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Overview

H. van den Brand is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily falls within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Animal Science and Zoology. Within this domain, their work extensively covers Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Livestock and Poultry Management, and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, among other areas.

Their subfields of study include Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, Aquatic Science, Biomaterials, and Microbiology. Key research topics they have addressed are Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Livestock and Poultry Management, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, and Animal Health and Immunology.

Van den Brand has contributed to leading journals in their area of expertise. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • Poultry Science
  • Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Animals
  • PLoS ONE

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by van den Brand include:

  • "A review on yolk sac utilization in poultry" (2020), published in Poultry Science
  • "Effects of pretransport diet, transport duration, and type of vehicle on physiological status of young veal calves" (2020), published in Journal of Dairy Science
  • "Providing environmental enrichments affects activity and performance, but not leg health in fast- and slower-growing broiler chickens" (2021), published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • "Effects of hatching system on the welfare of broiler chickens in early and later life" (2020), published in Poultry Science
  • "Day-old chicken quality and performance of broiler chickens from 3 different hatching systems" (2020), published in Poultry Science

Van den Brand frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • B. Kemp
  • R. Molenaar
  • T.B. Rodenburg
  • I.C. de Jong
  • Francesca Marcato

Best Publications

  • An exploration on greenhouse gas and ammonia production by insect species suitable for animal or human consumption.

    Dennis G. A. B. Oonincx;Joost van Itterbeeck;Marcel J. W. Heetkamp;Henry van den Brand

  • Effect of eggshell temperature during incubation on embryo development, hatchability, and posthatch development

    A. Lourens;H. van den Brand;R. Meijerhof;B. Kemp

  • Effect of dietary energy source on energy balance, production, metabolic disorders and reproduction in lactating dairy cattle.

    Ariëtte T.M. van Knegsel;Henry van den Brand;Jan Dijkstra;Seerp Tamminga

  • Effects of housing system (outdoor vs cages) and age of laying hens on egg characteristics

    H. van den Brand;H.K. Parmentier;B. Kemp

  • Dietary Energy Source in Dairy Cows in Early Lactation: Energy Partitioning and Milk Composition

    A.T.M. van Knegsel;H. van den Brand;J. Dijkstra;W.M. van Straalen

  • Effects of Eggshell Temperature and Oxygen Concentration on Embryo Growth and Metabolism During Incubation

    A. Lourens;H. van den Brand;M. J. W. Heetkamp;R. Meijerhof

  • Effect of Glucogenic vs. Lipogenic Diets on Energy Balance, Blood Metabolites, and Reproduction in Primiparous and Multiparous Dairy Cows in Early Lactation

    A.T.M. van Knegsel;H. van den Brand;J. Dijkstra;W.M. van Straalen

  • Effect of Egg Size on Heat Production and the Transition of Energy From Egg to Hatchling

    A. Lourens;R. Molenaar;H. van den Brand;M. J. W. Heetkamp

  • Dietary energy source at two feeding levels during lactation of primiparous sows: I. Effects on glucose, insulin, and luteinizing hormone and on follicle development, weaning-to-estrus interval, and ovulation rate.

    H van den Brand;S J Dieleman;N M Soede;B Kemp

  • Dietary energy source in dairy cows in early lactation: metabolites and metabolic hormones

    A. T. M van Knegsel;H van den Brand;E. A. M Graat;J Dijkstra

  • A review on yolk sac utilization in poultry

    Ilonka van der Wagt;Ingrid C. de Jong;Malcolm A. Mitchell;Roos Molenaar

  • Effects of environmental enrichment and loose housing of lactating sows on piglet behaviour before and after weaning

    Marije Oostindjer;Henry van den Brand;Bas Kemp;J. Elizabeth Bolhuis

  • Influence of prestorage incubation on embryonic development, hatchability, and chick quality

    I. A. M. Reijrink;R. Meijerhof;B. Kemp;E. A. M. Graat

  • High eggshell temperatures during incubation decrease growth performance and increase the incidence of ascites in broiler chickens

    R. Molenaar;R. Hulet;R. Meijerhof;C.M. Maatjens

  • The chicken embryo and its micro environment during egg storage and early incubation

    I.A.M. Reijrink;R. Meijerhof;B. Kemp;H. van den Brand

  • Effects of moment of hatch and feed access on chicken development.

