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Sylvie Combes is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant portion dedicated to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work intersects several subfields, including Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Genetics, and Physiology.

Their main research topics cover a range of subjects related to microbiota, nutrition, and animal physiology. These include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Digestive system and related health
  • Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology

Sylvie Combes's recent publications highlight contributions to understanding gut microbiota and its effects on animal health and nutrition. Notable papers include:

  • "Gut microbiota derived metabolites contribute to intestinal barrier maturation at the suckling-to-weaning transition," 2020, published in Gut Microbes
  • "Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolite Signature in Suckling and Weaned Piglets," 2020, published in Journal of Proteome Research
  • "Culture of rabbit caecum organoids by reconstituting the intestinal stem cell niche in vitro with pharmacological inhibitors or L-WRN conditioned medium," 2020, published in Stem Cell Research
  • "Effect of live yeast supplementation in sow diet during gestation and lactation on sow and piglet fecal microbiota, health, and performance," 2022, published in Journal of Animal Science
  • "Developmental Stage, Solid Food Introduction, and Suckling Cessation Differentially Influence the Comaturation of the Gut Microbiota and Intestinal Epithelium in Rabbits," 2021, published in Journal of Nutrition

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sylvie Combes include Laurent Cauquil, Martín Beaumont, Géraldine Pascal, Christelle Knudsen, and Charlotte Paës, reflecting a collaborative research environment and interdisciplinary contributions.

Combes publishes regularly in venues associated with animal science and microbiology such as animal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Gut Microbes, Journal of Nutrition, and INRAE productions animales. These publication venues align with the scientist's research focus on animal nutrition, gut microbiota, and related physiological processes.

Best Publications

  • FROGS: Find, Rapidly, OTUs with Galaxy Solution.

    Frédéric Escudié;Lucas Auer;Maria Bernard;Mahendra Mariadassou

  • Establishment of ruminal bacterial community in dairy calves from birth to weaning is sequential

    M. Rey;M. Rey;F. Enjalbert;F. Enjalbert;S. Combes;S. Combes;L. Cauquil;L. Cauquil

  • Microbial ecology of the rumen evaluated by 454 GS FLX pyrosequencing is affected by starch and oil supplementation of diets.

    Asma Zened;Asma Zened;Sylvie Combes;Sylvie Combes;Laurent Cauquil;Laurent Cauquil;Jérôme Mariette

  • Effect of cooking temperature and cooking time on Warner-Bratzler tenderness measurement and collagen content in rabbit meat.

    S. Combes;J. Lepetit;B. Darche;F. Lebas

  • Feed intake limitation strategies for the growing rabbit: effect on feeding behaviour, welfare, performance, digestive physiology and health: a review.

    T. Gidenne;S. Combes;L. Fortun-Lamothe

  • Feed restriction strategy in the growing rabbit. 2. Impact on digestive health, growth and carcass characteristics.

    T. Gidenne;T. Gidenne;S. Combes;S. Combes;A. Feugier;A. Feugier;N. Jehl

  • Effects of stocking density on the growth performance and digestive microbiota of broiler chickens

    Sarah Guardia;Barbara Konsak;Sylvie Combes;Sylvie Combes;Florence Levenez

  • StatFingerprints: a friendly graphical interface program for processing and analysis of microbial fingerprint profiles

    R. J. Michelland;Sébastien Déjean;S. Combes;L. Fortun-Lamothe

  • Rumen microbiota and dietary fat: a mutual shaping.

    F. Enjalbert;S. Combes;A. Zened;A. Meynadier

  • Postnatal development of the rabbit caecal microbiota composition and activity

    Sylvie Combes;Sylvie Combes;Rory Julien Michelland;Rory Julien Michelland;Valérie Monteils;Valérie Monteils;Laurent Cauquil;Laurent Cauquil

  • Potential core species and satellite species in the bacterial community within the rabbit caecum

    Valérie Monteils;Laurent Cauquil;Sylvie Combes;Jean-Jacques Godon

  • Gut microbiota derived metabolites contribute to intestinal barrier maturation at the suckling-to-weaning transition.

