrumental Tenderness Measurements of Meat

    Tommy L. Wheeler;Linda S. Papadopoulos;K. Miller

  • Dietary zilpaterol hydrochloride. I. Feedlot performance and carcass traits of steers and heifers.

    J. L. Montgomery;C. R. Krehbiel;J. J. Cranston;D. A. Yates

  • Effect of zilpaterol hydrochloride duration of feeding on performance and carcass characteristics of feedlot cattle.

    N. A. Elam;J. T. Vasconcelos;G. Hilton;D. L. VanOverbeke

  • Effects of feeding zilpaterol hydrochloride with and without monensin and tylosin on carcass cutability and meat palatability of beef steers.

    G. G. Hilton;J. L. Montgomery;C. R. Krehbiel;D. A. Yates

  • Dietary zilpaterol hydrochloride. II. Carcass composition and meat palatability of beef cattle

    JM Leheska;JL Montgomery;CR Krehbiel;DA Yates

  • Effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride with or without an estrogen-trenbolone acetate terminal implant on carcass traits, retail cutout, tenderness, and muscle fiber diameter in finishing steers.

    J.D. Kellermeier;A.W. TIttor;J.C. Brooks;M.L. Galyean

  • Response to ractopamine-hydrogen chloride is similar in yearling steers across days on feed.

    S. J. Winterholler;G. L. Parsons;C. D. Reinhardt;J. P. Hutcheson

  • Additive effects of a steroidal implant and zilpaterol hydrochloride on feedlot performance, carcass characteristics, and skeletal muscle messenger ribonucleic acid abundance in finishing steers.

    T.J. Baxa;J.P. Hutcheson;M.F. Miller;J.C. Brooks

  • Effects of dietary zilpaterol hydrochloride on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics of beef steers fed with and without monensin and tylosin.

    J. L. Montgomery;C. R. Krehbiel;J. J. Cranston;D. A. Yates

  • Effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride and days on the finishing diet on feedlot performance, carcass characteristics, and tenderness in beef heifers

    R.J. Rathmann;B.C. Bernhard;R.S. Swingle;T.E. Lawrence

  • Effects of duration of zilpaterol hydrochloride and days on the finishing diet on carcass cutability, composition, tenderness, and skeletal muscle gene expression in feedlot steers.

    R.J. Rathmann;J.M. Mehaffey;T.J. Baxa;W.T. Nichols

  • Effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride and zilpaterol hydrochloride withdrawal time on beef carcass cutability, composition, and tenderness.

    J. N. Shook;D. L. VanOverbeke;L. A. Kinman;C. R. Krehbiel

  • Efficacy of laidlomycin propionate to reduce ruminal acidosis in cattle

    M. L. Bauer;D. W. Herold;R. A. Britton;R. A. Stock

  • Effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride on growth rates, feed conversion, and carcass traits in calf-fed Holstein steers.

    J. L. Beckett;R. J. Delmore;G. C. Duff;D. A. Yates

  • Effect of extended withdrawal of zilpaterol hydrochloride on performance and carcass traits in finishing beef steers

    B. P. Holland;C. R. Krehbiel;G. G. Hilton;M. N. Streeter

  • Response to ractopamine-HCl in heifers is altered by implant strategy across days on feed.

    E. K. Sissom;C. D. Reinhardt;J. P. Hutcheson;W. T. Nichols

  • Dose and release pattern of anabolic implants affects growth of finishing beef steers across days on feed.

    S.L. Parr;K.Y. Chung;J.P. Hutcheson;W.T. Nichols

  • The effect of zilpaterol hydrochloride on meat quality of calf-fed Holstein steers

    S. F. Holmer;D. M. Fernández-Dueñas;S. M. Scramlin;C. M. Souza

  • Effect of feeding zilpaterol hydrochloride to beef and calf-fed Holstein cattle on consumer palatability ratings.

    J.M. Mehaffey;J.C. Brooks;R.J. Rathmann;E.M. Alsup

  • Effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride feeding duration and postmortem aging on Warner-Bratzler shear force of three muscles from beef steers and heifers.

    J.C. Brooks;H.C. Claus;M.E. Dikeman;J. Shook

  • Effects of feeding zilpaterol hydrochloride for twenty to forty days on carcass cutability and subprimal yield of calf-fed Holstein steers.

    D. D. Boler;S. F. Holmer;F. K. McKeith;J. Killefer

  • Zilpaterol hydrochloride supplementation has no effect on the shelf life of ground beef.

    L. D. Luqué;B. J. Johnson;J. N. Martin;M. F. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

W. T. Nichols
W. T. Nichols MSD (United States)
J.C. Brooks
J.C. Brooks Texas Tech University
John Killefer
John Killefer South Dakota State University
Michael E. Dikeman
Michael E. Dikeman Kansas State University
C. R. Krehbiel
C. R. Krehbiel Texas Tech University
Melvin C. Hunt
Melvin C. Hunt Kansas State University
M. L. Galyean
M. L. Galyean Texas Tech University
J. W. Savell
J. W. Savell Texas A&M University
Floyd K. Mckeith
Floyd K. Mckeith University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
R.K. Miller
R.K. Miller Texas A&M University

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