List of Publications

2017

• From Cell to Beak: In-Vitro and In-Vivo Characterization of Chicken Bitter Taste Thresholds. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28513558 
  Cheled-Shoval S, Behrens M, Korb A, Di Pizio A, Meyerhof W, Uni Z, Niv MY.
  Molecules. 2017 May 17;22(5)
   Free Article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28513558
• Detecting thresholds for bitter, umami, and sweet tastants in broiler chicken using a 2-choice test method. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28339990 
  Cheled-Shoval SL, Reicher N, Niv MY, Uni Z.
  Poult Sci. 2017 Jul 1;96(7):2206-2218.
• Maternal and genetic effects on broiler bone properties during incubation period. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28339762 
  Yair R, Cahaner A, Uni Z, Shahar R.
  Poult Sci. 2017 Jul 1;96(7):2301-2311. doi: 10.3382/ps/pex021.
• The role of the bursa of Fabricius in the immune response to vaccinal antigens and the development of immune tolerance in chicks (Gallus domesticus) vaccinated at a very young age. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27418658 
  Ifrah ME, Perelman B, Finger A, Uni Z.
  Poult Sci. 2017 Jan 1;96(1):51-57. Epub 2016 Jul 14.

2016

 

2015

• In ovo feeding with minerals and vitamin D3 improves bone properties in hatchlings and mature broilers. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26500269 
  Yair R, Shahar R, Uni Z.
  Poult Sci. 2015 Nov;94(11):2695-707.
• Bitter, sweet and umami taste receptors and downstream signaling effectors: Expression in embryonic and growing chicken gastrointestinal tract. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26049797 
  Cheled-Shoval SL, Druyan S, Uni Z.
  Poult Sci. 2015 Aug;94(8):1928-41. doi: 10.3382/ps/pev152. Epub 2015 Jun 6.

2014

• Perinatal administration https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25427148   of a bitter tastant influences gene expression in chicken palate and duodenum. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25427148 
  Cheled-Shoval SL, Behrens M, Meyerhof W, Niv MY, Uni Z.
  J Agric Food Chem. 2014 Dec 31;62(52):12512-20. doi: 10.1021/jf502219a. Epub 2014 Dec 17.
• Temporal transcriptome analysis of the chicken embryo yolk sac. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25141977 
  Yadgary L, Wong EA, Uni Z.
  BMC Genomics. 2014 Aug 19;15:690. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-690.
• Nutritional aspects of honey bee-collected pollen and constraints on colony development in the eastern Mediterranean. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25038311 
  Avni D, Hendriksma HP, Dag A, Uni Z, Shafir S.
  J Insect Physiol. 2014 Oct;69:65-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.07.001. Epub 2014 Jul 16.
• Differences in intestinal mucin dynamics between germ-free and conventionally reared chickens after mannan-oligosaccharide supplementation. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24604857 
  Cheled-Shoval SL, Gamage NS, Amit-Romach E, Forder R, Marshal J, Van Kessel A, Uni Z.
  Poult Sci. 2014 Mar;93(3):636-44. doi: 10.3382/ps.2013-03362.

2014

• Cheled-Shoval SL, Gamage NS, Amit-Romach E, Forder R, Marshal J, Van Kessel A, Uni Z.2014. Differences in intestinal mucin dynamics between germ-free and conventionally reared chicken after mannan-oligosaccharide supplementation. Poultry Sci. 93(3):636-44.
• Yadgary L, Wong EA, Uni Z. 2014. Temporal transcriptome analysis of the chicken embryo yolk sac. BMC Genomics. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-690.
• Avni D, Hendriksma HP, Dag A, Uni Z, Shafir S. 2014. Nutritional aspects of honey bee-collected pollen and constraints on colony development in the eastern Mediterranean. J Insect Physiol.. 69: 65-73.
• Cheled-Shoval SL, Behrens M, Meyerhof W, Niv MY, Uni Z. 2014. Perinatal administration of a bitter tastant influences gene expression in chicken palate and duodenum. J Agric Food Chem..In press.

2013

• Oliveira J. E, Druyan S, Z. Uni, Ashwell C. M and P. R. Ferket. 2013. Metabolic profiling of late-term turkey embryos by microarrays. Poultry Sci. 92(4):1011-28.
• Yair R., Shahar R and Uni Z. 2013. Prenatal nutritional manipulation by in ovo enrichment influences bone structure, composition and mechanical properties. J. Animal Sci. 91(5):5548.
• Yadgary L., O. Kedar, O. Adepeju, and Z. Uni. 2013. Changes in yolk sac membrane absorptive area and fat digestion during chick embryonic development. Poultry Sci. 92(6):1634-1640