    Martin Beaumont;Charlotte Paës;Eloïse Mussard;Christelle Knudsen

  • Engineering the rabbit digestive ecosystem to improve digestive health and efficacy

    S. Combes;L. Fortun-Lamothe;L. Cauquil;T. Gidenne

  • Molecular analysis of the bacterial community in digestive tract of rabbit

    Rory J. Michelland;Sylvie Combes;Sylvie Combes;Valérie Monteils;Valérie Monteils;Laurent Cauquil;Laurent Cauquil

  • Carcass composition, bone mechanical properties, and meat quality traits in relation to growth rate in rabbits.

    F. Gondret;C. Larzul;S. Combes;H. de Rochambeau

  • Effects of jump training on passive mechanical stress and stiffness in rabbit skeletal muscle: role of collagen

    C. Ducomps;C. Ducomps;P. Mauriège;B. Darche;S. Combes

  • Valeur nutritionnelle de la viande de lapin

    Sylvie Combes

  • Divergent selection on 63-day body weight in the rabbit: response on growth, carcass and muscle traits.

    Catherine Larzul;Florence Gondret;Sylvie Combes;Hubert de Rochambeau

  • Overfeeding and genetics affect the composition of intestinal microbiota in Anas platyrhynchos (Pekin) and Cairina moschata (Muscovy) ducks.

    Florian Vasaï;Karine Brugirard Ricaud;Marie Dominique Bernadet;Laurent Cauquil;Laurent Cauquil

  • Effects of exercise during growth and alternative rearing systems on muscle fibers and collagen properties.

    Florence Gondret;Sylvie Combes;Louis Lefaucheur;Bénédicte Lebret

  • Starch and oil in the donor cow diet and starch in substrate differently affect the in vitro ruminal biohydrogenation of linoleic and linolenic acids

    Asma Zened;Asma Zened;Annabelle Troegeler-Meynadier;Annabelle Troegeler-Meynadier;Marie-Claude Nicot;Marie-Claude Nicot;Sylvie Combes

  • Coprophagous behavior of rabbit pups affects implantation of cecal microbiota and health status.

    S. Combes;S. Combes;T. Gidenne;T. Gidenne;L. Cauquil;L. Cauquil;O. Bouchez

  • Spatial and temporal variations of the bacterial community in the bovine digestive tract

    R.J. Michelland;R.J. Michelland;V. Monteils;V. Monteils;A. Zened;A. Zened;S. Combes;S. Combes

  • Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolite Signature in Suckling and Weaned Piglets.

    Martin Beaumont;Laurent Cauquil;Allan Bertide;Ingrid Ahn

  • Influence of cage or pen housing on carcass traits and meat quality of rabbit.

    S. Combes;G. Postollec;L. Cauquil;T. Gidenne

  • Relationships between sensory and physicochemical measurements in meat of rabbit from three different breeding systems using canonical correlation analysis.

    Sylvie Combes;Ignacio González;Sébastien Déjean;Alain Baccini

  • Increasing the digestible energy intake under a restriction strategy improves the feed conversion ratio of the growing rabbit without negatively impacting the health status

    C. Knudsen;S. Combes;S. Combes;C. Briens;G. Coutelet

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Cauquil
Laurent Cauquil Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Thierry Gidenne
Thierry Gidenne INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Laurence Fortun-Lamothe
Laurence Fortun-Lamothe INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Isabelle P. Oswald
Isabelle P. Oswald Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Catherine Larzul
Catherine Larzul Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Florence Gondret
Florence Gondret Institut Agro, France
Michel Bonneau
Michel Bonneau INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Christophe Klopp
Christophe Klopp INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Angela Trocino
Angela Trocino University of Padua

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