| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Host–microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease | Nature | 2012 | 4,038 |
| 2 | Resistance to HIV-1 infection in Caucasian individuals bearing mutant alleles of the CCR-5 chemokine receptor gene | Nature | 1996 | 2,782 |
| 3 | Genome-wide meta-analysis increases to 71 the number of confirmed Crohn's disease susceptibility loci | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 2,284 |
| 4 | A deletion in the bovine myostatin gene causes the double–muscled phenotype in cattle | Nature Genetics | 1997 | 1,323 |
| 5 | Meta-analysis identifies 29 additional ulcerative colitis risk loci, increasing the number of confirmed associations to 47 | Nature Genetics | 2011 | 1,201 |
| 6 | The order Herpesvirales | Archives of Virology | 2009 | 790 |
| 7 | Liver lipid metabolism | Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition | 2008 | 656 |
| 8 | Updates on the Epidemiology of Dermatophyte Infections | Mycopathologia | 2008 | 415 |
| 9 | Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain: A Review | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2013 | 403 |
| 10 | Molecular Dissection of a Quantitative Trait Locus: A Phenylalanine-to-Tyrosine Substitution in the Transmembrane Domain of the Bovine Growth Hormone Receptor Is Associated With a Major Effect on Milk Yield and Composition | Genetics | 2003 | 390 |
| 11 | Mechanisms of reduced and compensatory growth | Domestic Animal Endocrinology | 2000 | 342 |
| 12 | Proposed reference sequences for hepatitis E virus subtypes | Journal of General Virology | 2016 | 339 |
| 13 | Brucellosis at the animal/ecosystem/human interface at the beginning of the 21st century | Preventive Veterinary Medicine | 2011 | 315 |
| 14 | A medium-density genetic linkage map of the bovine genome | Mammalian Genome | 1997 | 313 |
| 15 | Bovine herpesvirus 1 infection and infectious bovine rhinotracheitis | Veterinary Research | 2007 | 304 |
| 16 | CCDC39 is required for assembly of inner dynein arms and the dynein regulatory complex and for normal ciliary motility in humans and dogs | Nature Genetics | 2011 | 302 |
| 17 | RNAi-Mediated Allelic trans-Interaction at the Imprinted Rtl1/Peg11 Locus | Current Biology | 2005 | 301 |
| 18 | Large-scale eradication of rabies using recombinant vaccinia-rabies vaccine | Nature | 1991 | 271 |
| 19 | Highly effective SNP-based association mapping and management of recessive defects in livestock | Nature Genetics | 2008 | 263 |
| 20 | Host DNA released by NETosis promotes rhinovirus-induced type-2 allergic asthma exacerbation | Nature Medicine | 2017 | 260 |
| 21 | Type I and Type III Interferons Drive Redundant Amplification Loops to Induce a Transcriptional Signature in Influenza-Infected Airway Epithelia | PLoS Pathogens | 2013 | 229 |
| 22 | Classification of worldwide bovine tuberculosis risk factors in cattle: a stratified approach | Veterinary Research | 2009 | 225 |
| 23 | Antimicrobial activities of commercial essential oils and their components against food‐borne pathogens and food spoilage bacteria | Food Science and Nutrition | 2014 | 223 |
| 24 | DISCORDANT ORGAN XENOTRANSPLANTATION IN PRIMATES | Transplantation | 1998 | 208 |
| 25 | Anti-Mullerian Hormone Is an Endocrine Marker of Ovarian Gonadotropin-Responsive Follicles and Can Help to Predict Superovulatory Responses in the Cow | Biology of Reproduction | 2009 | 206 |
| 26 | Non-classical tissue monocytes and two functionally distinct populations of interstitial macrophages populate the mouse lung | Nature Communications | 2019 | 206 |
| 27 | A clear and present danger: tick-borne diseases in Europe | Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy | 2010 | 201 |
| 28 | House dust mites activate nociceptor–mast cell clusters to drive type 2 skin inflammation | Nature Immunology | 2019 | 196 |
| 29 | Ammonia emissions from pig houses: Influencing factors and mitigation techniques | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2011 | 185 |
| 30 | A Hidden Markov Model Combining Linkage and Linkage Disequilibrium Information for Haplotype Reconstruction and Quantitative Trait Locus Fine Mapping | Genetics | 2010 | 178 |
| 31 | Development and application of multiple internal reference (housekeeper) gene assays for accurate normalisation of canine gene expression studies | Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology | 2007 | 173 |
| 32 | Exposure to Bacterial CpG DNA Protects from Airway Allergic Inflammation by Expanding Regulatory Lung Interstitial Macrophages | Immunity | 2017 | 171 |
| 33 | Q Fever: Current State of Knowledge and Perspectives of Research of a Neglected Zoonosis | International Journal of Microbiology | 2011 | 168 |
| 34 | Selenium in Cattle: A Review | Molecules | 2016 | 149 |
| 35 | Feline herpesvirus | Veterinary Research | 2007 | 147 |
| 36 | Investigation of the fine structure of European populations with applications to disease association studies | European Journal of Human Genetics | 2008 | 147 |
| 37 | Proposed terms and concepts for describing and evaluating animal-health surveillance systems | Preventive Veterinary Medicine | 2013 | 143 |
| 38 | Genetical metabolomics of flavonoid biosynthesis inPopulus: a case study | Plant Journal | 2006 | 140 |
| 39 | LC-MS/MS multi-analyte method for mycotoxin determination in food supplements | Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment | 2009 | 138 |
| 40 | Diagnostic Strategy for Identifying Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Based on Four Patterns of Virulence Genes | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2012 | 136 |
| 41 | Individual differences in cortisol responses to a laboratory speech task and their relationship to responses to stressful daily events | Biological Psychology | 1996 | 134 |
| 42 | New Hosts of The Lassa Virus | Scientific Reports | 2016 | 130 |
| 43 | The Major Portal of Entry of Koi Herpesvirus in Cyprinus carpio Is the Skin | Journal of Virology | 2009 | 126 |
| 44 | A review of the microbiological hazards of dairy products made from raw milk | International Dairy Journal | 2015 | 122 |
| 45 | How Mannheimia haemolytica defeats host defence through a kiss of death mechanism | Veterinary Research | 2005 | 118 |
| 46 | Mechanisms of Persistent NF-κB Activity in the Bronchi of an Animal Model of Asthma | Journal of Immunology | 2000 | 117 |
| 47 | Animal noroviruses | Veterinary Journal | 2008 | 117 |
| 48 | Widespread activity of multiple lineages of Usutu virus, western Europe, 2016 | Eurosurveillance | 2017 | 115 |
| 49 | Ectopic Expression of DLK1 Protein in Skeletal Muscle of Padumnal Heterozygotes Causes the Callipyge Phenotype | Current Biology | 2004 | 114 |
| 50 | Typing of bovine attaching and effacing Escherichia coli by multiplex in vitro amplification of virulence-associated genes | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1996 | 114 |
