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Juan J. Villalba is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on areas such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Forestry, Animal Science and Zoology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's published work includes topics related to Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Pasture and Agricultural Systems, Plant and Fungal Interactions, and Rangeland and Wildlife Management.

Recent publications by Juan J. Villalba include:

  • Designing Diverse Agricultural Pastures for Improving Ruminant Production Systems (2020, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)
  • Non-fiber Carbohydrates in Forages and Their Influence on Beef Production Systems (2021, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)
  • Grazing diverse combinations of tanniferous and non-tanniferous legumes: Implications for beef cattle performance and environmental impact (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Current state of enteric methane and the carbon footprint of beef and dairy cattle in the United States (2021, Animal Frontiers)
  • The Use of Temperate Tannin Containing Forage Legumes to Improve Sustainability in Forage-Livestock Production (2021, Agronomy)

Juan J. Villalba frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Jennifer W. MacAdam
  • Sebastián Lagrange
  • César Henrique Espírito Candal Poli
  • Bashiri Iddy Muzzo
  • R. Douglas Ramsey

The scientist's research has been published predominantly in several venues, including:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Animals
  • Small Ruminant Research
  • Animal Frontiers

Best Publications

  • Linking herbivore experience, varied diets, and plant biochemical diversity

    Frederick D. Provenza;Juan J. Villalba;Luthando D. Dziba;Sheldon B. Atwood

  • Experience Influences Diet Mixing by Herbivores: Implications for Plant Biochemical Diversity

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza;Guo-dong Han

  • Consequences of the interaction between nutrients and plant secondary metabolites on herbivore selectivity: benefits or detriments for plants?

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza;J. P. Bryant

  • The Value to Herbivores of Plant Physical and Chemical Diversity in Time and Space

    Frederick D. Provenza;Juan J. Villalba;J. Haskell;Jennifer W. MacAdam

  • Self-organization of foraging behaviour: from simplicity to complexity without goals.

    Frederick D. Provenza;Juan J. Villalba;Carl D. Cheney;Scott J. Werner

  • Preference for wheat straw by lambs conditioned with intraruminal infusions of starch

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza

  • Behavioral Strategies of Mammal Herbivores Against Plant Secondary Metabolites: The Avoidance–Tolerance Continuum

    Glenn R. Iason;Juan J. Villalba

  • Preference for flavored wheat straw by lambs conditioned with intraruminal administrations of sodium propionate.

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza

  • Self-medication and homeostatic behaviour in herbivores: learning about the benefits of nature's pharmacy.

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza

  • Tannins and self-medication: Implications for sustainable parasite control in herbivores.

    Larry D. Lisonbee;Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza;Jeffery O. Hall

  • Influence of macronutrients and activated charcoal on intake of sagebrush by sheep and goats.

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza;Roger E. Banner

  • Preference for flavoured foods by lambs conditioned with intraruminal administration of nitrogen

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza

  • Effects of early experience on voluntary intake of low-quality roughage by sheep.

    Distel Ra;Villalba Jj;Laborde He

  • The role of natural plant products in modulating the immune system: An adaptable approach for combating disease in grazing animals☆

    Frederick D. Provenza;Juan J. Villalba

  • Selection of tannins by sheep in response to gastrointestinal nematode infection.

    Juan J. Villalba;Fredrick D. Provenza;Jeffery O. Hall;Larry D. Lisonbee

  • Nutrient-specific preferences by lambs conditioned with intraruminal infusions of starch, casein, and water

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza

  • Sheep self-medicate when challenged with illness-inducing foods

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza;Ryan Shaw

  • Ruminant self-medication against gastrointestinal nematodes: evidence, mechanism, and origins

    Juan J. Villalba;James Miller;Eugene D. Ungar;Serge Y. Landau

  • Influence of Macronutrients and Polyethylene Glycol on Intake of a Quebracho Tannin Diet by Sheep and Goats

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza;Roger E. Banner

  • Links between ruminants' food preference and their welfare.

    J. J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza;X. Manteca

  • Preference for flavored wheat straw by lambs conditioned with intraruminal infusions of acetate and propionate.

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza

  • Foraging in Chemically Diverse Environments: Energy, Protein, and Alternative Foods Influence Ingestion of Plant Secondary Metabolites by Lambs

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza

  • Is dietary choice important to animal welfare

    Xavier Manteca;Juan J. Villalba;Sheldon B. Atwood;Luthando Dziba

  • Roles of odor, taste, and toxicity in the food preferences of lambs: implications for mimicry in plants

    Frederick D. Provenza;Bruce A. Kimball;Juan J. Villalba

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick D. Provenza
Frederick D. Provenza Utah State University
Karen A. Beauchemin
Karen A. Beauchemin Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Xavier Manteca
Xavier Manteca Autonomous University of Barcelona
James E. Miller
James E. Miller Louisiana State University
Samuel B. St. Clair
Samuel B. St. Clair Brigham Young University
P. Gregorini
P. Gregorini Lincoln University
Alex Bach
Alex Bach Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Serge Yan Landau
Serge Yan Landau Agricultural Research Organization
George E. Rottinghaus
George E. Rottinghaus University of Missouri
Hervé Hoste
Hervé Hoste Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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