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Jon M. Moorby is affiliated with Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these broad areas, their research focuses on subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Animal Science and Zoology, and Genetics.

Their research topics include Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, and Turfgrass Adaptation and Management.

Moorby has contributed to numerous scientific journals, including multiple publications in the venue animal, where they have four papers. Other notable venues include Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems with two papers, and single contributions to the Journal of Cleaner Production, Scientific Reports, and the Journal of Dairy Science.

Their recent published works include:

  • Review: New feeds and new feeding systems in intensive and semi-intensive forage-fed ruminant livestock systems, 2021, animal
  • Ambition Meets Reality: Achieving GHG Emission Reduction Targets in the Livestock Sector of Latin America, 2020, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Prediction of enteric methane emissions by sheep using an intercontinental database, 2022, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Nutritional Evaluation of Tropical Forage Grass Alone and Grass-Legume Diets to Reduce in vitro Methane Production, 2021, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • A computer vision approach to improving cattle digestive health by the monitoring of faecal samples, 2020, Scientific Reports

Their frequent coauthors include Jacobo Arango, Alejandro Ruden, Juan Carlos Kú-Vera, Ngonidzashe Chirinda, and M. D. Fraser. The collaboration with these researchers reflects a network of joint work that spans several projects and publications.

Best Publications

  • Increased concentration of water-soluble carbohydrate in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) : milk production from late lactation dairy cows

    L. A. Miller;Jon M. Moorby;David R. Davies;Mervyn O. Humphreys

  • Shifts in the Rumen Microbiota Due to the Type of Carbohydrate and Level of Protein Ingested by Dairy Cattle Are Associated with Changes in Rumen Fermentation

    Alejandro Belanche;Michel Doreau;Joan E. Edwards;Jon M. Moorby

  • Comparison of grass and legume silages for milk production. 2. In vivo and in sacco evaluations of rumen function.

    Richard J. Dewhurst;Roger T. Evans;Nigel D. Scollan;Jon M. Moorby

  • Increased concentration of water-soluble carbohydrate in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Evaluation in dairy cows in early lactation

    Jon M. Moorby;Roger T. Evans;Nigel D. Scollan;John C. MacRae

  • Effects of high-sugar ryegrass silage and mixtures with red clover silage on ruminant digestion. 1. In vitro and in vivo studies of nitrogen utilization.

    Roger J. Merry;Michael R. F. Lee;David R. Davies;Richard J. Dewhurst

  • Integrated farm management for sustainable agriculture: Lessons for knowledge exchange and policy

    David C. Rose;William J. Sutherland;Andrew P. Barnes;Fiona Borthwick

  • Rumen metabolism and nitrogen flow to the small intestine in steers offered Lolium perenne containing different levels of water-soluble carbohydrate

    Michael Rf Lee;LJ Harris;JM Moorby;MO Humphreys

  • Effect of increasing availability of water-soluble carbohydrates on in vitro rumen fermentation

    Michael R. F. Lee;Roger J. Merry;David R. Davies;Jon M. Moorby

  • Effects of dairy cow diet forage proportion on duodenal nutrient supply and urinary purine derivative excretion.

    Jon M. Moorby;Richard J. Dewhurst;Roger T. Evans;J. L. Danelón

  • Effects of Altering Energy and Protein Supply to Dairy Cows During the Dry Period. 1. Intake, Body Condition, and Milk Production

    Richard J. Dewhurst;Jon Moorby;M. S. Dhanoa;Roger T. Evans

  • Bacterial protein degradation by different rumen protozoal groups.

    A. Belanche;G. de la Fuente;J. M. Moorby;C. J. Newbold

  • Assessment of dietary ratios of red clover and grass silages on milk production and milk quality in dairy cows

    J.M. Moorby;M.R.F. Lee;D.R. Davies;E.J. Kim

  • Does Dietary Mitigation of Enteric Methane Production Affect Rumen Function and Animal Productivity in Dairy Cows

    Jolien B. Veneman;Stefan Muetzel;Kenton J. Hart;Catherine L. Faulkner

  • Oxidative Phenols in Forage Crops Containing Polyphenol Oxidase Enzymes

    Ifat Parveen;Michael D Threadgill;Jon M Moorby;Ana Winters

  • Mixed grazing systems benefit both upland biodiversity and livestock production.

    Mariecia Dawn Fraser;Jonathan Martin Moorby;James Edward Vale;Darren M. Evans

  • Review: New feeds and new feeding systems in intensive and semi-intensive forage-fed ruminant livestock systems.

    J.M. Moorby;M.D. Fraser

  • Effect of increasing digestible undegraded protein supply to dairy cows in late gestation on the yield and composition of milk during the subsequent lactation

    J. M. Moorby;R. J. Dewhurst;S. Marsden

  • Climate mitigation by dairy intensification depends on intensive use of spared grassland.

    David Styles;Alejandra Gonzalez-Mejia;Jon Moorby;Andreas Foskolos

  • Effects of altering the energy and protein supply to dairy cows during the dry period. 2. Metabolic and hormonal responses.

    Jon Moorby;Richard J. Dewhurst;John Tweed;M. S. Dhanoa

  • Simultaneous quantification of purine and pyrimidine bases, nucleosides and their degradation products in bovine blood plasma by high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.

    Charlotte Stentoft;Mogens Vestergaard;Peter Løvendahl;Niels Bastian Kristensen

  • Breeding for genetic improvement of forage plants in relation to increasing animal production with reduced environmental footprint

    A. H. Kingston-Smith;A. H. Marshall;J. M. Moorby

  • Comparative diet selection by cattle and sheep grazing two contrasting heathland communities

    M.D. Fraser;V.J. Theobald;J.B. Griffiths;S.M. Morris

  • Determination of the absolute accuracy of UK chamber facilities used in measuring methane emissions from livestock.

    T. D. Gardiner;M. D. Coleman;F. Innocenti;J. Tompkins

  • Spatially explicit estimation of heat stress-related impacts of climate change on the milk production of dairy cows in the United Kingdom.

    Nándor Fodor;Andreas Foskolos;Cairistiona F. E. Topp;Jon M. Moorby

  • The effect of red clover formononetin content on live-weight gain, carcass characteristics and muscle equol content of finishing lambs

    Jon M. Moorby;Mariecia D. Fraser;Vince J. Theobald;J. D. Wood

  • Effects of a stay‐green trait on the concentrations and stability of fatty acids in perennial ryegrass

    Richard J. Dewhurst;Jon M. Moorby;Nigel D. Scollan;John K. S. Tweed

  • Short Communication: The Effect of Duodenal Ammonia Infusions on Milk Production and Nitrogen Balance of the Dairy Cow

    Jon Moorby;Vincent Theobald

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel D. Scollan
Nigel D. Scollan Queen's University Belfast
Richard J. Dewhurst
Richard J. Dewhurst Scotland's Rural College
Charles J. Newbold
Charles J. Newbold Scotland's Rural College
Michael K. Theodorou
Michael K. Theodorou Aberystwyth University
David R. Chadwick
David R. Chadwick Bangor University
Mervyn O. Humphreys
Mervyn O. Humphreys Aberystwyth University
Michael R. F. Lee
Michael R. F. Lee Harper Adams University
David Styles
David Styles University of Galway
Michel Doreau
Michel Doreau INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Martin Riis Weisbjerg
Martin Riis Weisbjerg Aarhus University

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