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2026

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World Ranking
61
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2021 - Blaxter Award, Nutrition Society, UK Starving for nutrients: reconciling the paradox of anorexia during infection
  • 2014 - Leroy Fellowship Award, European Federation for Animal Science (EAAP)
  • 1995 - Silver Medal, Nutrition Society, UK UK. "

Overview

Ilias Kyriazakis is a researcher affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their scholarly work spans several interrelated fields, primarily within agricultural and biological sciences, environmental science, and veterinary studies.

Their research contributions have been published extensively in various scientific venues, including:

  • Poultry Science
  • animal
  • Animal - science proceedings
  • Biosystems Engineering
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science

They have produced a significant body of work in main topics such as animal behavior and welfare studies, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, animal nutrition and physiology, helminth infection and control, animal disease management and epidemiology, environmental impact and sustainability, and coccidia and coccidiosis research.

Among their recent papers are these contributions from 2020:

  • Prospects for sustainability of pig production in relation to climate change and novel feed resources, published in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
  • Automated recognition of postures and drinking behaviour for the detection of compromised health in pigs, published in Scientific Reports
  • Automatic recognition of feeding and foraging behaviour in pigs using deep learning, published in Biosystems Engineering
  • Environmental impacts of housing conditions and manure management in European pig production systems through a life cycle perspective: A case study in Denmark, published in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Risk factors for poor health and performance in European broiler production systems, published in BMC Veterinary Research

The researcher has collaborated frequently with other professionals, including:

  • James Taylor
  • João A. N. Filipe
  • Dominiek Maes
  • Eric R. Morgan
  • Tommy Van Limbergen

Kyriazakis has contributed a book titled Smart Livestock Nutrition, published by Smart animal production in 2023, which has been cited in other academic works.

Their work has been recognized with several awards such as the Blaxter Award from the Nutrition Society, UK in 2021 for research on nutrient intake during infection, the Leroy Fellowship Award from the European Federation for Animal Science in 2014, and the Silver Medal from the Nutrition Society, UK in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Nutrition-parasite interaction

    R.L. Coop;I. Kyriazakis

  • Direct anthelmintic effects of condensed tannins towards different gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep: in vitro and in vivo studies

    S Athanasiadou;I Kyriazakis;F Jackson;R.L Coop

  • Influence of host nutrition on the development and consequences of nematode parasitism in ruminants.

    Robert L Coop;Ilias Kyriazakis

  • Changes in feeding behavior as possible indicators for the automatic monitoring of health disorders in dairy cows.

    L.A. González;L.A. González;B.J. Tolkamp;M.P. Coffey;A. Ferret

  • A Systematic Review of Public Attitudes, Perceptions and Behaviours Towards Production Diseases Associated with Farm Animal Welfare

    Beth Clark;Gavin B. Stewart;Luca A. Panzone;I. Kyriazakis

  • Citizens, consumers and farm animal welfare: A meta-analysis of willingness-to-pay studies

    Beth Clark;Gavin B. Stewart;Luca A. Panzone;Ilias Kyriazakis

  • Medicinal plants for helminth parasite control: Facts and fiction

    S. Athanasiadou;J. Githiori;Ilias Kyriazakis

  • Towards a functional explanation for the occurrence of anorexia during parasitic infections

    I. Kyriazakis;B.J. Tolkamp;M.R. Hutchings

  • The voluntary feed intake of pigs given feeds based on wheat bran, dried citrus pulp and grass meal, in relation to measurements of feed bulk

    I. Kyriazakis;G. C. Emmans

  • Early detection of health and welfare compromises through automated detection of behavioural changes in pigs

    Stephen G. Matthews;Amy L. Miller;James Clapp;Thomas Plötz

  • 'Freedom from hunger' and preventing obesity: the animal welfare implications of reducing food quantity or quality

    Richard B. D'Eath;Bert J. Tolkamp;Ilias Kyriazakis;Alistair B. Lawrence

  • Plant secondary metabolites: antiparasitic effects and their role in ruminant production systems.

