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Comparison of methods for monitoring the body condition of dairy cows (2018)
Journal Article
Bell, M. J., Maak, M., Sorley, M., & Proud, R. (2018). Comparison of methods for monitoring the body condition of dairy cows. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2, Article 80. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00080

Dairy cows are known to mobilize body fat to achieve their genetic potential for milk production, which can have a detrimental impact on the health, fertility and survival of the cow. Better monitoring of cows with poor body condition (low or high bo... Read More about Comparison of methods for monitoring the body condition of dairy cows.

The use of mobile near-infrared spectroscopy for real-time pasture management (2018)
Journal Article
Bell, M. J., Mereu, L., & Davis, J. (2018). The use of mobile near-infrared spectroscopy for real-time pasture management. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2, Article 76. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00076

Changes in pasture nutrients over the growing season are typically not monitored but doing so may help farmers improve how effectively they utilize forage. The aim of this research was to assess the use of real-time near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)... Read More about The use of mobile near-infrared spectroscopy for real-time pasture management.

Measuring enteric methane emissions from individual ruminant animals in their natural environment (2018)
Book
N. Shurpali, A. K. Agarwal, & V. Srivastava (Eds.), (2019). Measuring enteric methane emissions from individual ruminant animals in their natural environment. doi:10.1007/978-981-13-3272-2_8

Ruminant livestock are an important source of meat, milk, fiber, and labor for humans. The process by which ruminants digest plant material through rumen fermentation into useful product results in the loss of energy in the form of methane gas from c... Read More about Measuring enteric methane emissions from individual ruminant animals in their natural environment.

Immunological effects of altering the concentrate inclusion level in a grass silage-based diet for early lactation Holstein Friesian cows (2018)
Journal Article
Little, M. W., Wylie, A. R. G., O’Connell, N. E., Welsh, M. D., Grelet, C., Bell, M. J., …Ferris, C. P. (2018). Immunological effects of altering the concentrate inclusion level in a grass silage-based diet for early lactation Holstein Friesian cows. Animal, 13(4), 799-809. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1751731118001891

Concentrate inclusion levels in dairy cow diets are often adjusted so that the milk yield responses remain economic. While changes in concentrate level on performance is well known, their impact on other biological parameters, including immune functi... Read More about Immunological effects of altering the concentrate inclusion level in a grass silage-based diet for early lactation Holstein Friesian cows.

Novel monitoring systems to obtain dairy cattle phenotypes associated with sustainable production (2018)
Journal Article
Bell, M. J., & Tzimiropoulos, G. (2018). Novel monitoring systems to obtain dairy cattle phenotypes associated with sustainable production. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2, Article 31. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00031

Improvements in production efficiencies and profitability of products from cattle are of great interest to farmers. Furthermore, improvements in production efficiencies associated with feed utilization and fitness traits have also been shown to reduc... Read More about Novel monitoring systems to obtain dairy cattle phenotypes associated with sustainable production.

Short communication: Development of an equation for estimating methane emissions of dairy cows from milk Fourier transform mid-infrared spectra by using reference data obtained exclusively from respiration chambers (2018)
Journal Article
Vanlierde, A., Soyeurt, H., Gengler, N., Colinet, F., Froidmont, E., Kreuzer, M., …Dehareng, F. (2018). Short communication: Development of an equation for estimating methane emissions of dairy cows from milk Fourier transform mid-infrared spectra by using reference data obtained exclusively from respiration chambers. Journal of Dairy Science, 101(8), 7618-7624. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2018-14472

Evaluation and mitigation of enteric methane (CH4) emissions from ruminant livestock, in particular from dairy cows, have acquired global importance for sustainable, climate-smart cattle production. Based on CH4 reference measurements obtained with t... Read More about Short communication: Development of an equation for estimating methane emissions of dairy cows from milk Fourier transform mid-infrared spectra by using reference data obtained exclusively from respiration chambers.

Effect of feeding system on enteric methane emissions from individual dairy cows on commercial farms (2018)
Journal Article
Eckert, M., Bell, M., Potterton, S., Craigon, J., Saunders, N., Wilcox, R., …Garnsworthy, P. (2018). Effect of feeding system on enteric methane emissions from individual dairy cows on commercial farms. Land, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/land7010026

This study investigated the effects of feeding system on diurnal enteric methane (CH4) emissions from individual cows on commercial farms. Data were obtained from 830 cows across 12 farms, and data collated included production records, CH4 measuremen... Read More about Effect of feeding system on enteric methane emissions from individual dairy cows on commercial farms.

Does the diurnal pattern of enteric methane emissions from dairy cows change over time? (2018)
Journal Article
Bell, M., Craigon, J., Saunders, N., Goodman, J., & Garnsworthy, P. (2018). Does the diurnal pattern of enteric methane emissions from dairy cows change over time?. Animal, 12(10), 2065-2070. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731118000228

Diet manipulation and genetic selection are two important mitigation strategies for reducing enteric methane (CH4) emissions from ruminant livestock. The aim of this study was to assess whether the diurnal pattern of CH4 emissions from individual dai... Read More about Does the diurnal pattern of enteric methane emissions from dairy cows change over time?.

Estimated differences in economic and environmental performance of forage-based dairy herds across the UK (2018)
Journal Article
Bell, M. J., & Wilson, P. (in press). Estimated differences in economic and environmental performance of forage-based dairy herds across the UK. Food and Energy Security, Article e00127. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.127

Differences in performance among the areas of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can provide some insight into the resilience of UK milk supplies from forage-based dairy herds. This study used a Markov Chain approach to model the average h... Read More about Estimated differences in economic and environmental performance of forage-based dairy herds across the UK.