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Animal Science and Veterinary
France
2023

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
50
Citations
8645
World Ranking
618
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in France Leader Award

Overview

Philippe Chemineau is affiliated with François Rabelais University in France and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, covering 40 publications in this area. Additional significant topics of work include Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, and Horticultural and Viticultural Research.

Chemineau's subfields of study span Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology, Reproductive Medicine, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. The scholar has contributed to 44 publications within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable involvement in subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science (25 publications) and Genetics (11 publications).

Their recent research includes a variety of papers published between 2020 and 2023. These recent papers are:

  • Review: Managing sheep and goats for sustainable high yield production, 2021, published in animal
  • Is it time to reconsider the relative weight of sociosexual relationships compared with photoperiod in the control of reproduction of small ruminant females?, 2020, published in Domestic Animal Endocrinology
  • Experimental Data from Lacaune and Merino Sheep Provide New Methodological and Theoretical Grounds to Investigate Autumn Lambing in Past Husbandries, 2023, published in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
  • The continuous presence of ewes in estrus in spring influences testicular volume, testicular echogenicity and testosterone concentration, but not LH pulsatility in rams, 2020, published in animal
  • Sexually active male goats stimulate the endocrine and sexual activities of other males in seasonal sexual rest through the "buck-to-buck effect", 2022, published in Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Chemineau frequently publishes in several specific venues, including:

  • animal (9 publications)
  • Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems (4 publications)
  • Theriogenology (3 publications)
  • Animal - science proceedings (3 publications)
  • Domestic Animal Endocrinology (2 publications)

Collaborations are a significant part of Chemineau's work with frequent co-authors such as Matthieu Keller, J.A. Abecia, J.A. Delgadillo, and H. Hernández. The most frequent co-author is Matthieu Keller, with 27 collaborative publications. Other co-authors include J.A. Abecia and J.A. Delgadillo, each with multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Biology of mammalian photoperiodism and the critical role of the pineal gland and melatonin.

    Benoît Malpaux;Martine Migaud;Hélène Tricoire;Philippe Chemineau

  • Control of sheep and goat reproduction: Use of light and melatonin

    P. Chemineau;B. Malpaux;J.A. Delgadillo;Y. Guérin

  • Melatonin synthesis: 14-3-3-dependent activation and inhibition of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase mediated by phosphoserine-205

    Surajit Ganguly;Joan L. Weller;Anthony Ho;Philippe Chemineau

  • Evidence That Melatonin Acts in the Premammillary Hypothalamic Area to Control Reproduction in the Ewe: Presence of Binding Sites and Stimulation of Luteinizing Hormone Secretion by in Situ Microimplant Delivery

    Benoît Malpaux;Agnès Daveau;Françoise Maurice-Mandon;Gerardo Duarte

  • Melatonin enters the cerebrospinal fluid through the pineal recess.

    Hélène Tricoire;Alain Locatelli;Philippe Chemineau;Benoît Malpaux

  • Seasonality of reproduction in mammals: intimate regulatory mechanisms and practical implications.

    P Chemineau;D Guillaume;M Migaud;J C Thiéry

  • Melatonin and the seasonal control of reproduction.

    Benoit Malpaux;Jean-Claude Thiéry;Philippe Chemineau

  • Evidence for an annual reproductive rhythm independent of food availability in male Creole goats in subtropical northern Mexico.

    J.A. Delgadillo;G.A. Canedo;P. Chemineau;D. Guillaume

  • Induction of sexual activity in lactating anovulatory female goats using male goats treated only with artificially long days.

    J. A. Delgadillo;J. A. Flores;F. G. Véliz;H. F. Hernández

  • Male Reproductive Condition Is the Limiting Factor of Efficiency in the Male Effect During Seasonal Anestrus in Female Goats

    J.A. Flores;F.G. Véliz;J.A. Pérez-Villanueva;G. Martínez de la Escalera

  • Neuroendocrine interactions and seasonality.

    J.C Thiéry;P Chemineau;X Hernandez;M Migaud

  • Seasonality of estrus and ovulation is not modified by subjecting female Alpine goats to a tropical photoperiod

    P. Chemineau;A. Daveau;F. Maurice;J.A. Delgadillo

  • Creating a sustainable food future. A menu of solutions to sustainably feed more than 9 billion people by 2050. World resources report 2013-14 : interim findings

    Tim Searchinger;Tim Searchinger;Craig Hanson;Janet Ranganathan;Brian Lipinski

  • Control of the Circannual Rhythm of Reproduction by Melatonin in the Ewe

    B Malpaux;C ViguiÉ;C ViguiÉ;D.C Skinner;J.C Thiéry;J.C Thiéry

  • Association Between Expression of Reproductive Seasonality and Alleles of the Gene for Mel1a Receptor in the Ewe

    Jean Pelletier;Loys Bodin;Eric Hanocq;Benoît Malpaux

  • Induction and persistence of pituitary and ovarian activity in the out-of-season lactating dairy goat after a treatment combining a skeleton photoperiod, melatonin and the male effect.

    P. Chemineau;E. Normant;J. P. Ravault;J. Thimonier

  • Origin of cerebrospinal fluid melatonin and possible function in the integration of photoperiod

    H Tricoire;M Møller;P Chemineau;B Malpaux

  • Effect on oestrus and ovulation of exposing creole goats to the male at three times of the year

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  • Possibilities for using bucks to stimulate ovarian and oestrous cycles in anovulatory goats - a review

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  • Male-induced short oestrous and ovarian cycles in sheep and goats: a working hypothesis

    Philippe Chemineau;Maria-Theresa Pellicer-Rubio;Narjess Lassoued;Gley Khaldi

  • Seasonal breeding in sheep: Mechanism of action of melatonin

    B. Malpaux;C. Viguié;D.C. Skinner;J.C. Thiéry

  • Photoperiodic and melatonin treatments for the control of seasonal reproduction in sheep and goats

    Philippe Chemineau;Jean Pelletier;Y. Guérin;G. Colas

  • Abolition of the seasonal release of luteinizing hormone and testosterone in Alpine male goats (Capra hircus) by short photoperiodic cycles.

    J. A Delgadillo;P. Chemineau

  • Melatonin activates brain dopaminergic systems in the eel with an inhibitory impact on reproductive function.

    M.-E. Sébert;C. Legros;F.-A. Weltzien;F.-A. Weltzien;B. Malpaux

  • Decrease in the seasonality of sexual behavior and sperm production in bucks by exposure to short photoperiodic cycles.

    J.A. Delgadillo;B. Leboeuf;P. Chemineau

  • Evidence that the photoperiod controls the annual changes in testosterone secretion, testicular and body weight in subtropical male goats.

    José Alberto Delgadillo;María Elena Cortez;Gerardo Duarte;Philippe Chemineau

Frequent Co-Authors

Loys Bodin
Loys Bodin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Antonio López-Sebastián
Antonio López-Sebastián Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply
Antonio Gonzalez-Bulnes
Antonio Gonzalez-Bulnes Complutense University of Madrid
Georgios Banos
Georgios Banos Scotland's Rural College
Hervé Hoste
Hervé Hoste Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Didier Boichard
Didier Boichard University of Paris-Saclay
Sylvain Pellerin
Sylvain Pellerin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Fred J. Karsch
Fred J. Karsch University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Philippe Faverdin
Philippe Faverdin Institut Agro, France
Michel Doreau
Michel Doreau INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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