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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
47
Citations
7743
World Ranking
732
National Ranking
21

Best Publications

  • Characterising the bacterial microbiota across the gastrointestinal tracts of dairy cattle: membership and potential function

    Shengyong Mao;Mengling Zhang;Junhua Liu;Weiyun Zhu

  • An integrated gene catalog and over 10,000 metagenome-assembled genomes from the gastrointestinal microbiome of ruminants

    Fei Xie;Wei Jin;Huazhe Si;Yuan Yuan

  • Impact of subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) adaptation on rumen microbiota in dairy cattle using pyrosequencing.

    S.Y. Mao;R.Y. Zhang;D.S. Wang;W.Y. Zhu

  • Microbiome–metabolome analysis reveals unhealthy alterations in the composition and metabolism of ruminal microbiota with increasing dietary grain in a goat model

    Sheng-Yong Mao;Wen-Jie Huo;Wei-Yun Zhu

  • A high-grain diet causes massive disruption of ruminal epithelial tight junctions in goats

    Jun-hua Liu;Ting-ting Xu;Yu-jie Liu;Wei-yun Zhu

  • Ruminal microbiome-host crosstalk stimulates the development of the ruminal epithelium in a lamb model

    Limei Lin;Fei Xie;Daming Sun;Junhua Liu

  • Comparative studies of the composition of bacterial microbiota associated with the ruminal content, ruminal epithelium and in the faeces of lactating dairy cows

    Jun-hua Liu;Meng-ling Zhang;Rui-yang Zhang;Wei-yun Zhu

  • The diversity of the fecal bacterial community and its relationship with the concentration of volatile fatty acids in the feces during subacute rumen acidosis in dairy cows

    Shengyong Mao;Ruiyang Zhang;Dongsheng Wang;Weiyun Zhu

  • High-grain feeding causes strong shifts in ruminal epithelial bacterial community and expression of Toll-like receptor genes in goats.

    Jun-hua Liu;Gao-rui Bian;Wei-yun Zhu;Sheng-yong Mao

  • Characterization and comparison of the temporal dynamics of ruminal bacterial microbiota colonizing rice straw and alfalfa hay within ruminants

    Junhua Liu;Mengling Zhang;Chunxu Xue;Weiyun Zhu

  • High-grain feeding alters caecal bacterial microbiota composition and fermentation and results in caecal mucosal injury in goats.

    Junhua Liu;Tingting Xu;Weiyun Zhu;Shengyong Mao

  • Influence of yeast on rumen fermentation, growth performance and quality of products in ruminants: A review

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  • Effect of dietary forage sources on rumen microbiota, rumen fermentation and biogenic amines in dairy cows

    Ruiyang Zhang;Weiyun Zhu;Wen Zhu;Jianxin Liu

  • Impact of subacute ruminal acidosis on the diversity of liquid and solid-associated bacteria in the rumen of goats

    Wenjie Huo;Weiyun Zhu;Shengyong Mao

  • Characterization of bacterial community of raw milk from dairy cows during subacute ruminal acidosis challenge by high-throughput sequencing.

    Ruiyang Zhang;Wenjie Huo;Weiyun Zhu;Shengyong Mao

  • Effects of alfalfa and cereal straw as a forage source on nutrient digestibility and lactation performance in lactating dairy cows.

    B. Wang;S.Y. Mao;H.J. Yang;Y.M. Wu

  • Grain-rich diets altered the colonic fermentation and mucosa-associated bacterial communities and induced mucosal injuries in goats

    Huimin Ye;Junhua Liu;Panfei Feng;Weiyun Zhu

  • The gastrointestinal microbiome in dairy cattle is constrained by the deterministic driver of the region and the modified effect of diet

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  • Disruption of ruminal homeostasis by malnutrition involved in systemic ruminal microbiota-host interactions in a pregnant sheep model

    Yanfeng Xue;Limei Lin;Fan Hu;Weiyun Zhu

  • Effect of disodium fumarate on ruminal metabolism and rumen bacterial communities as revealed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA

    S.Y. Mao;G. Zhang;W.Y. Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Weiyun Zhu
Weiyun Zhu Nanjing Agricultural University
Wen Wang
Wen Wang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Le Luo Guan
Le Luo Guan University of Alberta
Yu-Dong Cai
Yu-Dong Cai Shanghai University
Zhiliang Tan
Zhiliang Tan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guojie Zhang
Guojie Zhang Zhejiang University
Brian P. Dalrymple
Brian P. Dalrymple University of Western Australia
Jianxin Liu
Jianxin Liu Zhejiang University
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yong Yang
Yong Yang City University of Hong Kong

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