A.J. Pescatore

University of Kentucky — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Animal Nutrition and Physiology(50), Livestock and Poultry Management(13), Odor and Emission Control Technologies(10), Moringa oleifera research and applications(8), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies(7)

Publications82 total

The Performance, Energy and Nutrient Utilization, and Bone Mineralization of Broiler Chickens Fed Corn-Soybean Meal-Based Diets with Reduced Metabolizable Energy, Calcium, and Available Phosphorus Supplemented with Exogenous Enzymes
Animals·2025Open Access
Performance, energy, and nutrient utilization benefits with exogenous enzyme supplementation of wheat-soybean meal-based diets fed to 22-day-old broiler chickens
Poultry Science·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
PSVI-29 Effect of pig weight and exogenous enzyme supplementation on ileal endogenous amino acid losses and standardized ileal amino acid digestibility of soybean meal produced from Kentucky-grown soybeans
Journal of Animal Science·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Guineafowl
2022· 1 cited
Organic minerals restore the acid-base and electrolyte balance in broiler chicks with nutritionally induced metabolic acidosis
Journal of Applied Animal Nutrition·2020· 2 citedOpen Access
Farmers Market Consumers’ Perceptions of Heritage Breed Chickens
Journal of the NACAA·2019
Growth performance and bone characteristics of broiler chickens fed corn-soy diet supplemented with different levels of vitamin premix and sources of mineral premix
Journal of Applied Animal Nutrition·2019· 7 citedOpen Access
Effect of manganese preconditioning and replacing inorganic manganese with organic manganese on performance of male broiler chicks
Poultry Science·2018· 23 citedOpen Access
The effect of drying method temperature, collection method, and marker type on apparent ileal amino acid digestibility in 21-day-old broilers fed corn-soybean meal-barley based diet
Poultry Science·2018· 10 citedOpen Access
Investigating the effect of dietary calcium levels on ileal endogenous amino acid losses and standardized ileal amino acid digestibility in broilers and laying hens
Poultry Science·2017· 17 citedOpen Access
Examining the effect of dietary electrolyte balance, energy source, and length of feeding of nitrogen-free diets on ileal endogenous amino acid losses in broilers
Poultry Science·2017· 15 citedOpen Access
Selling Live Heritage Breed Poultry To Hispanics
Journal of the NACAA·2017
Assessing the sustainability of organic egg production
Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science·2017
The Effects of Endophyte-Infected KY 31 Tall Fescue Seed on Northern Bobwhite Reproduction
National Quail Symposium Proceedings·2017· 1 citedOpen Access
Glucans and the Poultry Immune System
American Journal of Immunology·2017· 36 citedOpen Access
Effects of dietary supplementation of organic minerals on the performance of broiler chicks fed oxidised soybean oil
Journal of Applied Animal Nutrition·2017· 6 cited
Effect of zinc imprinting and replacing inorganic zinc with organic zinc on early performance of broiler chicks
Poultry Science·2016· 53 citedOpen Access
Effects of supplementing microalgae in laying hen diets on productive performance, fatty-acid profile, and oxidative stability of eggs
The Journal of Applied Poultry Research·2015· 74 citedOpen Access
164 Factors associated with persistence in the animal and food sciences degree program at the University of Kentucky: From Animal Science 101 to the capstone class
Journal of Equine Veterinary Science·2015
High Path Avian Influenza
UKnowledge (University of Kentucky)·2015
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Frequent Co-authors

A. H. Cantor(27), Michael J. Ford(20), T. Ao(17), K. A. Dawson(13), Richard S. Gates(12), James L. Pierce(10), J.P. Jacob(9), Kenneth D. Casey(6), M. Paul(6), D.J. Burnham(5), L.M. Macalintal(5), Joseph L. Taraba(4), M. L. Straw(4), Rijin Xiao(4), Ronan F. Power(4), S.A. Adedokun(4), Thomas H. Johnson(3), K. M. Brennan(3), N.S. Ferguson(2), R. Power(2)