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• 2025

  A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare

  Rault, J. L. & Lawrence, A., 25 Jan 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Biology Letters. 21, 1, 20240382.

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• Antimicrobial resistance profiles and molecular epidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Scottish bovine mastitis cases

  Pollock, J., 17 Jan 2025, In: Epidemiology and Infection. 153, e15.

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• Beneficial effects of melatonin on canine oocyte nuclear maturation via reduction of oxidative stress

  Ghafari, F., Salavati, M., Fouladi, A. & Piercy, R., 4 Mar 2025, In: Reproduction. e240388.

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• Campylobacter jejuni ST353 and ST464 cause localized gut inflammation, crypt damage, and extraintestinal spread during large- and small-scale infection in broiler chickens

  Khattak, F., 18 Feb 2025, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

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• Can, and should, we improve our metrics for quantifying AMR?

  Humphry, R., Evans, J., Henry, M., Gunn, G., Tongue, S. & Innocent, G. T., 23 Jan 2025, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. Supplement_1 ed. Oxford Academic, Vol. 7. p. i7 1 p.

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

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• Capital Investment – 2023 Farmer Intentions Survey Briefing Note

  Glendinning, J., Pate, L. (Contributor), Merrell, I., Glenk, K. (Contributor), Barnes, A. (Contributor), Sutherland, L.-A. (Contributor), Colley, K. (Contributor) & Laure, K. (Contributor), 4 Mar 2025, Edinburgh: Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 9 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research brief

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• Carbonyl Reductase 1: a novel regulator of blood pressure in Down Syndrome

  Morgan, R., Malbon, A., Czopek, A., Boyle, A., Ivy, J., Stewart, K., Denham, S., Simpson, J., Homer, N. Z., Dhaun, N. & Bailey, M. A., Jan 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Bioscience Reports. 45, 02, p. 157-170

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• Demand for fish in Great Britain is driven by household income and taste

  Rathnayaka, S., Revoredo-Giha, C. & de Roos, B., 19 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Public Health Nutrition. p. 1-30

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• Do establishment of multispecies swards affect nitrous oxide and methane emissions and promote soil health?

  Hargreaves, P. & Rees, R., 1 May 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 975, 12 p., 179091.

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• Early-life environmental enrichment promotes positive animal welfare for juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in aquaculture research

  Prentice, P. M., Chivite Alcalde, M., Cisar, P. & Rey-Planellas, S., 18 Feb 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, p. 5828 5828.

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• Editorial: The Role of Bacteriophages in Salmonella Diversity, Pathogenicity and Control

  Nale, J., 2025, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 16, 1591189.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

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• Effect of a single rectal fecal microbiota transplantation on clinical severity and fecal microbial communities in dogs with chronic inflammatory enteropathy

  Pérez-Accino, J., Salavati, M., Glendinning, L. & Salavati Schmitz, S., 2025, In: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 39, 1, p. e17264 e17264.

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• Effect of Mechanical Alleviation of Soil Compaction on Grassland Yields, Soil Structure and Nitrous Oxide Emissions

  Hargreaves, P., Baker, K., Graceson, A., Cloy, J. & Ball, B., 18 Mar 2025, Nitrogen Cycling and Soil Health. Baggs, E. & Hatano, R. (eds.). Springer, p. 117–137 20 p. 7

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• Effect of multispecies swards on ruminal fermentation, methane emission and potential for climate care cattle farming − an in vitro study

  M U, H., Sidoruk, P., Lechniak, D., Szumacher-Strabel, M., Bocianowski, J., Slusarczyk, S., Hargreaves, P., Ruska, D., Dorbe, A., Kreismane, D., Klumpp, K., Bloor, J., Rees, R., Kuipers, A., Galama, P., Váradyová, Z., Cobanová, K. & Cieslak, A., 10 Jan 2025, In: Animal. 19, 1, p. 101386 11 p., 101386.

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• Environmental effects of improved regional nitrogen cycling in crop-livestock systems – A generic modelling approach

  vonk, W., Schut, A. G. T., van Ittersum, M. K., grillot, M., Topp, C. & Hendricks, R., 2 Mar 2025, In: Agricultural Systems. p. 104244 104244.

