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2018

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Identifying and prioritizing opportunities for improving efficiency on the farm: holistic metrics and benchmarking with Data Envelopment Analysis

Soteriades, AD., Rowland, K., Roberts, DJ. & Stott, AW., 1 Jun 2018, In : International Journal of Agricultural Management. 7, 1, p. 16 - 29 14 p.

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data analysis

farms

terminology

consultants

agricultural industry

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Identifying urine patches on intensively managed grassland using aerial imagery captured from remotely piloted aircraft systems

Maire, J., Gibson-Poole, S., Cowan, N., Reay, DS., Richards, KG., Skiba, U., Rees, RM. & Lanigan, GJ., 25 Apr 2018, In : Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2, 10.

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urine

aircraft

imagery

grassland

livestock

Immune-associated traits measured in milk as proxies for blood serum measurements in dairy cows

Denholm, SJ., McNeilly, TN., Coffey, MP., Russell, G., Banos, G. & Wall, E., Apr 2018.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

3 Citations (Scopus)

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Immune-associated traits measured in milk of Holstein-Friesian cows as proxies for blood serum measurements

Denholm, SJ., McNeilly, TN., Banos, G., Coffey, MP., Russell, GC., Bagnall, A., Mitchell, MC. & Wall, E., 29 Aug 2018, In : Journal of Dairy Science. 101, 11, p. 10248 - 10258 11 p.

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blood serum

Holstein

cows

milk

haptoglobins

3 Citations (Scopus)

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Impact of genetic selection for increased cattle resistance to bovine tuberculosis on disease transmission dynamics

Raphaka, K., Sanchez-Molano, E., Tsairidou, S., Anacleto, O., Glass, EJ., Woolliams, JA., Doeschl-Wilson, A. & Banos, G., 1 Oct 2018, In : Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 5, 14 p., 237.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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bovine tuberculosis

disease transmission

cattle

United Kingdom

selection intensity

Impact on Scottish crops if the molluscicide metaldehyde is withdrawn

Evans, KA. & Burnett, FJ., 2018, PHC2018/02 ed. Plant Health Centre. 8 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

Open Access

ferric phosphate

metaldehyde

molluscicides

crops

crop losses

Improving the inference of co-occurence networks in the bovine rumen microbiome

Zheng, H., Wang, H., Dewhurst, RJ. & Roehe, R., 21 Nov 2018, In : IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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relative abundance

methane

cattle

microbial community

bovine

In-field assessment of an arabinoxylan polymer on disease control in spring barley

Ratsep, J., Havis, ND., Loake, GJ., Walters, DR. & McGrann, GRD., 30 Mar 2018, In : Crop Protection. 109, p. 102 - 109 8 p.

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arabinoxylan

spring barley

polymers

disease control

fungicides

8 Citations (Scopus)

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Influencing factors and incentives on the intention to adopt precision agricultural technologies within arable farming systems

Barnes, AP., Soto, I., Eory, V., Beck, B., Balafoutis, AT., Sanchez, B., Vangeyte, J., Fountas, S., van der Wal, T. & Gomez-Barbero, M., 26 Dec 2018, In : Environmental Science and Policy. 93, p. 66 - 74 9 p.

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precision agriculture

farming systems

farmers

economic investment

sustainable agriculture

Integrated control of potato late blight: predicting the combined efficacy of host resistance and fungicides

Ritchie, F., Bain, RA., Lees, A., Boor, T. & Paveley, N., 25 May 2018, In : Plant Pathology. 67, 8, p. 1784 - 1791 8 p.

