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Animal Science and Veterinary
Finland
2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
38
Citations
5647
World Ranking
1388
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Kari Ruohonen is a researcher affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland. Their work primarily centers on medicine, with a focus on physiology and aquatic science. They have contributed to several subfields including pediatrics, perinatology and child health, public health, environmental and occupational health, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

Their research topics encompass diet and metabolism studies, aquaculture nutrition and growth, birth, development and health, nutritional studies and diet, regulation of appetite and obesity, neuropeptides and animal physiology, as well as aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Ruohonen has published several recent papers that reflect these interests:

  • The Ratio of Macronutrients, Not Caloric Intake, Dictates Cardiometabolic Health, Aging, and Longevity in Ad Libitum-Fed Mice, 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • Kidney disease risk factors do not explain impacts of low dietary protein on kidney function and structure, 2021, iScience
  • Cholecystokinin and gastrin-releasing peptide differentially inhibit appetite of rainbow trout, 2025, General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Effects of Different Phospholipid Sources on Growth and Gill Health in Atlantic Salmon in Freshwater Pre-Transfer Phase, 2023, Animals

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Samantha M. Solon-Biet
  • Aisling C. McMahon
  • J. William O. Ballard
  • Victoria C. Cogger
  • Richard G. Melvin

Ruohonen's body of work appears regularly in the following publication venues:

  • Cell Metabolism
  • iScience
  • General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Animals

Best Publications

  • The Ratio of Macronutrients, Not Caloric Intake, Dictates Cardiometabolic Health, Aging, and Longevity in Ad Libitum-Fed Mice.

    Samantha M. Solon-Biet;Aisling C. McMahon;J. William O. Ballard;Kari Ruohonen

  • Macronutrient balance, reproductive function, and lifespan in aging mice

    Samantha M. Solon-Biet;Kirsty A. Walters;Ulla K. Simanainen;Aisling C. McMahon

  • Defining the Nutritional and Metabolic Context of FGF21 Using the Geometric Framework

    Samantha M. Solon-Biet;Victoria C. Cogger;Tamara Pulpitel;Marika Heblinski

  • Effect of environmental factors on swimming depth preferences of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and temporal and spatial variations in oxygen levels in sea cages at a fjord site

    David Johansson;Kari Ruohonen;Anders Kiessling;Anders Kiessling;Frode Oppedal

  • The influence of the pycnocline and cage resistance on current flow, oxygen flux and swimming behaviour of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in production cages

    David Johansson;Jon-Erik Juell;Frode Oppedal;Jan-Erik Stiansen

  • Diet-Microbiome Interactions in Health Are Controlled by Intestinal Nitrogen Source Constraints.

    Andrew J. Holmes;Yi Vee Chew;Feyza Colakoglu;John B. Cliff

  • Dephytinization of two soy proteins increases phosphorus and protein utilization by rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

    Jouni Vielma;Kari Ruohonen;Manfred Peisker

  • Texture, gaping and colour of fresh and frozen Atlantic salmon flesh as affected by pre-slaughter iso-eugenol or CO2 anaesthesia

    Anders Kiessling;Marit Espe;Kari Ruohonen;Turid Mørkøre

  • Top spraying soybean meal-based diets with phytase improves protein and mineral digestibilities but not lysine utilization in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)

    Jouni Vielma;Kari Ruohonen;Jacques Gabaudan;Kurt Vogel

  • Alternative dietary protein sources for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) effect on intestinal microbiota, intestinal and liver histology and growth

    M. Hartviksen;J.L.G. Vecino;E. Ringø;A.-M. Bakke

  • Effects of feeding frequency on growth and food utilisation of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fed low-fat herring or dry pellets

    K Ruohonen;J Vielma;D.J Grove

  • Optimal diet composition for European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus): carbohydrate stress and immune parameter responses

    Jouni Vielma;Juha Koskela;Kari Ruohonen;Ilmari Jokinen

  • Feed efficiency of rainbow trout can be improved through selection: Different genetic potential on alternative diets

    A Kause;Declan Tobin;D F Houlihan;S A M Martin

  • Interactions between ice storage time, collagen composition, gaping and textural properties in farmed salmon muscle harvested at different times of the year

    Marit Espe;Kari Ruohonen;Marit Bjørnevik;Livar Frøyland

  • Genetic relationships of body composition and feed utilization traits in European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L.) and implications for selective breeding in fishmeal- and soybean meal-based diet environments.

    Cheryl Quinton;Antti Kause;K. Ruohonen;J. Koskela

  • Muscle fibre growth and quality in fish

    Anders Kiessling;Kari Ruohonen;Marit Bjørnevik

  • A new approach to diet optimisation : A re-analysis using European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus)

    Kari Ruohonen;Stephen J. Simpson;David Raubenheimer

  • Growth, bone mineralization, and heat and low oxygen tolerance in European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L.) fed with graded levels of phosphorus

    Jouni Vielma;Juha Koskela;Kari Ruohonen

  • Fat or lean? The quantitative genetic basis for selection strategies of muscle and body composition traits in breeding schemes of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    Declan Tobin;Antti Kause;Esa A. Mäntysaari;Samuel A.M. Martin

  • Swimming depth and thermal history of individual Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in production cages under different ambient temperature conditions

    David Johansson;Kari Ruohonen;Jon-Erik Juell;Frode Oppedal

  • Genetic improvement of feed conversion ratio via indirect selection against lipid deposition in farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum).

    Antti Kause;Anders Kiessling;Samuel A. M. Martin;Dominic Houlihan

Frequent Co-Authors

Antti Kause
Antti Kause Natural Resources Institute Finland
Stephen J. Simpson
Stephen J. Simpson University of Sydney
Anders Kiessling
Anders Kiessling Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
David G. Le Couteur
David G. Le Couteur University of Sydney
Dominic F. Houlihan
Dominic F. Houlihan University of Aberdeen
Samuel A.M. Martin
Samuel A.M. Martin University of Aberdeen
David Raubenheimer
David Raubenheimer University of Sydney
Esa Mäntysaari
Esa Mäntysaari Natural Resources Institute Finland
Juha Koskela
Juha Koskela Natural Resources Institute Finland
David A. Sinclair
David A. Sinclair Harvard University

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