► H. Nguyen-Ba, P. Veysset, I. Ortigues-Marty, V. Monteils, G. Cantalapiedra-Hijar, B. Dumont, A. Ferlay, Opinion paper: Applying agroecological principles allows assessing the multidimensionality of input-use efficiency in ruminant production systems, Animal (2025), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal. 2025.101423

►  Aboshady H.M., Jorge-Smeding E., Taussat S., Cantalapiedra-Hijar G. Development and validation of a model for early prediction of residual feed intake in beef cattle using plasma biomarkers. Animal, 101354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2024.101354

► Ellies-Oury M.P., Insauti K., Papillon S., Abechaalany J., Cantalapiedra-Hijar G. 2024. Effect of residual feed intake on meat quality in fattening Charolais bulls fed two contrasting diets. Meat Science, 109536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109536, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04577049

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Nedelkov K., Crosson P., Mcgee M. (2024-04-12). Some plasma biomarkers of residual feed intake in beef cattle remain consistent regardless of intake level. Scientific Reports, 14 (1), 8540, https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59253-7, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04544483, OA

►Guarnido-Lopez P., Ortigues Marty I., David J., Polakof S., Cantalapiedra-Hijar G. (2023-10). Comparative analysis of signaling pathways in tissue protein metabolism in efficient and non-efficient beef cattle: acute response to an identical single meal size. Animal, 17 (11), 101017, https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2023.101017, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04248972, OA

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Martinez-Fernandez G., Forano E., Denman S., Morgavi D., Mcsweeney C. (2023-09-13). The extent of nitrogen isotopic fractionation in rumen bacteria is associated with changes in rumen nitrogen metabolism. PLoS ONE, 18 (9), e0291243, https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291243, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04206731, OA

►Guarnido-Lopez P., Ortigues Marty I., Salis L., Chantelauze C., Bes A., Noziere P., Cantalapiedra-Hijar G. (2022-07). Protein metabolism, body composition and oxygen consumption in young bulls divergent in residual feed intake offered two contrasting forage-based diets. Animal, 16 (7), 100558, https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2022.100558, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03694382, OA

►Jorge-Smeding E., Polakof S., Bonnet M., Durand S., Centeno D., Pétéra M., Taussat S., Cantalapiedra-Hijar G. (2022-11-29). Untargeted metabolomics confirms the association between plasma branched chain amino acids and residual feed intake in beef heifers. PLoS ONE, 17 (11), e0277458, https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277458, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03878974, OA

►Correa-Luna M., Johansen M., Noziere P., Chantelauze C., Nasrollahi S.M., Lund P., Larsen M., Bayat A.R., Crompton L.A., Reynolds C.K. ... Cantalapiedra-Hijar G. (2022). Nitrogen isotopic discrimination as a biomarker of between-cow variation in the efficiency of nitrogen utilization for milk production: A meta-analysis. Journal of Dairy Science, 105 (6), 5004-5023, https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2021-21498, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03658611, OA

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Morel I., Sepchat B., Chantelauze C., Miller G., Duthie C.-A., Ortigues-Marty I., Dewhurst R., Ortigues Marty I. (2022-06-01). Identifying cattle with superior growth feed efficiency through their natural 15N abundance and plasma urea concentration: A meta-analysis. Peer Community Journal, 2, e31, https://dx.doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.130, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03684930, OA

►Nedelkov K., Slavov T., Cantalapiedra-Hijar G. (2021-07-05). Ruminal Degradability and Intestinal Digestibility of Dm and Cp in High-Protein Fraction from Sunflower Meal - A Cheap Source of Dietary Protein for Ruminants. Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, , https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.aavs/2021/9.7.983.988, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03266582, OA

►Jorge-Smeding E., Bonnet M., Renand G., Taussat S., Graulet B., Ortigues Marty I., Cantalapiedra-Hijar G. (2021-12). Common and diet-specific metabolic pathways underlying residual feed intake in fattening Charolais yearling bulls. Scientific Reports, 11 (1), https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03678-x, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03508382, OA

►Guarnido-Lopez P., Ortigues Marty I., Taussat S., Fossaert C., Renand G., Cantalapiedra-Hijar G. (2021-08). Plasma proteins δ15N vs plasma urea as candidate biomarkers of between-animal variations of feed efficiency in beef cattle: Phenotypic and genetic evaluation. Animal, 15 (8), 100318, https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2021.100318, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03315912, OA

►Bernard M., Cheng L., Chantelauze C., Song Y., Jeanleboeuf A., Sagot L., Cantalapiedra-Hijar G. (2020). Nitrogen partitioning and isotopic discrimination are affected by age and dietary protein content in growing lambs. Animal, 14 (5), 942-951, https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731119002647, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02530297, OA