    Spiridoula Athanasiadou;Ilias Kyriazakis

  • Diet selection in sheep: the ability of growing lambs to select a diet that meets their crude protein (nitrogen × 6.25) requirements

    I. Kyriazakis;J. D. Oldham

  • Predicting the environmental impacts of chicken systems in the United Kingdom through a life cycle assessment: Egg production systems

    I Leinonen;Adrian Williams;Julian W Wiseman;Jonathan Guy

  • Breeding for efficiency in the broiler chicken: A review

    Craig W. Tallentire;Ilkka Leinonen;Ilias Kyriazakis

  • Diet selection in pigs: choices made by growing pigs given foods of different protein concentrations.

    I. Kyriazakis;G. C. Emmans;C. T. Whittemore

  • Consequences of long-term feeding with condensed tannins on sheep parasitised with Trichostrongylus colubriformis

    S Athanasiadou;I Kyriazakis;F Jackson;R.L Coop

  • Effects of short-term exposure to condensed tannins on adult Trichostrongylus colubriformis.

    Athanasiadou S;Kyriazakis I;Jackson F;Coop Rl

  • Nutrient partitioning between reproductive and immune functions in animals.

    Jos G. M. Houdijk;Neil S. Jessop;Ilias Kyriazakis

  • Satiety splits feeding behaviour into bouts

    B J Tolkamp;D J Allcroft;Elizabeth Austin;B L Nielsen

  • Can animals use foraging behaviour to combat parasites

    Michael R. Hutchings;Spiridoula Athanasiadou;Ilias Kyriazakis;Iain J. Gordon

  • Automated tracking to measure behavioural changes in pigs for health and welfare monitoring.

    Stephen G. Matthews;Amy L. Miller;Thomas PlÖtz;Thomas PlÖtz;Ilias Kyriazakis

  • To split behaviour into bouts, log-transform the intervals.

    Bert J. Tolkamp;Ilias Kyriazakis

  • The biologically relevant unit for the analysis of short-term feeding behavior of dairy cows.

    B.J. Tolkamp;D.P.N. Schweitzer;D.P.N. Schweitzer;I. Kyriazakis

  • Behavioural strategies used by parasitized and non-parasitized sheep to avoid ingestion of gastro-intestinal nematodes associated with faeces

    M. R. Hutchings;I. Kyriazakis;D. H. Anderson;I. J. Gordon

  • Performance and antioxidant status of broiler chickens supplemented with dried mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) in their diet

    I. Giannenas;I. S. Pappas;S. Mavridis;G. Kontopidis

  • The effect of food deprivation on the expression of foraging and exploratory behaviour in the growing pig.

    J. E L Day;J. E L Day;I. Kyriazakis;Alistair Lawrence

  • Influence of dietary mushroom Agaricus bisporus on intestinal morphology and microflora composition in broiler chickens.

    I. Giannenas;D. Tontis;E. Tsalie;E.F. Chronis

  • Feed intake relative to stage of lactation for dairy cows consuming total mixed diets with a high or low ratio of concentrate to forage

    N.C. Friggens;G.C. Emmans;I. Kyriazakis;J.D. Oldham

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert J. Tolkamp
Bert J. Tolkamp Scotland's Rural College
Jos G. M. Houdijk
Jos G. M. Houdijk Scotland's Rural College
Stephen Bishop
Stephen Bishop University of Edinburgh
Sandra A. Edwards
Sandra A. Edwards Newcastle University
Iain J. Gordon
Iain J. Gordon James Hutton Institute
Michael R. Hutchings
Michael R. Hutchings Scotland's Rural College
Thomas Plötz
Thomas Plötz Georgia Institute of Technology
Ilias Giannenas
Ilias Giannenas Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Colin T. Whittemore
Colin T. Whittemore University of Edinburgh
George C. Fthenakis
George C. Fthenakis University Of Thessaly

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