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Santi Devi Upadhaya

Santi Devi Upadhaya

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
26
Citations
2328
World Ranking
2907
National Ranking
22

Overview

Santi Devi Upadhaya is affiliated with Dankook University in South Korea and conducts research primarily in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work focuses extensively on Animal Science and Zoology, with additional contributions in the areas of Small Animals, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Upadhaya has published extensively, with their recent papers including:

  • "The Impact of Weaning Stress on Gut Health and the Mechanistic Aspects of Several Feed Additives Contributing to Improved Gut Health Function in Weanling Piglets-A Review" (2021, Animals)
  • "Bacteriophage cocktail supplementation improves growth performance, gut microbiome and production traits in broiler chickens" (2021, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology)
  • "Importance of micronutrients in bone health of monogastric animals and techniques to improve the bioavailability of micronutrient supplements - A review" (2020, Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences)
  • "Maintenance of gut microbiome stability for optimum intestinal health in pigs - a review" (2022, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology)
  • "Coated sodium butyrate supplementation to a reduced nutrient diet enhanced the performance and positively impacted villus height and faecal and digesta bacterial composition in weaner pigs" (2020, Animal Feed Science and Technology)

The scientist frequently publishes in several journals, including:

  • Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology
  • Animal Bioscience

Among frequent collaborators are In Ho Kim, Je Min Ahn, Yong-Min Kim, Sang Seon Lee, and Zhenlong Wu.

Best Publications

  • The stress of weaning influences serum levels of acute-phase proteins, iron-binding proteins, inflammatory cytokines, cortisol, and leukocyte subsets in Holstein calves

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  • Direct-fed microbials for ruminant animals.

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  • The Impact of Weaning Stress on Gut Health and the Mechanistic Aspects of Several Feed Additives Contributing to Improved Gut Health Function in Weanling Piglets—A Review

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  • Effect of Dietary Marine Microalgae (Schizochytrium) Powder on Egg Production, Blood Lipid Profiles, Egg Quality, and Fatty Acid Composition of Egg Yolk in Layers

    J. H. Park;S. D. Upadhaya;I. H. Kim

  • Effect of protected organic acid blends on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and faecal micro flora in growing pigs

    Santi D. Upadhaya;Kwang Yong Lee;In Ho Kim

  • Efficacy of Phytogenic Feed Additive on Performance, Production and Health Status of Monogastric Animals – A Review

    Santi Devi Upadhaya;In Ho Kim

  • Protected Organic Acid Blends as an Alternative to Antibiotics in Finishing Pigs

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  • Bacteriophage cocktail supplementation improves growth performance, gut microbiome and production traits in broiler chickens

    Santi Devi Upadhaya;Je Min Ahn;Jae Hyoung Cho;Jin Young Kim

  • Influence of emulsifier blends having different hydrophilic-lipophilic balance value on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, serum lipid profiles, and meat quality of broilers.

    S D Upadhaya;Ju Seong Lee;Kyoung Jin Jung;I H Kim

  • The Effect of Bacillus-based Feed Additive on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Fecal Gas Emission, and Pen Cleanup Characteristics of Growing-finishing Pigs

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  • Effects of Synchronization of Carbohydrate and Protein Supply on Ruminal Fermentation, Nitrogen Metabolism and Microbial Protein Synthesis in Holstein Steers

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  • Efficacy of 1,3-diacylglycerol as a fat emulsifier in low-density diet for broilers.

    S. D. Upadhaya;J. W. Park;J. H. Park;I. H. Kim

  • Maintenance of gut microbiome stability for optimum intestinal health in pigs – a review

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  • Effects of dietary supplementation of modified zinc oxide on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood profiles, fecal microbial shedding and fecal score in weanling pigs.

    Jin Ho Cho;Santi Devi Upadhaya;In Ho Kim

  • Efficacy of dietary Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis supplementation continuously in pullet and lay period on egg production, excreta microflora, and egg quality of Hyline-Brown birds.

    S.D. Upadhaya;Florence Rudeaux;I.H. Kim

  • Influence of protected organic acid blends and diets with different nutrient densities on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and faecal noxious gas emission in growing pigs

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  • Ileal digestibility of nutrients and amino acids in unfermented, fermented soybean meal and canola meal for weaning pigs

    Santi D. Upadhaya;In Ho Kim

  • Effects of inclusion of Bacillus subtilis (Gallipro) to energy- and protein-reduced diet on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and meat quality and gas emission in broilers.

    S.D. Upadhaya;F. Rudeaux;I.H. Kim

  • Probiotics in Salmonella-challenged Hy-Line brown layers.

    S. D. Upadhaya;A. Hossiendoust;I. H. Kim

  • Importance of micronutrients in bone health of monogastric animals and techniques to improve the bioavailability of micronutrient supplements — A review

    Santi Devi Upadhaya;In Ho Kim

  • Vitamin E and omega-3 fatty acids independently attenuate plasma concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines and prostaglandin E3 in Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide-challenged growing-finishing pigs.

    S. D. Upadhaya;J. C. Kim;B. P. Mullan;J. R. Pluske

  • Influence of low or high density corn and soybean meal-based diets and protease supplementation on growth performance, apparent digestibility, blood characteristics and noxious gas emission of finishing pigs

    Santi Devi Upadhaya;Hyeok Min Yun;In Ho Kim

  • Efficacy of β-mannanase supplementation to corn-soya bean meal-based diets on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood urea nitrogen, faecal coliform and lactic acid bacteria and faecal noxious gas emission in growing pigs.

    Santi Devi Upadhaya;Jae Won Park;Jae Hwan Lee;In Ho Kim

  • Preliminary assessment on potentials of probiotic B. subtilis RX7 and B. methylotrophicus C14 strains as an immune modulator in Salmonella-challenged weaned pigs.

    Santi Devi Upadhaya;Suresh Kumar Shanmugam;Dae Kyung Kang;In Ho Kim

  • Growth performance, nutrient digestibility, fecal microbiota and fecal noxious gas emission in weaning pigs fed high and low density diet with and without protected organic acid blends

    Santi Devi Upadhaya;Kwang Yong Lee;Subin Serpunja;Tae Hwa Song

  • Effects of protected omega-3 fatty acid derived from linseed oil and vitamin E on growth performance, apparent digestibility, blood characteristics and meat quality of finishing pigs

    Santi D. Upadhaya;Tian Shui Li;In Ho Kim

  • Anti-coccidial effect of essential oil blends and vitamin D on broiler chickens vaccinated with purified mixture of coccidian oocyst from Eimeria tenella and Eimeria maxima.

    Santi Devi Upadhaya;Suk Hyeon Cho;Thau Kiong Chung;In Ho Kim

  • Effects of gel-based phytogenic feed supplement on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood characteristics and intestinal morphology in weanling pigs

    Santi Devi Upadhaya;Sang Jin Kim;In Ho Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

I. H. Kim
I. H. Kim Dankook University
Sung Woo Kim
Sung Woo Kim North Carolina State University
John R. Pluske
John R. Pluske Australasian Pork Research Institute

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