N.E. O’Connell

4.0k citations

111 papers · 2.9k indexed · h-index 30

Impact in

Small Animals top 0.05%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
Animal Science and Zoology top 0.1%
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Livestock and Poultry Management

Papers in ⓘ

Small Animals 78
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies 75
Animal Science and Zoology 75
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology 57
- Meat and Animal Product Quality 21
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock 17
- Livestock and Poultry Management 11

Co-authors: V.E. Beattie (17 shared papers)C.L. Bailie (9 shared papers)B.W. Moss (6 shared papers)C.P. Ferris (12 shared papers)Gareth Arnott (4 shared papers)Laura Boyle (11 shared papers)Peadar G. Lawlor (10 shared papers)M.E.E. Ball (4 shared papers)
Journals: Applied Animal Behaviour Science (18 papers)animal (14 papers)Journal of Dairy Science (7 papers)Journal of Animal Science (5 papers)Livestock Science (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Ireland Austria

In The Last Decade

N.E. O’Connell

108 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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1	Influence of environmental enrichment on the behaviour, performance and meat quality of domestic pigs Livestock Production Science ·V.E. Beattie, N.E. O’Connell, B.W. Moss	2000	223
2	Review: welfare of dairy cows in continuously housed and pasture-based production systems animal ·Gareth Arnott, C.P. Ferris, N.E. O’Connell	2016	155
3	Responses of calves to acute stress: Individual consistency and relations between behavioral and physiological measures Physiology & Behavior ·C.G. van Reenen, N.E. O’Connell, Jozef T. N. van der Werf, S. Mechiel Korte, H. Hopster, Robert B. Jones, H.J. Blokhuis	2005	140
4	Influence of environmental enrichment on welfare-related behavioural and physiological parameters in growing pigs Animal Science ·V.E. Beattie, N.E. O’Connell, D.J. Kilpatrick, B.W. Moss	2000	103
5	Intestinal microbiota profiles associated with low and high residual feed intake in chickens across two geographical locations PLoS ONE ·Sina-Catherine Siegerstetter, Stephan Schmitz‐Esser, E. Magowan, Stefanie Urimare Wetzels, Qendrim Zebeli, Peadar G. Lawlor, N.E. O’Connell, Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli	2017	88
6	Influence of the provision of natural light and straw bales on activity levels and leg health in commercial broiler chickens animal ·C.L. Bailie, M.E.E. Ball, N.E. O’Connell	2012	84
7	Evaluating the prevalence of tail biting and carcase condemnations in slaughter pigs in the Republic and Northern Ireland, and the potential of abattoir meat inspection as a welfare surveillance tool Veterinary Record ·Sarah Harley, Simon J. More, N.E. O’Connell, Alison Hanlon, Dayane Lemos Teixeira, Laura Boyle	2012	81
8	Factors identifying pigs predisposed to tail biting Animal Science ·V.E. Beattie, K. Breuer, N.E. O’Connell, Ian Sneddon, J. T. Mercer, K. A. Rance, M.E.M. Sutcliffe, S.A. Edwards	2005	71
9	Heritability of clinical tail-biting and its relation to performance traits Livestock Production Science ·K. Breuer, M.E.M. Sutcliffe, J. T. Mercer, K. A. Rance, N.E. O’Connell, Ian Sneddon, S.A. Edwards	2004	67
10	Influence of Environmental Enrichment on Aggressive Behaviour and Dominance Relationships in Growing Pigs Animal Welfare ·N.E. O’Connell, V.E. Beattie	1999	66
11	Do pigs form preferential associations? Applied Animal Behaviour Science ·J.L. Durrell, Ian Sneddon, N.E. O’Connell, H Whitehead	2004	66
12	Play behaviour, fear responses and activity levels in commercial broiler chickens provided with preferred environmental enrichments animal ·Mary Baxter, C.L. Bailie, N.E. O’Connell	2018	61
13	Influence of Social Status on the Welfare of Sows in Static and Dynamic Groups Animal Welfare ·N.E. O’Connell, V.E. Beattie, B.W. Moss	2003	57
14	Fecal Microbiota Transplant from Highly Feed-Efficient Donors Shows Little Effect on Age-Related Changes in Feed-Efficiency-Associated Fecal Microbiota from Chickens Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Sina-Catherine Siegerstetter, Renée M. Petri, E. Magowan, Peadar G. Lawlor, Qendrim Zebeli, N.E. O’Connell, Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli	2017	57
15	Digital Dermatitis in Dairy Cows: A Review of Risk Factors and Potential Sources of Between-Animal Variation in Susceptibility Animals ·M. Palmer, N.E. O’Connell	2015	54
16	The influence of providing perches and string on activity levels, fearfulness and leg health in commercial broiler chickens animal ·C.L. Bailie, N.E. O’Connell	2014	50
17	Study on the Association between Tail Lesion Score, Cold Carcass Weight, and Viscera Condemnations in Slaughter Pigs Frontiers in Veterinary Science ·Dayane Lemos Teixeira, Sarah Harley, Alison Hanlon, N.E. O’Connell, Simon J. More, Edgar García Manzanilla, Laura Boyle	2016	47
18	A comparison of fast growing broiler chickens with a slower-growing breed type reared on Higher Welfare commercial farms PLoS ONE ·Mary Baxter, Anne Richmond, Ursula Lavery, N.E. O’Connell	2021	46
19	Fecal Microbiota Transplant From Highly Feed Efficient Donors Affects Cecal Physiology and Microbiota in Low- and High-Feed Efficient Chickens Frontiers in Microbiology ·Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli, Sina-Catherine Siegerstetter, E. Magowan, Peadar G. Lawlor, N.E. O’Connell, Qendrim Zebeli	2019	46
20	Relationship between rooting behaviour and foraging in growing pigs Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science ·V.E. Beattie, N.E. O’Connell	2001	43

About N.E. O’Connell

N.E. O’Connell is a scholar working on Small Animals, Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics and Insect Science, having authored 111 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (75 papers), Animal Nutrition and Physiology (57 papers), Meat and Animal Product Quality (21 papers), Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock (17 papers), Reproductive Physiology in Livestock (13 papers), Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (12 papers), Livestock and Poultry Management (11 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Small Animals (1.9k citations), Animal Science and Zoology (1.8k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (592 citations), Genetics (579 citations) and Developmental Biology (37 citations). N.E. O’Connell has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Austria. Frequent co-authors include V.E. Beattie, C.L. Bailie, B.W. Moss, C.P. Ferris, Gareth Arnott, Laura Boyle, Peadar G. Lawlor, M.E.E. Ball, E. Magowan and Qendrim Zebeli. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Animal Behaviour Science, animal, Journal of Dairy Science, Journal of Animal Science and Livestock Science.

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