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• 2020

  An economic analysis of sheep flock structures for mixed enterprise Australian farm businesses

  Young, M., Kingwell, R., Young, J. & Vercoe, P., 1 Jul 2020, In : Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 64, 3, p. 677-699

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Mixed Enterprise
  • economic analysis
  • Farms
  • flocks
  • Economic Analysis

• Broad near-infrared spectroscopy calibrations can predict the nutritional value of >100 forage species within the Australian feedbase

  Norman, H. C., Hulm, E., Humphries, A. W., Hughes, S. J. & Vercoe, P. E., May 2020, In : Animal Production Science. 60, 8, p. 1111-1122 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Nutritive Value
  • Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
  • near-infrared spectroscopy
  • Calibration
  • calibration
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Offering subterranean clover can reduce methane emissions compared with perennial ryegrass pastures during late spring and summer in sheep

  Muir, S. K., Kennedy, A. J., Kearney, G., Hutton, P., Thompson, A. N., Vercoe, P. & Hill, J., Jul 2020, In : Animal Production Science. 60, 11, p. 1449-1458 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Medicago
  • Lolium
  • Methane
  • Trifolium subterraneum
  • Medicago sativa
• 2017

  Climate Clever Clovers: New Paradigm to Reduce the Environmental Footprint of Ruminants by Breeding Low Methanogenic Forages Utilizing Haplotype Variation

  Kaur, P., Appels, R., Bayer, P. E., Keeble-Gagnere, G., Wang, J., Hirakawa, H., Shirasawa, K., Vercoe, P., Stefanova, K., Durmic, Z., Nichols, P., Revell, C., Isobe, S. N., Edwards, D. & Erskine, W., 5 Sep 2017, In : Frontiers in Plant Science. 8, 10 p., 1463.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Differences in the nutrient concentrations, in vitro methanogenic potential and other fermentative traits of tropical grasses and legumes for beef production systems in northern Australia

  Durmic, Z., Ramírez-Restrepo, C. A., Gardiner, C., O'Neill, C. J., Hussein, E. & Vercoe, P. E., Sep 2017, In : Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 97, 12, p. 4075-4086

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Fabaceae
  • beef production
  • Poaceae
  • Red Meat
  • methane
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Dose-response effects of dietary pequi oil on fermentation characteristics and microbial population using a rumen simulation technique (Rusitec)

  Duarte, A. C., Durmic, Z., Vercoe, P. E. & Chaves, A. V., 1 Dec 2017, In : Anaerobe. 48, p. 59-65 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Unsaturated Dietary Fats
  • Rumen
  • Population Characteristics
  • Fermentation
  • Oils
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Integrated and innovative livestock production in drylands

  Blache, D., Vercoe, P., Martin, G. & Revell, D., 6 Jan 2017, Innovations in dryland agriculture. Farooq, M. & Siddique, K. H. M. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 211-235 25 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter

  • livestock farming
  • Livestock
  • livestock production
  • arid lands
  • livestock
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Products derived from olive leaves and fruits can alter in vitro ruminal fermentation and methane production

  Shakeri, P., Durmic, Z., Vadhanabhuti, J. & Vercoe, P. E., 15 Mar 2017, In : Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 97, 4, p. 1367-1372 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Olea
  • Methane
  • Rumen
  • methane production
  • rumen fermentation
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• The type of forage substrate preparation included as substrate in a RUSITEC system affects the ruminal microbiota and fermentation characteristics

  Duarte, A. C., Holman, D. B., Alexander, T. W., Durmic, Z., Vercoe, P. E. & Chaves, A. V., 20 Apr 2017, In : Frontiers in Microbiology. 8, APR, 704.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Rumen
  • Fermentation
  • Microbiota
  • Butyrates
  • Volatile Fatty Acids
  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Bioactive fractions from the pasture legume Biserrula pelecinus L. have an anti-methanogenic effect against key rumen methanogens

  Banik, B. K., Durmic, Z., Erskine, W., Revell, C. K., Vadhanabhuti, J., McSweeney, C. S., Padmanabha, J., Flematti, G. R., Algreiby, A. & Vercoe, P. E., 2016, In : Anaerobe. 39, p. 173-182 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Rumen
  • Fabaceae
  • Archaea
  • Methane
  • Ruminants
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Epithelial, metabolic and innate immunity transcriptomic signatures differentiating the rumen from other sheep and mammalian gastrointestinal tract tissues

  Xiang, R., Oddy, V. H., Archibald, A. L., Vercoe, P. E. & Dalrymple, B. P., 2016, In : PEERJ. 4, e1762.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Rumen
  • innate immunity
  • gastrointestinal system
  • Innate Immunity
  • transcriptomics
  20 Citations (Scopus)

  580 Downloads (Pure)

• Estimates of repeatability and heritability of methane production in sheep using portable accumulation chambers

