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Animal Science and Veterinary
Austria
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
53
Citations
10711
World Ranking
496
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Austria Leader Award
  • 2015 - Journal of Dairy Science Highly Cited Awards, American Dairy Science Association

Overview

Qendrim Zebeli is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Animal Science and Zoology, and Small Animals.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Gut Microbiota and Health
  • Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions
  • Animal Health and Immunology
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock

Zebeli has contributed to numerous scientific publications. Some recent papers include:

  • Starch-Rich Diet Induced Rumen Acidosis and Hindgut Dysbiosis in Dairy Cows of Different Lactations, 2020, Animals
  • Feed Additives Differentially Impact the Epimural Microbiota and Host Epithelial Gene Expression of the Bovine Rumen Fed Diets Rich in Concentrates, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • The Present Role and New Potentials of Anaerobic Fungi in Ruminant Nutrition, 2021, Journal of Fungi
  • Residues of Pesticides and Veterinary Drugs in Diets of Dairy Cattle from Conventional and Organic Farms in Austria, 2022, Environmental Pollution
  • Metabolism of Zearalenone in the Rumen of Dairy Cows with and without Application of a Zearalenone-Degrading Enzyme, 2021, Toxins

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Ezequias Castillo-Lopez
  • Nicole Reisinger
  • Sara Ricci
  • Ratchaneewan Khiaosa-ard
  • Thomas Hartinger

Zebeli has published regularly in specific venues such as:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Toxins
  • Animals
  • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

They have been recognized with the Journal of Dairy Science Highly Cited Awards by the American Dairy Science Association in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Modeling the Adequacy of Dietary Fiber in Dairy Cows Based on the Responses of Ruminal pH and Milk Fat Production to Composition of the Diet

    Q. Zebeli;J. Dijkstra;M. Tafaj;H. Steingass

  • Invited review: Role of physically effective fiber and estimation of dietary fiber adequacy in high-producing dairy cattle.

    Q. Zebeli;Jörg Aschenbach;M. Tafaj;J. Boguhn

  • A metabolomics approach to uncover the effects of grain diets on rumen health in dairy cows

    F. Saleem;B.N. Ametaj;S. Bouatra;R. Mandal

  • Metabolomics reveals unhealthy alterations in rumen metabolism with increased proportion of cereal grain in the diet of dairy cows

    Burim N. Ametaj;Qendrim Zebeli;Fozia Saleem;Nikolaos Psychogios

  • Interplay between rumen digestive disorders and diet-induced inflammation in dairy cattle

    Q. Zebeli;B.U. Metzler-Zebeli

  • Review: Enhancing gastrointestinal health in dairy cows

    J. C. Plaizier;M. Danesh Mesgaran;H. Derakhshani;H. Golder

  • Invited review: Practical feeding management recommendations to mitigate the risk of subacute ruminal acidosis in dairy cattle.

    E. Humer;R.M. Petri;J.R. Aschenbach;B.J. Bradford

  • Effects of Physically Effective Fiber on Digestive Processes and Milk Fat Content in Early Lactating Dairy Cows Fed Total Mixed Rations

    Q. Zebeli;M. Tafaj;H. Steingass;B. Metzler

  • Relationships between rumen lipopolysaccharide and mediators of inflammatory response with milk fat production and efficiency in dairy cows.

    Q. Zebeli;B.N. Ametaj

  • Impacts of the feed contaminant deoxynivalenol on the intestine of monogastric animals: poultry and swine.

    Khaled Ghareeb;Khaled Ghareeb;Wageha A. Awad;Wageha A. Awad;Josef Böhm;Qendrim Zebeli

  • Meta-analysis of the effects of essential oils and their bioactive compounds on rumen fermentation characteristics and feed efficiency in ruminants.

    R. Khiaosa-ard;Q. Zebeli

  • Balancing diets for physically effective fibre and ruminally degradable starch: A key to lower the risk of sub-acute rumen acidosis and improve productivity of dairy cattle☆

    Q. Zebeli;Q. Zebeli;D. Mansmann;D. Mansmann;H. Steingass;B.N. Ametaj

  • Symposium review: The importance of the ruminal epithelial barrier for a healthy and productive cow.

    Jörg R. Aschenbach;Qendrim Zebeli;Amlan K. Patra;Gabriele Greco

  • Effects of varying dietary forage particle size in two concentrate levels on chewing activity, ruminal mat characteristics, and passage in dairy cows.

    Q. Zebeli;M. Tafaj;I. Weber;J. Dijkstra

  • Intestinal microbiota profiles associated with low and high residual feed intake in chickens across two geographical locations.

    Sina-Catherine Siegerstetter;Stephan Schmitz-Esser;Elizabeth Magowan;Stefanie Urimare Wetzels

  • Nutrition, microbiota, and endotoxin-related diseases in dairy cows

    Burim N. Ametaj;Qendrim Zebeli;Summera Iqbal

  • A meta-analysis examining effects of particle size of total mixed rations on intake, rumen digestion and milk production in high-yielding dairy cows in early lactation

    M. Tafaj;Q. Zebeli;Ch. Baes;H. Steingass

  • Nutrition, rumen health and inflammation in the transition period and their role on overall health and fertility in dairy cows.

    Q. Zebeli;K. Ghareeb;E. Humer;B.U. Metzler-Zebeli

  • Mucosa-associated bacterial microbiome of the gastrointestinal tract of weaned pigs and dynamics linked to dietary calcium-phosphorus.

    Evelyne Mann;Stephan Schmitz-Esser;Qendrim Zebeli;Martin Wagner

  • Grain-rich diets differently alter ruminal and colonic abundance of microbial populations and lipopolysaccharide in goats.

    Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Stephan Schmitz-Esser;Fenja Klevenhusen;Leopold Podstatzky-Lichtenstein

  • Feeding of by-products completely replaced cereals and pulses in dairy cows and enhanced edible feed conversion ratio.

    P. Ertl;Q. Zebeli;W. Zollitsch;W. Knaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli
Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Burim N. Ametaj
Burim N. Ametaj University of Alberta
Fenja Klevenhusen
Fenja Klevenhusen Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Winfried Drochner
Winfried Drochner University of Hohenheim
Martin Wagner
Martin Wagner University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
K. Ghareeb
K. Ghareeb University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Josef Böhm
Josef Böhm University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Peadar G. Lawlor
Peadar G. Lawlor Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Jörg R. Aschenbach
Jörg R. Aschenbach Freie Universität Berlin
Wageha A. Awad
Wageha A. Awad University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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