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• Exploring the effects of dietary lysine and tryptophan on the social behaviour of pigs

  Hewett, E., Zaragoza, L. E., Lewis, C., Houdijk, J., Doeschl-Wilson, A. & Turner, S., 17 Jan 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Animal Science. 29 p., skaf030.

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• Genomic analysis of hair sheep from West/Central Africa reveals unique genetic diversity and ancestral links to breed formation in the Caribbean

  Salavati, M. & Wiener, P., 1 Jan 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Molecular Ecology.

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• Greenhouse gas abatement in UK agriculture 2024-2050: Report submitted to support the 7th carbon budget in the UK

  Eory, V., Mckay Fletcher, D., MacLeod, M., Duthie, C.-A., Rees, R. & Topp, C., 25 Feb 2025, Prepared for the Climate Change Committee. 84 p.

  Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report

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• Immunomodulatory and growth-promoting effects of Rauwolfia serpentina root powder in broiler chicks challenged with Salmonella Gallinarum

  Khattak, F., 2025, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 12, p. 1534347 1534347.

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• Information flows within farmer networks and the implications for farmer-to-farmer extension: evidence from the Kenyan dairy sector

  Morrison, R., Cassar, X., Duncan, A., Rao, E. J. & Barnes, A., 11 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension. p. 1-25 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• INVITED REVIEW: Future directions for cow-calf contact research and sustainable on-farm application.

  Whalin, L., Barth, K., Bertelsen, M., Bokkers, E., Ferneborg, S., Haskell, M., Ivemeyer, S., Bak Jensen, M., Engelien Johanssen, J. R., Mejdell, C., Mughal, M., Neave, H., Vaarst, M., van Knegsel, A. T. M., van Zyl, C., Wegner, C. & Foske Johnsen, J., 8 Apr 2025, (Accepted/In press).

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• Maize genotypes foster distinctive bacterial and fungal communities in the rhizosphere

  Wen, X., Lu, J., Whalen, J. K., Lei, S., Harrison, M., Rees, R., Topp, C., Song, Z., Chen, F. & Yin, X., 15 Apr 2025, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 382, p. 109505 109505.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Marginal abatement cost curves of climate-smart agricultural practices to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from smallholder dairy farms in Kenya

  Caulfield, M., Graham, M., Gibbons, J., McNicol, L. C., Williams, P., Chadwick, D., Gakige, J., Wilkes, A., Kimoro, B. & Arndt, C., 22 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 501, 145281.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Optimizing N applications increases maize yield and reduces environmental costs in a 12-year wheat-maize system

  Shen, S., Feng, B., Zhang, D., Zou, J., Yang, Y., Rees, R., Topp, C., Hu, S., Qiao, B., Huang, W., Sun, H., Zhou, S., Wen, X., Chen, F. & Yin, X., 1 Mar 2025, In: Field Crops Research. 322, p. 109741 109741.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Optimizing N rate in wheat-maize rotation to match long-term and inter-seasonal N turnover for high yield and sustainability using STICS

  Zhang, D., Shen, S., Bai, Z., Harrison, M., Liu, K., Rees, R., Topp, C., Zou, J., Yang, Y., Song, Z., Chen, H. & Yin, X., 1 Mar 2025, p. 109718.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Precision livestock farming usage among a subset of U.S. swine producers: Insights through a structural equation modeling approach

  Jessiman, L., Turner, S., Akaichi, F., Akinyemi, B., Siegford, J. & Johnson, A. K., Mar 2025, In: Smart Agricultural Technology. 10, p. 100839 100839.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Putting numbers to a metaphor: A Bayesian Belief Network with which to infer Soil Quality and Health

  Hassall, K. L., Rees, R., Zawadzka, J., Milne, A., Corstanje, R., Harris, J., Dailey, A. G., Keith, A. M., Glendining, M., McGrath, S. P., Todman, L. C., Alexander, P., Arnold, P., Bennett, A., Bhogal, A., Clark, J. M., Crotty, F., Horrocks, C. A., Noble, N. & Shepherd, M. & 3 others, Stockdale, E., Tipping, E. & Whitmore, A. P., 10 Mar 2025, In: European Journal of Agronomy. 168, 127537.

