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Overview

Brian J. Leury is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, particularly focusing on Animal Science and Zoology. Their research encompasses related subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Small Animals, Genetics, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact.

Frequent collaborators include Frank R. Dunshea, Kristy DiGiacomo, Surinder S. Chauhan, Jeremy J. Cottrell, and F. Zamuner.

Publications by Brian J. Leury have appeared predominantly in journals such as Animals, animal, Journal of Dairy Science, Animal - science proceedings, and Scientific Reports.

Recent papers illustrate the scope of their research:

  • Resilience of Small Ruminants to Climate Change and Increased Environmental Temperature: A Review, 2020, Animals
  • Heat Stress Impacts on Lactating Cows Grazing Australian Summer Pastures on an Automatic Robotic Dairy, 2020, Animals
  • Gene expression of the heat stress response in bovine peripheral white blood cells and milk somatic cells in vivo, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Review: What have we learned about the effects of heat stress on the pig industry?, 2021, animal
  • Non-invasive measure of heat stress in sheep using machine learning techniques and infrared thermography, 2021, Small Ruminant Research

These publications address themes such as heat stress impacts on livestock, gene expression related to stress responses, and technological advances in animal welfare monitoring.

Best Publications

  • Aromatase-deficient (ArKO) mice have a phenotype of increased adiposity

    Margaret E. E. Jones;Anne W. Thorburn;Kara L. Britt;Kylie N. Hewitt

  • The effect of dietary magnesium aspartate supplementation on pork quality.

    D N D'Souza;R D Warner;B J Leury;F R Dunshea

  • Resilience of Small Ruminants to Climate Change and Increased Environmental Temperature: A Review

    Aleena Joy;Frank R Dunshea;Brian J Leury;Iain J Clarke

  • Dietary antioxidants at supranutritional doses improve oxidative status and reduce the negative effects of heat stress in sheep.

    Surinder S Chauhan;Pietro Celi;Brian J Leury;Iain J Clarke

  • Insulin increases the abundance of the growth hormone receptor in liver and adipose tissue of periparturient dairy cows.

    Robert P. Rhoads;Jin W. Kim;Brian J. Leury;Lance H. Baumgard

  • Aromatase-deficient (ArKO) mice accumulate excess adipose tissue

    Margaret E.E. Jones;Anne W. Thorburn;Kara L. Britt;Kylie N. Hewitt

  • Selenium and vitamin E together improve intestinal epithelial barrier function and alleviate oxidative stress in heat‐stressed pigs

    Fan Liu;Jeremy J. Cottrell;John B. Furness;John B. Furness;Leni R. Rivera;Leni R. Rivera

  • Antioxidant Dynamics in the Live Animal and Implications for Ruminant Health and Product (Meat/Milk) Quality: Role of Vitamin E and Selenium

    Surinder S. Chauhan;Pietro Celi;Pietro Celi;Eric N. Ponnampalam;Eric N. Ponnampalam;Brian J. Leury

  • The Effect Of Handling Pre-Slaughter And Carcass Processing Rate Post-Slaughter On Pork Quality

    D.N D'Souza;F.R Dunshea;R.D Warner;B.J Leury

  • Effect of insulin and growth hormone on plasma leptin in periparturient dairy cows

    Brian J. Leury;Lance H. Baumgard;Stephanie S. Block;Nthabisheng Segoale

  • Accuracy of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), weight and P2 back fat to predict whole body and carcass composition in pigs within and across experiments

    D Suster;B.J Leury;E Ostrowska;K.L Butler

  • Comparison of different dietary magnesium supplements on pork quality.

    D.N D'Souza;R.D Warner;F.R Dunshea;B.J Leury

  • Effect of dietary modification of muscle long-chain n-3 fatty acid on plasma insulin and lipid metabolites, carcass traits, and fat deposition in lambs.

    E N Ponnampalam;A J Sinclair;A R Egan;S J Blakeley

  • An analysis of the nutritive value of heat processed legume seeds for animal production using the DVE/OEB model: a review

    P. Yu;J.O. Goelema;B.J. Leury;S. Tamminga

  • Effect of diets containing n-3 fatty acids on muscle long-chain n-3 fatty acid content in lambs fed low- and medium-quality roughage diets.

    E. N. Ponnampalam;A. J. Sinclair;A. R. Egan;S. J. Blakeley

  • Conjugated linoleic acid decreases fat accretion in pigs: evaluation by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.

    Ewa Ostrowska;Danny Suster;Morley Muralitharan;Reginald F. Cross

  • Dietary antioxidants at supranutritional doses modulate skeletal muscle heat shock protein and inflammatory gene expression in sheep exposed to heat stress.

    S. S. Chauhan;P. Celi;F. T. Fahri;B. J. Leury

  • Amelioration of thermal stress impacts in dairy cows

    Frank R Dunshea;Brian Leury;Fahri Fahri;Kristy DiGiacomo

  • Review: Insect meal: a future source of protein feed for pigs?

    K. DiGiacomo;B.J. Leury

  • Responses of dairy cows to short-term heat stress in controlled-climate chambers

    J. B. Garner;M. Douglas;S. R. O. Williams;W. J. Wales

  • Comparison of the color stability and lipid oxidative stability of fresh and vacuum packaged lamb muscle containing elevated omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid levels from dietary manipulation

    Eric N. Ponnampalam;Graham R. Trout;Andrew J. Sinclair;Adrian R. Egan

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank R. Dunshea
Frank R. Dunshea University of Melbourne
A. R. Egan
A. R. Egan University of Melbourne
Pietro Celi
Pietro Celi University of Melbourne
D.N. D'Souza
D.N. D'Souza SunPork Group
Robyn D. Warner
Robyn D. Warner University of Melbourne
William J. Wales
William J. Wales University of Melbourne
Peiqiang Yu
Peiqiang Yu University of Saskatchewan
Iain J. Clarke
Iain J. Clarke University of Melbourne
Martin J. Auldist
Martin J. Auldist Victoria University
K.L. Macmillan
K.L. Macmillan University of Melbourne

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