  Goopy, J. P., Robinson, D. L., Woodgate, R. T., Donaldson, A. J., Oddy, V. H., Vercoe, P. & Hegarty, R. S., 2016, In : Animal Production Science. 56, 1, p. 116-122

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Methane
  • methane production
  • repeatability
  • methane
  • Sheep
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Gene network analysis identifies rumen epithelial cell proliferation, differentiation and metabolic pathways perturbed by diet and correlated with methane production

  Xiang, R., McNally, J., Rowe, S., Jonker, A., Pinares-Patino, C. S., Oddy, V. H., Vercoe, P. E., McEwan, J. C. & Dalrymple, B. P., 14 Dec 2016, In : Scientific Reports. 6, 39022.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Rumen
  • Methane
  • Gene Regulatory Networks
  • Metabolic Networks and Pathways
  • Cell Differentiation
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• In vitro fermentability and methane production of some alternative forages in Australia

  Durmic, Z., Moate, P. J., Jacobs, J. L., Vadhanabhuti, J. & Vercoe, P. E., 2016, Animal Production Science. Eckard, R. & Anderson, C. (eds.). CSIRO Publishing, Vol. 56. p. 641-645 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper

  • methane production
  • forage
  • Plantago lanceolata
  • ammonia
  • gas production (biological)
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Soybean oil suppresses ruminal methane production and reduces content of coenzyme F420 in vitro fermentation

  Wang, M., Jing, Y., Liu, S., Gao, J., Shi, L. & Vercoe, P., 2016, In : Animal Production Science. 56, 3, p. 627-633 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • soybean
  • fermentation
  • methane
  • oil
  • fatty acid
  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  An animal house study on utilisation of fresh tedera (Bituminaria bituminosa var. albomarginata and crassiuscula) by Merino wethers

  Oldham, C. M., Wood, D., Milton, J., Real, D., Vercoe, P. & Van Burgel, A. J., 2015, In : Animal Production Science. 55, 5, p. 617-624

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Bituminaria bituminosa
  • animal housing
  • Merino
  • Sheep
  • Droughts
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Furanocoumarins in tedera do not affect ruminal fermentation in continuous culture

  Ghaffari, M. H., Durmic, Z., Real, D., Vercoe, P., Smith, G. & Oldham, C. M., 2015, In : Animal Production Science. 55, 4, p. 544-550

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Furocoumarins
  • psoralens
  • Medicago sativa
  • rumen fermentation
  • Fermentation
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Roles of small RNAs in the effects of nutrition on apoptosis and spermatogenesis in the adult testis

  Guan, Y., Liang, G., Hawken, P., Malecki, I., Cozens, G., Vercoe, P., Martin, G. & Guan, L. L., 2015, In : Scientific Reports. 5, p. 1-14

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • spermatogenesis
  • apoptosis
  • germ cells
  • testes
  • nutrition
  22 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  Eremophila glabra reduces methane production and methanogen populations when fermented in a Rusitec

  Li, X., Durmic, Z., Liu, S., Mcsweeney, C. S. & Vercoe, P., 2014, In : Anaerobe. 29, p. 100-107

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Feed intake of sheep when allowed ad libitum access to feed in methane respiration chambers

  Bickell, S., Revell, D., Toovey, A. F. & Vercoe, P., 2014, In : Journal of Animal Science. 92, 5, p. 2259-2264

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Methane
  • methane
  • Sheep
  • feed intake
  • breathing
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Genetic and environmental variation in methane emissions of sheep at pasture

  Robinson, D. L., Goopy, J. P., Hegarty, R. S., Oddy, V. H., Thompson, A. N., Toovey, A. F., Macleay, C. A., Briegal, J. R., Woodgate, R. T., Donaldson, A. J. & Vercoe, P., 2014, In : Journal of Animal Science. 92, 10, p. 4349-4363

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Methane
  • methane
  • Genetic Variation
  • Sheep
  • pastures
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• In vitro screening of selected feed additives, plant essential oils and plant extracts for rumen methane mitigation

  Durmic, Z., Moate, P. J., Eckard, R., Revell, D. K., Williams, R. & Vercoe, P., 2014, In : Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 94, 6, p. 1191-1196

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  38 Citations (Scopus)

• Low-methane yield sheep have smaller rumens and shorter rumen retention time

  Goopy, J. P., Hegarty, R. S., Vercoe, P., Haynes, F. E. M., Barnett, M. C., Oddy, V. H. & Donaldson, A., 2014, In : British Journal of Nutrition. 111, 4, p. 578-585

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Rumen
  • Methane
  • Sheep
  • Kinetics
  • Maintenance
  122 Citations (Scopus)

• Measuring and managing emissions from cattle in Australia's Northern rangelands: Utilising open-path optical techniques

  Phillips, F., Griffith, D., Vercoe, P., Tomkins, N. & Bai, M., 2014, Optical Instrumentation for Energy and Environmental Applications, E2 2014. USA: Optical Society of America (OSA), Vol. 25 November 2014. p. 1-3

