Feed management decisions are an important element of managing greenhouse gas (GHG)
and nitrogen (N) emissions in livestock farming systems. This review aims to a) discuss the …

The world has been warming as greenhouse gases accumulate. Worldwide from 1880 to
2012, the average surface temperature has increased by about 0.85° C and by 0.12° C per …

The US dairy industry considerably reduced environmental impacts between 1944 and
2007, primarily through improved dairy cow productivity. However, although milk yield per …

Background: Microbiome studies need to analyze massive sequencing data, which requires
the use of sophisticated bioinformatics pipelines. Up to date, several tools are available …

Pastoral systems are characterised by a number of features that are absent in arable
cropping systems. These features include:(i) pastures are biologically diverse so interactions …

Increased concentrations of some serum biomarkers are known to be associated with
impaired health of dairy cows. Therefore, being able to predict these biomarkers, especially …

This review examines research aimed at reducing enteric methane emissions from the
Australian dairy industry. Calorimeter measurements of 220 forage-fed cows indicate an …

Genetics is responsible for approximately half the observed changes in animal performance
in well structured breeding programs. Key characteristics of the dairy cow of the future …

Economic values of clinical mastitis, claw disease, and feed efficiency traits along with 16
additional production and functional traits were estimated for the dairy population of the …

The economic benefit of expanding the Australian Profit Ranking (APR) index to include
residual feed intake (RFI) was evaluated using a multitrait selection index. This required the …