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D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
41
Citations
6309
World Ranking
1074
National Ranking
321

Best Publications

  • Gluconeogenesis in dairy cows: the secret of making sweet milk from sour dough.

    Jörg R. Aschenbach;Niels B. Kristensen;Shawn S. Donkin;Harald M. Hammon

  • Vitamin D: emerging new roles in insulin sensitivity.

    Unknown

  • Changes in mRNA expression for gluconeogenic enzymes in liver of dairy cattle during the transition to lactation.

    Unknown

  • 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D Hydroxylase in Adipocytes

    Unknown

  • Feeding value of glycerol as a replacement for corn grain in rations fed to lactating dairy cows.

    Unknown

  • Intestinal mucin dynamics: Response of broiler chicks and White Pekin ducklings to dietary threonine

    N. L. Horn;S. S. Donkin;T. J. Applegate;O. Adeola

  • Impact of dietary protein amount and rumen undegradability on intake, peripartum liver triglyceride, plasma metabolites, and milk production in transition dairy cattle.

    Unknown

  • Major advances in fundamental dairy cattle nutrition.

    J.K. Drackley;S.S. Donkin;C.K. Reynolds

  • Glycerol from biodiesel production: the new corn for dairy cattle

    Unknown

  • Effects of Fatty Acids and Hormones on Fatty Acid Metabolism and Gluconeogenesis in Bovine Hepatocytes

    Carlos Cadórniga-Valiño;Ric R. Grummer;Louis E. Armentano;Shawn S. Donkin

  • Feed Restriction Induces Pyruvate Carboxylase but not Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase in Dairy Cows

    Unknown

  • Impact of Dietary Rumen Undegradable Protein and Rumen-Protected Choline on Intake, Peripartum Liver Triacylglyceride, Plasma Metabolites and Milk Production in Transition Dairy Cows

    Unknown

  • Rumen-protected methionine and lysine: effects on animal performance, milk protein yield, and physiological measures.

    S.S. Donkin;G.A. Varga;T.F. Sweeney;L.D. Muller

  • INSULIN AND GLUCAGON REGULATION OF GLUCONEOGENESIS IN PRERUMINATING AND RUMINATING BOVINE

    Unknown

  • Parathyroid hormone suppresses insulin signaling in adipocytes

    Unknown

  • Prenatal and postnatal pathways to obesity: different underlying mechanisms, different metabolic outcomes.

    Nichola M. Thompson;Amy M. Norman;Shawn S. Donkin;Ravi R. Shankar

  • Effects of temperature stress on growth performance and bacon quality in grow-finish pigs housed at two densities.

    H. M. White;B. T. Richert;A. P. Schinckel;J. R. Burgess

  • Periparturient effects of feeding a low dietary cation-anion difference diet on acid-base, calcium, and phosphorus homeostasis and on intravenous glucose tolerance test in high-producing dairy cows

    Unknown

  • Dietary Psyllium Increases Fecal Bile Acid Excretion, Total Steroid Excretion and Bile Acid Biosynthesis in Rats

    Unknown

  • Replacing corn with glycerol in diets for transition dairy cows.

    Unknown

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