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D-Index
30
Citations
3923
World Ranking
2416
National Ranking
48

Overview

Sam Millet is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium, with a research focus primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work prominently intersects subfields including Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, Ecology, Genetics, and Food Science.

The research topics addressed by Millet cover a broad range of areas: Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, and Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses.

Millet has published numerous papers, with several recent works exemplifying the scope and diversity of their research. These include:

  • "Small intestine vs. colon ecology and physiology: Why it matters in probiotic administration" (2023, Cell Reports Medicine)
  • "Effect of ventilation control settings on ammonia and odour emissions from a pig rearing building" (2020, Biosystems Engineering)
  • "Effect of dietary energy level in finishing phase on performance, carcass and meat quality in immunocastrates and barrows in comparison with gilts and entire male pigs" (2022, animal)
  • "Repeated disinfectant use in broiler houses and pig nursery units does not affect disinfectant and antibiotic susceptibility in Escherichia coli field isolates" (2020, BMC Veterinary Research)
  • "The usefulness of NIRS calibrations based on feed and feces spectra to predict nutrient content, digestibility and net energy of pig feeds" (2021, Animal Feed Science and Technology)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Millet include Bart Ampe, Marijke Aluwé, Carolien De Cuyper, Nadine Buys, and Marc Heyndrickx.

Millet's publications are often found in key professional venues related to animal science, with recurring contributions to:

  • animal
  • Animal - science proceedings
  • Meat Science
  • Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • Livestock Science

Best Publications

  • Quantifying and comparing constitutive immunity across avian species

    Sam Millet;Jennie Bennett;Kelly A. Lee;Michaela Hau

  • Food Allergy in Dogs and Cats: A Review

    A Verlinden;Myriam Hesta;Sam Millet;Geert Janssens

  • The European ban on antibiotic growth promoters in animal feed: From challenges to opportunities

    Sam Millet;Luc Maertens

  • Orally fed seeds producing designer IgAs protect weaned piglets against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection

    Vikram Virdi;Vikram Virdi;Annelies Coddens;Sylvie De Buck;Sylvie De Buck;Sam Millet

  • Validation of a High Frequency Radio Frequency Identification (HF RFID) system for registering feeding patterns of growing-finishing pigs

    Jarissa Maselyne;Wouter Saeys;Bart De Ketelaere;Kristof Mertens

  • Effects of substitution between fat and protein on feed intake and its regulatory mechanisms in broiler chickens: endocrine functioning and intermediary metabolism

    Q Swennen;Geert Janssens;Sam Millet;G Vansant

  • Performance, meat and carcass traits of fattening pigs with organic versus conventional housing and nutrition

    S Millet;M Hesta;M Seynaeve;E Ongenae

  • Welfare, performance and meat quality of fattening pigs in alternative housing and management systems: a review

    Sam Millet;Christel P. H. Moons;Monique J. Van Oeckel;Geert P. J. Janssens

  • Effect of surgical castration, immunocastration and chicory-diet on the meat quality and palatability of boars.

    Marijke Aluwé;K C M Langendries;Karen Bekaert;F A M Tuyttens

  • Impact of nutrition on lameness and claw health in sows

    M.M.J. van Riet;S. Millet;M. Aluwé;G.P.J. Janssens

  • Performance and meat quality of organically versus conventionally fed and housed pigs from weaning till slaughtering.

    S. Millet;K. Raes;W. Van den Broeck;S. De Smet

  • Considerations on the performance of immunocastrated male pigs.

    Sam Millet;Kwinten Gielkens;Daniël De Brabander;Geert P. J. Janssens

  • Measuring the drinking behaviour of individual pigs housed in group using radio frequency identification (RFID).

    J. Maselyne;I. Adriaens;T. Huybrechts;B. De Ketelaere

  • Absence of an effect of dietary fibre or clinoptilolite on boar taint in entire male pigs fed practical diets

    M. Aluwé;S. Millet;G. Nijs;F.A.M. Tuyttens

  • Development and validation of a method for simultaneous analysis of the boar taint compounds indole, skatole and androstenone in pig fat using liquid chromatography–multiple mass spectrometry

    K. Verheyden;H. Noppe;M. Aluwé;S. Millet

  • Review: pork production with maximal nitrogen efficiency.

    S. Millet;M. Aluwé;A. Van den Broeke;F. Leen

  • An experimental Helicobacter suis infection causes gastritis and reduced daily weight gain in pigs.

    Ellen De Bruyne;Bram Flahou;Koen Chiers;Tom Meyns

  • Sustainability of Pork Production with Immunocastration in Europe

    Kevin Kress;Sam Millet;Étienne Labussière;Ulrike Weiler

  • Dietary fibre enrichment of supplemental feed modulates the development of the intestinal tract in suckling piglets.

    H. M. J. Van Hees;M. Davids;D. Maes;S. Millet

  • The effect of GnRH vaccination on performance, carcass, and meat quality and hormonal regulation in boars, barrows, and gilts.

    A. Van den Broeke;F. Leen;M. Aluwé;B. Ampe

  • Influence of breed and slaughter weight on boar taint prevalence in entire male pigs

    M Aluwé;Sam Millet;Karen Bekaert;F A M Tuyttens

  • Development of a system for automatic measurements of force and visual stance variables for objective lameness detection in sows: SowSIS

    Liesbet M. Pluym;Dominiek Maes;Jürgen Vangeyte;Koen Mertens

  • Field experience with surgical castration with anaesthesia, analgesia, immunocastration and production of entire male pigs: performance, carcass traits and boar taint prevalence.

    M Aluwé;F A M Tuyttens;Sam Millet

  • Effect of information provisioning on attitude toward surgical castration of male piglets and alternative strategies for avoiding boar taint

    Frank A.M. Tuyttens;Filiep Vanhonacker;Karolien Langendries;Marijke Aluwé

  • Influence of soiling on boar taint in boars

    M. Aluwé;K.M. Bekaert;F.A.M. Tuyttens;L. Vanhaecke

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Tuyttens
Frank Tuyttens Ghent University
Geert Janssens
Geert Janssens Ghent University
Dominiek Maes
Dominiek Maes Ghent University
Nadine Buys
Nadine Buys KU Leuven
S. De Smet
S. De Smet Ghent University
Marc Heyndrickx
Marc Heyndrickx Ghent University
Jeroen Dewulf
Jeroen Dewulf Ghent University
Eric Cox
Eric Cox Ghent University
J.L. De Boever
J.L. De Boever Instituut voor Landbouw en Visserijonderzoek
Wouter Saeys
Wouter Saeys KU Leuven

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