Dr. Yuxi Wang

Research Scientist

enzyme
digestive system
animal nutrition
microbiology
disease prevention
beef cattle
metabolic disease
rumen stomach

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

5403 1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta

Current research and/or projects

Strategies to control Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ruminants and their environment
Survival of Fusarium graminearum in the rumen and digestive tract of cattle.

Key publications

Nair, J., Lima, P.M.T., Abdalla, A.L., Molnar, L.J., Wang, Y., McAllister, T., and Geddes, C.M. 2021. Kochia (Bassia scoparia) harvest date impacts nutrient composition, in vitro degradability, and feed value more than pre-harvest herbicide treatment or herbicide resistance traits. 2021 American Society of Agronomy (ASA) – Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) – Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) International Annual Meeting Nov 07-10, 2021. Salt Lake City, UT. (Poster Presentation).
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Peng, K., Wang, G., Wang, Y., Chen, B., Sun, Y., Mo, W., Li, G., Huang, Y. (2020). Condensed tannins enhanced antioxidant capacity and hypoxic stress survivability but not growth performance and fatty acid profile of juvenile Japanese seabass (Lateolabrax japonicus). Animal Feed Science and Technology, [online] 269 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2020.114671
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Peng, K., Zhou, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, G., Huang, Y., Cao, J. (2020). Inclusion of condensed tannins in Lateolabrax japonicus diets: Effects on growth, nutrient digestibility, antioxidant and immune capacity and copper sulphate stress resistance. Aquaculture Reports, [online] 18 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100525
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Peng, K., Wang, G., Zhao, H., Wang, Y., Mo, W., Wu, H., Huang, Y. (2020). Effect of high level of carbohydrate and supplementation of condensed tannins on growth performance, serum metabolites, antioxidant and immune response, and hepatic glycometabolism gene expression of Lateolabrax japonicus. Aquaculture Reports, [online] 18 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100515
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Peng, K., Wang, G.X., Huang, Y.H., Wang, Y.X. (2020). Effect of propionic acid on the storage stability of high moisture purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea) hay. Acta Prataculturae Sinica, [online] 29(8), 179-187. http://dx.doi.org/10.11686/cyxb2020078
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Jiang, S., Yang, Z., Huang, L., Yang, W., Song, D., Liu, F., Ge, J., Wang, Y., Jiang, S. (2020). Effect of Illicium verum or Eucommia ulmoides leaf extracts on the anti-stress ability, and mRNA and protein expression of Nrf2 and TNF-α in Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire and Chinese native Licha-black nursery piglets. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, [online] 104(4), 1085-1095. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpn.13235
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Ribeiro, G.O., Gruninger, R.J., Jones, D.R., Beauchemin, K.A., Yang, W.Z., Wang, Y., Abbott, D.W., Tsang, A., McAllister, T.A. (2020). Effect of ammonia fiber expansion-treated wheat straw and a recombinant fibrolytic enzyme on rumen microbiota and fermentation parameters, total tract digestibility, and performance of lambs. Journal of Animal Science, [online] 98(5), http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaa116
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Lei, Y., Hannoufa, A., Wang, Y., Christensen, D., Yu, P. (2019). Effects of silencing TT8 and HB12 on in vitro nutrients degradation and VFA production in relation to molecular structures of alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, [online] 99(15), 6850-6858. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.9970
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Lei, Y., Hannoufa, A., Prates, L.L., Christensen, D., Wang, Y., Yu, P. (2019). Silencing TT8 and HB12 Decreased Protein Degradation and Digestion, Microbial Synthesis, and Metabolic Protein in Relation to Molecular Structures of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, [online] 67(28), 7898-7907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.9b02317
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Nair, J., Turkington, T.K., Blackshaw, R., Geddes, C.M., Lupwayi, N.Z., Xu, S., Yang, J., Yang, H.E., Wang, Y., McAllister, T.A. (2019). Impact of field fungal contamination of barley on ensiling properties, nutritional quality and the microbiome of barley silage. Grass and Forage Science, [online] 74(2), 231-243. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gfs.12419
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Xie, Y., Wang, L., Sun, H., Wang, Y., Yang, Z., Zhang, G., Jiang, S., Yang, W. (2019). Polysaccharide from alfalfa activates RAW 264.7 macrophages through MAPK and NF-κB signaling pathways. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, [online] 126 960-968. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.12.227
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Terry, S.A., Badhan, A., Wang, Y., Chaves, A.V., McAllister, T.A. (2019). Fibre digestion by rumen microbiota — a review of recent metagenomic and metatranscriptomic studies, 99(4), 678-692. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjas-2019-0024
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Jin, L., Chevaux, E., McAllister, T., Baah, J., Drouin, P., Wang, Y. (2018). Impact of Pediococcus pentosaceus and Pichia anomala in combination with chitinase on the preservation of high-moisture alfalfa hay. Grass and Forage Science, [online] 73(3), 610-621. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gfs.12351
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Huang, Q., Holman, D.B., Alexander, T., Hu, T., Jin, L., Xu, Z., McAllister, T.A., Acharya, S., Zhao, G., Wang, Y. (2018). Fecal microbiota of lambs fed purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea Vent.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Archives of Microbiology, [online] 200(1), 137-145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00203-017-1427-5
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Peng, K., Huang, Q., Xu, Z., McAllister, T.A., Acharya, S., Mueller-Harvey, I., Drake, C., Cao, J., Huang, Y., Sun, Y., Wang, S., Wang, Y. (2018). Characterization of condensed tannins from purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea Vent.) conserved as either freeze-dried forage, sun-cured hay or silage. Molecules, [online] 23(3), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules23030586
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Coufal-Majewski, S., Stanford, K., McAllister, T., Wang, Y., Blakley, B., McKinnon, J., Swift, M.L., Chaves, A.V. (2017). Effects of continuously feeding diets containing cereal ergot alkaloids on nutrient digestibility, alkaloid recovery in feces, and performance traits of ram lambs. Toxins, [online] 9(12), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins9120405
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Flythe, M. D., Kagan, I. A., Wang, Y. and Narvaez, N. 2017. Hops (Humulus lupulus L.): modulation of rumen fermentation and potential as an alternative growth promoter. (Review) Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 4: 131. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00131.
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Duniere, L., Xu, S., Long, J., Elekwachi, C., Wang, Y., Turkington, K., Forster, R., McAllister, T.A. (2017). Bacterial and fungal core microbiomes associated with small grain silages during ensiling and aerobic spoilage. BMC Microbiology, [online] 17(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-017-0947-0
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Cheng, Q., Jiang, S.Z., Li, S.Q., Wang, Y.X., Zhang, C.Y., Yang, W.R. (2017). Effects of low-dose zearalenone-contaminated diets with or without montmorillonite clay adsorbent on nutrient metabolic rates, serum enzyme activities, and genital organs of growing-laying hens. Journal of Applied Poultry Research (JAPR), [online] 26(3), 367-375. http://dx.doi.org/10.3382/japr/pfx004
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Peng, K., Shirley, D.C., Xu, Z., Huang, Q., McAllister, T.A., Chaves, A.V., Acharya, S., Liu, C., Wang, S., Wang, Y. (2016). Effect of purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea Vent.) hay and its condensed tannins on growth performance, wool growth, nutrient digestibility, blood metabolites and ruminal fermentation in lambs fed total mixed rations. Animal Feed Science and Technology, [online] 222 100-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2016.10.012
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