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Phytophthora infestans

fungicides

dosage

cultivars

blight

7 Citations (Scopus)

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Integrated farm management for sustainable agriculture: lessons for knowledge exchange and policy

Rose, D., Sutherland, W., Barnes, AP., Borthwick, FA., Ffoulkes, C., Moorby, J., Nicholas-Davies, P., Hall, C., Twining, S. & Dicks, L., 19 Dec 2018, In : Land Use Policy. 81, p. 834 - 842 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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farm management

sustainable agriculture

Wales

England

farming systems

1 Citation (Scopus)

Inter-individual differences in contamination profiles as tracer of social group association in stranded sperm whales

Schnitzler, JG., Pinzone, M., Autenrieth, M., van Neer, A., IJsseldijk, LL., Barber, JL., Deaville, R., Jepson, P., Brownlow, A., Schaffeld, T., Thome, J-P., Tiedemann, R., Das, K. & Siebert, U., 19 Jul 2018, In : Scientific Reports. 8, p. 3 - 6 4 p., 10958.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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tracer techniques

kinship

feeding preferences

Canary Islands

social structure

9 Citations (Scopus)

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Introgression of exotic Cervus (nippon and canadensis) into red deer (Cervus elaphus) populations in Scotland and the English Lake District

Smith, SL., Senn, HV., Perez-Espona, S., Wyman, MT., Heap, E. & Pemberton, JM., 22 Jan 2018, In : Ecology and Evolution. 8, 4, p. 2122 - 2134 13 p.

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Cervus elaphus canadensis

Cervus nippon

Cervus elaphus

Scotland

introgression

6 Citations (Scopus)

Invited review: Genomic selection for small ruminants in Europe and other developed countries: How applicable for the rest of the world?

Mrode, R., Tarekegn, GM., Mwacharo, JM. & Djikeng, A., 18 Jan 2018, In : Animal. 12, 7, p. 1333 - 1340 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

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small ruminants

marker-assisted selection

developed countries

breeds

developing countries

IPM practices on arable farms in the UK and Ireland

Creissen, H. E., Tranter, R. B., Jones, P. J., Burnett, F., Jess, S., Girling, R. D., Gaffney, M., Thorne, F. S. & Kildea, S., 2018, Proceedings Crop Production in Northern Britain . p. 9-10 2 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

integrated pest management

Ireland

farms

farmers

growers

4 Citations (Scopus)

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Seeker, LA., Ilska, JJ., Psifidi, A., Wilbourn, RV., Underwood, SL., Fairlie, J., Holland, R., Froy, H., Bagnall, A., Whitelaw, B., Coffey, MP., Nussey, DH. & Banos, G., 13 Feb 2018, In : PLoS ONE. 13, 2, 3 p., e0192864.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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telomeres

dairy cattle

leukocytes

genetic correlation

heritability

5 Citations (Scopus)

Long term benefits on social behaviour after early life socialization of piglets

Camerlink, I., Farish, M., D'Eath, RB., Arnott, G. & Turner, SP., 29 Oct 2018, In : Animals. 8, 11, p. 192 - 203 12 p., 192.

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social behavior

sows

piglets

weaning

teats

Long-term effects of piglet tooth resection on molecular markers of inflammation and pain in tooth pulp

Sinclair, ARL., D'Eath, RB., Brunton, PJ., Prunier, A. & Sandercock, DA., 28 Jun 2018.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

Tooth

Inflammation

Pain

Calcitonin

CXC Chemokines

3 Citations (Scopus)

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MAGpy: a reproducible pipeline for the downstream analysis of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs)

Stewart, R. D., Auffret, M., Snelling, T. J., Roehe, R. & Watson, M., 10 Nov 2018, In : Bioinformatics. 3 p., bty905.