2012

• Uni Z., Yadgary L. and Yair R. 2012. Nutritional limitations during poultry embryonic development. J. Appl. Poultry Res. 2:452-5.
• Yair R., Uni Z and Shahar R 2012. Bone characteristics of late term embryonic and hatchling broilers: Bone development under extreme growth rate. Poultry Sci. 91(10):2614-20.
• Speier J.S., Yadgary L., Uni Z. and Wong E.A 2012. Gene expression of nutrient transporters and digestive enzymes in the yolk sac membrane and small intestine of the developing embryonic chick. Poult Sci. 91(8):1941-9
• Argov-Argaman N, Eshel O, Moallem U Lehrer H, Uni Z and Arieli A.2012. Effects of dietary carbohydrates on rumen epithelial metabolism of non lactating heifers. J Dairy Sci. 95(7):3977-86.
• Yadgary L. and Uni Z. 2012. Yolk sac carbohydrate levels and gene expression of key gluconeogenic and glycogenic enzymes, as compared to the liver, during chick embryonic development. Poultry Sci. 91(2):444-453.

2011

• Cheled-Shoval S., Amit-Romach E., Barbakov M. and Uni Z. 2011. The effect of in ovo administration of mannan oligosaccharide on small intestine development during the pre- and post-hatch periods in chickens. Poultry Sci. 90(10):2301-2310.
• Yair R. and Uni Z. 2011. Content and uptake of minerals in the yolk of broiler embryos during incubation and effect of nutrient enrichment. Poultry Sci. 90:1523-31.
• Kornasio R., Halevy O., Kedar O. and Uni Z. 2011. Effect of in-ovo feeding and its interaction with timing of first feed on glycogen reserves, muscle growth and body weight. Poultry Sci.90:1467-77.
• Yadgary L., Yair R. and Uni Z. 2011. The chick embryo yolk sac membrane expresses nutrient transporter and digestive enzyme genes. Poultry Sci. 90(2):410-16.

2010

• Noy Y. and Uni Z. 2010. Early nutritional strategies. World Poultry Sci J. 66(4):639-46.
• Yadgary L., Cahaner A., Kedar O. and Uni Z. 2010. Yolk sac nutrient composition and fat uptake in late-term embryos in eggs from young and old broiler breeder hens. Poultry Sci. 89(11): 2441-52.
• Sandel E., Nixon O., Lutzky S., Ginsbourg B., Tandler A., Uni Z. and Koven W. 2010. The effect of dietary phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylinositol ratio on malformation in larvae and juvenile gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata). Aquaculture 304(1-4):42-8.
• Amit-Romach E., Uni Z. and Reifen R. 2010. Multistep mechanism of probiotic bacterium, the effect on innate immune system. Mol. Nutr. Food Res. 54(2):277-84

2009

• Kornasio R., Riederer I., Butler-Browne G., Mouly V., Uni Z. and Halevy O. 2009. Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) stimulates myogenic cell proliferation, differentiation and survival via the MAPK/ERK and PI3K/Akt pathways. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1793(5):755-63.
• De Oliveira J.E., Druyan S., Uni Z., Ashwell C.M. and Ferket P.R. 2009. Pre hatch intestinal maturation of turkey embryos demonstrated through gene expression patterns. Poultry Sci.88:2600-9.
• Hakim Y., Harpaz S. and Uni Z. 2009. Expression of brush border enzymes and transporters in the intestine of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) following food deprivation. Aquaculture290:110-5.
• Amit-Romach E., Uni Z., Cheled S., Berkovich Z. and Reifen R. 2009. Bacterial population and innate immunity-related genes in rat gastrointestinal tract are altered by vitamin A- deficient diet. J. Nutr. Biochem. 20(1):70-7.
• Foye O., Ferket P. and Uni Z. 2009. The effects of in ovo feeding arginine, beta-hydroxy-beta-methyl-butyrate, and protein on jejunal digestive and absorptive activity in embryonic and neonatal turkey poults. Poultry Sci. 86(11):2343-9.
• Uni Z. and Yahav S. 2009. Managing prenatal development of broiler chickens to improve productivity and thermotolerance. In: Managing the prenatal environment to enhance livestock productivity. P.L.Greenwood, A.W. Bell, P.E. Vercoe.and G.J. Viljoen eds. Publ. Springer.

2008

• De Olivieira J.E., Uni Z. and Ferket P.R. 2008. Important metabolic pathways in poultry embryos prior to hatch. World Poultry Sci. J. 64(4):501-12.
• Amit-Romach E., Uni Z. and Reifen R. 2008. Therapeutic potential of two probiotics in inflammatory bowel disease as observed in the trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid model of colitis. Dis. Colon Rectum 51(12):1828-36.

