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James S. Drouillard is affiliated with Kansas State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans 49 publications within this main field, with significant work focused on subfields including Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, Food Science, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's research addresses several key topics, notably Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, which is covered in 28 publications. Other major areas include Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Fatty Acid Research and Health, Enzyme Production and Characterization, Gut Microbiota and Health, and Muscle Metabolism and Nutrition.

James S. Drouillard has published frequently in well-known venues, with a total of 15 publications in the Journal of Animal Science. Additional publication venues include Translational Animal Science and the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports, each with 5 publications. The scientist also has works published in Animal Feed Science and Technology and Animals.

Frequent collaborators in their research include James M Lattimer, Flávio Augusto Portela Santos, Teresa L. Douthit, Adibe Luiz Abdalla, and Daniel Montanher Polizel. These recurring coauthors indicate consistent research partnerships.

Representative recent papers by James S. Drouillard include:

  • Effect of hay type on cecal and fecal microbiome and fermentation parameters in horses, 2020, Journal of Animal Science
  • Effects of high-amylase corn on performance and carcass quality of finishing beef heifers, 2020, Journal of Animal Science
  • Effects of Zinc and Menthol-Based Diets on Co-Selection of Antibiotic Resistance among E. coli and Enterococcus spp. in Beef Cattle, 2021, Animals
  • Low moisture, cooked molasses blocks: A limited intake method for supplementing trace minerals to pre-weaned calves, 2021, Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • The Use of Probiotic Megasphaera elsdenii as a Pre-Harvest Intervention to Reduce Salmonella in Finishing Beef Cattle: An In Vitro Model, 2022, Microorganisms

Best Publications

  • Performance and carcass traits of finishing heifers fed crude glycerin.

    G. L. Parsons;M. K. Shelor;J. S. Drouillard

  • Growth, body composition, and visceral organ mass and metabolism in lambs during and after metabolizable protein or net energy restrictions.

    J S Drouillard;T J Klopfenstein;T J Klopfenstein;R A Britton;R A Britton;M L Bauer;M L Bauer

  • Current situation and future trends for beef production in the United States of America — A review

    James S. Drouillard

  • Daily Injection of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Increases Hepatic Triglycerides and Alters Transcript Abundance of Metabolic Genes in Lactating Dairy Cattle

    Barry J. Bradford;Laman K. Mamedova;J. Ernest Minton;James S. Drouillard

  • Effects of increasing levels of dried corn distillers grains with solubles on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of yearling heifers.

    B. E. Depenbusch;C. M. Coleman;J. J. Higgins;J. S. Drouillard

  • Effects of feeding wet corn distillers grains with solubles with or without monensin and tylosin on the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibilities of fecal foodborne pathogenic and commensal bacteria in feedlot cattle

    M. E. Jacob;J. T. Fox;S. K. Narayanan;J. S. Drouillard

  • Impact of beef cattle diets containing corn or sorghum distillers grains on beef color, fatty acid profiles, and sensory attributes.

    R. K. Gill;D. L. VanOverbeke;B. Depenbusch;J. S. Drouillard

  • Effects of concentrate level on carcass traits of Boer crossbred goats

    S.M. Ryan;J.A. Unruh;M.E. Corrigan;J.S. Drouillard

  • The effects of ractopamine-hydrogen chloride (Optaflexx) on performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of finishing feedlot heifers.

    M. J. Quinn;C. D. Reinhardt;E. R. Loe;B. E. Depenbusch

  • Effects of Dried Distillers' Grain on Fecal Prevalence and Growth of Escherichia coli O157 in Batch Culture Fermentations from Cattle†

    M. E. Jacob;J. T. Fox;J. S. Drouillard;D. G. Renter

  • Effects of ractopamine and protein source on growth performance and carcass characteristics of feedlot heifers

    D. K. Walker;E. C. Titgemeyer;J. S. Drouillard;E. R. Loe

  • Effects of L-carnitine on nitrogen retention and blood metabolites of growing steers and performance of finishing steers.

    R H Greenwood;E C Titgemeyer;G L Stokka;J S Drouillard

  • Efficacy of Escherichia coli O157:H7 siderophore receptor/porin proteins-based vaccine in feedlot cattle naturally shedding E. coli O157.

    J. Trent Fox;Daniel U. Thomson;James S. Drouillard;Ashley B. Thornton

  • Occurrence of the transferable copper resistance gene tcrB among fecal enterococci of U.S. feedlot cattle fed copper-supplemented diets.

    R. G. Amachawadi;H. M. Scott;C. A. Alvarado;T. R. Mainini

  • Efficacy of monensin and tylosin in finishing diets based on steam-flaked corn with and without corn wet distillers grains with solubles.

    B. E. Depenbusch;J. S. Drouillard;E. R. Loe;J. J. Higgins

  • Effects of previous grazing nutrition and management on feedlot performance of cattle

    J. S. Drouillard;G. L. Kuhl

  • Dry-rolled or steam-flaked grain-based diets and fecal shedding of Escherichia coli O157 in feedlot cattle.

    J. T. Fox;B. E. Depenbusch;J. S. Drouillard;T. G. Nagaraja

  • Comparison of rectoanal mucosal swab cultures and fecal cultures for determining prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in feedlot cattle

    M. A. Greenquist;J. S. Drouillard;J. M. Sargeant;B. E. Depenbusch

  • Effects of ruminally protected choline and dietary fat on performance and blood metabolites of finishing heifers.

    D. J. Bindel;J. S. Drouillard;E. C. Titgemeyer;R. H. Wessels

  • Urea and biuret as nonprotein nitrogen sources in cooked molasses blocks for steers fed prairie hay

    C.A Löest;E.C Titgemeyer;J.S Drouillard;B.D Lambert

  • Effects of dry-rolled or steam-flaked corn finishing diets with or without twenty-five percent dried distillers grains on ruminal fermentation and apparent total tract digestion.

    M. L. May;M. J. Quinn;C. D. Reinhardt;L. Murray

  • Optimizing use of distillers grains in finishing diets containing steam-flaked corn.

    B. E. Depenbusch;E. R. Loe;J. J. Sindt;N. A. Cole

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan C. Titgemeyer
Evan C. Titgemeyer Kansas State University
James J. Higgins
James J. Higgins Kansas State University
Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja
Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja Kansas State University
James M. Lattimer
James M. Lattimer Stony Brook University
Galen E. Erickson
Galen E. Erickson University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Michael E. Dikeman
Michael E. Dikeman Kansas State University
Bradley J. Johnson
Bradley J. Johnson Texas Tech University
Terry J. Klopfenstein
Terry J. Klopfenstein University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Jan M. Sargeant
Jan M. Sargeant University of Guelph
Rick Stock
Rick Stock University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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