Neal R Merchen

Neal R Merchen publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

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Neal R Merchen D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

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Research.com Recognitions

• 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
• 2015 - ASAS Fellow: Administration Category, American Society of Animal Science
• 1997 - American Feed Industry Association Award in Ruminant Nutrition Research, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Best Publications

• Cis-Lycopene Is More Bioavailable Than Trans-Lycopene In Vitro and In Vivo in Lymph-Cannulated Ferrets

  Amy C. Boileau;Neal R. Merchen;Katherine Wasson;Christine A. Atkinson

  414
  Citations

• Supplemental Fructooligosaccharides and Mannanoligosaccharides Influence Immune Function, Ileal and Total Tract Nutrient Digestibilities, Microbial Populations and Concentrations of Protein Catabolites in the Large Bowel of Dogs

  Kelly S. Swanson;Christine M. Grieshop;Elizabeth A. Flickinger;Laura L. Bauer

  312
  Citations

• Composition of Ruminal Bacteria Harvested from Steers as Influenced by Dietary Energy Level, Feeding Frequency, and Isolation Techniques

  M. J. Cecava;Neal R Merchen;L. L. Berger

  303
  Citations

• Markers for quantifying microbial protein synthesis in the rumen.

  Glen A. Broderick;Neal R. Merchen

  291
  Citations

• Nutrient digestibilities, microbial populations, and protein catabolites as affected by fructan supplementation of dog diets.

  E. A. Flickinger;E. M. W. C. Schreijen;A. R. Patil;H. S. Hussein

  271
  Citations

• Starch and Fiber Fractions in Selected Food and Feed Ingredients Affect Their Small Intestinal Digestibility and Fermentability and Their Large Bowel Fermentability In Vitro in a Canine Model

  Geoff E. Bednar;Avinash R. Patil;Sean M. Murray;Christine M. Grieshop

  254
  Citations

• In vitro fermentation of cellulose, beet pulp, citrus pulp, and citrus pectin using fecal inoculum from cats, dogs, horses, humans, and pigs and ruminal fluid from cattle

  G D Sunvold;H S Hussein;G C Fahey;N R Merchen

  245
  Citations

• Concentrations of conjugated linoleic acid (cis-9, trans-11-octadecadienoic acid) are not increased in tissue lipids of cattle fed a high-concentrate diet supplemented with soybean oil.

  A D Beaulieu;J K Drackley;N R Merchen

  232
  Citations

• Effects of species raw material source, ash content, and processing temperature on amino acid digestibility of animal by-product meals by cecectomized roosters and ileally cannulated dogs

  M L Johnson;C M Parsons;G C Fahey;N R Merchen

  224
  Citations

• Dietary fiber for dogs: IV. In vitro fermentation of selected fiber sources by dog fecal inoculum and in vivo digestion and metabolism of fiber-supplemented diets

  G. D. Sunvold;G. C. Fahey;Neal R Merchen;E. C. Titgemeyer

  214
  Citations

• Manipulation of amino acid supply to the growing ruminant.

  Neal R. Merchen;Evan C. Titgemeyer

  186
  Citations

• Evaluation of soybean meal, corn gluten meal, blood meal and fish meal as sources of nitrogen and amino acids disappearing from the small intestine of steers.

  Evan C. Titgemeyer;Neal R. Merchen;Larry L. Berger

  181
  Citations

• Raw and Rendered Animal By-Products as Ingredients in Dog Diets

  Sean M. Murray;Avinash R. Patil;George C. Fahey;Neal R. Merchen

  170
  Citations

• Effect of intake and forage level on ruminal turnover rates, bacterial protein synthesis and duodenal amino acid flows in sheep.

  Neal R Merchen;J. L. Firkins;L. L. Berger

  169
  Citations

• Dietary fiber for dogs: I. Effects of graded levels of dietary beet pulp on nutrient intake, digestibility, metabolizable energy and digesta mean retention time.

  G C Fahey;N R Merchen;J E Corbin;A K Hamilton

  168
  Citations

• Ruminal Nitrogen Degradability and Escape of Wet and Dry Distillers Grains and Wet and Dry Corn Gluten Feeds

  J. L. Firkins;L. L. Berger;G. C. Fahey;Neal R Merchen

  161
  Citations

• A dose-response experiment evaluating the effects of oligofructose and inulin on nutrient digestibility, stool quality, and fecal protein catabolites in healthy adult dogs.

  E. L. Propst;E. A. Flickinger;L. L. Bauer;N. R. Merchen

  160
  Citations

• In vitro fermentation of selected fibrous substrates by dog and cat fecal inoculum: influence of diet composition on substrate organic matter disappearance and short-chain fatty acid production.

  G D Sunvold;G C Fahey;N R Merchen;G A Reinhart

  143
  Citations

• Chemical composition and protein quality comparisons of soybeans and soybean meals from five leading soybean-producing countries.

  Lisa K. Karr-Lilienthal;Christine M. Grieshop;Neal R. Merchen;Donald C. Mahan

  130
  Citations

• Digestion responses to low oligosaccharide soybean meal by ileally-cannulated dogs.

  Y Zuo;G C Fahey;N R Merchen;N L Bajjalieh

  128
  Citations

• Processes of Digestion and Factors Influencing Digestion of Forage-Based Diets by Ruminants

  Neal R. Merchen;Leslie D. Bourquin

  124
  Citations