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

  1. Huang, Q.Q., Jin, L., Xu, Z., Acharya, S., McAllister, T.A., Hu, T.M., Iwaasa, A., Schellenberg, M., Peng, K., Wang, Y. (2016). Effects of conservation method on condensed tannin content, ruminal degradation, and in vitro intestinal digestion of purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea vent.). Canadian Journal of Animal Science, [online] 96(4), 524-531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjas-2016-0006

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  2. Zhang, Y.L., Liu, Q., Wang, C., Pei, C.X., Li, H.Y., Wang, Y., Yang, W.-Z., Bai, Y.S., Shi, Z.G., and Liu, X.N. (2015). "Effects of supplementation of Simmental steers with 2-methylbutyrate on rumen microflora, enzyme activities and methane production.", Animal Feed Science and Technology, 199, pp. 84-92. doi : 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2014.11.003

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  3. Huang, Q., Wei, Y., Lv, Y., Wang, Y., Hu, T. (2015). Effect of dietary inulin supplements on growth performance and intestinal immunological parameters of broiler chickens. Livestock Science, [online] 180 172-176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2015.07.015

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  4. Kouazounde, J.B., Gbenou, J.D., He, M., Jardim, T., Jin, L., Wang, Y., Beauchemin, K.A., McAllister, T.A. (2015). Effects of essential oils from african basil on fermentation of andropogon gayanus grass in the artificial rumen (RUSITEC). Canadian Journal of Animal Science, [online] 95(3), 425-431. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/CJAS-2014-189

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  5. Huang, Q.Q., Jin, L., Xu, Z., Barbieri, L.R., Acharya, S., Hu, T.M., McAllister, T.A., Stanford, K., Wang, Y. (2015). Effects of purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea Vent.) on feed intake, nutrient digestibility and faecal shedding of Escherichia coli O157: H7 in lambs. Animal Feed Science and Technology, [online] 207 51-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2015.06.009

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  6. Moya, D., He, M.L., Jin, L., Wang, Y., Penner, G.B., Schwartzkopf-Genswein, K.S., McAllister, T.A. (2015). Effect of grain type and processing index on growth performance, carcass quality, feeding behavior, and stress response of feedlot steers, 93(6), 3091-3100. http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2014-8680

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  7. Duniere, L., Jin, L., Smiley, B., Qi, M., Rutherford, W., Wang, Y., McAllister, T. (2015). Impact of adding Saccharomyces strains on fermentation, aerobic stability, nutritive value, and select lactobacilli populations in corn silage. Journal of Animal Science, [online] 93(5), 2322-2335. http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2014-8287

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  8. Kouazounde, J.B., Jin, L., Assogba, F.M., Ayedoun, M.A., Wang, Y., Beauchemin, K.A., Mcallister, T.A., Gbenou, J.D. (2015). Effects of essential oils from medicinal plants acclimated to Benin on in vitro ruminal fermentation of Andropogon gayanus grass. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, [online] 95(5), 1031-1038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.6785

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  9. Badhan, A., Wang, Y.X., Gruninger, R., Patton, D., Powlowski, J., Tsang, A., McAllister, T.A. (2015). Improvement in saccharification yield of mixed rumen enzymes by identification of recalcitrant cell wall constituents using enzyme fingerprinting. BioMed Research International, [online] 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/562952

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  10. Ribeiro, G.O., Gonçalves, L.C., Pereira, L.G.R., Chaves, A.V., Wang, Y., Beauchemin, K.A., McAllister, T.A. (2015). Effect of fibrolytic enzymes added to a Andropogon gayanus grass silage-concentrate diet on rumen fermentation in batch cultures and the artificial rumen (Rusitec). Animal, [online] 9(7), 1153-1162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731115000221

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  11. Jin, L., Wang, Y., Iwaasa, A.D., Li, Y., Xu, Z., Schellenberg, M.P., Liu, X.L., McAllister, T.A., Stanford, K. (2015). Purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea Vent) reduces fecal shedding of Escherichia coli in pastured cattle, 78(8), 1434-1441. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-14-426

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  12. He, M.L., Long, J., Wang, Y., Penner, G., McAllister, T.A. (2015). Effect of replacing barley with wheat grain in finishing feedlot diets on nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation, bacterial communities and plasma metabolites in beef steers, 176 104-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2015.03.024

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  13. Jin, L., Duniere, L., Lynch, J.P., McAllister, T.A., Baah, J., Wang, Y. (2015). Impact of ferulic acid esterase producing lactobacilli and fibrolytic enzymes on conservation characteristics, aerobic stability and fiber degradability of barley silage, 207 62-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2015.06.011

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  14. Wang, Y., McAllister, T.A., Acharya, S. (2015). Condensed Tannins in Sainfoin: Composition, Concentration, and Effects on Nutritive and Feeding Value of Sainfoin Forage, 55(1), 13-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2014.07.0489

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  15. Badhan, A., Jin, L., Wang, Y., Han, S., Kowalczys, K., Brown, D.C.W., Ayala, C.J., Latoszek-Green, M., Miki, B., Tsang, A., McAllister, T. (2014). Expression of a fungal ferulic acid esterase in alfalfa modifies cell wall digestibility. Biotechnology for Biofuels, [online] 7(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-6834-7-39

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  16. Li, C., Xu, B., Wang, Y., Yang, Z., Yang, W. (2014). Protein content in larval diet affects adult longevity and antioxidant gene expression in honey bee workers. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, [online] 151(1), 19-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eea.12167

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  17. Narvaez, N., Alazzeh, A.Y., Wang, Y., McAllister, T.A. (2014). Effect of Propionibacterium acidipropionici P169 on growth performance and rumen metabolism of beef cattle fed a corn- and corn dried distillers' grains with solubles-based finishing diet. Canadian Journal of Animal Science, [online] 94(2), 363-369. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/CJAS2013-130

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  18. Li, Y., Iwaasa, A.D., Wang, Y., Jin, L., Han, G., Zhao, M. (2014). Condensed tannins concentration of selected prairie legume forages as affected by phenological stages during two consecutive growth seasons in western Canada. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 94(5), 817-826. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/CJPS2013-234

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  19. Zhang, G.G., Yang, Z.B., Wang, Y., Yang, W.R., Zhou, H.J. (2014). Effects of dietary supplementation of multi-enzyme on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, small intestinal digestive enzyme activities, and large intestinal selected microbiota in weanling pigs. Journal of Animal Science, [online] 92(5), 2063-2069. http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2013-6672

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  20. Sottie, E.T., Acharya, S.N., McAllister, T., Thomas, J., Wang, Y., Iwaasa, A. (2014). Alfalfa pasture bloat can be eliminated by intermixing with newly-developed sainfoin population. Agronomy Journal, [online] 106(4), 1470-1478. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/agronj13.0378

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Contact

Research facility

Lethbridge Research and Development Centre
5403 1st Avenue South
Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Beef
Agriculture›Bioactives
Agriculture›Forages
Agriculture›Nutrition›Ruminant

Language

English