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Metagenome

Genome

Computational Biology

Metagenomics

Databases

11 Citations (Scopus)

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Marginal abatement cost curves for agricultural climate policy: state-of-the-art, lessons learnt and future potential

Eory, V., Pellerin, S., Garcia, GC., Lehtonen, H., Licite, I., Mattila, H., Lund-Sorensen, T., Muldowney, J., Popluga, D., Strandmark, L. & Schulte, R., 3 Feb 2018, In : Journal of Cleaner Production. 182, p. 705 - 716 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

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abatement cost

environmental policy

greenhouse gas

mitigation

cost

Measurement of antimicrobial usage & resistance

Humphry, RW., Sep 2018, SEFARI.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Microarray characterisation of gene expression profiles in caudal dorsal root ganglia after tail amputation in pigs

Sandercock, DA., Coe, J., Downing, A., Nirmal, A., Barnett, M., Freeman, T., Di Giminiani, P. & Edwards, S., 12 Sep 2018.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

Spinal Ganglia

Amputation

Transcriptome

Tail

Swine

2 Citations (Scopus)

Mitigating agricultural diffuse pollution: uncovering the evidence base of the awareness-behaviour-water quality pathway

Okumah, M., Chapman, P. J., Martin-Ortega, J. & Novo, P., 24 Dec 2018, In : Water. 11, 1, p. 29 - 47 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

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water quality

policy strategy

best management practice

environmental issue

water pollution

10 Citations (Scopus)

Modelling feedbacks between human and natural processes in the land system

Robinson, D. T., Di Vittorio, A., Alexander, P., Arneth, A., Barton, C. M., Brown, D. G., Kettner, A., Lemmen, C., O'Neill, B. C., Janssen, M., Pugh, T. AM., Rabin, S. S., Rounsevell, M., Syvitski, J. P., Ullah, I. & Verburg, P. H., 26 Jun 2018, In : Earth System Dynamics. 9, 2, p. 895-914 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

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modeling

conceptual framework

land

soil fertility

nonlinearity

Modelling interventions to mitigate production loss due to Fasciola hepatica in key UK cattle sectors

Tongue, SC., Correia-Gomes, C., Eze, IJ., Henry, MK., McCann, CM., Stott, AW. & Milne, CE., Nov 2018, p. 125. 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

Modelling potato growth

Leinonen, I., Chen, H., Taylor, JA. & Wale, S. (ed.), 2018, Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Potatoes: Volume 2: Production and Storage, Production and Sustainability. Wale, S. (ed.). Cambridge, UK: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited: Series in Agricultural Science, Vol. 2.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Moving sheep towards improved surveillance design - a case of resistance

Stirling, JM., Tongue, SC., Murray, S., Evans, J., Webster, C., Reeves, A., Gunn, GJ., Horne, J. & Foster, G., Nov 2018, p. 346. 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

1 Citation (Scopus)

MRSA spa type t899 from food animals in the UK

Sharma, M., AboOun, M., Nunez-Garcia, J., Rogers, J., Welchman, D., Teale, C., Anjum, M., Kearns, A., Pichon, B., Foster, G., Robb, A. & McMillan, M., 16 Jun 2018, In : Veterinary Record. 182, 24, p. 697-698 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

Livestock

food animals

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Methicillin

livestock

3 Citations (Scopus)

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My land? Your land? Scotland? - Understanding sectoral similarities and differences in Scottish land use visions

Valluri-Nitsch, C., Metzger, MJ., McMorran, R. & Price, MF., 15 Feb 2018, In : Regional Environmental Change. 18, 3, p. 803 - 816 14 p.

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land use

landownership

stakeholder

climate change

land

3 Citations (Scopus)

Nellore bulls (Bos taurus indicus) with high residual feed intake have increased the expression of genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation in rumen epithelium

Del Bianco Benedeti, P., Detmann, E., Mantovani, HC., Bonilha, SFM., Serão, NVL., Lopes, DRG., Silva, W., Newbold, CJ. & Duarte, MS., 1 Jan 2018, In : Animal Feed Science and Technology. 235, p. 77-86 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

rumen epithelium

oxidative phosphorylation

Nellore

bulls

feed intake

2 Citations (Scopus)

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New mastitis phenotypes suitable for genomic selection in meat sheep and their genetic relationships with udder conformation and lamb live weights

McLaren, A., Kaseja, K., Yates, J., Mucha, S., Lambe, NR. & Conington, JE., 26 Mar 2018, In : Animal. 12, 12, p. 2470 - 2479 10 p.

