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K. E. Bach Knudsen

K. E. Bach Knudsen

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Denmark
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
58
Citations
12863
World Ranking
376
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Biochemistry
  • Enzyme
  • Food science

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Food science, Polysaccharide, Digestion, Starch and Dry matter. His studies deal with areas such as Sugar beet, Aleurone, Carbohydrate and Botany as well as Food science. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Small intestine and Lignin.

His Digestion study combines topics in areas such as Avena, Agronomy and Large intestine. His Avena research includes themes of Wheat flour, Feces and Dietary fibre. His work focuses on many connections between Large intestine and other disciplines, such as Caecum, that overlap with his field of interest in Fermentation.

His most cited work include:

  • The nutritional significance of “dietary fibre” analysis (337 citations)
  • Gastrointestinal implications in pigs of wheat and oat fractions. 1. Digestibility and bulking properties of polysaccharides and other major constituents. (329 citations)
  • Gastrointestinal implications in pigs of wheat and oat fractions. 2. Microbial activity in the gastrointestinal tract. (166 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

K. E. Bach Knudsen focuses on Food science, Animal science, Starch, Dry matter and Polysaccharide. His Food science study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Sugar beet and Biochemistry, Carbohydrate. His work investigates the relationship between Animal science and topics such as Inulin that intersect with problems in Mucin.

His Dry matter research incorporates elements of Meal, Digestion, Amen and Dietary fibre. K. E. Bach Knudsen has included themes like Wheat flour and Avena, Agronomy in his Digestion study. The Polysaccharide study combines topics in areas such as Feces, Lignin, Botany, Xylose and Xylanase.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Food science (56.25%)
  • Animal science (28.12%)
  • Starch (28.12%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2020)?

  • Animal science (28.12%)
  • Food science (56.25%)
  • Meal (13.54%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

K. E. Bach Knudsen spends much of his time researching Animal science, Food science, Meal, Carbohydrate and Animal feed. His Animal science research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Amino acid, Sugar beet and Latin square. His Food science research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Arabinoxylan and Carbohydrase.

In Carbohydrate, K. E. Bach Knudsen works on issues like Digestion, which are connected to Ileum and Test weight. His Animal feed study combines topics in areas such as Aleurone, Cell wall and Ferulic acid. K. E. Bach Knudsen combines subjects such as Internal medicine, Dry matter, Endocrinology and Starch with his study of Hay.

Between 2015 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Supplementing enzymes to extruded, soybean-based diet improves breakdown of non-starch polysaccharides in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (14 citations)
  • The effect of feeding barley or hay alone or in combination with molassed sugar beet pulp on the metabolic responses in plasma and caecum of horses (13 citations)
  • Carbohydrates in pig nutrition – Recent advances (8 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Biochemistry
  • Enzyme
  • Internal medicine

His scientific interests lie mostly in Sugar, Animal science, Commercial fish feed, Xylose and Protease. His Sugar research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Digestion, Test weight, Carbohydrate and Animal feed. His studies deal with areas such as Amino acid, Botany, Ileum and Latin square as well as Animal science.

He integrates many fields, such as Commercial fish feed and engineering, in his works.

Best Publications

  • Carbohydrate and lignin contents of plant materials used in animal feeding

    Knud Erik Bach Knudsen

  • The nutritional significance of “dietary fibre” analysis

    K.E. Bach Knudsen

  • The influence of dietary fibre source and level on the development of the gastrointestinal tract, digestibility and energy metabolism in broiler chickens.

    Henry JøRgensen;Xin-Quan Zhao;Knud Erik Bach Knudsen;Bjørn O. Eggum

  • Fiber and nonstarch polysaccharide content and variation in common crops used in broiler diets

    Knud Erik Bach Knudsen

  • Gastrointestinal implications in pigs of wheat and oat fractions. 1. Digestibility and bulking properties of polysaccharides and other major constituents.

    K. E. Bach Knudsen;Inge Hansen

  • Digestion of polysaccharides and other major components in the small and large intestine of pigs fed on diets consisting of oat fractions rich in beta-D-glucan.

    Knud Erik Bach Knudsen;Bent Borg Jensen;Inge Hansen

  • Effects of an isocaloric healthy Nordic diet on insulin sensitivity, lipid profile and inflammation markers in metabolic syndrome - a randomized study (SYSDIET)

    M Uusitupa;K Hermansen;M J Savolainen;U Schwab

  • Gastrointestinal implications in pigs of wheat and oat fractions. 2. Microbial activity in the gastrointestinal tract.

    K. E. Bach Knudsen;B. Borg Jensen;J. O. Andersen;Inge Hansen

  • Intestinal morphology and enzymatic activity in newly weaned pigs fed contrasting fiber concentrations and fiber properties.

    M S Hedemann;M Eskildsen;H N Laerke;C Pedersen

  • The role of carbohydrates in intestinal health of pigs

    Knud Erik Bach Knudsen;Mette Skou Hedemann;Helle Nygaard Lærke

  • Carbohydrate composition and in vitro digestibility of dry matter and nonstarch polysaccharides in corn, sorghum, and wheat and coproducts from these grains.

