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Karl-Heinz Südekum

Karl-Heinz Südekum

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
43
Citations
6397
World Ranking
940
National Ranking
31

Overview

Karl-Heinz Südekum is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their primary field of study is Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on subfields including Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Plant Science, and Small Animals.

Their research covers several prominent topics, notably:

  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Turfgrass Adaptation and Management

Südekum has published articles in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
  • Archives of Animal Nutrition
  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • The Journal of Agricultural Science

Selected recent papers exemplify the scope of Südekum's research efforts:

  • Opportunities and limitations of a standardisation of the rumen simulation technique (RUSITEC) for analyses of ruminal nutrient degradation and fermentation and on microbial community characteristics, published in 2022 in Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • Phosphorus digestibility and metabolisable energy concentrations of contemporary wheat, barley, rye and triticale genotypes fed to growing pigs, published in 2020 in Archives of Animal Nutrition
  • Productive, physiological and nutritional responses of laying hens fed different dietary levels of turmeric powder, published in 2022 in Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
  • Towards Forage Resource Monitoring in subtropical Savanna Grasslands: going multispectral or hyperspectral?, published in 2021 in European Journal of Remote Sensing
  • Linking forage choice behavior of goats with the metabolome of contrasting silages, published in 2020 in Journal of Dairy Science

The scientist's collaborative work involves frequent co-authors, including:

  • Saskia Kehraus
  • M. Rodehutscord
  • Nina Gresner
  • Katrin Gerlach
  • Marcus Clauß

Best Publications

  • Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

    Michel Goldberg;Manfred Kirchgessner;Klaus Eder;Nadia Everaert

  • Invited review: Practical feeding management recommendations to mitigate the risk of subacute ruminal acidosis in dairy cattle.

    E. Humer;R.M. Petri;J.R. Aschenbach;B.J. Bradford

  • Forage fermentation patterns and their implications for herbivore ingesta retention times

    J Hummel;K H Südekum;W J Streich;Marcus Clauss

  • In vitro gas production measurements to evaluate interactions between untreated and chemically treated rice straws, grass hay, and mulberry leaves.

    J X Liu;A Susenbeth;K H Südekum

  • Voluntary feed intake and digestibility of four domestic ruminant species as influenced by dietary constituents: A meta-analysis

    M Q Riaz;K-H Südekum;Marcus Clauss;A Jayanegara

  • Relationship between fecal crude protein concentration and diet organic matter digestibility in cattle

    M. Lukas;K.-H. Südekum;G. Rave;K. Friedel

  • Another one bites the dust: faecal silica levels in large herbivores correlate with high-crowned teeth

    Jürgen Hummel;Eva Findeisen;Karl-Heinz Südekum;Irina Ruf

  • Impact of mild heat stress on dry matter intake, milk yield and milk composition in mid-lactation Holstein dairy cows in a temperate climate

    Tobias Gorniak;Ulrich Meyer;Karl-Heinz Südekum;Sven Dänicke

  • In vitro digestibility of fern and gymnosperm foliage: implications for sauropod feeding ecology and diet selection

    Jürgen Hummel;Carole T Gee;Karl-Heinz Südekum;P. Martin Sander

  • Changes in maize silage fermentation products during aerobic deterioration and effects on dry matter intake by goats

    Katrin Gerlach;Fabian Roß;Kirsten Weiß;Wolfgang Büscher

  • Effects of thyme and oregano on growth performance of broilers from 4 to 42 days of age and on microbial counts in crop, small intestine and caecum of 42-day-old broilers

    A.A.A. Abdel-Wareth;A.A.A. Abdel-Wareth;S. Kehraus;F. Hippenstiel;K.-H. Südekum

  • Physical characteristics of rumen contents in four large ruminants of different feeding type, the addax (Addax nasomaculatus), bison (Bison bison), red deer (Cervus elaphus) and moose (Alces alces).

    Marcus Clauss;Julia Fritz;Dorotheea Bayer;Kaarlo Nygrén

  • Differential passage of fluids and different-sized particles in fistulated oxen (Bos primigenius f. taurus), muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and moose (Alces alces): rumen particle size discrimination is independent from contents stratification.

    Isabel Lechner;Perry Barboza;William Collins;Julia Fritz

  • Land Use for Edible Protein of Animal Origin—A Review

    Gerhard Flachowsky;Ulrich Meyer;Karl-Heinz Südekum

  • Estimating ruminal crude protein degradation with in situ and chemical fractionation procedures

    S. Shannak;K.-H. Südekum;A. Susenbeth

  • Metabolism and excretion of ochratoxin A fed to sheep.

    D Höhler;K H Südekum;S Wolffram;A A Frohlich

  • Does intra-ruminal nitrogen recycling waste valuable resources? A review of major players and their manipulation.

    Thomas Hartinger;Nina Gresner;Karl-Heinz Südekum

  • Does body mass convey a digestive advantage for large herbivores

    Patrick Steuer;Karl-Heinz Südekum;Thomas Tütken;Dennis W. H. Müller

  • Morphological and physiological aspects of digestive processes in the graminivorous primate Theropithecus gelada-a preliminary study.

    Marcus Mau;Achim Johann;Alexander Sliwa;Jürgen Hummel

  • Ochratoxin A in ruminants−A review on its degradation by gut microbes and effects on animals.

    Muhammad Mobashar;Jürgen Hummel;Ralf Blank;Karl-Heinz Südekum

  • Is there an influence of body mass on digesta mean retention time in herbivores? A comparative study on ungulates

    Patrick Steuer;Karl-Heinz Südekum;Dennis W.H. Müller;Ragna Franz

  • Effects of chronic ingestion of ochratoxin a on blood levels and excretion of the mycotoxin in sheep.

    Ralf Blank;Jan-Peter Rolfs;Karl-Heinz Südekum;Andrew A. Frohlich

  • Field and laboratory methods for grassland and animal production research

    Karl-Heinz Südekum

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Hummel
Jürgen Hummel University of Göttingen
Marcus Clauss
Marcus Clauss University of Zurich
Andreas Susenbeth
Andreas Susenbeth Kiel University
Ulrich Meyer
Ulrich Meyer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Sven Dänicke
Sven Dänicke Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Uchenna Y. Anele
Uchenna Y. Anele North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Ronald R. Marquardt
Ronald R. Marquardt University of Manitoba
Ellen Kienzle
Ellen Kienzle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jean-Michel Hatt
Jean-Michel Hatt University of Zurich
Michael Blümmel
Michael Blümmel International Livestock Research Institute

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