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Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün

Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
35
Citations
5338
World Ranking
1702
National Ranking
74

Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün 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 Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 119 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün 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 Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün is affiliated with Institut Agro in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Veterinary studies.

The scientist's work engages deeply with topics such as:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Subfields of study covered by their publications include Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, Social Psychology, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Recent papers by Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün highlight various aspects of animal welfare and behavior:

  • "A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare" (2025), Biology Letters
  • "Use of cognitive bias as a welfare tool in poultry" (2020), Journal of Animal Science
  • "High and low feather pecking selection lines of laying hens differ in response to a judgment bias test" (2021), Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • "Thermography as a tool to assess training effects in military working dogs" (2022), Journal of Thermal Biology
  • "The Acute Pharmacological Manipulation of Dopamine Receptors Modulates Judgment Bias in Japanese Quail" (2022), Frontiers in Physiology

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Biology Letters, Journal of Animal Science, Journal of Thermal Biology, and Frontiers in Physiology.

Collaborations have been documented with several researchers, including:

  • Katarína Pichová
  • Zuzana Skalná
  • Melissa Bateson
  • Ľubica Kubíková
  • Jean-Loup Rault

Best Publications

  • A critical review of fear tests used on cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry and horses

    B. Forkman;A. Boissy;M.-C. Meunier-Salaün;E. Canali

  • Effect of dietary fibre on the behaviour and health of the restricted fed sow

    M.C. Meunier-Salaün;S.A. Edwards;S. Robert

  • High-fiber diets in pregnant sows: digestive utilization and effects on the behavior of the animals.

    Y Ramonet;M C Meunier-Salaün;J Y Dourmad

  • Dietary fiber for pregnant sows: influence on sow physiology and performance during lactation.

    H. Quesnel;M.-C. Meunier-Salaün;A. Hamard;R. Guillemet

  • Feeding motivation and stereotypies in pregnant sows fed increasing levels of fibre and/or food.

    R Bergeron;J Bolduc;Y Ramonet;M.C Meunier-Salaün

  • Pig's responses to repeated social regrouping and relocation during the growing-finishing period

    Laurence Coutellier;Cécile Arnould;Alain Boissy;Pierre Orgeur

  • Influence of rearing conditions on performance, behavioral, and physiological responses of pigs to preslaughter handling, carcass traits, and meat quality.

    B. Lebret;M. C. Meunier-Salaün;A. Foury;P. Mormède

  • Review: divergent selection for residual feed intake in the growing pig.

    H. Gilbert;Y. Billon;L. Brossard;J. Faure

  • Emotions and cognition: a new approach to animal welfare

    Alain Boissy;Cécile Arnould;Elodie Chaillou;Lara Désiré

  • Agonistic behavior, plasma stress hormones, and metabolites in response to dyadic encounters in domestic pigs: interrelationships and effect of dominance status.

    Xavier Fernandez;Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün;Pierre Mormede

  • Application of broken-line analysis to assess floor space requirements of nursery and grower-finisher pigs expressed on an allometric basis

    H. W. Gonyou;M. C. Brumm;E. Bush;John Deen

  • A meta-analysis of the combined effect of housing and environmental enrichment characteristics on the behaviour and performance of pigs

    X. Averos;X. Averos;L. Brossard;L. Brossard;J.Y. Dourmad;J.Y. Dourmad;K.H. de Greef

  • Assessment of lameness in sows using gait, footprints, postural behaviour and foot lesion analysis.

    J. Grégoire;R. Bergeron;S. D'Allaire;M.-C. Meunier-Salaün

  • Assessment of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and sympathetic nervous system activity in pregnant sows through the measurement of glucocorticoids and catecholamines in urine.

    M Hay;M C Meunier-Salaün;F Brulaud;M Monnier

  • The effect of dietary fibre on energy utilisation and partitioning of heat production over pregnancy in sows

    Y Ramonet;J van Milgen;J Y Dourmad;S Dubois

  • Effects of space allowance on the welfare of dry sows kept in dynamic groups and fed with an electronic sow feeder

    Virginie Remience;José Wavreille;Bernard Canart;Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün

  • Food preferences and aversions in human health and nutrition: how can pigs help the biomedical research?

    C. Clouard;M. C. Meunier-Salaün;D. Val-Laillet

  • Changes in intragastric meal distribution are better predictors of gastric emptying rate in conscious pigs than are meal viscosity or dietary fibre concentration.

    S. Guerin;Y. Ramonet;J. LeCloarec;M. C. Meunier-Salaün

  • Dietary fibre for gestating sows: effects on parturition progress, behaviour, litter and sow performance

    R. Guillemet;A. Hamard;H. Quesnel;M. C. Père

  • Behavioural, endocrine and immune consequences of mixing in weaned piglets

    Elodie Merlot;Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün;Armelle Prunier

  • Impact of dietary tryptophan and behavioral type on growth performance and plasma amino acids of young pigs.

    B Sève;M C Meunier-Salaün;M Monnier;Y Colléaux

  • Impact of dietary tryptophan and behavioral type on behavior, plasma cortisol, and brain metabolites of young pigs

    M C Meunier-Salaün;M Monnier;Y Colléaux;B Sève

Frequent Co-Authors

Armelle Prunier
Armelle Prunier INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Sandra A. Edwards
Sandra A. Edwards Newcastle University
Jean-Yves Dourmad
Jean-Yves Dourmad INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
J. van Milgen
J. van Milgen Institut Agro, France
Renée Bergeron
Renée Bergeron University of Guelph
Florence Gondret
Florence Gondret Institut Agro, France
Hélène Gilbert
Hélène Gilbert Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
N. Le Floc’h
N. Le Floc’h INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Bénédicte Lebret
Bénédicte Lebret Institut Agro, France
Jean Noblet
Jean Noblet INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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