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sheep meat

udders

marker-assisted selection

genetic relationships

mastitis

8 Citations (Scopus)

Nitrous oxide emissions increase exponentially when optimum nitrogen fertilizer rates are exceeded in the North China plain

Song, X., Liu, M., Ju, X., Gao, B., Su, F., Chen, X. & Rees, RM., 6 Nov 2018, In : Environmental Science & Technology. 52, 21, p. 12504 - 12513 10 p.

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nitrous oxide

fertilizer

nitrogen

plain

rate

de Oliveira Silva, R., Vosough Ahmadi, B., Hiemstra, SJ. & Moran, D., 11 Dec 2018, In : Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. 136, 1, p. 63 - 73 11 p.

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gene banks

genetic resources

livestock

breeds

mathematical models

4 Citations (Scopus)

Organochlorine contaminants and reproductive implication in cetaceans: a case study of the common dolphin

Murphy, S., Law, R. J., Deaville, R., Barnett, J., Perkins, M. W., Brownlow, A., Penrose, R., Davison, NJ., Barber, J. L. & Jepson, P. D., Aug 2018, Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology: Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Population Health. Fossi, M. C. & Panti, C. (eds.). Academic Press, p. 3-38

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

cetacean

dolphin

organochlorine

PCB

pollutant

Peptide supplementation to nutrient-adequate diets enhanced internal egg quality during storage in hens at peak production

Olukosi, OA., Xiao, WW. & Jia, J., 30 Mar 2018, In : Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 98, 5, p. 1850-1855

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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egg quality

storage quality

Ovum

hens

peptides

3 Citations (Scopus)

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Perception vs practice: Farmer attitudes towards and uptake of IPM in Scottish spring barley

Stetkiewicz, S., Bruce, A., Burnett, FJ., Ennos, RA. & Topp, CFE., 26 May 2018, In : Crop Protection. 112, p. 96 - 102 7 p.

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farmers' attitudes

spring barley

integrated pest management

farmers

agronomists

2 Citations (Scopus)

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Periparturient behavior and physiology: further insight into the farrowing process for primiparous and multiparous sows

Ison, SH., Jarvis, S., Hall, SA., Ashworth, CJ. & Rutherford, KMD., 12 Jun 2018, In : Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 5, 122, 15 p., 122.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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Pain

Parturition

Hydrocortisone

Swine

C-Reactive Protein

Perspectives on Prosociality and Business Activity

Whitfield, CW., 24 Nov 2018.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

Business activity

Nature

Cultural evolution

Prosocial behavior

Market forces

5 Citations (Scopus)

Piglet mortality and morbidity: Inevitable or unacceptable?

Baxter, E. M. & Edwards, S. A., 1 Jan 2018, Advances in Pig Welfare. Spinka, M. (ed.). Elsevier Inc., p. 73-100 28 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

morbidity

piglets

Morbidity

Mortality

death

12 Citations (Scopus)

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Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: opportunities and challenges emerging from the science and information technology revolution

Halewood, M., Chiurugwi, T., Hamilton, RS., Kurtz, B., Marden, E., Welch, E., Michiels, F., Mozafari, J., Sabran, M., Patron, N., Kersey, P., Bastow, R., Dorius, S., Dias, S., McCouch, S. & Powell, W., 23 Jan 2018, In : New Phytologist. 217, 4, p. 1407 - 1419 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

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genetic resource

information technology

sustainable development

agriculture

food

Population structure of red clover ecotypes collected from Europe and Asia

Jones, C., De Vega, J., Lloyd, D., Hegarty, M., Ayling, S., Powell, W. & Skøt, L., 26 Apr 2018, Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics. Brazauskas, G., Statkeviciute, G. & Jonaviciene, K. (eds.). Springer, p. 20-26 7 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Trifolium pratense

ecotypes

population structure

introgression

geographical distribution