Key publications of Beef Industry Centre, Armidale
Scientific journals
Alford, A. R., R. S. Hegarty, P. F. Parnell, O. J. Cacho, R. M. Herd, and G. R. Griffith (2006) The impact of breeding to reduce residual feed intake on enteric methane emissions from the Australian beef industry. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46:813-820
Alford, A., Cafe, L., Greenwood, P. and Griffith, G.R. (2007), The Economic Effects of Early-Life Nutritional Constraints in Crossbred Cattle Bred on the NSW North Coast, Economic Research Report No. 33, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Armidale, May.
Alford, A.R., Cacho, O.J., Davies, B.L. and Griffith, G.R. (2006) Economic models of the Northern Tablelands livestock grazing system for assessing sheep industry technologies in a whole-farm context. International Journal of Sheep and Wool Science, 54 (3) Paper No. 3. Available online at: http://sheepjournal.une.edu.au/sheepjournal/vol54/iss3/paper3.
Allingham, P. G., G. E. Gardner, M. Taylor, R. S. Hegarty, and G. S. Harper (2006) Effects of sire genotype and plane of nutrition on fascicular structure of M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum and its effect on eating quality. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57:641-650.
Ambarawati, I.A., Zhao, X., Griffith, G.R. and Piggott, R.R. (2006), "Bali beef industry: An equilibrium displacement model approach", Journal on Socio-Economics of Agriculture and Agribusiness 6 (1), 102-107.
Arthur, P.F., Herd, R.M. (2006) Selection for growth and feed efficiency – The Australian experience. Journal of Integrated Field Science 3, 59-66
Cafe, L.M., Hearnshaw, H., Hennessy, D.W., and Greenwood, P.L. (2006) Growth and carcass characteristics at heavy market weights of Wagyu-sired steers following slow or rapid growth to weaning. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46:951-955
Cafe, L.M., Hearnshaw, H., Hennessy, D.W., and Greenwood, P.L. (2006) Growth and carcass characteristics at heavy market weights of Wagyu-sired steers following slow or rapid growth to weaning. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46:951-955
Cafe, L.M., Hennesy, D.W., Hearnshaw, H., Morris, S.G. and Greenwood, P.L. (2006) Influences of nutrition during pregnancy and lactation on birth weights and growth to weaning of calves sired by Piedmontese or Wagyu bulls. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46:245-255
Cake, M. A., G. E. Gardner, R. S. Hegarty, M. D. Boyce, and D. W. Pethick.(2006) Effect of nutritional restriction and sire genotype on forelimb bone growth and carcass composition in crossbred lambs. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57: 605-616.
Chang, Hui-Shung (Christie), Hsia, Chung-Jen and Griffith, Garry (2006), “The FMD outbreak in the Taiwan pig industry and the demand for beef imports into Taiwan”, Australasian Agribusiness Review Volume 14, Paper 15. Available at: http://www.agrifood.info/review/2006/Chang_Hsia_Griffith.html
Colditz, I.G., Ferguson, D.M., Greenwood, P.L., Doogan, V.J., Petherick, J.C., Kilgour, R.J. (2007) Regrouping unfamiliar animals in the weeks prior to slaughter has few effects on physiology and meat quality in Bos Taurus feedlot steers. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 47:763-769
Gardner, G. E., D. W. Pethick, P. L. Greenwood, and R. S. Hegarty (2006) The effect of genotype and plane of nutrition on the rate of pH decline in lamb carcasses and the expression of metabolic enzymatic markers. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57:661-670.
Greenwood, P. L., G. E. Gardner, and R. S. Hegarty (2006) Indices of cellular development in muscles of lambs are influenced by sire estimated breeding values and pastoral nutritional system. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57:651-659.
Greenwood, P. L., G. E. Gardner, and R. S. Hegarty (2006) Lamb myofibre characteristics are influenced by sire estimated breeding values and pastoral nutritional system. Australian Journal Agricultural Research 57:627-639.
Greenwood, P.L., and Thompson, A.N. (2007) Consequences of maternal nutrition during pregnancy and of foetal growth for productivity of sheep. Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia 16:185-195
Greenwood, P.L., Cafe, L., Hearnshaw, H., Hennessy, D.W., and Morris, S.G. (2006) Long-term consequences of birth weight and growth to weaning for carcass, yield and beef quality characteristics of Piedmontese- or Wagyu-sired cattle Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46:257-269
Greenwood, P.L., Davis, J., Gaunt, G.M., and Ferrier, G.R. (2006) Influences on the loin and cellular characteristics of the m. longissimus lumborum of Australian Poll Dorset-sired lambs Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57:1-12
Griffith, G.R., Vere, D.T. and Jones, R.E. (2007), “The proposed Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation: economic evaluation of the science programs”, International Journal of Sheep and Wool Science 55(1), Paper 2, pp.16-32. Available at: http://sheepjournal.une.edu.au/sheepjournal/vol55/iss1/paper2
Harper, G.S., and Greenwood, P.L. (2007) Targets for nutrigenomics in production animals: a numbers game. Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia 16:65-71
Hegarty, R. S., C. Shands, R. Marchant, D. L. Hopkins, A. J. Ball, and S. Harden (2006) Effects of available nutrition and sire breeding values for growth and muscling on the development of crossbred lambs. 1: Growth and carcass characteristics. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57: 593-603.
Hegarty, R. S., D. L. Hopkins, T. C. Farrell, R. Banks, and S. Harden (2006) Effects of available nutrition and sire breeding values for growth and muscling on the development of crossbred lambs. 2: Composition and commercial yield. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57: 617-626.
