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Winfried Drochner

Winfried Drochner

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
33
Citations
4223
World Ranking
1986
National Ranking
70

Overview

Winfried Drochner is affiliated with the University of Hohenheim in Germany and is active in research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their research focuses on specific subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science and Genetics. Key topics in their work include Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology and Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock.

Drochner's publication record features recent work including the paper titled Daniellia oliveri as a fodder tree for small ruminant and the interaction of its tannin with ruminal ammonia, published in 2021 in the Nigerian Journal of Animal Production.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Drochner are:

  • I. I. Osakwe
  • H. Steingaß

The Nigerian Journal of Animal Production is a frequent venue for their publications.

Best Publications

  • Modeling the Adequacy of Dietary Fiber in Dairy Cows Based on the Responses of Ruminal pH and Milk Fat Production to Composition of the Diet

    Q. Zebeli;J. Dijkstra;M. Tafaj;H. Steingass

  • Invited review: Role of physically effective fiber and estimation of dietary fiber adequacy in high-producing dairy cattle.

    Q. Zebeli;Jörg Aschenbach;M. Tafaj;J. Boguhn

  • Natural occurrence of 16 fusarium toxins in grains and feedstuffs of plant origin from Germany.

    Margit Schollenberger;Hans-Martin Müller;Melanie Rüfle;Sybille Suchy

  • Effects of Physically Effective Fiber on Digestive Processes and Milk Fat Content in Early Lactating Dairy Cows Fed Total Mixed Rations

    Q. Zebeli;M. Tafaj;H. Steingass;B. Metzler

  • Determination of eight trichothecenes by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after sample clean-up by a two-stage solid-phase extraction

    M Schollenberger;U Lauber;H.Terry Jara;S Suchy

  • A survey of Fusarium toxins in cereal-based foods marketed in an area of southwest Germany.

    Margit Schollenberger;Sybille Suchy;Helga Terry Jara;Winfried Drochner

  • Effects of varying dietary forage particle size in two concentrate levels on chewing activity, ruminal mat characteristics, and passage in dairy cows.

    Q. Zebeli;M. Tafaj;I. Weber;J. Dijkstra

  • A meta-analysis examining effects of particle size of total mixed rations on intake, rumen digestion and milk production in high-yielding dairy cows in early lactation

    M. Tafaj;Q. Zebeli;Ch. Baes;H. Steingass

  • Pectin in pig nutrition, a comparative review.

    W. Drochner;A. Kerler;B. Zacharias

  • Methods for measuring ileal amino acid digestibility in pigs.

    W. C. Sauer;M. Z. Fan;R. Mosenthin;W. Drochner

  • Active immunization of boars against GnRH at an early age: consequences for testicular function, boar taint accumulation and N-retention

    C Metz;K Hohl;S Waidelich;W Drochner

  • Fusarium toxins of the scirpentriol subgroup: a review

    Margit Schollenberger;Winfried Drochner;Hans-Martin Müller

  • Digesta characteristics of dorsal, middle and ventral rumen of cows fed with different hay qualities and concentrate levels

    M Tafaj;B Junck;Anja Maulbetsch;H Steingass

  • Effect of roughage level in a total mixed ration on feed intake, ruminal fermentation patterns and chewing activity of early-weaned calves with ad libitum access to grass hay

    Caroline van Ackeren;Herbert Steingaß;Karin Hartung;Rainer Funk

  • Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of cereal and microbial phytases in growing pigs fed diets with marginal phosphorus supply

    Birgit Zimmermann;Hans-Joachim Lantzsch;Rainer Mosenthin;Franz-Josef Schöner

  • Hydrolysis of phytic acid by intrinsic plant or supplemented microbial phytase (Aspergillus niger) in the stomach and small intestine of minipigs fitted with re-entrant cannulas.

    C. Rapp;H.-J. Lantzsch;W. Drochner

  • Hydrolysis of phytic acid by intrinsic plant and supplemented microbial phytase (Aspergillus niger) in the stomach and small intestine of minipigs fitted with re-entrant cannulas. 3. Hydrolysis of phytic acid (IP6) and occurrence of hydrolysis products (IP5, IP4, IP3 and IP2).

    Rapp C;Lantzsch Hj;Drochner W

  • Energy requirements of cattle for standing and for ingestion, estimated by a ruminal emptying technique

    A. Susenbeth;T. Dickel;K.-H. Südekum;W. Drochner

  • Digestion of carbohydrates in the pig

    W. Drochner

  • Influence of Fiber Content and Concentrate Level on Chewing Activity, Ruminal Digestion, Digesta Passage Rate and Nutrient Digestibility in Dairy Cows in Late Lactation

    M. Tafaj;V. Kolaneci;B. Junck;A. Maulbetsch

  • Effects of dietary forage particle size and concentrate level on fermentation profile, in vitro degradation characteristics and concentration of liquid- or solid-associated bacterial mass in the rumen of dairy cows

    Q. Zebeli;M. Tafaj;I. Weber;H. Steingass

  • Occurrence and distribution of 13 trichothecene toxins in naturally contaminated maize plants in Germany.

    Margit Schollenberger;Hans-Martin Müller;Katrin Ernst;Sarah Sondermann

  • Serum IgA-Promoting Effects Induced by Feed Loads Containing Isolated Deoxynivalenol (DON) in Growing Piglets

    Winfried Drochner;Margit Schollenberger;Hans-Peter Piepho;Simone Götz

  • Bioavailability of the Fusarium toxin deoxynivalenol (DON) from wheat straw and chaff in pigs.

    Dirk Rohweder;Susanne Kersten;Hana Valenta;Sarah Sondermann

  • The effect of dietary calcium on the efficacy of microbial phytase in rations for growing pigs

    H. J. Lantzsch;S. Wjst;W. Drochner

  • Hydrolysis of phytic acid by intrinsic plant or supplemented microbial phytase (Aspergillus niger) in the stomach and small intestine of minipigs fitted with re-entrant cannulas. 1. Passage of dry matter and total phosphorus.

    C. Rapp;H. J. Lantzsch;W. Drochner

Frequent Co-Authors

Qendrim Zebeli
Qendrim Zebeli University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Burim N. Ametaj
Burim N. Ametaj University of Alberta
Hans-Peter Piepho
Hans-Peter Piepho University of Hohenheim
Rainer Mosenthin
Rainer Mosenthin University of Hohenheim
Sven Dänicke
Sven Dänicke Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Ernst Pfeffer
Ernst Pfeffer University of Bonn
Andreas Susenbeth
Andreas Susenbeth Kiel University
Jan Dijkstra
Jan Dijkstra Wageningen University & Research
Markus Rodehutscord
Markus Rodehutscord University of Hohenheim
Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli
Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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