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Guarnido P., Schiphorst A.-M., Robins R., Renand G., Ortigues Marty I. (2020). Short communication: Natural 15N abundance in specific amino acids indicates associations between transamination rates and residual feed intake in beef cattle. Journal of Animal Science, 98 (6), 5647-5653, https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaa171, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02617014, OA

►Nasrollahi S. M., Meale S. J., Morgavi D., Schiphorst A.-M., Robins R., Ortigues Marty I., Cantalapiedra-Hijar G. (2020-06-05). The origin of N isotopic discrimination and its relationship with feed efficiency in fattening yearling bulls is diet-dependent. PLoS ONE, 15 (6), e0234344, https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234344, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02850879, OA

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Ortigues Marty I., Sepchat B., Titgemeyer E., Bahloul L. (2020). Methionine balanced diets improve cattle performance in fattening young bulls fed high-forage diets through changes in nitrogen metabolism. British Journal of Nutrition, 124 (3), 273-285, https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114520001154, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02528948, OA

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Fouillet H., Chantelauze C., Khodorova N., Bahloul L., Ortigues Marty I. (2019). The isotopic nitrogen turnover rate as a proxy to evaluate in the long-term the protein turnover in growing ruminants. Journal of Agricultural Science, 157 (9-10), 701-710, https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021859620000118, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02565565

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Abo-Ismail M., Carstens G. E., Guan L.L., Hegarty R., Kenny D. A., Mcgee M., Plastow G., Relling A., Ortigues Marty I. (2018). Review: Biological determinants of between-animal variation in feed efficiency of growing beef cattle. Animal, , 1-15, https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731118001489, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02623726, OA

►Meale S. J., Morgavi D., Cassar-Malek I., Andueza D., Ortigues Marty I., Robins R. J., Schiphorst A.-M., Laverroux S., Graulet B., Boudra H., Cantalapiedra-Hijar G. (2017). Exploration of biological markers of feed efficiency in young bulls. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 65 (45), 9817-9827, https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.7b03503, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02625075

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Dewhurst R., Cheng L., Cabrita A., Fonseca A., Noziere P., Makowski D., Fouillet H., Ortigues Marty I. (2017-12-29). Nitrogen isotopic fractionation as a biomarker for nitrogen use efficiency in ruminants: a meta-analysis. Animal, 12 (9), 1 - 11, https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731117003391, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-01777612, OA

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Fouillet H., Huneau J.-F., Fanchone A., Doreau M., Noziere P., Ortigues Marty I. (2016). Relationship between efficiency of nitrogen utilization and isotopic nitrogen fractionation in dairy cows: contribution of digestion v. metabolism?. Animal, 10 (02), 221-229, https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731115002025, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-01260291, OA

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Ortigues Marty I., Schiphorst A.-M., Robins R. J., Tea I., Prache S. (2016). Natural15N abundance in key amino acids from lamb muscle: exploring a new horizon in diet authentication and assessment of feed efficiency in ruminants. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 64 (20), 4058–4067, https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.6b00967, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-01594989

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Ortigues Marty I., Sepchat B., Agabriel J., Huneau J.-F., Fouillet H. (2015). Diet-animal fractionation of nitrogen stable isotopes reflects the efficiency of nitrogen assimilation in ruminants. British Journal of Nutrition, 113 (7), 1158-1169, https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114514004449, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-01133635, OA

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Ortigues Marty I., Lemosquet S. (2015). Diets rich in starch improve the efficiency of amino acids use by the mammary gland in lactating Jersey cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 98 (10), 6939-6953, https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2015-9518, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-01211050, OA

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Peyraud J.-L., Lemosquet S., Molina-Alcaide E., Boudra H., Noziere P., Ortigues Marty I. (2014). Dietary carbohydrate composition modifies the milk N efficiency in late lactation cows fed low crude protein diets. Animal, 8 (2), 275-285, https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731113002012, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-01210485, OA

►Cantalapiedra-Hijar G., Lemosquet S., Rodriguez Lopez J. M., Messad F., Ortigues Marty I. (2014). Diets rich in starch increase the posthepatic availability of amino acids in dairy cows fed diets at low and normal protein levels. Journal of Dairy Science, 97 (8), 5151-5166, https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2014-8019, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-01210611, OA

- Domaines de recherche : Evaluation du métabolisme protéique, de l'efficience alimentaire et des besoins nutritionnels chez les ruminants en croissance.

-  Stratégie de recherche : Développer des méthodes non invasives pour prédire l'utilisation des nutriments et les besoins nutritionnels des individus.

-  Projet de recherche : Alimentation de précision chez les ruminants en adaptant la composition du régime au potentiel des animaux, afin de limiter l'impact environnemental de l'élevage et de réduire l'utilisation d'aliments consommables par l'homme dans les rations des ruminants.

Equipe Digestion-Nutrition-Aliments-Métabolisme-Microbes (DINAMIC)

Unité Mixte de Recherche sur les Herbivores

Centre Clermont-Auvernge-Rhône-Alpes

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