Alexander Hristov

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Animal Science

Research Summary

Research interests include nutrient management, particularly reducing nutrient excretions from dairy operations; whole-farm nutrient balances; estimating ammonia losses from manure; and use of stable isotopes to trace sources of nutrient pollution.

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Recent Publications

Alterations of rumen and fecal microbiome in growing beef and dairy steers fed rumen-protected Capsicum oleoresin

Bierly, S. A., Van Syoc, E. P., Westphalen, M. F., Miles, A. M., Gaeta, N. C., Felix, T. L., Hristov, A. N. & Ganda, E. K., 2024, In: Journal of animal science. 102, skae014.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Lactational performance, ruminal fermentation, and enteric gas emission of dairy cows fed an amylase-enabled corn silage in diets with different starch concentrations

Cueva, S. F., Wasson, D. E., Martins, L. F., Räisänen, S. E., Silvestre, T. & Hristov, A. N., Jul 2024, In: Journal of dairy science. 107, 7, p. 4426-4448 23 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A global dataset of enteric methane mitigation experiments with beef cattle conducted from 1963 to 2023

de Ondarza, M. B., Hristov, A. N. & Tricarico, J. M., Aug 2024, In: Data in Brief. 55, 110666.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Invited review: Advances in nutrition and feed additives to mitigate enteric methane emissions

Hristov, A. N., Jul 2024, In: Journal of dairy science. 107, 7, p. 4129-4146 18 p.

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A meta-analysis of methane-mitigation potential of feed additives evaluated in vitro

Martins, L. F., Cueva, S. F., Lage, C. F. A., Ramin, M., Silvestre, T., Tricarico, J. & Hristov, A. N., Jan 2024, In: Journal of dairy science. 107, 1, p. 288-300 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Lactational performance, enteric methane emission, and nutrient utilization of dairy cows supplemented with botanicals

Martins, L. F., Cueva, S. F., Silvestre, T., Stepanchenko, N., Wasson, D. E., Wall, E. & Hristov, A. N., Jan 2024, In: Journal of dairy science. 107, 1, p. 242-257 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Separate offering of forages and concentrates to lactating dairy cows: Effects on lactational performance, enteric methane emission, and efficiency of nutrient utilization

Martins, L. F., Cueva, S. F., Wasson, D. E., Silvestre, T., Stepanchenko, N., Hile, M. L. & Hristov, A. N., Jul 2024, In: Journal of dairy science. 107, 7, p. 4587-4604 18 p.

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Models to predict nitrogen excretion from beef cattle fed a wide range of diets compiled from South America

Souza, V. C., Congio, G. F. S., Rodrigues, J. P. P., Valadares Filho, S. C., Silva, F. A. S., Rennó, L. N., Reis, R. A., Cardoso, A. S., Rodrigues, P. H. M., Berchielli, T. T., Messana, J. D., Cajarville, C., Granja-Salcedo, Y. T., Borges, A. L. C. C., Kozloski, G. V., Rosero-Noguera, J. R., Gonda, H., Hristov, A. N. & Kebreab, E., 2024, In: Translational Animal Science. 8, txae072.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Prediction of enteric methane emissions by sheep using an intercontinental database

Belanche, A., Hristov, A. N., van Lingen, H. J., Denman, S. E., Kebreab, E., Schwarm, A., Kreuzer, M., Niu, M., Eugène, M., Niderkorn, V., Martin, C., Archimède, H., McGee, M., Reynolds, C. K., Crompton, L. A., Bayat, A. R., Yu, Z., Bannink, A., Dijkstra, J. & Chaves, A. V. & 22 others, Clark, H., Muetzel, S., Lind, V., Moorby, J. M., Rooke, J. A., Aubry, A., Antezana, W., Wang, M., Hegarty, R., Hutton Oddy, V., Hill, J., Vercoe, P. E., Savian, J. V., Abdalla, A. L., Soltan, Y. A., Gomes Monteiro, A. L., Ku-Vera, J. C., Jaurena, G., Gómez-Bravo, C. A., Mayorga, O. L., Congio, G. F. S. & Yáñez-Ruiz, D. R., Jan 15 2023, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 384, 135523.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

NUTRIENT FATE IN THE FULL MANURE PHOSPHORUS EXTRACTION (MAPHEX) SYSTEM, AND DESIGN OF A SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM (MAPHEX LITE)

Church, C., Hristov, A. N., Kleinman, P. J. A., Fishel, S. K., Reiner, M. R. & Bryant, R. B., 2023, In: Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 39, 3, p. 339-346 8 p.

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Improving the accuracy of beef cattle methane inventories in Latin America and Caribbean countries

Congio, G. F. S., Bannink, A., Mayorga, O. L., Rodrigues, J. P. P., Bougouin, A., Kebreab, E., Carvalho, P. C. F., Berchielli, T. T., Mercadante, M. E. Z., Valadares-Filho, S. C., Borges, A. L. C. C., Berndt, A., Rodrigues, P. H. M., Ku-Vera, J. C., Molina-Botero, I. C., Arango, J., Reis, R. A., Posada-Ochoa, S. L., Tomich, T. R. & Castelán-Ortega, O. A. & 11 others, Marcondes, M. I., Gómez, C., Ribeiro-Filho, H. M. N., Gere, J. I., Ariza-Nieto, C., Giraldo, L. A., Gonda, H., Cerón-Cucchi, M. E., Hernández, O., Ricci, P. & Hristov, A. N., Jan 15 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 856, 159128.

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Effects of ensiling time on corn silage starch ruminal degradability evaluated in situ or in vitro

Cueva, S. F., Harper, M., Roth, G. W., Wells, H., Canale, C., Gallo, A., Masoero, F. & Hristov, A. N., Jun 2023, In: Journal of dairy science. 106, 6, p. 3961-3974 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Production effects of extruded soybean meal replacing canola meal in the diet of lactating dairy cows

Cueva, S. F., Räisänen, S. E., Wasson, D. E., Lage, C. F. A., Silvestre, T., Kniffen, D. M., Fabin, R. A. & Hristov, A. N., Sep 2023, In: Journal of dairy science. 106, 9, p. 6198-6215 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A global dataset of enteric methane mitigation experiments with lactating and non-lactating dairy cows conducted from 1963 to 2022

de Ondarza, M. B., Hristov, A. N. & Tricarico, J. M., Aug 2023, In: Data in Brief. 49, 109459.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Erratum: Discrepancies and Uncertainties in Bottom-up Gridded Inventories of Livestock Methane Emissions for the Contiguous United States (Environmental Science and Technology (2017) 51:23 (13668-13677) DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b03332)

Hristov, A. N., Harper, M., Meinen, R., Day, R., Lopes, J., Ott, T., Venkatesh, A. & Randles, C. A., Feb 28 2023, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 57, 8, p. 3455 1 p.

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