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Andrew G. Van Kessel

University of Saskatchewan(CA)

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Gut microbiota and health, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Most-Cited Works

→ Effects of plant-based diets on the distal gut microbiome of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)(2012)395 cited
→ Potential strategies for controlling necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens in post-antibiotic era(2006)344 cited
→ Association of a missense mutation in the bovine leptin gene with carcass fat content and leptin mRNA levels(2002)343 cited
→ Characterization of Intestinal Microbiota and Response to Dietary Virginiamycin Supplementation in the Broiler Chicken(2006)235 cited
→ Nutritional and physiological role of medium-chain triglycerides and medium-chain fatty acids in piglets(2011)230 cited
→ Effects of Dietary Protein Source and Level on Intestinal Populations of Clostridium perfringens in Broiler Chickens(2004)200 cited

→ Effects of guar gum and cellulose on digesta passage rate, ileal microbial populations, energy and protein digestibility, and performance of grower pigs1,2(2006)

193 cited

→ Fermentable Fiber Ameliorates Fermentable Protein-Induced Changes in Microbial Ecology, but Not the Mucosal Response, in the Colon of Piglets(2012)183 cited

→ Dietary influence of replacing fish meal and oil with canola protein concentrate and vegetable oils on growth performance, fatty acid composition and organochlorine residues in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)(2007)166 cited

→ Enterocyte proliferation and apoptosis in the caudal small intestine is influenced by the composition of colonizing commensal bacteria in the neonatal gnotobiotic pig(2007)158 cited