| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Heat stress in lactating dairy cows: a review | Livestock Science | 2002 | 918 |
| 2 | Factors influencing the structure and function of the small intestine in the weaned pig: a review | Livestock Science | 1997 | 824 |
| 3 | Effects of heat stress on the welfare of extensively managed domestic ruminants | Livestock Science | 2000 | 811 |
| 4 | Undesirable side effects of selection for high production efficiency in farm animals: a review | Livestock Science | 1998 | 785 |
| 5 | Effect of genotype, feeding system and slaughter weight on the quality of light lambs | Livestock Science | 2002 | 632 |
| 6 | Feed evaluation for ruminants. I. The systems in use from May 1977-onwards in The Netherlands | Livestock Science | 1978 | 608 |
| 7 | The Dutch protein evaluation system: the DVE/OEB-system | Livestock Science | 1994 | 484 |
| 8 | A review of genetic parameter estimates for wool, growth, meat and reproduction traits in sheep | Livestock Science | 2005 | 473 |
| 9 | Regulation and nutritional manipulation of milk fat: low-fat milk syndrome | Livestock Science | 2001 | 467 |
| 10 | Effect of different types of forages, animal fat or marine oils in cow’s diet on milk fat secretion and composition, especially conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids | Livestock Science | 2001 | 461 |
| 11 | Variation of piglets’ birth weight and consequences on subsequent performance | Livestock Science | 2002 | 422 |
| 12 | Variance components due to direct and maternal effects for growth traits of Australian beef cattle | Livestock Science | 1992 | 403 |
| 13 | Adjustment of test-day milk, fat and protein yield for age, season and stage of lactation | Livestock Science | 1987 | 402 |
| 14 | Energy balance relationships with follicular development, ovulation and fertility in postpartum dairy cows | Livestock Science | 2003 | 400 |
| 15 | Economic losses due to clinical lameness in dairy cattle | Livestock Science | 1997 | 395 |
| 16 | Application of random regression models in animal breeding | Livestock Science | 2004 | 393 |
| 17 | On the relationship between lactational performance and health: is it yield or metabolic imbalance that cause production diseases in dairy cattle? A position paper | Livestock Science | 2003 | 336 |
| 18 | Effect of a grass-based and a concentrate feeding system on meat quality characteristics and fatty acid composition of longissimus muscle in different cattle breeds | Livestock Science | 2005 | 321 |
| 19 | Perception of rabbit meat quality and major factors influencing the rabbit carcass and meat quality | Livestock Science | 2002 | 312 |
| 20 | Selection for mastitis resistance in dairy cattle: a review with focus on the situation in the Nordic countries | Livestock Science | 2000 | 306 |
| 21 | Fertility in the high-producing dairy cow | Livestock Science | 2004 | 298 |
| 22 | The relationship between various animal and management factors and milk urea, and its association with reproductive performance of dairy cows grazing pasture | Livestock Science | 1999 | 283 |
| 23 | Digestibility of amino acids in swine: Results and their practical applications. A review | Livestock Science | 1986 | 280 |
| 24 | Seasonal variation in milk conjugated linoleic acid and Δ9-desaturase activity in dairy cows | Livestock Science | 2003 | 272 |
| 25 | The physiological responses of anovulatory ewes to the introduction of rams — A review | Livestock Science | 1986 | 258 |
| 26 | Development of thermoregulation and neonatal survival in pigs | Livestock Science | 2002 | 250 |
| 27 | Environmental impact assessment of conventional and organic milk production | Livestock Science | 2003 | 244 |
| 28 | Within-litter birth weight variation in the domestic pig and its relation to pre-weaning survival, weight gain, and variation in weaning weights | Livestock Science | 2002 | 238 |
| 29 | Skeletal muscle fibres as factors for pork quality | Livestock Science | 1999 | 237 |
| 30 | Organic livestock farming | Livestock Science | 2001 | 233 |
| 31 | The acquisition of passive immunity in the new-born piglet | Livestock Science | 2002 | 230 |
| 32 | Myogenesis and postnatal skeletal muscle cell growth as influenced by selection | Livestock Science | 2000 | 229 |
| 33 | Hormonal regulation of metabolism in ruminants; a review | Livestock Science | 1986 | 227 |
| 34 | Procedures for measuring meat quality characteristics in beef production experiments. Report of a working group in the commission of the European communities' (CEC) beef production research programme | Livestock Science | 1981 | 226 |
| 35 | Colostrum effects on the gastrointestinal tract, and on nutritional, endocrine and metabolic parameters in neonatal calves | Livestock Science | 2000 | 220 |
| 36 | Influence of environmental enrichment on the behaviour, performance and meat quality of domestic pigs | Livestock Science | 2000 | 220 |
| 37 | Perinatal mortality in the pig: environmental or physiological solutions? | Livestock Science | 2002 | 219 |
| 38 | Lactation in the sow during heat stress | Livestock Science | 1993 | 218 |
| 39 | Rabbits’ productive, reproductive and physiological performance traits as affected by heat stress: a review | Livestock Science | 2002 | 217 |
| 40 | Dystocia and stillbirth in cattle — A review of causes, relations and implications | Livestock Science | 1984 | 212 |
| 41 | Dietary protein affects nitrogen excretion and ammonia emission from slurry of growing–finishing pigs | Livestock Science | 1998 | 203 |
| 42 | Chemical and nutritional properties of soybean carbohydrates as related to nonruminants: A review | Livestock Science | 2005 | 203 |
| 43 | Estimation of genetic and phenotypic covariance functions for longitudinal or ‘repeated’ records by restricted maximum likelihood | Livestock Science | 1997 | 201 |
| 44 | Use of test day yields for genetic evaluation of dairy sires and cows | Livestock Science | 1993 | 198 |
| 45 | Genetic and phenotypic relationships among different measures of growth and feed efficiency in young Charolais bulls | Livestock Science | 2001 | 198 |
| 46 | Effects of water scarcity and hot environment on appetite and digestion in ruminants: a review | Livestock Science | 1992 | 196 |
| 47 | Genetics of adaptation and domestication in livestock | Livestock Science | 2005 | 193 |
| 48 | Genetic variation in residual feed intake and its association with other production traits in British Hereford cattle | Livestock Science | 2000 | 192 |
| 49 | Factors influencing aggression between sows after mixing and the consequences for welfare and production | Livestock Science | 1998 | 191 |
| 50 | Automation of oestrus detection in dairy cows: a review | Livestock Science | 2002 | 189 |
