| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Recent developments in altering the fatty acid composition of ruminant-derived foods | Animal | 2013 | 657 |
| 2 | Adaptation to hot climate and strategies to alleviate heat stress in livestock production | Animal | 2012 | 654 |
| 3 | Methane mitigation in ruminants: from microbe to the farm scale | Animal | 2010 | 650 |
| 4 | Intramuscular fat content in meat-producing animals: development, genetic and nutritional control, and identification of putative markers | Animal | 2010 | 592 |
| 5 | Role of trans fatty acids in the nutritional regulation of mammary lipogenesis in ruminants | Animal | 2010 | 583 |
| 6 | Metabolic and hormonal acclimation to heat stress in domesticated ruminants | Animal | 2010 | 580 |
| 7 | The role of microbes in rumen lipolysis and biohydrogenation and their manipulation | Animal | 2010 | 555 |
| 8 | Microbial ecosystem and methanogenesis in ruminants | Animal | 2010 | 478 |
| 9 | Evaluation of the factors affecting silage intake of dairy cows: a revision of the relative silage dry-matter intake index | Animal | 2007 | 456 |
| 10 | Physiological and practical effects of progesterone on reproduction in dairy cattle | Animal | 2014 | 408 |
| 11 | Mitigating the greenhouse gas balance of ruminant production systems through carbon sequestration in grasslands | Animal | 2010 | 354 |
| 12 | Assessing the welfare impact of foot disorders in dairy cattle by a modeling approach | Animal | 2012 | 341 |
| 13 | Meta-analyses of experimental data in animal nutrition | Animal | 2008 | 339 |
| 14 | Red clover polyphenol oxidase and lipid metabolism | Animal | 2011 | 330 |
| 15 | The roles of livestock in developing countries | Animal | 2013 | 319 |
| 16 | Re-defining efficiency of feed use by livestock | Animal | 2011 | 303 |
| 17 | Bioactivity of phytochemicals in some lesser-known plants and their effects and potential applications in livestock and aquaculture production systems | Animal | 2007 | 294 |
| 18 | Genetics and genomics of reproductive performance in dairy and beef cattle | Animal | 2014 | 266 |
| 19 | Diet effects on urine composition of cattle and N2O emissions | Animal | 2013 | 265 |
| 20 | Review: Fifty years of research on rumen methanogenesis: lessons learned and future challenges for mitigation | Animal | 2020 | 265 |
| 21 | Technical options for the mitigation of direct methane and nitrous oxide emissions from livestock: a review | Animal | 2013 | 247 |
| 22 | Review: Dietary fiber utilization and its effects on physiological functions and gut health of swine | Animal | 2015 | 245 |
| 23 | Review: Adaptation of animals to heat stress | Animal | 2018 | 245 |
| 24 | Nutrition, immune function and health of dairy cattle | Animal | 2013 | 243 |
| 25 | Implications of white striping and wooden breast abnormalities on quality traits of raw and marinated chicken meat | Animal | 2015 | 243 |
| 26 | Single-step methods for genomic evaluation in pigs | Animal | 2012 | 238 |
| 27 | Recent advances in the regulation of milk fat synthesis | Animal | 2009 | 233 |
| 28 | Mitigating climate change: the role of domestic livestock | Animal | 2010 | 228 |
| 29 | Prospects from agroecology and industrial ecology for animal production in the 21st century | Animal | 2013 | 215 |
| 30 | Strategies for optimizing nitrogen use by ruminants | Animal | 2010 | 209 |
| 31 | Heritability estimates of methane emissions from sheep | Animal | 2013 | 209 |
| 32 | Impact of dietary protein on microbiota composition and activity in the gastrointestinal tract of piglets in relation to gut health: a review | Animal | 2013 | 206 |
| 33 | Influence of colostrum intake on piglet survival and immunity | Animal | 2011 | 202 |
| 34 | Use of ‘natural’ products as alternatives to antibiotic feed additives in ruminant production | Animal | 2007 | 199 |
| 35 | The pig model in brain imaging and neurosurgery | Animal | 2009 | 193 |
| 36 | Climate change and infectious disease: helminthological challenges to farmed ruminants in temperate regions | Animal | 2010 | 193 |
| 37 | Variability of colostrum yield and colostrum intake in pigs | Animal | 2007 | 191 |
| 38 | The evolution of milk secretion and its ancient origins | Animal | 2012 | 181 |
| 39 | Black soldier fly as dietary protein source for broiler quails: apparent digestibility, excreta microbial load, feed choice, performance, carcass and meat traits | Animal | 2016 | 180 |
| 40 | Invited review: overview of new traits and phenotyping strategies in dairy cattle with a focus on functional traits | Animal | 2015 | 177 |
| 41 | Medicinal plants for helminth parasite control: facts and fiction | Animal | 2007 | 174 |
| 42 | Biochemical, nutritional and genetic effects on boar taint in entire male pigs | Animal | 2009 | 173 |
| 43 | Rumen microbial (meta)genomics and its application to ruminant production | Animal | 2013 | 173 |
| 44 | Evolutionary adaptations of ruminants and their potential relevance for modern production systems | Animal | 2010 | 163 |
| 45 | Neonatal piglet survival: impact of sow nutrition around parturition on fetal glycogen deposition and production and composition of colostrum and transient milk | Animal | 2014 | 163 |
| 46 | Mixed crop-livestock systems: an economic and environmental-friendly way of farming? | Animal | 2012 | 161 |
| 47 | Developing breeding schemes to assist mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions | Animal | 2010 | 156 |
| 48 | Thyroid hormones in small ruminants: effects of endogenous, environmental and nutritional factors | Animal | 2007 | 155 |
| 49 | Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of group-penned surgically castrated, immunocastrated (Improvac®) and entire male pigs and individually penned entire male pigs | Animal | 2009 | 152 |
| 50 | The importance of grasslands for animal production and other functions: a review on management and methodological progress in the tropics | Animal | 2012 | 152 |
