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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
30
Citations
3189
World Ranking
2468
National Ranking
131

Best Publications

  • Effect of bromochloromethane on methane emission, rumen fermentation pattern, milk yield, and fatty acid profile in lactating dairy goats

    L. Abecia;P. G. Toral;A. I. Martin-Garcia;G. Martinez

  • Review: Modulating ruminal lipid metabolism to improve the fatty acid composition of meat and milk. Challenges and opportunities.

    P.G. Toral;F.J. Monahan;G. Hervás;P. Frutos

  • Invited review: Role of rumen biohydrogenation intermediates and rumen microbes in diet-induced milk fat depression: An update

    Lore Dewanckele;P.G. Toral;Bruno Vlaeminck;Veerle Fievez

  • Changes in milk fatty acid profile and animal performance in response to fish oil supplementation, alone or in combination with sunflower oil, in dairy ewes.

    P.G. Toral;P. Frutos;G. Hervás;P. Gómez-Cortés

  • Ability of tannins to modulate ruminal lipid metabolism and milk and meat fatty acid profiles

    Pilar Frutos;Gonzalo Hervás;Antonio Natalello;G. Luciano

  • Milk fatty acid profile and dairy sheep performance in response to diet supplementation with sunflower oil plus incremental levels of marine algae

    P.G. Toral;G. Hervás;P. Gómez-Cortés;P. Frutos

  • Comparison of the nutritional regulation of milk fat secretion and composition in cows and goats.

    Pablo G. Toral;Yves Chilliard;J. Rouel;H. Leskinen

  • Milk fat depression induced by dietary marine algae in dairy ewes: persistency of milk fatty acid composition and animal performance responses.

    Elena Bichi;Gonzalo Hervás;Pablo G. Toral;Juan J. Loor

  • Tannins as feed additives to modulate ruminal biohydrogenation: Effects on animal performance, milk fatty acid composition and ruminal fermentation in dairy ewes fed a diet containing sunflower oil

    Pablo G. Toral;Gonzalo Hervás;Elena Bichi;Álvaro Belenguer

  • Rumen bacterial community evaluated by 454 pyrosequencing and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses in dairy sheep fed marine algae.

    T. Castro-Carrera;T. Castro-Carrera;P.G. Toral;P. Frutos;N.R. McEwan

  • Ability of different types and doses of tannin extracts to modulate in vitro ruminal biohydrogenation in sheep

    David Carreño;Gonzalo Hervás;Pablo G. Toral;Álvaro Belenguer

  • Changes in the rumen bacterial community in response to sunflower oil and fish oil supplements in the diet of dairy sheep

    Álvaro Belenguer;Pablo G. Toral;Pilar Frutos;Gonzalo Hervás

  • Fatty acid composition and bacterial community changes in the rumen fluid of lactating sheep fed sunflower oil plus incremental levels of marine algae

    Pablo G. Toral;Álvaro Belenguer;Kevin J. Shingfield;Gonzalo Hervás

  • Effects of diet and physiological factors on milk fat synthesis, milk fat composition and lipolysis in the goat: A short review ☆

    Yves Chilliard;Pablo G. Toral;Kevin J. Shingfield;J. Rouel

  • Effect of fish oil and sunflower oil on rumen fermentation characteristics and fatty acid composition of digesta in ewes fed a high concentrate diet

    Pablo G. Toral;Kevin J. Shingfield;Gonzalo Hervás;V. Toivonen

  • Comparison of mammary lipid metabolism in dairy cows and goats fed diets supplemented with starch, plant oil, or fish oil.

    Laurence Bernard;Pablo G. Toral;Yves Chilliard

  • Effect of the inclusion of quebracho tannins in a diet rich in linoleic acid on milk fatty acid composition in dairy ewes.

    Pablo G. Toral;Gonzalo Hervás;Álvaro Belenguer;Elena Bichi

  • Inhibition of ∆9-desaturase activity with sterculic acid: effect on the endogenous synthesis of cis-9 18:1 and cis-9, trans-11 18:2 in dairy sheep.

    E. Bichi;P.G. Toral;G. Hervás;P. Frutos

  • Effect of the supplementation of a high-concentrate diet with sunflower and fish oils on ruminal fermentation in sheep

    Pablo G. Toral;Álvaro Belenguer;Pilar Frutos;Gonzalo Hervás

  • Comparison of ruminal lipid metabolism in dairy cows and goats fed diets supplemented with starch, plant oil, or fish oil

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