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Last published 2025
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Nicholas B. Anthony

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High Impact

Researcher

Also affiliated: Guy's Hospital (1993); University of North Carolina Health Care (2024); King's College London (2023); University of Arkansas System (1992–2021); The Ohio State University (1986–1996); Virginia Tech (1988–1989)

Faculty Researcher

27 h-index 120 pubs 2,912 cited

  • Animals
  • Chickens
  • Male
  • Female
  • Poultry Diseases
  • Body Weight
  • Ascites
  • Selection, Genetic
  • Turkeys
  • Breeding
  • Coturnix
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary
  • Oviposition
  • Animal Feed
  • Species Specificity

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Nicholas B. Anthony's research focuses on poultry science, investigating genetic selection, environmental stressors, and disease mechanisms in chickens and quail. His work examines how breeding practices and conditions such as heat stress and hypoxia impact broiler productivity and health. Anthony has studied the effects of cyclic heat stress on nutrient transporters and hypothalamic oxygen homeostasis in modern broilers and their wild ancestors, as well as the role of hypoxia in exacerbating woody breast myopathy. He also explores the avian microbiome and its interaction with host physiology, using Japanese quail as a model organism.

His publications address the evolution of management practices in broiler selection, the development of SNP-based breeding for disease resistance, and the identification of blood plasma biomarkers for conditions like woody breast disease. Anthony's research network includes collaborations with other University of Arkansas faculty, such as Sara Orlowski and Valentina Caputi. With an h-index of 27 and over 2,800 citations, his work is recognized as highly impactful within the field.

Metrics

  • h-index: 27
  • Publications: 120
  • Citations: 2,912

Selected Publications

  • Characterization of water intake and water conversion ratio for male and female broilers from four commercial broiler lines reared to eight weeks of age (2025)
    The Journal of Applied Poultry Research 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Comparing performance, morphological, physical, and chemical properties of eggs produced by 1940 Leghorn or a commercial 2016 Leghorn fed representative diets from 1940 to 2016 (2024)
    The Journal of Applied Poultry Research 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluating the ileal and cecal microbiota composition of a 1940 heritage genetic line and a 2016 commercial line of white leghorns fed representative diets from 1940 and 2016 (2023)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Evolution of maternal feed restriction practices over 60 years of selection for broiler productivity (2022)
    Poultry Science 35 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • SNP-based breeding for broiler resistance to ascites and evaluation of correlated production traits (2022)
    Hereditas 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Ileal microbial composition in genetically distinct chicken lines reared under normal or high ambient temperatures (2022)
    Animal Microbiome 19 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • SNP-Based Breeding for Broiler Resistance to Ascites and Evaluation of Correlated Production Traits (2021)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex
  • SNP-Based Breeding for Broiler Resistance to Ascites and Evaluation of Correlated Production Traits (2021)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of Cyclic Chronic Heat Stress on the Expression of Nutrient Transporters in the Jejunum of Modern Broilers and Their Ancestor Wild Jungle Fowl (2021)
    Frontiers in Physiology 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • SNP-based breeding for broiler resistance to ascites and evaluation of correlated production traits (2021)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex
  • Histological Analysis and Gene Expression of Satellite Cell Markers in the Pectoralis Major Muscle in Broiler Lines Divergently Selected for Percent 4-Day Breast Yield (2021)
    Frontiers in Physiology 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) as a novel model to study the relationship between the avian microbiome and microbial endocrinology-based host-microbe interactions (2021)
    Microbiome 27 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Applied Research Note: Development of a novel low flow water monitoring system in poultry/agriculture systems (2021)
    The Journal of Applied Poultry Research 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Identification and validation of quantitative trait loci for ascites syndrome in broiler chickens using whole genome resequencing. (2020)
    Research Square 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Identification and validation of quantitative trait loci for ascites syndrome in broiler chickens using whole genome resequencing. (2020)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex

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