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Overview

Jürgen Zentek is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research contributions primarily focus on the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable specialization in Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology, Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Physiology.

The scientist's work spans several interconnected topics including:

  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
  • Livestock and Poultry Management

Jürgen Zentek has contributed to various journals, with frequent publication venues including:

  • Animal - science proceedings
  • PLoS ONE
  • Microorganisms
  • Archives of Animal Nutrition
  • Journal of Animal Science

Some of the recent papers involving or authored by Jürgen Zentek are:

  • "Development and Functional Properties of Intestinal Mucus Layer in Poultry" (2021) published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Concentration and chemical form of dietary zinc shape the porcine colon microbiome, its functional capacity and antibiotic resistance gene repertoire" (2020) published in The ISME Journal
  • "Comparative studies of urolithins and their phase II metabolites on macrophage and neutrophil functions" (2020) published in European Journal of Nutrition
  • "(Bio)Technological processing of poultry and pig feed: Impact on the composition, digestibility, anti-nutritional factors and hygiene" (2020) published in Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • "Effect of essential oils or saponins alone or in combination on productive performance, intestinal morphology and digestive enzymes' activity of broiler chickens" (2020) published in Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Collaborations form an important part of Zentek's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Wilfried Vahjen
  • Eva-Maria Saliu
  • Łukasz Grześkowiak
  • Beatriz Martínez-Vallespín
  • Johannes Schulze Holthausen

Best Publications

  • INDIGENOUS BACTERIA AND BACTERIAL METABOLIC PRODUCTS IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OF BROILER CHICKENS

    Habib Ur Rehman;Wilfried Vahjen;Wageha A Awad;Jürgen Zentek

  • Nutritional and physiological role of medium-chain triglycerides and medium-chain fatty acids in piglets.

    J. Zentek;S. Buchheit-Renko;F. Ferrara;W. Vahjen

  • Effects of a phytogenic feed additive on growth performance and ileal nutrient digestibility in broiler chickens

    A A Amad;K Männer;K R Wendler;K Neumann

  • Decontamination and detoxification strategies for the Fusarium mycotoxin deoxynivalenol in animal feed and the effectiveness of microbial biodegradation

    Wageha A Awad;Khaled Ghareeb;Josef Bohm;Jurgen Zentek

  • Fermentable Fiber Ameliorates Fermentable Protein-Induced Changes in Microbial Ecology, but Not the Mucosal Response, in the Colon of Piglets

    Robert Pieper;Susan Kröger;Jan F. Richter;Jing Wang

  • Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

    Michel Goldberg;Manfred Kirchgessner;Klaus Eder;Nadia Everaert

  • The impact of high dietary zinc oxide on the development of the intestinal microbiota in weaned piglets

    Ingo C. Starke;Robert Pieper;Konrad Neumann;Jürgen Zentek

  • Persistence of foodborne pathogens and their control in primary and secondary food production chains

    Marianne Halberg Larsen;Marion Dalmasso;Hanne Ingmer;Solveig Langsrud

  • Chronic Diarrhea in Dogs - Retrospective Study in 136 Cases.

    M. Volkmann;J.M. Steiner;Geoffrey T. Fosgate;J. Zentek

  • Types and prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae in poultry.

    Eva-Maria Saliu;Wilfried Vahjen;Jürgen Zentek

  • Increased dietary zinc oxide changes the bacterial core and enterobacterial composition in the ileum of piglets.

    W. Vahjen;R. Pieper;J. Zentek

  • Effect of supplementation of phytogenic feed additives (powdered vs. encapsulated) on performance and nutrient digestibility in broiler chickens.

    A. Hafeez;K. Männer;C. Schieder;J. Zentek

  • Dietary inulin affects the morphology but not the sodium-dependent glucose and glutamine transport in the jejunum of broilers.

    H Rehman;C Rosenkranz;J Böhm;J Zentek

  • Development and Functional Properties of Intestinal Mucus Layer in Poultry.