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper

  • mole fraction
  • greenhouse gases
  • rangelands
  • methane
  • ruminants

• Short periods of prior exposure can increase the intake by sheep of a woody forage shrub, Rhagodia preissii

  Wallis, R. H., Thomas, D. T., Speijers, E. J., Vercoe, P. E. & Revell, D. K., Oct 2014, In : Small Ruminant Research. 121, 2-3, p. 280-288 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Chenopodium preissii
  • exposure duration
  • Sheep
  • shrubs
  • forage
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Australian and Spanish scientists are collaborating in the domestication of tedera: young Merino sheep grazing a monoculture of tedera in autumn showed preference for certain accessions but no signs of ill health

  Oldham, C., Real, D., Bailey, H., Thomas, D., Van Burgel, A., Vercoe, P., Corréal, E. & Ríos, S., 2013, In : Crop and Pasture Science. 64, 4, p. 399-408

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Merino
  • domestication
  • grazing
  • autumn
  • sheep
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Australian perennial shrub species add value to the feed base of grazing livestock in low- to medium-rainfall zones

  Revell, D., Norman, H. C., Vercoe, P., Phillips, N., Toovey, A. F., Bickell, S., Hulm, E. L., Hughes, S. J. & Emms, J., 2013, In : Animal Production Science. 53, 11, p. 1221-1230

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Livestock
  • Sheep
  • Nutritive Value
  • shrubs
  • livestock
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Australian plants show anthelmintic activity toward equine cyathostomins in vitro

  Payne, S. E., Kotze, A. C., Durmic, Z. & Vercoe, P., 2013, In : Veterinary Parasitology. 196, 1-2, p. 153-160

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Cyathostominae
  • Anthelmintics
  • anthelmintics
  • Horses
  • horses
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Backgrounding lambs on saltbush provides an effective source of Vitamin e that can prevent Vitamin e deficiency and reduce the incidence of subclinical nutritional myopathy during summer and autumn

  Fancote, C., Vercoe, P., Pearce, K. L., Williams, I. & Norman, H., 2013, In : Animal Production Science. 53, 3, p. 247-255

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Atriplex
  • muscular diseases
  • Avitaminosis
  • Muscular Diseases
  • vitamin E
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Cattle breeding in Northern Australia: Revealing how consumers react to alternative technologies

  Pluske, J., Burton, M., Rigby, D. & Vercoe, P., 2013, In : Australasian Agribusiness Review. 21, p. 45-49

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Ewe nutrition during pregnancy and birthweight of lambs has minimal impact on fat and eye muscle depth in Merino progeny

  Paganoni, B. L., Oldham, C. M., Ferguson, M. B., Thompson, A. N., Vercoe, P. & Gordon, D. G., 2013, In : Animal Production Science. 53, 6, p. 509-515

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Merino
  • birth weight
  • ewes
  • lambs
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Variability of in vitro ruminal fermentation and methanogenic potential in the pasture legume biserrula (Biserrula pelecinus L.)

  Banik, B. K., Durmic, Z., Erskine, W., Nichols, P., Ghamkhar, K. & Vercoe, P., 2013, In : Crop & Pasture Science. 64, p. 409 - 416

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Inclusion of selected levels of Australian native plant Eremophila glabra in fermentation substrate can influence events leading to rumen lactic acidosis in in vitro and in vivo carbohydrate-challenged systems

  Durmic, Z., Hutton, P., Murray, K. & Vercoe, P., 2012, In : Animal Feed Science and Technology. 178, p. 57-66

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Inhibition of ruminal bacteria involved in lactic acid metabolism by extracts from Australian plants

  Hutton, P. G., Durmic, Z., Ghisalberti, E., Flematti, G., Duncan, R. M., Carson, C., Riley, T. & Vercoe, P., 2012, In : Animal Feed Science and Technology. 176, p. 170-177

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Screening of Australian Plants for Antimicrobial Activity against Campylobacter jejuni

  Kurekci, C., Bishop-Hurley, S. L., Vercoe, P., Durmic, Z., Al Jassim, R. A. M. & Mcsweeney, C. S., 2012, In : Phytotherapy Research. 26, p. 186–190

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Supplementation of Substrate with Eremophila glabra Reduced Methane Production in In Vitro Fermentation

  Li, X. X., Raphalen, C., Durmic, Z., Liu, S. & Vercoe, P., 2012, Proceedings of the 15th AAAP Animal Science Congress. Thailand: Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, Vol. 15. p. 931

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper
• 2011

  Animal grazing selectivity and plant chemistry issues impact on the potential of Rhagodia preissii as an anthelmintic shrub

  Kotze, A. C., Zadow, E. N., Vercoe, P., Phillips, N., Toovey, A., Williams, A., Ruffell, A. P., Dinsdale, A. & Revell, D. K., 2011, In : Parasitology (Cambridge). 138, p. 628–637

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  4 Citations (Scopus)