Hegarty, R. S., J. R. McFarlane, R. Banks, and S. Harden (2006) Association of plasma metabolites and hormones with the growth and composition of lambs as affected by nutrition and sire genetics. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57:683-690.
Hegarty, R. S., R. D. Warner, and D. W. Pethick (2006) Genetic and nutritional regulation of lamb growth and muscle characteristics. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57:721-730.
Hegarty, R.S., Goopy, J.P., Herd, R.M., McCorkell, B. (2007) Cattle selected for lower residual feed intake have reduced daily methane production. Journal of Animal Science 85:1479-1486
Hopkins, D. L., R. S. Hegarty, P. J. Walker, and D. W. Pethick (2006) Relationship between animal age, intramuscular fat, cooking loss, pH, shear force and eating quality of aged meat from sheep. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46:879-884
Horadagoda, A., Fulkerson, W.J., Barchia, I., Dobos, R.C., Nandra, K.S. (2007) The effect of grain species, processing and time of eeding on the efficiency of feed utilization and microbial protein synthesis in sheep. Livestock Science, doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2007.04.016
Kilgour, R.J., Melville, G.J., Greenwood, P.L. (2006) Individual differences in the reaction of beef cattle to situations involving social isolation, close proximity to humans, restraint and novelty. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 99:21-40
Lehnert, S.A., Byrne, K.A., Reverter, A., Nattrass, G., Greenwood, P.L., Wang, Y., Hudson, N.J. and Harper, G.S. (2006) Gene expression profiling of bovine longissimus muscle in response to and during recovery from chronic and severe undernutrition. Journal of Animal Science 84:3239-3250
McDonagh, M. B., K. L. Ferguson, A. Bacic, G. E. Gardner, and R. S. Hegarty (2006) Variation in protein abundance in the M.semitendinosus of lambs bred from sires selected on the basis of growth and muscling potential. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57:671-682.
McPhee, M.J., Meaker, G., Graham, P., Carberry, P.M., Davies, B.L., Whelan, M.B. (2007). StockPlan: decision support tools for exploring management options for drought. Journal of Animal Science. (Suppl 1) 85:25
McPhee, M.J., Oltjen J.W., and Sainz R.D. (2006). A meta-analysis study on the effect of maturity and implant status on carcass characteristics. Journal of Animal Science 84 (Suppl. 1): 13.
McPhee, M.J., Oltjen, J.W., Fadel, J.G. Sainz, R.D. (2007) Simulation model of fat deposition and distribution in beef steers: 3. Model description and development. Journal of Animal Science. (Suppl 1.) 85:609
McPhee, M.J., Oltjen, J.W., Fadel, J.G. Sainz, R.D. (2007) Simulation model of fat deposition and distribution in beef steers: 4. Model evaluation. Journal of Animal Science. (Suppl 1) 85:609.
McPhee, M.J., Oltjen, J.W., Fadel, J.G., Perry, D., Sainz, R.D. (2007). Simulation model of fat deposition and distribution in beef steers. 1. Empirical models converting fat thickness to subcutaneous fat and KPH to visceral fat. Journal of Animal Science. (Suppl 11) 85:543
McPhee, M.J., Oltjen, J.W., Fadel, J.G., Sainz, R.D. (2007). Simulation model of fat deposition and distribution in beef steers: 2. Empirical models to initialize fat deposition models. Journal of Animal Science. (Suppl 1) 85:544
McPhee, M.J., Oltjen, J.W., Famula, T.R. and Sainz,R.D. (2006). Meta-analysis of factors affecting carcass characteristics of feedlot steers. Journal of Animal Science 84: 3143-3154.
Nattrass, G. S., S. P. Quigley, G. E. Gardner, C. S. Bawden, C. J. McLaughlan, R. S. Hegarty, and P. L. Greenwood (2006) Genotypic and nutritional regulation of gene expression in two sheep hindlimb muscles with distinct myofibre and metabolic characteristics. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57:691-698.
O'Donnell, C.J., Griffith, G.R., Nightingale, J.J. and Piggott, R.R. (2007), "Testing for market power in the Australian grains and oilseeds industries", Agribusiness: an international journal 23(3), 1-28.
Reverter, A., Hudson, N.J., Wang, Y., Tan, S.-H., Barriss, W., Byrne, K.A., McWilliam, S.M., Bottema, C.D.K., Kister, A., Greenwood, P.L., Harper, G.S., Lehnert, S.A. and Dalrymple, B.P. (2006) A gene co-expression network of bovine skeletal muscle inferred from microarray data. Physiological Genomics 28:76-83.
Robinson, D.L. (2007) Days to calving in artificially inseminated beef cows: Comparison of potential traits. Livestock Science 110:174-180
Russell Wise, Oscar Cacho, Robyn Hean (2007) Fertilizer effect on the sustainability and profitability of agroforestry in the presence of carbon payments. Environmental Modelling & Software
Sinden, J.A. and Griffith, G.R. (2007), “Combining economic and ecological arguments to value the environmental gains from control of 35 weeds in Australia”, Ecological Economics (accepted, in press).
Vanselow, B.A. (2007) The contribution of animal products to the human dietary imbalance of omega6:3 fatty acids. Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition. University of New England, Armidale NSW. p 30.
Wu, XY., Walker, M., Vanselow, B., Chao, R-L., Chin, J. (2006) Characterization of mesophilic bacilli in faeces of feedlot cattle. Journal of Applied Microbiology 102:872-879
Xi-Yang Wu, Mark Walker, Barbara Vanselow, Ri-Liang Chao, James Chin (2007) Characterization of Mesophilic Bacilli in Faeces of Feedlot Cattle. Journal of Applied Microbiology 102: 872-879
