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Animal Science and Veterinary
China
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
69
Citations
17276
World Ranking
179
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award

Overview

Weiyun Zhu is affiliated with Nanjing Agricultural University in China, conducting research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans key subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, as well as Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics which include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production

Zhu has published extensively in journals related to animal nutrition and microbiology. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Animal nutrition
  • Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
  • Food & Function
  • Research Square
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several researchers, with the most frequent co-authors being Yong Su, Shengyong Mao, Chunlong Mu, Yanfen Cheng, and Jing Wang.

Some recent representative papers authored by or involving Zhu include:

  • An integrated gene catalog and over 10,000 metagenome-assembled genomes from the gastrointestinal microbiome of ruminants (2021, Microbiome)
  • Disruption of ruminal homeostasis by malnutrition involved in systemic ruminal microbiota-host interactions in a pregnant sheep model (2020, Microbiome)
  • Swine gut microbiota and its interaction with host nutrient metabolism (2020, Animal nutrition)
  • The gastrointestinal microbiome in dairy cattle is constrained by the deterministic driver of the region and the modified effect of diet (2023, Microbiome)
  • Amino acid utilization allows intestinal dominance of Lactobacillus amylovorus (2022, The ISME Journal)

The topics covered in these publications reflect Zhu's focus on the gastrointestinal microbiome in farm animals, the interaction between microbiota and host metabolism, and factors affecting digestive physiology and nutritional homeostasis. The research includes the use of metagenomics, microbial ecology, and nutrient utilization studies.

The combination of Agricultural and Biological Sciences with molecular and physiological approaches is evident in the scientist's work. This interdisciplinary investigation emphasizes microbial influences on animal health and nutrition while also addressing practical aspects of ruminant and swine production systems.

Best Publications

  • Tryptophan Metabolism: A Link Between the Gut Microbiota and Brain

    Kan Gao;Chun-Long Mu;Aitak Farzi;Wei-Yun Zhu

  • Amino acid metabolism in intestinal bacteria: links between gut ecology and host health.

    Zhao-Lai Dai;Guoyao Wu;Wei-Yun Zhu

  • 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

  • Effect of tea saponin on methanogenesis, microbial community structure and expression of mcrA gene, in cultures of rumen micro-organisms.

    Y.Q. Guo;J.-X. Liu;Y. Lu;W.Y. Zhu

  • Utilization of amino acids by bacteria from the pig small intestine

    Zhao-Lai Dai;Jing Zhang;Guoyao Wu;Wei-Yun Zhu

  • Effect of fermentable carbohydrates on piglet faecal bacterial communities as revealed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA

    Sergey R. Konstantinov;Wei-Yun Zhu;Wei-Yun Zhu;Barbara A. Williams;Seerp Tamminga

  • 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

  • Age, introduction of solid feed and weaning are more important determinants of gut bacterial succession in piglets than breed and nursing mother as revealed by a reciprocal cross-fostering model.

    Gaorui Bian;Shouqing Ma;Zhigang Zhu;Yong Su

  • Amino acid metabolism in intestinal bacteria and its potential implications for mammalian reproduction.

    Zhaolai Dai;Zhenlong Wu;Suqin Hang;Weiyun 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

  • Gut Microbiota: The Brain Peacekeeper.

    Chunlong Mu;Yuxiang Yang;Weiyun Zhu

  • 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

  • Meat, dairy and plant proteins alter bacterial composition of rat gut bacteria.

    Yingying Zhu;Xisha Lin;Fan Zhao;Xuebin Shi

  • Effect of octadeca carbon fatty acids on microbial fermentation, methanogenesis and microbial flora in vitro

    C.M. Zhang;Y.Q. Guo;Z.P. Yuan;Y.M. Wu

  • Microbial diversity studies of the porcine gastrointestinal ecosystem during weaning transition

    Sergey R. Konstantinov;Christine F. Favier;Wei Yun Zhu;Barbara A. Williams

  • The Colonic Microbiome and Epithelial Transcriptome Are Altered in Rats Fed a High-Protein Diet Compared with a Normal-Protein Diet

    Chunlong Mu;Yuxiang Yang;Zhen Luo;Leluo Guan

  • Changes in abundance of Lactobacillus spp. and Streptococcus suis in the stomach, jejunum and ileum of piglets after weaning.

    Yong Su;Wen Yao;Odette N. Perez-Gutierrez;Hauke Smidt

  • Effects of the dietary protein level on the microbial composition and metabolomic profile in the hindgut of the pig

    Liping Zhou;Lingdong Fang;Yue Sun;Yong Su

  • What are the roles of chitinases in the growing fungus

    Graham W. Gooday;Wei-Yun Zhu;Raymond W. O'Donnell

  • l-Glutamine regulates amino acid utilization by intestinal bacteria

    Zhao-Lai Dai;Zhao-Lai Dai;Xi-Long Li;Peng-Bin Xi;Jing Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Shengyong Mao
Shengyong Mao Nanjing Agricultural University
Hauke Smidt
Hauke Smidt Wageningen University & Research
Guoyao Wu
Guoyao Wu Texas A&M University
Jianxin Liu
Jianxin Liu Zhejiang University
Zhongtang Yu
Zhongtang Yu The Ohio State University
Willem M. de Vos
Willem M. de Vos Wageningen University & Research
Antoon D. L. Akkermans
Antoon D. L. Akkermans Wageningen University & Research
Erwin G. Zoetendal
Erwin G. Zoetendal Wageningen University & Research
Seerp Tamminga
Seerp Tamminga Wageningen University & Research
Veerle Fievez
Veerle Fievez Ghent University

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