Dr. Hou Zhenping

Associate Professor

Institute of Bast Fiber Crops (IBFC)

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)

Address: No.348, West Xianjiahu Rd., Changsha 410205, Hunan  province, P.R. China

Phone: +86-731-88998578

Fax:  +86-731-88998504

E-mail: houzhenping@caas.cn

Education Background:

Ph.D. (Ecology)

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2010

M. S. (Animal Genetic Breeding and Reproduction)

Huazhong Agricultural University, China, 2003

B. S. (Animal Husbandry)

Huazhong Agricultural University, China, 2000

Research Area:

Dr. Zhenping Hou got her Ph.D. degree in the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010, and now as an associate professor in the Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, CAAS. Dr. Hou’s research focuses mainly on the single stomach animal nutrition, development and utilization of feed resources, including piglet nutrition, gut microbiota, intestinal health, unconventional feed application, and so on.

Selected Publications:

Jianbo Li, Ao Sun,Yun Long, Fang He, Cheng Huang, Sheng Li, Yang Luo, Haobang Li, Zhenping Hou*, Chen Dong, Baixin Wu and Kangle Yi*. Effects of age on production performance and meat quality of Xiangxi catlle. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020, 57(5):1437-1445.

Zhenping Hou, Duanqin Wu, Qiuzhong Dai. Effects of dietary xylooligosaccharide on growth performance, serum biochemical parameters, antioxidant function, and immunological function of nursery piglets. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia., 2020, 49:e20190170.

Zhaobin Wang, Jun Zhang, Pei Wu, Shiyu Luo, Jianzhong Li*, Qiye Wang, PengfeiHuang, Yali Li, Xueqin Ding, Zhenping Hou*, Duanqin Wu, Jing Huang, Qiang Tu, Huansheng Yang*. Effects of oral monosodium glutamate administration on serum metabolomics of suckling piglets. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition (Berl), 2020, 104(1):269-279.

Xuelei Zhang†, Zhenping Hou†, Xu Tian, Duanqin Wu and Qiuzhong Dai. Multi-omics reveals host metabolism associated with the gut microbiota composition in mice with dietary ε-polylysine. Food & Function, 2022, 13(7): 4069-4085.

Zhenping Hou, Xia Zheng, Xuelei Zhang, Qing Chen, Duanqin Wu. Effects of urea supplementation on the nutritional quality and microbial community of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) silage. Archives of Microbiology, 2022, 204:414.

Zhenping Hou †, Xia Zheng †. Xuelei Zhang, Li Yan, Qing Chen and Duanqin Wu. Dynamic Profiles of Fermentation Quality and Microbial Community of Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) Ensiled with Sucrose. Agronomy 2022, 12, 1853.