    N. W. Jaworski;H. N. Lærke;K. E. Bach Knudsen;H. H. Stein

  • Chemical and physicochemical characterisation of co-products from the vegetable food and agro industries

    A. Serena;K.E. Bach Knudsen

  • The effect of extrusion cooking of different starch sources on the in vitro and in vivo digestibility in growing pigs

    Tiehu Sun;Helle Nygaard Lærke;Henry Jørgensen;Knud Erik Bach Knudsen

  • Effects of varying content of soluble dietary fibre from wheat flour and oat milling fractions on gastric emptying in pigs.

    H. N. Johansen;K. E. B. Knudsen;B. Sandström;F. Skjøth

  • Intestinal degradation in pigs of rye dietary fibre with different structural characteristics

    L V Glitsø;G Brunsgaard;S Højsgaard;B Sandström

  • Compositional profile and variation of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles from various origins with focus on non-starch polysaccharides

    M.B. Pedersen;M.B. Pedersen;S. Dalsgaard;K.E. Bach Knudsen;S. Yu

  • Intestinal degradation of dietary carbohydrates - from birth to maturity.

    K. E. Bach Knudsen;H. Jørgensen;J. E. Lindberg;B. Ogle

  • Increased amount of Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum and Megasphaera elsdenii in the colonic microbiota of pigs fed a swine dysentery preventive diet containing chicory roots and sweet lupine.

    L. Mølbak;L.E. Thomsen;T.K. Jensen;K.E. Bach Knudsen

  • Milling of Whole Grain Rye to Obtain Fractions with Different Dietary Fibre Characteristics

    L.V. Glitsø;K.E. Bach Knudsen

  • Absorption of carbohydrate-derived nutrients in sows as influenced by types and contents of dietary fiber.

    A. Serena;H. Jørgensen;K. E. Bach Knudsen

  • Nutritive value of danish-grown barley varieties, I, carbohydrates and other major constituents

    K.E. Bach Knudsen;P. Åman;B.O. Eggum

  • The digestibility of carbohydrates, protein and fat in the small and large intestine of piglets fed non-supplemented and enzyme supplemented diets

    Jolanta Gdala;Helle N. Johansen;K.E. Bach Knudsen;Inge H. Knap

  • Degradation of rye arabinoxylans in the large intestine of pigs

    L.V. Glitso;H. Gruppen;H.A. Schols;S. Hojsgaard

  • Effects of feed carbohydrates with contrasting properties on rumen fermentation and methane release in vitro

    I. K. Hindrichsen;H. R. Wettstein;A. Machmüller;C. R. Soliva

  • Effect of xylanases on ileal viscosity, intestinal fiber modification, and apparent ileal fiber and nutrient digestibility of rye and wheat in growing pigs.

    H. N. Lærke;S. Arent;S. Dalsgaard;K. E. Bach Knudsen

  • Intestinal metabolism of rye lignans in pigs.

    L. V. Glitsø;W. M. Mazur;H. Adlercreutz;K. Wähälä

  • Effects of inclusion with blue lupins (Lupinus angustifolius) in broiler diets and enzyme supplementation on production performance, digestibility and dietary AME content

    S Steenfeldt;E González;K.E Bach Knudsen

  • The effects of weaning age, diet composition, and categorisation of creep feed intake by piglets on diarrhoea and performance after weaning

    J. Callesen;D. Halas;F. Thorup;K.E. Bach Knudsen

  • Effect of β-glucanase supplementation on pancreatic enzyme activity and nutrient digestibility in piglets fed diets based on hulled and hulless barley varieties

    M.S. Jensen;K.E. Bach Knudsen;J. Inborr;K. Jakobsen

  • Digestibility of dried and toasted peas in pigs. 1. Ileal and total tract digestibilities of carbohydrates

    Nuria Canibe;K.E. Bach Knudsen

  • A comparison of methods for measuring the nutritive value for pigs of a range of hulled and hulless barley cultivars

    R.M. Beames;J.H. Helm;B.O. Eggum;S. Boisen

  • Supplementing enzymes to extruded, soybean-based diet improves breakdown of non-starch polysaccharides in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    J. Dalsgaard;K.E. Bach Knudsen;V. Verlhac;K.S. Ekmann

  • The influence of dietary carbohydrates on experimental infection with Trichuris suis in pigs.

    L. E. Thomsen;S. Petkevicius;K. E. Bach Knudsen;A. Roepstorff

Frequent Co-Authors

Helle Nygaard Lærke
Helle Nygaard Lærke Aarhus University
Mette Skou Hedemann
Mette Skou Hedemann Aarhus University
Allan Roepstorff
Allan Roepstorff University of Copenhagen
Peter Kappel Theil
Peter Kappel Theil Aarhus University
Dominique Blache
Dominique Blache University of Western Australia
Bent Borg Jensen
Bent Borg Jensen Aarhus University
John K Htoo
John K Htoo Evonik (Germany)
Rainer Mosenthin
Rainer Mosenthin University of Hohenheim
Margit Bak Jensen
Margit Bak Jensen Aarhus University

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