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• 2014

  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
  15 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  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)
• 2019

  EFFECT OF SOME AUSTRALIAN NATIVE SHRUBS ESSENTIAL OILS ON IN VITRO RUMEN MICROBIAL FERMENTATION OF A HIGH-CONCENTRATE DIET

  Jahani-Azizabadi, H., Durmic, Z., Vadhanabhuti, J. & Vercoe, P. E., Feb 2019, In : Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 29, 1, p. 8-15 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  2 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 2020

  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

• 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
• 2019

  Volatiles from Merino fleece evoke antennal and behavioural responses in the Australian sheep blow fly Lucilia cuprina

  Yan, G., Liu, S., Schlink, A. C., Flematti, G. R., Brodie, B. S., Bohman, B., Greeff, J. C., Vercoe, P. E., Hu, J. & Martin, G. B., 1 Dec 2019, In : Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 33, 4, p. 491-497 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Lucilia sericata
  • Lucilia cuprina
  • Wool
  • fleece
  • behavioral response
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  284 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  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
• 2012

  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
• 2014

  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

• 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
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  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
  20 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  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
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Exploiting Compositionally Similar Grape Marc Samples to Achieve Gradients of Condensed Tannin and Fatty Acids for Modulating In Vitro Methanogenesis

  Hixson, J. L., Durmic, Z., Vadhanabhuti, J., Vercoe, P. E., Smith, P. A. & Wilkes, E. N., 20 Jul 2018, In : Molecules. 23, 7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Proanthocyanidins
  • fatty acids
  • Vitis
  • Tannins
  • Methane
• 2016

  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)
• 2018

  Across-Experiment Transcriptomics of Sheep Rumen Identifies Expression of Lipid/Oxo-Acid Metabolism and Muscle Cell Junction Genes Associated With Variation in Methane-Related Phenotypes

  Xiang, R., McNally, J., Bond, J., Tucker, D., Cameron, M., Donaldson, A. J., Austin, K. L., Rowe, S., Jonker, A., Pinares-Patino, C. S., McEwan, J. C., Vercoe, P. E., Oddy, V. H. & Dalrymple, B. P., 20 Aug 2018, In : Frontiers in Genetics. 9, 17 p., 330.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  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)

• 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
  19 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Procyanidin A2 in the Australian plant Alectryon oleifolius has anthelmintic activity against equine cyathostomins in vitro

  Payne, S. E., Flematti, G. R., Reeder, A., Kotze, A. C., Durmic, Z. & Vercoe, P. E., 15 Jan 2018, In : Veterinary Parasitology. 249, p. 63-69 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • procyanidin A2
  • Alectryon oleifolius
  • Cyathostominae
  • Anthelmintics
  • procyanidins
  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  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
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  557 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  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)
• 2018

  Effects of unsaturation of long-chain fatty acids on rumen protozoal engulfment and microbial protein recycling in protozoa in vitro

  Wang, M., Jing, Y., Wang, Y., Liu, S., Gao, J., Ouyang, J. & Vercoe, P., 17 May 2018, In : Animal Production Science. 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Rumen
  • microbial proteins
  • Recycling
  • long chain fatty acids
  • recycling
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  Heritabilities of IgA and IgE activities against Teladorsagia and Trichostrongylus L₃ larval antigens correlated with traits for faecal worm egg count, health and productivity in Merino sheep

  Zhao, Z., Wang, M., Liu, S., Palmer, D., Shaw, R., Karlsson, J., Vercoe, P. E., Martin, G. B. & Greeff, J., 22 Feb 2019, In : Animal Production Science.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Trichostrongylus
  • Teladorsagia
  • immunoglobulin E
  • immunoglobulin A
  • Merino
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2016

  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)
• 2013

  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)
• 2012

  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
  13 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  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)
• 2016

  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)
  5 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Antibacterial compounds from the Australian native plant Eremophila glabra

  Algreiby, A. A., Hammer, K. A., Durmic, Z., Vercoe, P. & Flematti, G. R., 1 Apr 2018, In : Fitoterapia. 126, p. 45-52 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Eremophila Plant
  • 8-hydroxyserrulat-14-en-19-oic acid
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Acids
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Essential oils from Lippia turbinata and Tagetes minuta persistently reduce in vitro ruminal methane production in a continuous-culture system

  Garcia, F., Vercoe, P. E., Martínez, M. J., Durmic, Z., Brunetti, M. A., Moreno, M. V., Colombatto, D., Lucini, E. & Ferrer, J. M., 24 May 2018, In : Animal Production Science.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Tagetes
  • Lippia
  • Tagetes minuta
  • Methane
  • Volatile Oils
  5 Citations (Scopus)
• 2020

  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
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2014

  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
  121 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Behavior and Electrophysiological Response of Gravid and Non-Gravid Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) to Carrion-Associated Compounds

  Yan, G., Liu, S., Schlink, A. C., Flematti, G. R., Brodie, B. S., Bohman, B., Greeff, J. C., Vercoe, P. E., Hu, J. & Martin, G. B., 4 May 2018, In : Journal of Economic Entomology. p. 1958-1965

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • carrion
  • Lucilia cuprina
  • dead animals
  • Calliphoridae
  • electroantennography
  9 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  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
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• 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
  8 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  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)