ISU Department of Animal Science Faculty Co-Authors on Most Cited Papers

The American Society of Animal Science compiled the Journal of Animal Science and its most downloaded and most cited articles of 2015.  Dr. John Patience, Dr. Nick Gabler, Dr. Jason Ross, Dr. Steven Lonergan and Dr. Lance Baumgard are among the Iowa State University Department of Animal Science faculty that have co-authored 3 of the top 10 most sited articles of 2015.

The 10 most cited articles published in the Journal of Animal Science in 2015 are below:

Effects of in utero heat stress on postnatal body composition in pigs: I. Growing phase.  Johnson, J. S.; Fernandez, M. V. Sanz; Gutierrez, N. A.; Patience, J. F.; Ross, J. W.; Gabler, N. K.; Lucy, M. C.; Safranski, T. J.; Rhoads, R. P.; Baumgard, L. H.  JAN 2015  71-81. 10.2527/jas2014-8354

Effects of in utero heat stress on postnatal body composition in pigs: II. Finishing phase.  Johnson, J. S.; Fernandez, M. V. Sanz; Patience, J. F.; Ross, J. W.; Gabler, N. K.; Lucy, M. C.; Safranski, T. J.; Rhoads, R. P.; Baumgard, L. H.  JAN 2015  82- 92. 10.2527/jas2014-8355

RUMINANT NUTRITION SYMPOSIUM: Use of genomics and transcriptomics to identify strategies to lower ruminal methanogenesis. McAllister, T. A.; Meale, S. J.; Valle, E.; Guan, L. L.; Zhou, M.; Kelly, W. J.; Henderson, G.; Attwood, G. T.; Janssen, P. H.  APR 2015  1431-1449.  10.2527/jas2014-8329

Carcass composition of market weight pigs subjected to heat stress in utero and during finishing. Cruzen, S. M.; Boddicker, R. L.; Graves, K. L.; Johnson, T. P.; Arkfeld, E. K.; Baumgard, L. H.; Ross, J. W.; Safranski, T. J.; Lucy, M. C.; Lonergan, S. M.  MAY 2015  2587-2596.  10.2527/jas2014-8347

Effects of encapsulated nitrate on enteric methane production and nitrogen and energy utilization in beef heifers.  Lee, C.; Araujo, R. C.; Koenig, K. M.; Beauchemin, K. A.  MAY 2015  2391-2404.       10.2527/jas2014-8845

Technical note: Isolation and characterization of ovine brown adipocyte precursor cells. Ma, X.; Hou, Y. Q.; Dahanayaka, S.; Satterfield, M. C.; Burghardt, R. C.; Bazer, F. W.; Wu, G.  MAY 2015  2094-2099.   10.2527/jas2014-8728

Daily methane production pattern of Welsh ponies fed a roughage diet with or without a cereal mixture. Dansen, O.; Pellikaan, W. F.; Hendriks, W. H.; Dijkstra, J.; Jacobs, M. P. T.; Everts, H.; van Doorn, D. A.  APR 2015 1916-1922  10.2527/jas2014-8415

Carbohydrate composition and in vitro digestibility of dry matter and nonstarch polysaccharides in corn, sorghum, and wheat and coproducts from these grains. Jaworski, N. W.; Laerke, H. N.; Knudsen, K. E. Bach; Stein, H. H.  MAR 2015 1103-1113.  10.2527/jas2014-8147

Digestibility and performance of steers fed low-quality crop residues treated with calcium oxide to partially replace corn in distillers grains finishing diets. Shreck, A. L.; Nuttelman, B. L.; Harding, J. L.; Griffin, W. A.; Erickson, G. E.; Klopfenstein, T. J.; Cecava, M. J.  FEB 2015  661-671. 10.2527/jas2013-7194

Estimation of breed-specific heterosis effects for birth, weaning, and yearling weight in cattle. Schiermiester, L. N.; Thallman, R. M.; Kuehn, L. A.; Kachman, S. D.; Spangler, M. L.  JAN 2015  46-52.        10.2527/jas2014-8493