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Karl-Heinz Südekum

Karl-Heinz Südekum

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
43
Citations
6397
World Ranking
943
National Ranking
31

Karl-Heinz Südekum publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karl-Heinz Südekum sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 231 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Karl-Heinz Südekum D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karl-Heinz Südekum sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

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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