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• Revealing the Hidden Social Structure of Pigs with AI-Assisted Automated Monitoring Data and Social Network Analysis

  Agha, S., Psota, E., Turner, S., Lewis, C., Steibel, J. & Doeschl-Wilson, A., 27 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Animals. 15, 996

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• Sheep Dairy Farming in Cumbria & South & West Scotland: Potential for a powder plant

  Christian, M. & Morris-Eyton , R., 2025, 44 p.

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• Stakeholders’ perspectives on communicating biosecurity to encourage behaviour change in farmers.

  Moya Durán, S., Lamont , K., Brennan, M., Allepuz, A., Tamminen, L.-M., Ciaravino, G., Rodrigues da Costa, M., Correia-Gomes, C., Dogusan, M., Imperial, T., De Meneghi, D., Chantziaras, I. & Burrell, A., 24 Feb 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 12, p. p.1562648. 1562648.

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• Synergistic antibacterial activity of curcumin and phage against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

  Nale, J., 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 8959.

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• The lives of calves from organic dairy farms

  Barth, K., Foske Johnsen, J., Haskell, M., Ivemeyer, S. & Vaarst, M., 27 Feb 2025, Advances in organic dairy cattle farming. Vaarst, M., Roderick, S. & Whistance, L. (eds.). Cambridge, UK: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, p. 99-130 31 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The use of data for health and welfare management of farmed salmons in Norway, Scotland, and Ireland

  Zhou, X., Boerlage, A., Bang Jensen, B., Gismervik, K., Oliveira, V. H. S., Hutchinson, I., Burrell, A., Graham, D. A., Doidge, C., Kaler, J., van Schaik, G., Siegrist, M. & Bearth, A., 12 Mar 2025, (First published) In: Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 239, 106512.

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• Tilapia: Aquaculture, Biology and Health Management

  Boerlage, A. & Jansen, M. D., 16 Jan 2025, Tilapia : Aquaculture, Biology and Health Management. p. 691-717 861 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Urban Agrifood Circularity: Exploring Consumable and Capital Micro Circular Production Loops

  Ball, P., Badakshshan, E., Holden, N., Bell, J., Jensen, J., Kanu, I., Smith, L. & Zhao, X., 7 Jan 2025, Sustainable Manufacturing as a Driver for Growth: Proceedings of the 19th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, December 4–6, 2023, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Springer, p. 11–19

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• Village level fertilizer management for increasing nitrogen use efficiency, rice yield and household income

  Al-Amin, H. M., Rahman, M. M., Alam, M., Smith, J., Islam, M., Rees, R., Adhya, T. K., Sutton, M. A., Bealey, B., Miah, G. & Rafiqul Islam, M., 4 Feb 2025, In: Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 71, 1, 19 p.

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• White Paper on the requirements for upscaled peatland restoration in upland England

  Grayson, R., Holden, J., Martin-Ortega, J., Bice, R., Leadbitter, P., Glenk, K., Cohen, J., Blundell, A., Brown, L., Morris, P. & Moody, C., 4 Mar 2025, (First published) University of Leeds. 45 p.

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• 2024

  31 Effects of dietary standardized ileal digestible (SID) lysine (Lys) levels and dietary SID tryptophan to Lys ratios on growth performance and behavior of late-nursery to finish maternal barrows

  Lu, N., Zaragoza, L. E., Vier, C. M., Diaz, J. A. C., Orlando, W. A., Hewett, E., Turner, S., Estrada, J., Camp, J., Cast, W. R. & Dritz, S., May 2024, Journal of Animal Science. Supplement 2 ed. Oxford University Press, Vol. 102. p. 72-73 2 p.

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• Achieving cleaner growth in agriculture: establishing feasible mitigation through a bottom-up approach

  Barnes, A., Stockdale, E., Norton, L., Eory, V., MacLeod, M. & Buys, G., 15 May 2024, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 454, 142287.