    Yada Duangnumsawang;Yada Duangnumsawang;Jürgen Zentek;Farshad Goodarzi Boroojeni

  • Effects of caloric restriction and a moderate or intense physiotherapy program for treatment of lameness in overweight dogs with osteoarthritis.

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  • Effects of dietary inulin on the intestinal short chain fatty acids and microbial ecology in broiler chickens as revealed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.

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  • High dietary zinc supplementation increases the occurrence of tetracycline and sulfonamide resistance genes in the intestine of weaned pigs.

    Wilfried Vahjen;Dominika Pietruszyńska;Ingo C. Starke;Jürgen Zentek

  • The toxicological impacts of the Fusarium mycotoxin, deoxynivalenol, in poultry flocks with special reference to immunotoxicity.

    Wageha A. Awad;Khaled Ghareeb;Josef Böhm;Jürgen Zentek

  • Intestinal effects of mannanoligosaccharides, transgalactooligosaccharides, lactose and lactulose in dogs.

    Jürgen Zentek;Bettina Marquart;Tanja Pietrzak

  • Down-regulation of monocarboxylate transporter 1 ( MCT1 ) gene expression in the colon of piglets is linked to bacterial protein fermentation and pro-inflammatory cytokine-mediated signalling

    Carmen Villodre Tudela;Christelle Boudry;Friederike Stumpff;Jörg R. Aschenbach

  • Effects of dietary combinations of organic acids and medium chain fatty acids on the gastrointestinal microbial ecology and bacterial metabolites in the digestive tract of weaning piglets

    J. Zentek;F. Ferrara;R. Pieper;L. Tedin

  • Intestinal concentrations of free and encapsulated dietary medium-chain fatty acids and effects on gastric microbial ecology and bacterial metabolic products in the digestive tract of piglets

    Jürgen Zentek;Susanne Buchheit-Renko;Klaus Männer;Robert Pieper

  • Bar-coded pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons reveals changes in ileal porcine bacterial communities due to high dietary zinc intake.

    W. Vahjen;R. Pieper;J. Zentek

  • Effect of high contents of dietary animal-derived protein or carbohydrates on canine faecal microbiota

    Ingrid Hang;Teemu Rinttila;Jürgen Zentek;Anu Kettunen

  • Effect of dietary zinc oxide on morphological characteristics, mucin composition and gene expression in the colon of weaned piglets.

    Ping Liu;Robert Pieper;Juliane Rieger;Wilfried Vahjen

  • Organic acids for control of Salmonella in different feed materials

    Sevinc Koyuncu;Mats Gunnar Andersson;Charlotta Löfström;Panagiotis N Skandamis

  • Individual responses of mother sows to a probiotic Enterococcus faecium strain lead to different microbiota composition in their offspring.

    I C Starke;R Pieper;K Neumann;J Zentek

  • The effect of supplementation with polysaccharides, nucleotides, acidifiers and Bacillus strains in fish meal and soy bean based diets on growth performance in juvenile turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

    Vanessa Fuchs;Jan Schmidt;Matthew James Slater;Jürgen Zentek

  • Dietary inulin affects the intestinal microbiota in sows and their suckling piglets

    Nadine Paßlack;Wilfried Vahjen;Jürgen Zentek

  • A diet naturally contaminated with the Fusarium mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) downregulates gene expression of glucose transporters in the intestine of broiler chickens

    Wageha A. Awad;Wilfried Vahjen;Jörg R. Aschenbach;Jürgen Zentek

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilfried Vahjen
Wilfried Vahjen Freie Universität Berlin
Wageha A. Awad
Wageha A. Awad University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Jörg R. Aschenbach
Jörg R. Aschenbach Freie Universität Berlin
Geert Janssens
Geert Janssens Ghent University
Gudrun A. Brockmann
Gudrun A. Brockmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Josef Böhm
Josef Böhm University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
K. Ghareeb
K. Ghareeb University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Ellen Kienzle
Ellen Kienzle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christine Aurich
Christine Aurich University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
John K Htoo
John K Htoo Evonik (Germany)

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