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2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
62
Citations
17422
World Ranking
282
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in France Leader Award
  • 2015 - Distinguished Service Award, European Federation for Animal Science (EAAP)
  • 2010 - Leroy Fellowship Award, European Federation for Animal Science (EAAP)

Overview

Michel Doreau is affiliated with INRAE (Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement) in France. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with specific attention to subfields including Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their work engages several main topics such as Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Phytase and its Applications, and the composition and effects of nuts. This multidisciplinary approach reflects an interest in both animal nutrition and plant-related studies.

Among their recent scientific contributions is the paper titled "Microbial colonization of tannin-rich tropical plants: interplay between degradability, methane production and tannin disappearance in the rumen," published in 2021 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). This publication illustrates their involvement in examining microbial processes in ruminant digestion and the implications of plant biochemistry on methane emissions.

  • Microbial colonization of tannin-rich tropical plants: interplay between degradability, methane production and tannin disappearance in the rumen, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Michel Doreau frequently collaborates with other researchers including Moufida Rira, Diego Morgavi, Milka Popova, and Gaëlle Maxin. These collaborations suggest an active engagement within a network of scholars focusing on related areas of agricultural and biological research.

  • Moufida Rira
  • Diego Morgavi
  • Milka Popova
  • Gaëlle Maxin

Their publications typically appear in venues such as bioRxiv, denoting a practice of disseminating research findings through preprint servers, which facilitates early access to scientific knowledge before peer review.

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Over the course of their career, Michel Doreau has received recognition including the Distinguished Service Award from the European Federation for Animal Science (EAAP) in 2015 and the Leroy Fellowship Award from the same organization in 2010. These awards reflect their ongoing contributions to the field of animal science over an extended period.

Best Publications

  • Methane mitigation in ruminants: from microbe to the farm scale

    C. Martin;D. P. Morgavi;M. Doreau

  • Diet, rumen biohydrogenation and nutritional quality of cow and goat milk fat

    Yves Chilliard;Frédéric Glasser;Anne Ferlay;Laurence Bernard

  • Ruminant milk fat plasticity: nutritional control of saturated, polyunsaturated, trans and conjugated fatty acids

    Yves Chilliard;Anne Ferlay;Rosemary M. Mansbridge;Michel Doreau

  • Effect of different types of forages, animal fat or marine oils in cow’s diet on milk fat secretion and composition, especially conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids

    Yves Chilliard;Anne Ferlay;Michel Doreau

  • Carotenoids for ruminants : From forages to dairy products

    P. Nozière;B. Graulet;A. Lucas;B. Martin

  • Digestion and utilisation of fatty acids by ruminants

    M. Doreau;A. Ferlay

  • Methane output and diet digestibility in response to feeding dairy cows crude linseed, extruded linseed, or linseed oil.

    C. Martin;J. Rouel;J. P. Jouany;M. Doreau

  • Digestion and metabolism of dietary fat in farm animals

    Michel Doreau;Yves Chilliard

  • Milk fatty acids in dairy cows fed whole crude linseed, extruded linseed, or linseed oil, and their relationship with methane output.

    Y. Chilliard;C. Martin;J. Rouel;M. Doreau

  • Biohydrogenation, duodenal flow, and intestinal digestibility of trans fatty acids and conjugated linoleic acids in response to dietary forage:concentrate ratio and linseed oil in dairy cows.

    J.J. Loor;K. Ueda;A. Ferlay;Y. Chilliard

  • Targets and procedures for altering ruminant meat and milk lipids

    Daniël Demeyer;M Doreau

  • Relationship among trans and conjugated fatty acids and bovine milk fat yield due to dietary concentrate and linseed oil.

    Juan J Loor;A. Ferlay;A. Ollier;M. Doreau

  • Comparison of methane production between C3 and C4 grasses and legumes

    H. Archimède;M. Eugène;C. Marie Magdeleine;M. Boval

  • Shifts in the Rumen Microbiota Due to the Type of Carbohydrate and Level of Protein Ingested by Dairy Cattle Are Associated with Changes in Rumen Fermentation

    Alejandro Belanche;Michel Doreau;Joan E. Edwards;Jon M. Moorby

  • Digestive and metabolic adaptations of ruminants to undernutrition, and consequences on reproduction

    Yves Chilliard;François Bocquier;Michel Doreau

  • Effect of linseed oil supplementation on ruminal digestion in dairy cows fed diets with different forage:concentrate ratios.

    K. Ueda;A. Ferlay;J. Chabrot;Juan J Loor

  • Effect of dietary lipids on nitrogen metabolism in the rumen: a review

    M. Doreau;A. Ferlay

  • Simultaneous quantification of carotenoids, retinol, and tocopherols in forages, bovine plasma, and milk: validation of a novel UPLC method

    B. Chauveau-Duriot;M. Doreau;P. Nozière;B. Graulet

  • Digestion of fatty acids in ruminants: a meta-analysis of flows and variation factors. 1. Total fatty acids.

    Philippe Schmidely;Frederic Glasser;Michel Doreau;Daniel Sauvant

  • Lipid metabolism of liquid-associated and solid-adherent bacteria in rumen contents of dairy cows offered lipid-supplemented diets.

    D. Bauchart;F. Legay-Carmier;M. Doreau;B. Gaillard

  • Effects of ruminal or postruminal fish oil supplementation on intake and digestion in dairy cows.

    M. Doreau;Y. Chilliard

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne Ferlay
Anne Ferlay INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Yves Chilliard
Yves Chilliard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Cécile Martin
Cécile Martin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Maguy Eugène
Maguy Eugène INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Diego P. Morgavi
Diego P. Morgavi INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Dominique Bauchart
Dominique Bauchart INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Pierre Noziere
Pierre Noziere INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Harry Archimède
Harry Archimède INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Brigitte Michalet-Doreau
Brigitte Michalet-Doreau INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Juan J. Loor
Juan J. Loor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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