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• A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues

  Teng, J., Gao, Y., Yin, H., Bai, Z., Liu, S., Zeng, H., Bai, L., Cai, Z., Zhao, B., Li, X., Xu, Z., Lin, Q., Pan, Z., Yang, W., Yu, X., Guan, D., Hou, Y., Keel, B. N., Rohrer, G. A. & Lindholm-Perry, A. K. & 61 others, Oliver, W. T., Ballester, M., Crespo-Piazuelo, D., Quintanilla, R., Canela-Xandri, O., Rawlik, K., Xia, C., Yao, Y., Zhao, Q., Yao, W., Yang, L., Li, H., Zhang, H., Liao, W., Chen, T., Karlskov-Mortensen, P., Fredholm, M., Amills, M., Clop, A., Giuffra, E., Wu, J., Cai, X., Diao, S., Pan, X., Wei, C., Li, J., Cheng, H., Wang, S., Su, G., Sahana, G., Lund, M. S., Dekkers, J. C. M., Kramer, L., Tuggle, C. K., Corbett, R., Groenen, M. A. M., Madsen, O., Gòdia, M., Rocha, D., Charles, M., Li, C.-J., Pausch, H., Hu, X., Frantz, L., Luo, Y., Lin, L., Zhou, Z., Zhang, Z., Chen, Z., Cui, L., Xiang, R., Shen, X., Li, P., Huang, R., Tang, G., Li, M., Zhao, Y., Yi, G., Tang, Z., Li, B. & PigGTEx Consortium, 4 Jan 2024, (First published) In: Nature Genetics. 56, 1, p. 112-123 12 p.

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• A comprehensive review on processing, characteristics, and applications of cellulose nanofibrils/graphene hybrid-based nanocomposites: Toward a synergy between two-star nanomaterials

  Trache, D., Tarchoun, A. F., Abdelaziz, A., Bessa, W., Thakur, S., Hussin, M. H., Brosse, N. & Thakur, V. K., May 2024, In: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 268, Pt 2, 131633.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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• A critical review on the recent trends of photocatalytic, antibacterial, antioxidant and nanohybrid applications of anatase and rutile TiO2 nanoparticles

  Thakur, N., Thakur, N., Kumar, A., Thakur, V. K., Kalia, S., Arya, V., Kumar, A., Kumar, S. & Kyzas, G. Z., Mar 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 914, 169815.

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• A dicistrovirus increases pupal mortality in Spodoptera frugiperda by suppressing protease activity and inhibiting larval diet consumption

  Sun, M., Li, T., Liu, Y., Wilson, K., Chen, X., Graham, R. I., Yang, X., Ren, G. & Xu, P., 5 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 23, 8, p. 2723-2734 12 p.

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• Adoption of precision livestock farming technologies has the potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from beef production

  McNicol, L. C., Bowen, J. M., Ferguson, H., Bell, J., Dewhurst, R. & Duthie, C.-A., 27 Jun 2024, (First published) In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 8, 1414858.

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• Advances, Synergy, and Perspectives of Machine Learning and Biobased Polymers for Energy, Fuels, and Biochemicals for a Sustainable Future

  Bin Abu Sofian, A. D. A., Sun, X., Gupta, V. K., Berenjian, A., Xia, A., Ma, Z. & Show, P. L., 1 Feb 2024, In: Energy & Fuels. 38, 3, p. 1593-1617 25 p.

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• Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems Advisory Note: Advisory Note from the meeting of the Group on 5th February 2024

  Academic Advisory Panel, 19 Dec 2024, Agricultural Reform Implementation Oversight Board, Scottish Government.

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• Agricultural wastes: A practical and potential source for the isolation and preparation of cellulose and application in agriculture and different industries

  Saberi-Riseh, R., Vazvani, M. G., Hassanisaadi, M. & Thakur, V. K., Feb 2024, In: Industrial Crops and Products. 208, 117904.

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• A higher tissue fraction of parenchyma in secondary xylem supports growth recovery of angiosperm trees after drought

  Morris, H., Dec 2024, In: Functional Ecology. 38, 12, p. 2709-2719 11 p.

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• A high-throughput analysis of high-resolution X-ray CT images of stems of olive and citrus plants resistant and susceptible to Xylella fastidiosa

  Walker, N. C., Ruiz, S. A., Ferreira, T. R., Coletta-Filho, H. D., Le Houx, J., McKay Fletcher, D., White, S. M. & Roose, T., Apr 2024, In: Plant Pathology. 73, 3, p. 630-643 14 p.

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• A Literature Review of Broiler Chicken Welfare, Husbandry, and Assessment

  Wilcox, C., Sandilands, V., Mayasari, N., Asmara, I. Y. & Anang, A., Feb 2024, In: World's Poultry Science Journal. 80, 1, p. 3-32

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