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Yuzo Koketsu

Yuzo Koketsu

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
32
Citations
3534
World Ranking
2166
National Ranking
21

Overview

Yuzo Koketsu is a researcher primarily affiliated with Meiji University in Japan. The key focus of their research lies in agricultural and biological sciences, particularly within veterinary disciplines. Their publication record spans topics such as animal behavior and welfare studies, animal nutrition and physiology, disease management and epidemiology in animals, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, agricultural sustainability and environmental impact, meat and animal product quality, as well as sensory analysis and statistical methods.

Their work frequently appears in several journals, with a notable number of publications in Porcine Health Management and the Journal of Animal Science. Other venues include Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, and Nihon Yoton Gakkaishi.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Farm data analysis for lifetime performance components of sows and their predictors in breeding herds, 2020, Porcine Health Management
  • A 10-year trend in piglet pre-weaning mortality in breeding herds associated with sow herd size and number of piglets born alive, 2021, Porcine Health Management
  • Increased age at first-mating interacting with herd size or herd productivity decreases longevity and lifetime reproductive efficiency of sows in breeding herds, 2020, Porcine Health Management

Yuzo Koketsu has collaborated with various co-authors, including Carlos Piñeiro, Ryosuke Iida, M. Rodríguez, Gonzalo Díaz-Amor, and J. Morales. The most frequent collaborators are Carlos Piñeiro and Ryosuke Iida.

Their research fields can be divided into two main disciplines:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Veterinary

Within subfields of study, their work mainly addresses:

  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Small Animals
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Ecology
  • Food Science

Main topics of their research include:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods

Best Publications

  • Factors for improving reproductive performance of sows and herd productivity in commercial breeding herds

    Yuzo Koketsu;Satomi Tani;Ryosuke Iida

  • Factors influencing the postweaning reproductive performance of sows on commercial farms

    Y. Koketsu;G.D. Dial

  • Feed intake pattern during lactation and subsequent reproductive performance of sows

    Yuzo Koketsu;Gary D. Dial;James E. Pettigrew;Vickie L. King

  • Longevity, lifetime pig production and productivity, and age at first conception in a cohort of gilts observed over six years on commercial farms.

    Yuzo Koketsu;Hiroshi Takahashi;Katsuyoshi Akachi

  • Characterization of feed intake patterns during lactation in commercial swine herds

    Yuzo Koketsu;Gary D. Dial;James E. Pettigrew;William E. Marsh

  • Effects of dietary lysine intake during lactation on blood metabolites, hormones, and reproductive performance in primiparous sows.

    H. Yang;J. E. Pettigrew;Lee J Johnston;Gerald C Shurson

  • Influence of imposed feed intake patterns during lactation on reproductive performance and on circulating levels of glucose, insulin, and luteinizing hormone in primiparous sows

    Yuzo Koketsu;Gary D. Dial;James E. Pettigrew;William E. Marsh

  • Management factors associated with swine breeding-herd productivity in the United States.

    Vickie L King;Yuzo Koketsu;David Reeves;Jinliang Xue

  • Influence of various factors on farrowing rate on farms using early weaning

    Yuzo Koketsu;Gary D. Dial;Vickie L. King

  • Returns to service after mating and removal of sows for reproductive reasons from commercial swine farms.

    Yuzo Koketsu;G D Dial;V L King

  • Sows having high lifetime efficiency and high longevity associated with herd productivity in commercial herds

    Yosuke Sasaki;Yuzo Koketsu

  • Variability and repeatability in gestation length related to litter performance in female pigs on commercial farms.

    Y. Sasaki;Y. Koketsu

  • Influence of lactation length and feed intake on reproductive performance and blood concentrations of glucose, insulin and luteinizing hormone in primiparous sows

    Yuzo Koketsu;Gary D. Dial;James E. Pettigrew;JinLiang Xue

  • Six component intervals of nonproductive days by breeding-female pigs on commercial farms.

    Y. Koketsu

  • INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATIONS OF PARITY, LACTATION LENGTH, AND WEANING-TO-CONCEPTION INTERVAL WITH SUBSEQUENT LITTER SIZE IN SWINE HERDS USING EARLY WEANING

    Yuzo Koketsu;Gary D Dial

  • Within-farm variability in age structure of breeding-female pigs and reproductive performance on commercial swine breeding farms

    Yuzo Koketsu

  • Influence of feed intake during individual weeks of lactation on reproductive performance of sows on commercial farms

    Yuzo Koketsu;Gary D. Dial;James E. Pettigrew;Vickie L. King

  • Big (pig) data and the internet of the swine things: a new paradigm in the industry.

    Carlos Piñeiro;Joaquín Morales;María Rodríguez;María Aparicio

  • Preweaning mortality risks and recorded causes of death associated with production factors in swine breeding herds in Japan.

    Yuzo Koketsu;Shougo Takenobu;Ryoko Nakamura

  • Associations between age of gilts at first mating and lifetime performance or culling risk in commercial herds.

    Hikari Saito;Yosuke Sasaki;Yuzo Koketsu

  • Mortality, death interval, survivals, and herd factors for death in gilts and sows in commercial breeding herds.

    Y. Sasaki;Y. Koketsu

  • Farm data analysis for lifetime performance components of sows and their predictors in breeding herds.

    Yuzo Koketsu;Ryosuke Iida

  • Longevity and efficiency associated with age structures of female pigs and herd management in commercial breeding herds.

    Y. Koketsu

  • Productivity characteristics of high-performing commercial swine breeding farms.

    Yuzo Koketsu

  • A 10-year trend in piglet pre-weaning mortality in breeding herds associated with sow herd size and number of piglets born alive

    Yuzo Koketsu;Ryosuke Iida;Carlos Piñeiro

  • Glucose tolerance, luteinizing hormone release, and reproductive performance of first-litter sows fed two levels of energy during gestation.

    JinLiang Xue;Yuzo Koketsu;Gary D. Dial;James Pettigrew

  • Reproductive profile and lifetime efficiency of female pigs by culling reason in high-performing commercial breeding h erds

    Yosuke Sasaki;Yuzo Koketsu

  • Claw lesions in lactating sows on commercial farms were associated with postural behavior but not with suboptimal reproductive performance or culling risk

    M. Enokida;Y. Sasaki;Y. Hoshino;H. Saito

  • Sows having high lifetime efficiency and high longevity associated with herd productivity

    Y. Sasaki;Y. Koketsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary D. Dial
Gary D. Dial University of Minnesota
William E. Marsh
William E. Marsh Virginia Tech
Gerald C Shurson
Gerald C Shurson University of Minnesota
Lee J Johnston
Lee J Johnston University of Minnesota
Michael D. Tokach
Michael D. Tokach Kansas State University
Brian A Crooker
Brian A Crooker University of Minnesota

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