2007

• Uni Z. 2007. Physiological dynamics at the intestinal brush border. In: Nutritional Biotechnology in feed and food industries. T.P. Lyons, K.A. Jacques and J.M. Hower, eds. Nottingham University Press, UK.
• Hakim Y., Rowland S.J., Guy J.A., Mifsud C., Uni Z. and Harpaz S. 2007. Effects of genetic strain and holding facility on the characteristics of alkaline phosphatase and brush border enzymes in silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus). Aquaculture Res. 38:361-72.
• Foye O., Ferket P. and Uni Z. 2007. Ontogeny of energy and carbohydrate utilization of precocial avian embryos and hatching. Avian Poultry Biol. Rev. 18(3):93-101.
• Rozenboim I., Tako E., Gal-Garber O., Proudman J.A. and Uni Z. 2007. The effect of heat stress on ovarian function of laying hen. Poultry Sci. 86(8):1760-5

2006

• Uni Z. 2006. Early development of small intestinal function. In: Avian Gut Function in Health and Disease. G.C. Perry, ed. Carfax Publishing Co., Abingdon, UK.
• Tibaldi E., Hakim Y., Uni Z., Tulli F., de Francesco M., Luzzana U. and Harpaz, S. 2006. Effects of the partial substitution of dietary fish meal by differently processed soybean meals on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and activity of intestinal brush border enzymes in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Aquaculture 261:182-93.
• Foye O.T., Uni Z., McMurtry J.P. and Ferket P.R. 2006. The effects of amnionic nutrient administration, "in ovo feeding" of arginine and/or beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) on insulin-like growth factors, energy metabolism and growth in turkey poults. Int. J. Poultry Sci.5(4):309-317.
• Foye O., Ferket P. and Uni Z. 2006. Effect of in ovo feeding egg white protein, beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB), and carbohydrates on glycogen status and neonatal growth of turkeys. Poultry Sci. 85:1185-92.
• Amit-Romach E., Reifen R. and Uni Z. 2006. Mucosal function in rat jejunum and ileum altered by induction of colitis. Int. J. Mol. Med. 18(4):721-27.
• Hakim Y., Uni Z., Hulata G. and Harpaz S. 2006. Relationship between intestinal brush border enzymatic activity and growth rate in tilapias fed diets containing 30% or 48% protein. Aquaculture 257:420-8.
• Fasina Y.O., Classen H.L., Garlich J.D., Black B.L., Ferket P., Uni Z. and Olkowski A. 2006. Response of turkey poults to soybean lectin levels typically encountered in commercial diets. 2. Effect on intestinal development and lymphoid organs. Poultry Sci. 85:870-7.
• Smirnov A., Tako E., Ferket P. and Uni Z. 2006. Mucin gene expression and mucin content in the chicken intestinal goblet cells is affected by in ovo feeding of carbohydrates. Poultry Sci. 85: 669-73.

2005

• Tako E., Ferket P. and Uni Z. 2005. Changes in chicken intestinal zinc exporter (ZnT1) mRNA expression and small intestine functionality following an intra amniotic zinc-methionine (ZnMet) administration. J. Nutr. Biochem. 16:339-46.
• Uni Z., Ferket P., Tako E. and Kedar O. 2005. In ovo feeding improves energy status of late term chicken embryos. Poultry Sci. 84:764-70.
• Smirnov A., Perez R., Amit-Romach E., Sklan D. and Uni Z. 2005. Mucin dynamics and microbial populations in chicken small intestine are changed by dietary probiotic and antibiotic growth promoter supplementation. J. Nutr. 135:187-92.

2004

• Uni Z. and Ferket P.R. 2004. Methods for early feeding and their potential. World Poultry Sci. J. 60:101-11.
• Tako E., Ferket P.R. and Uni Z. 2004. Effects of in ovo feeding of carbohydrates and beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate on the development of chicken intestine. Poultry Sci. 83:2023-8.
• Amit-Romach E., Sklan D. and Uni Z. 2004. Microflora ecology of the chicken intestine using 16S ribosomal DNA primers. Poultry Sci. 83:1093-8.
• Smirnov A., Sklan D. and Uni Z. 2004. Mucin dynamics in the chick small intestine are altered by starvation. J. Nutr. 134:736-42.

2003

• Uni Z., Tako E., Gal-Garber O. and Sklan D. 2003. Morphological, molecular, and functional changes in the chicken small intestine of the late-term embryo. Poultry Sci. 82:1747-54.
• Gal-Garber O., Mabjeesh S.J., Sklan D. and Uni Z. 2003. Nutrient transport in the small intestine: Na+, K+-ATPase expression and activity in the small intestine of the chicken as influenced by dietary sodium. Poultry Sci. 82:1127-33.
• Sklan D., Geyra A., Tako E., Gal-Gerber O. and Uni Z. 2003. Ontogeny of brush border carbohydrate digestion and uptake in the chick. Brit. J. Nutr. 89:747-53.

2002

• Uni Z., Smirnov A. and Sklan D. 2002. Pre- and posthatch development of goblet cells in the broiler small intestine: effect of delayed access to feed. Poultry Sci. 82:320-7.
• Geyra A., Uni Z., Gal-Garber O., Guy D. and Sklan D. 2002. Effect of fasting on Cdx gene expression during small intestinal development in the chick. J. Nutr. 132:911-7.