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Ruurd T. Zijlstra

Ruurd T. Zijlstra

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
9479
World Ranking
14603
National Ranking
515

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Excellence in Nutrition and Meat Sciences, Canadian Society of Animal Science

Overview

Ruurd T. Zijlstra is a researcher affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with substantial contributions in Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Food Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's research centers on several main topics that include Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Phytase and its Applications, Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Meat and Animal Product Quality, and Probiotics and Fermented Foods.

Ruurd T. Zijlstra has authored numerous papers published across a variety of scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Review of the beneficial and anti-nutritional qualities of phytic acid, and procedures for removing it from food products, 2021, Food Research International
  • Resistant starch: Implications of dietary inclusion on gut health and growth in pigs: a review, 2021, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
  • Feeding Limosilactobacillus fermentum K9-2 and Lacticaseibacillus casei K9-1, or Limosilactobacillus reuteri TMW1.656 Reduces Pathogen Load in Weanling Pigs, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Toward Precise Nutrient Value of Feed in Growing Pigs: Effect of Meal Size, Frequency and Dietary Fibre on Nutrient Utilisation, 2021, Animals
  • Nutrient digestibility of extruded canola meal in ileal-cannulated growing pigs and effects of its feeding on diet nutrient digestibility and growth performance in weaned pigs, 2021, Journal of Animal Science

Frequent publication venues reflect Zijlstra's active engagement with journals specializing in animal science and related disciplines. These venues include:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • Animals
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Translational Animal Science

Throughout their career, Ruurd T. Zijlstra has collaborated often with several coauthors, including:

  • E. Beltranena
  • Li-Fang Wang
  • Thava Vasanthan
  • Charlotte M E Heyer
  • L F Wang

Ruurd T. Zijlstra's work has been recognized within the scientific community, including receiving the Excellence in Nutrition and Meat Sciences award from the Canadian Society of Animal Science in 2012.

Best Publications

  • NONRUMINANT NUTRITION SYMPOSIUM: Controlling feed cost by including alternative ingredients into pig diets: A review

    T. A. Woyengo;E. Beltranena;R. T. Zijlstra

  • Nutritional value of wheat and corn distiller’s dried grain with solubles: Digestibility and digestible contents of energy, amino acids and phosphorus, nutrient excretion and growth performance of grower-finisher pigs

    G. P. Widyaratne;R. T. Zijlstra

  • Intestinal effects of milkborne growth factors in neonates of agricultural importance.

    Jack Odle;Ruurd T. Zijlstra;Sharon M. Donovan

  • Effects of guar gum and cellulose on digesta passage rate, ileal microbial populations, energy and protein digestibility, and performance of grower pigs.

    A. Owusu-Asiedu;J. F. Patience;B. Laarveld;A. G. Van Kessel

  • The role of gut microbiota in the health and disease of pigs

    Janelle M. Fouhse;Ruurd T. Zijlstra;Benjamin P. Willing

  • Voluntary feed intake in growing-finishing pigs: A review of the main determining factors and potential approaches for accurate predictions

    C. M. Nyachoti;R. T. Zijlstra;C. F. M. de Lange;J. F. Patience

  • Effect of feeding a milk replacer to early-weaned pigs on growth, body composition, and small intestinal morphology, compared with suckled littermates.

    Ruurd T. Zijlstra;Kwang Youn Whang;Robert A. Easter;Jack Odle

  • Effect of dietary protein content on ileal amino acid digestibility, growth performance, and formation of microbial metabolites in ileal and cecal digesta of early-weaned pigs,

    J. K. Htoo;B. A. Araiza;W. C. Sauer;W. C. Sauer;M. Rademacher

  • Effects of individual or combined xylanase and phytase supplementation on energy, amino acid, and phosphorus digestibility and growth performance of grower pigs fed wheat-based diets containing wheat millrun

    T. N. Nortey;J. F. Patience;P. H. Simmins;N. L. Trottier

  • Nonstarch Polysaccharides Modulate Bacterial Microbiota, Pathways for Butyrate Production, and Abundance of Pathogenic Escherichia coli in the Pig Gastrointestinal Tract†

    Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Seema Hooda;Robert Pieper;Ruurd T. Zijlstra

  • The energy content of barley fed to growing pigs: characterizing the nature of its variability and developing prediction equations for its estimation.

    S L Fairbairn;J F Patience;H L Classen;R T Zijlstra

  • Effects of xylanase supplementation on the apparent digestibility and digestible content of energy, amino acids, phosphorus, and calcium in wheat and wheat by-products from dry milling fed to grower pigs

    T. N. Nortey;J. F. Patience;J. S. Sands;N. L. Trottier

  • Dietary calcium phosphate content and oat β‐glucan influence gastrointestinal microbiota, butyrate‐producing bacteria and butyrate fermentation in weaned pigs

    Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Ruurd T. Zijlstra;Ruurd T. Zijlstra;Rainer Mosenthin;Rainer Mosenthin;Michael G. Gänzle

  • Starch with High Amylose Content and Low In Vitro Digestibility Increases Intestinal Nutrient Flow and Microbial Fermentation and Selectively Promotes Bifidobacteria in Pigs

    Prajwal R. Regmi;Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli;Michael G. Gänzle;Theo A. T. G. van Kempen

  • The nutritional value of expeller-pressed canola meal for grower-finisher pigs.

    R. W. Seneviratne;M. G. Young;E. Beltranena;L. A. Goonewardene

  • Review of the beneficial and anti-nutritional qualities of phytic acid, and procedures for removing it from food products.

    Ehsan Feizollahi;Razieh Sadat Mirmahdi;Alaleh Zoghi;Ruurd T. Zijlstra

  • Effect of orally administered epidermal growth factor on intestinal recovery of neonatal pigs infected with rotavirus.

    Ruurd T. Zijlstra;Jack Odle;William F. Hall;Bryon W. Petschow

  • Effect of phytase and xylanase supplementation or particle size on nutrient digestibility of diets containing distillers dried grains with solubles cofermented from wheat and corn in ileal-cannulated grower pigs.

    J. L. Yáñez;E. Beltranena;M. Cervantes;R. T. Zijlstra

  • Comparison of Ileum Microflora of Pigs Fed Corn-, Wheat-, or Barley-Based Diets by Chaperonin-60 Sequencing and Quantitative PCR

    Janet E. Hill;Sean M. Hemmingsen;Blair G. Goldade;Tim J. Dumonceaux

  • Future of NSP-degrading enzymes to improve nutrient utilization of co-products and gut health in pigs☆

    R.T. Zijlstra;A. Owusu-Asiedu;P.H. Simmins

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael G. Gänzle
Michael G. Gänzle University of Alberta
John F. Patience
John F. Patience Iowa State University
Rajesh Jha
Rajesh Jha University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jennifer L. Aalhus
Jennifer L. Aalhus Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli
Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Willem C. Sauer
Willem C. Sauer University of Alberta
Michael E. R. Dugan
Michael E. R. Dugan Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Walter J. J. Gerrits
Walter J. J. Gerrits Wageningen University & Research
Thava Vasanthan
Thava Vasanthan University of Alberta
M. R. Bedford
M. R. Bedford AmeriCorps VISTA

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