Alan McElligott is an Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong. He received his BSc from University College Cork, PhD from University College Dublin, and postdoctoral training at the University of Zurich. After serving as faculty member at the University of Nottingham, Queen Mary University of London and the University of Roehampton, he joined City University of Hong Kong in 2020.
Alan is a member of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) as a well as serving on ASAB’s Education Committee. He is also a member of the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) and the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE). His research has been featured in many news reports across TV, radio, newspapers and other media. Recently his research has been the focus of two TV documentaries on farm livestock cognition and welfare: “SMART AS A GOAT” by ZED TV (France), and “INTO FARM ANIMALS’ MINDS” by ARTE TV (France/Germany). He is as an editor for Frontiers in Veterinary Sciences, Animals and Animal Sentience.
https://www.alanmcelligott.co.uk
Twitter: @amcell
Prof. Kenéz’s research interests are at the intersection of nutrient metabolism and sustainable animal production, with an emphasis on farmed insects as animal feed. His ongoing projects are in the areas of black soldier fly farming and the use of insect-based products as functional feed ingredients:
- Gut health and metabolic effects of dietary black soldier fly larvae provision in chicken and fish
- Nutritional and functional feed value of insect-based products in canine diets
- Food waste recycling by insect farming and the effects of waste composition on product quality
- Antimicrobial properties of black soldier fly larvae-based feed ingredients
The full list of publications is available on Google Scholar.
Ibrahim A, Kenéz Á, Rodehutscord M, Siegert W. The influence of substituting dietary peptide-bound with free amino acids on nitrogen metabolism and acid-base balance of broiler chickens depends on asparagine and glutamine supply. British Journal of Nutrition (2023) https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114523001617
Jorge-Smeding E, Warnken T, Grob AJ, Feige K, Pudert T, Leung YH, Go YY, Kenéz Á. The sphingolipidome of plasma, liver, and adipose tissues and its association with insulin response to oral glucose testing in Icelandic horses. American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology (2022) https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00018.2022
Kenéz Á, Bäßler SC, Jorge-Smeding E, Huber K. Ceramide metabolism associated with chronic dietary nutrient surplus and diminished insulin sensitivity in the liver, muscle, and adipose tissue of cattle. Frontiers in Physiology (2022) https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.958837
Xu W, Kenéz Á, Mann S, Overton TR, Wakshlag JJ, Nydam DV, Feng T, Leal Yepes F: Effects of dietary branched-chain amino acid supplementation on serum and milk metabolome profiles in dairy cows during early lactation. Journal of Dairy Science (2022) https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2022-21892
Kim Y, Xu W, Barrs V, Beatty B, Kenéz Á. In-depth characterisation of the urine metabolome in cats with and without urinary tract diseases. Metabolomics (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-022-01877-9
Feng T, Ding H, Wang J , Xu W, Liu Y, Kenéz Á. Alterations of Serum Metabolites and Fecal Microbiota Involved in Ewe Follicular Cyst. Frontiers in Microbiology (2021) https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.675480