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33
Citations
3949
World Ranking
2007
National Ranking
164

Overview

D. J. Kilpatrick is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences and agricultural and biological sciences, reflecting a diverse set of interests and expertise.

The scholar's main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader areas, Kilpatrick's subfields of study focus specifically on:

  • Law
  • Soil Science

The primary topics covered in Kilpatrick's work relate to legal and property issues as well as land management. These topics are:

  • Property Rights and Legal Doctrine
  • Land Rights and Reforms

Publication output includes contributions to academic journals, with recent research appearing in the Journal of Accounting Ethics & Public Policy.

Kilpatrick's recent paper is titled "EMINENT DOMAIN: INTERPLAY OF ETHICS, LAW, ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT FINANCES, AND PUBLIC POLICY", published in 2021. The article explores the intersection of ethics, legal frameworks, economic considerations, and government policy relating to eminent domain.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kilpatrick are:

  • R. Clayton Trotter
  • Gōkhan Karahan

This partnership with co-authors highlights a collaborative approach to interdisciplinary topics linking law, economics, and policy analysis.

Best Publications

  • The Combined Effect of High Hydrostatic Pressure and Mild Heat on Inactivation of Pathogens in Milk and Poultry

    Margaret F. Patterson;David J. Kilpatrick

  • Mitigation of enteric methane emissions through improving efficiency of energy utilization and productivity in lactating dairy cows.

    T. Yan;C.S. Mayne;F.G. Gordon;M.G. Porter

  • Effect of dietary protein content on animal production and blood metabolites of dairy cows during lactation.

    R.A. Law;F.J. Young;D.C. Patterson;D.J. Kilpatrick

  • Influence of environmental enrichment on welfare-related behavioural and physiological parameters in growing pigs

    V.E. Beattie;Niamh O'Connell;D.J. Kilpatrick;B.W. Moss

  • Factors affecting the intake of grass silage by cattle and prediction of silage intake

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  • Sensory characteristics of farmed and wild Atlantic salmon.

    Linda J Farmer;Janice M McConnell;David J Kilpatrick

  • THE EFFECT OF INCREASING SLAUGHTER WEIGHT ON THE PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE AND MEAT QUALITY OF FINISHING PIGS

    R. N. Weatherup;V. E. Beattie;B. W. Moss;D. J. Kilpatrick

  • Effect of forage digestibility and type of concentrate on nutrient utilization by lactating dairy cattle

    Frederick J. Gordon;Michael G. Porter;C. Sinclair Mayne;Edmund F. Unsworth

  • Effects of replacing grass silage with either maize or whole-crop wheat silages on the performance and meat quality of beef cattle offered two levels of concentrates.

    T. W. J. Keady;F. O. Lively;D. J. Kilpatrick;B. W. Moss

  • Effects of plane of nutrition and slaughter weight on the carcass composition of serially slaughtered bulls, steers and heifers of three breed crosses

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  • Effectiveness of different footbath solutions in the treatment of digital dermatitis in dairy cows

    M.H.M. Speijers;L.G. Baird;G.A. Finney;J. McBride

  • The response of dairy cows of high genetic merit to increasing proportion of concentrate in the diet with a high and medium feed value silage

    C. P. Ferris;F. J. Gordon;D. C. Patterson;D. J. Kilpatrick

  • Effects of inoculant treatment on silage fermentation, digestibility and intake by growing cattle

    T. W. J. Keady;R. W. J. Steen;D. J. Kilpatrick;C. S. Mayne

  • The influence of dairy cow genetic merit on the direct and residual response to level of concentrate supplementation

    C. P. Ferris;F. J. Gordon;D. C. Patterson;C. S. Mayne

  • Effects of pasture and high‐concentrate diets on the performance of beef cattle, carcass composition at equal growth rates, and the fatty acid composition of beef

    R. W. J. Steen;N. P. Lavery;D. J. Kilpatrick;M. G. Porter

  • Evaluation studies in the development of a commercial bacterial inoculant as an additive for grass silage. 3. Responses in growing cattle and interaction with protein supplementation

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  • Effect of quorum sensing agents on the growth kinetics of Pseudomonas spp. of raw milk origin.

    George Dunstall;Michael T Rowe;G Brian Wisdom;David Kilpatrick

  • The effects of the ratio of grass silage to concentrates in the diet and restricted dry matter intake on the performance and carcass composition of beef cattle

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  • Effects of replacing grass silage with maize silages, differing in maturity, on performance and potential concentrate sparing effect of dairy cows offered two feed value grass silages

    T.W.J. Keady;T.W.J. Keady;D.J. Kilpatrick;D.J. Kilpatrick;C.S. Mayne;C.S. Mayne;F.J. Gordon

  • Growth and carcass characteristics of heavy slaughter weight lambs: effects of sire breed and sex of lamb and relationships to serum metabolites and IGF-1

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  • Food intake, milk production, and tissue changes of Holstein-Friesian and Jersey × Holstein-Friesian dairy cows within a medium-input grazing system and a high-input total confinement system

    E.R. Vance;C.P. Ferris;C.T. Elliott;S.A. McGettrick

  • Comparison of the performance of Holstein-Friesian and Jersey×Holstein-Friesian crossbred dairy cows within three contrasting grassland-based systems of milk production

    E.R. Vance;C.P. Ferris;C.T. Elliott;H.M. Hartley

  • Effects of breed and production system on lameness parameters in dairy cattle

    L.G. Baird;Niamh O'Connell;M.A. McCoy;T.W.J. Keady

  • The effect of the digestible undegradable protein concentration of concentrates and protein source offered to ewes in late pregnancy on colostrum production and lamb performance

    L.E.R. Dawson;A.F. Carson;D.J. Kilpatrick

  • Effects of the proportions of high or medium digestibility grass silage and concentrates in the diet of beef cattle on liveweight gain, carcass composition and fatty acid composition of muscle

    R. W. J. Steen;D. J. Kilpatrick;M. G. Porter

  • An evaluation of the effect of altering nutrition and nutritional strategies in early lactation on reproductive performance and estrous behavior of high-yielding Holstein-Friesian dairy cows

    H.S. Gilmore;F.J. Young;D.C. Patterson;A.R.G. Wylie

  • The effect of concentrate feed level on the response of lactating dairy cows to a constant proportion of fodder beet inclusion in a grass silage-based diet

    C. P. Ferris;D. C. Patterson;F. J. Gordon;D. J. Kilpatrick

  • Growth and development in beef cattle. 1. Direct and residual effects of plane of nutrition during early life on components of gain and food efficiency

    D. C. Patterson;R. W. J. Steen;D. J. Kilpatrick

  • Effect of dietary protein content on the fertility of dairy cows during early and mid lactation.

    R.A. Law;F.J. Young;D.C. Patterson;D.J. Kilpatrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Christie
Peter Christie Chinese Academy of Sciences

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