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D-Index
28
Citations
3283
World Ranking
2672
National Ranking
116

Helene Quesnel publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Helene Quesnel sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 144 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Helene Quesnel D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Helene Quesnel sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 28 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Overview

Helene Quesnel is affiliated with INRAE: Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research primarily focuses on veterinary and agricultural biological sciences, with contributions also spanning medicine.

Their work encompasses several main fields of study, including:

  • Veterinary
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Helene Quesnel's subfields of study include:

  • Small Animals
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Physiology

The principal topics explored in their research cover:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Animal health and immunology
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Infant Nutrition and Health

Helene Quesnel's recent publications include studies on animal health, nutrition, and maternal effects on offspring development in pigs. Notable papers are:

  • "Effect of live yeast supplementation in sow diet during gestation and lactation on sow and piglet fecal microbiota, health, and performance" (2022) published in Journal of Animal Science
  • "The maturity in fetal pigs using a multi-fluid metabolomic approach" (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Improving maternal welfare during gestation has positive outcomes on neonatal survival and modulates offspring immune response in pigs" (2022) published in Physiology & Behavior
  • "Current knowledge on the control of onset and cessation of colostrogenesis in swine" (2020) published in Journal of Animal Science
  • "Economic feasibility of interventions targeted at decreasing piglet perinatal and pre-weaning mortality across European countries" (2022) published in Porcine Health Management

Helene Quesnel has frequently published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • INRAE Productions Animales
  • Porcine Health Management
  • Physiology & Behavior

Collaborations have been an integral part of their research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Élodie Merlot
  • Nathalie Le Floc'H
  • Gaëlle Lefort
  • Rémi Servien
  • Yvon Billon

Best Publications

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

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

  • Neonatal piglet survival: impact of sow nutrition around parturition on fetal glycogen deposition and production and composition of colostrum and transient milk.

    P. K. Theil;C. Lauridsen;Helene Quesnel

  • Influence of some sow characteristics on within-litter variation of piglet birth weight.

    H. Quesnel;L. Brossard;A. Valancogne;N. Quiniou

  • Colostrum production by sows: variability of colostrum yield and immunoglobulin G concentrations

    H. Quesnel

  • 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

  • High physiological demands in intensively raised pigs: impact on health and welfare.

    A. Prunier;M. Heinonen;H. Quesnel

  • 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

  • Endocrine bases of lactational anoestrus in the sow

    H Quesnel;A Prunier

  • Environmental and seasonal influences on the return-to-oestrus after weaning in primiparous sows: a review

    A. Prunier;H. Quesnel;M.Messias de Bragança;A.Y. Kermabon

  • Protein (lysine) restriction in primiparous lactating sows: effects on metabolic state, somatotropic axis, and reproductive performance after weaning.

    C. A. Mejia-Guadarrama;A. Pasquier;J. Y. Dourmad;A. Prunier

  • Nutritional influences on the hormonal control of reproduction in female pigs

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  • Influence of the nutritional status on ovarian development in female pigs.

    A. Prunier;H. Quesnel

  • Influence of litter size on metabolic status and reproductive axis in primiparous sows.

    H. Quesnel;M. Etienne;M.-C. Père

  • A maternal Western diet during gestation and lactation modifies offspring's microbiota activity, blood lipid levels, cognitive responses, and hippocampal neurogenesis in Yucatan pigs.

    David Val-Laillet;Marie Besson;Sylvie Guérin;Nicolas Coquery

  • Dietary fibre for gestating sows: effects on parturition progress, behaviour, litter and sow performance

    R. Guillemet;A. Hamard;H. Quesnel;M. C. Père

  • Housing Systems Influence Gut Microbiota Composition of Sows but Not of Their Piglets

    Tereza Kubasova;Lenka Davidova-Gerzova;Elodie Merlot;Matej Medvecky

  • Colostrum and milk production

    H Quesnel;Chantal Farmer;Peter Kappel Theil

  • Farrowing induction induces transient alterations in prolactin concentrations and colostrum composition in primiparous sows.

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

  • Influence of feed restriction in primiparous lactating sows on body condition and metabolic parameters

    Hélène Quesnel;Anne Pasquier;Anne-Marie Mounier;Isabelle Louveau

  • Review: nutritional and endocrine control of colostrogenesis in swine

    H. Quesnel;C. Farmer

  • In vivo gene expression in granulosa cells during pig terminal follicular development

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  • Regulation of cell number in the mammary gland by controlling the exfoliation process in milk in ruminants.

    Lucile Hervé;Lucile Hervé;Hélène Quesnel;Hélène Quesnel;Vanessa Lollivier;Vanessa Lollivier;Vanessa Lollivier;Marion Boutinaud;Marion Boutinaud

  • Supplying dextrose before insemination and L-arginine during the last third of pregnancy in sow diets: effects on within-litter variation of piglet birth weight.

    Hélène Quesnel;Nathalie Quiniou;H Roy;A Lottin

  • Post-insemination level of feeding does not influence embryonic survival and growth in highly prolific gilts.

    H. Quesnel;H. Quesnel;S. Boulot;S. Serriere;E. Venturi

  • Effect of organic and inorganic selenium sources in sow diets on colostrum production and piglet response to a poor sanitary environment after weaning.

    H. Quesnel;A. Renaudin;N. Le Floc’h;C. Jondreville

  • Feed restriction in cyclic gilts: gonadotrophin-independent effects on follicular growth.

    Hélène Quesnel;Anne Pasquier;Anne-Marie Mounier;Armelle Prunier

  • Solubilization and Purification of the Gonadotropin (GTH II) Receptor from Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Ovaries

    Helene Quesnel;Bernard Breton

Frequent Co-Authors

Armelle Prunier
Armelle Prunier INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Chantal Farmer
Chantal Farmer Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Florence Gondret
Florence Gondret Institut Agro, France
Marion Boutinaud
Marion Boutinaud INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jean-Yves Dourmad
Jean-Yves Dourmad INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
N. Le Floc’h
N. Le Floc’h INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
J. van Milgen
J. van Milgen Institut Agro, France
Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün
Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün Institut Agro, France
Hélène Gilbert
Hélène Gilbert Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Mari Heinonen
Mari Heinonen University of Helsinki

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