Philip A. Thacker

Research.com Recognitions

• 2015 - Canadian Society of Animal Science Fellowship Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Alternatives to antibiotics as growth promoters for use in swine production: a review

  Philip A Thacker

  360
  Citations

• Dietary Sodium Butyrate Decreases Postweaning Diarrhea by Modulating Intestinal Permeability and Changing the Bacterial Communities in Weaned Piglets

  Chang Huang;Peixia Song;Peixin Fan;Chengli Hou

  277
  Citations

• Effects of feeding solid-state fermented rapeseed meal on performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal ecology and intestinal morphology of broiler chickens.

  Unknown

  252
  Citations

• Effects of the antimicrobial peptide cecropin AD on performance and intestinal health in weaned piglets challenged with Escherichia coli.

  Shudan Wu;Fengrui Zhang;Zhimin Huang;Hong Liu

  210
  Citations

• Effects of dietary Lactobacillus plantarum B1 on growth performance, intestinal microbiota, and short chain fatty acid profiles in broiler chickens

  Q. Peng;X. F. Zeng;J. L. Zhu;S. Wang

  177
  Citations

• Chito-oligosaccharide reduces diarrhea incidence and attenuates the immune response of weaned pigs challenged with Escherichia coli K88.

  P. Liu;X. S. Piao;P. A. Thacker;Z. K. Zeng

  170
  Citations

• Supplementation with branched-chain amino acids to a low-protein diet regulates intestinal expression of amino acid and peptide transporters in weanling pigs

  Shihai Zhang;Shiyan Qiao;Man Ren;Xiangfang Zeng

  168
  Citations

• Genotypic and environmental differences in extract viscosity of barley and their relationship to its nutritive value for broiler chickens

  G.L. Campbell;B.G. Rossnagel;H.L. Classen;P.A. Thacker

  142
  Citations

• Effects of dietary threonine on performance, plasma parameters and immune function of growing pigs

  Li Defa;Xiao Changting;Qiao Shiyan;Zhang Jinhui

  131
  Citations

• Amino Acid Availabilities in Soybean Meal, Sunflower Meal, Fish Meal and Meat and Bone Meal Fed to Growing Pigs

  H. Jørgensen;W. C. Sauer;P. A. Thacker

  121
  Citations

• Lactobacillus reuteri I5007 Modulates Intestinal Host Defense Peptide Expression in the Model of IPEC-J2 Cells and Neonatal Piglets

  Hongbin Liu;Chengli Hou;Chengli Hou;Gang Wang;Hongmin Jia

  100
  Citations

• Nutritional value of diets containing graded levels of wheat distillers grains with solubles fed to broiler chicks

  Philip A Thacker;Gemunu P Widyaratne

  96
  Citations

• EFFECTS OF STACHYOSE ON PERFORMANCE, DIARRHOEA INCIDENCE AND INTESTINAL BACTERIA IN WEANLING PIGS

  Zhang Liying;Defa Li;Shiyan Qiao;E W Johnson

  91
  Citations

• Effects of dietary ratio of n-6 to n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on immunoglobulins, cytokines, fatty acid composition, and performance of lactating sows and suckling piglets

  Unknown

  81
  Citations

• The antimicrobial peptide sublancin ameliorates necrotic enteritis induced by Clostridium perfringens in broilers.

  S. Wang;X. F. Zeng;Q. W. Wang;J. L. Zhu

  72
  Citations

• Heat pretreatment as a means of improving the response to dietary pentosanase in chicks fed rye

  D. A. Teitge;G. L. Campbell;H. L. Classen;P. A. Thacker

  68
  Citations

• Phytate utilization and phosphorus excretion by broiler chickens fed diets containing cereal grains varying in phytate and phytase content

  A.B. Leytem;B.P. Willing;P.A. Thacker

  68
  Citations

• Growth Performance of Growing-Finishing Pigs Fed Diets Supplemented with Chinese Cottonseed Meal Based on Amino Acid Digestibilities

  Defa Li;X. X. Xu;S. Y. Qiao;C. T. Zheng

  66
  Citations

• INFLUENCE OF PROPIONIC ACID ON THE CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM OF PIGS FED HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC DIETS

  Unknown

  64
  Citations

• THE INFLUENCE OF EXOGENOUS GROWTH HORMONE ON OVULATION RATE IN GILTS

  R. N. Kirkwood;P. A. Thacker;A. D. Gooneratne;B. L. Guedo

  61
  Citations

• Nutrient Excretion, Phosphorus Characterization, and Phosphorus Solubility in Excreta from Broiler Chicks Fed Diets Containing Graded Levels of Wheat Distillers Grains with Solubles

  A.B. Leytem;P. Kwanyuen;P.A. Thacker

  54
  Citations

• Aj-rel and Aj-p105, two evolutionary conserved NF-κB homologues in sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) and their involvement in LPS induced immunity

  Tingting Wang;Yongxin Sun;Liji Jin;Liji Jin;Philip Thacker

  47
  Citations

• Effects of expeller pressed camelina meal and/or canola meal on digestibility, performance and fatty acid composition of broiler chickens fed wheat–soybean meal-based diets

  Philip Thacker;Gemunu Widyaratne

  45
  Citations

• Intestinal Microbiota Succession and Immunomodulatory Consequences after Introduction of Lactobacillus reuteri I5007 in Neonatal Piglets

  Chengli Hou;Hong Liu;Jiang Zhang;Shihai Zhang

  38
  Citations

• Nutritional value of feed grade chickpeas for ruminants and pigs

  Arif F Mustafa;Arif F Mustafa;Philip A Thacker;John J McKinnon;David A Christensen

  36
  Citations

• Phosphorus utilization and characterization of ileal digesta and excreta from broiler chickens fed diets varying in cereal grain, phosphorus level, and phytase addition

  A. B. Leytem;G. P. Widyaratne;P. A. Thacker

  36
  Citations

• The influence of dietary energy intake during successive lactations on sow prolificacy

  R. N. Kirkwood;B. N. Mitaru;A. D. Gooneratne;R. Blair

  30
  Citations

• Effects of Moist Extruded Full-fat Soybeans on Gut Morphology and Mucosal Cell Turnover Time of Weanling Pigs

  Shiyan Qiao;Defa Li;Jianyang Jiang;Hongjie Zhou

  28
  Citations