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Hélène Soyeurt

Hélène Soyeurt

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
37
Citations
5115
World Ranking
1514
National Ranking
37

Overview

Hélène Soyeurt is affiliated with Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech in Belgium and has an extensive publication record focusing on the intersection of agricultural and biological sciences with biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily addresses livestock genetics, animal science, and the application of analytical methods to improve understanding of phenotypic traits and animal product quality.

The main fields of study for this scientist include Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields often explored in their work encompass Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, and Analytical Chemistry.

Their research topics span a range of subjects related to livestock, such as:

  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Effects of environmental stressors on livestock
  • Milk quality and mastitis in dairy cows
  • Meat and animal product quality
  • Spectroscopy and chemometric analyses
  • Reproductive physiology in livestock
  • Animal behavior and welfare studies

Hélène Soyeurt has published at least 19 papers in the Journal of Dairy Science, highlighting a strong focus on dairy research. Other frequent publication venues include Animals, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Remote Sensing, and JDS Communications.

Recent papers authored by or involving this scientist include the following:

  • Large-scale phenotyping in dairy sector using milk MIR spectra: Key factors affecting the quality of predictions (2020, Methods)
  • A comparison of 4 different machine learning algorithms to predict lactoferrin content in bovine milk from mid-infrared spectra (2020, Journal of Dairy Science)
  • Diagnosing the pregnancy status of dairy cows: How useful is milk mid-infrared spectroscopy? (2020, Journal of Dairy Science)
  • Identification of chronic stress biomarkers in dairy cows (2022, animal)
  • Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Aspergillus flavus Strains Producing or Not Aflatoxin B1 (2021, Toxins)

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers in their field, including:

  • Nicolas Gengler
  • Clément Grelet
  • Frédéric Dehareng
  • Sébastien Franceschini
  • H. Atashi

Best Publications

  • Estimating Fatty Acid Content in Cow Milk using Mid-Infrared Spectrometry

    Hélène Soyeurt;Pierre Dardenne;Frédéric Dehareng;Georges Lognay

  • Mid-infrared prediction of bovine milk fatty acids across multiple breeds, production systems, and countries.

    Hélène Soyeurt;Frédéric Dehareng;Nicolas Gengler;Sinead McParland

  • Variation in Fatty Acid Contents of Milk and Milk Fat Within and Across Breeds

    Hélène Soyeurt;Pierre Dardenne;Alain Gillon;Coraline Croquet

  • Invited review: Large-scale indirect measurements for enteric methane emissions in dairy cattle: A review of proxies and their potential for use in management and breeding decisions.

    E. Negussie;Y. De Haas;F. Dehareng;R. J. Dewhurst

  • Estimation of heritability and genetic correlations for the major fatty acids in bovine milk.

    Hélène Soyeurt;Alain Gillon;Sylvie Vanderick;Patrick Mayeres

  • Potential estimation of major mineral contents in cow milk using mid-infrared spectrometry.

    Hélène Soyeurt;Damien Bruwier;Jean-Michel Romnee;Nicolas Gengler

  • Potential use of milk mid-infrared spectra to predict individual methane emission of dairy cows

    Frédéric Dehareng;Camille Delfosse;Eric Froidmont;Hélène Soyeurt

  • Plant and fish production performance, nutrient mass balances, energy and water use of the PAFF Box, a small-scale aquaponic system

    Boris Delaide;Guillaume Delhaye;Michael Dermience;James Gott

  • Development of Fourier transform mid-infrared calibrations to predict acetone, β-hydroxybutyrate, and citrate contents in bovine milk through a European dairy network

    C. Grelet;C. Bastin;M. Gelé;J.-B. Davière

  • Genetic variability of milk fatty acids

    Valérie Arnould;Hélène Soyeurt

  • Phenotypic and genetic variability of production traits and milk fatty acid contents across days in milk for Walloon Holstein first-parity cows.

    Catherine Bastin;Nicolas Gengler;Nicolas Gengler;Hélène Soyeurt;Hélène Soyeurt

  • The use of mid-infrared spectrometry to predict body energy status of Holstein cows.

    Sinead McParland;Giorgios Banos;Eileen Wall;Mike Coffey

  • Invited review: Phenotypes to genetically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in dairying.

    Y. de Haas;M. Pszczola;H. Soyeurt;E. Wall

  • Variation of Δ9-Desaturase Activity in Dairy Cattle

    Hélène Soyeurt;Frédéric Dehareng;Patrick Mayeres;Carlo Bertozzi

  • Hot topic: Innovative lactation-stage-dependent prediction of methane emissions from milk mid-infrared spectra

    Amélie Vanlierde;Marie-Laure Vanrobays;Frédéric Dehareng;Eric Froidmont

  • Genetic parameters of saturated and monounsaturated fatty acid content and the ratio of saturated to unsaturated fatty acids in bovine milk.

    Hélène Soyeurt;Pierre Dardenne;Frédéric Dehareng;Catherine Bastin

  • Capitalizing on fine milk composition for breeding and management of dairy cows.

    Nicolas Gengler;Hélène Soyeurt;Fréderic Dehareng;Catherine Bastin

  • Mid-infrared prediction of lactoferrin content in bovine milk: potential indicator of mastitis.

    H. Soyeurt;C. Bastin;F. G. Colinet;V.M.R Arnould

  • Relationships between Pb, As, Cr, and Cd in individual cows’ milk and milk composition and heavy metal contents in water, silage, and soil

    Xuewei Zhou;Nan Zheng;Chuanyou Su;Jiaqi Wang

  • Genetic parameters for Tunisian Holsteins using a test-day random regression model.

    H. Hammami;B. Rekik;H. Soyeurt;A. Ben Gara

  • Genetic variability of lactoferrin content estimated by mid-infrared spectrometry in bovine milk.

    Hélène Soyeurt;Frédéric Colinet;Valérie Arnould;Pierre Dardenne

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolas Gengler
Nicolas Gengler Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Donagh P. Berry
Donagh P. Berry Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Mike Coffey
Mike Coffey Scotland's Rural College
Roel F. Veerkamp
Roel F. Veerkamp Wageningen University & Research
Cécile Martin
Cécile Martin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Eileen Wall
Eileen Wall Scotland's Rural College
Georges Lognay
Georges Lognay University of Liège
Daniel Portetelle
Daniel Portetelle University of Liège
Ignacy Misztal
Ignacy Misztal University of Georgia

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