    D.M. Lamot;I.B. van der Linde;R. Molenaar;C.W. van der Pol

  • Prenatal flavor exposure affects growth, health and behavior of newly weaned piglets

    Marije Oostindjer;J. Elizabeth Bolhuis;Henry van den Brand;Eugeni Roura

  • Effects of cold stress on immune responses and body weight of chicken lines divergently selected for antibody responses to sheep red blood cells

    B. N. Hangalapura;M. G. B. Nieuwland;G. De Vries Reilingh;M. J. W. Heetkamp

  • Meeting embryonic requirements of broilers throughout incubation: a review

    R. Molenaar;I.A.M. Reijrink;R. Meijerhof;H. van den Brand

  • Natural Antibodies Related to Energy Balance in Early Lactation Dairy Cows

    A.T.M. van Knegsel;G. de Vries Reilingh;S. Meulenberg;H. van den Brand

  • Energy balance of lactating primiparous sows as affected by feeding level and dietary energy source.

    H. van den Brand;M. J. W. Heetkamp;N. M. Soede;J. W. Schrama

  • Influence of egg storage time and preincubation warming profile on embryonic development, hatchability, and chick quality

    I. A. M. Reijrink;D. Berghmans;R. Meijerhof;B. Kemp

  • Effects of environmental enrichment and loose housing of lactating sows on piglet performance before and after weaning

    M Oostindjer;JE Bolhuis;Michael T Mendl;Suzanne D E Held

  • Effects of a combined hatching and brooding system on hatchability, chick weight, and mortality in broilers

    L. J. F. van de Ven;A. V. van Wagenberg;P. W. G. Groot Koerkamp;B. Kemp

  • Temperature manipulation during layer chick embryogenesis

    I. Walstra;J. ten Napel;B. Kemp;H. van den Brand

  • Effects of growth patterns and dietary protein levels during rearing of broiler breeders on fertility, hatchability, embryonic mortality, and offspring performance

    R.A. van Emous;R.P. Kwakkel;M.M. van Krimpen;H. van den Brand

  • In primiparous sows, plasma insulin-like growth factor-I can be affected by lactational feed intake and dietary energy source and is associated with luteinizing hormone

    Henry van den Brand;Armelle Prunier;Nicoline M. Soede;Bas Kemp

  • Phenotypic selection for residual feed intake and its effect on humoral immune responses in growing layer hens

    E. van Eerden;H. van den Brand;H.K. Parmentier;M.C.M. de Jong

  • Relationships between ovulation rate and embryonic and placental characteristics in multiparous sows at 35 days of pregnancy.

    C. L. A. Da Silva;H. van den Brand;B. F. A. Laurenssen;M. L. W. J Broekhuijse

  • Effect of eggshell temperature throughout incubation on broiler hatchling leg bone development

    C. W. van der Pol;I. A. M. van Roovert-Reijrink;C. M. Maatjens;I. van den Anker

  • Temperature during the last week of incubation. I. Effects on hatching pattern and broiler chicken embryonic organ development

    C. M. Maatjens;I. A. M. van Roovert-Reijrink;B. Engel;C. W. van der Pol

  • Dietary energy source at two feeding levels during lactation of primiparous sows: II. Effects on periestrus hormone profiles and embryonal survival.

    H van den Brand;N M Soede;B Kemp

Frequent Co-Authors

Bas Kemp
Bas Kemp Wageningen University & Research
M.J.W. Heetkamp
M.J.W. Heetkamp Wageningen University & Research
Nicoline M. Soede
Nicoline M. Soede Wageningen University & Research
A.T.M. van Knegsel
A.T.M. van Knegsel Wageningen University & Research
Jan Dijkstra
Jan Dijkstra Wageningen University & Research
Seerp Tamminga
Seerp Tamminga Wageningen University & Research
Bas Engel
Bas Engel Wageningen University & Research
Walter J. J. Gerrits
Walter J. J. Gerrits Wageningen University & Research
Egbert F. Knol
Egbert F. Knol Topigs Norsvin (Netherlands)

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