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Laurence Shalloo is affiliated with Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Ireland. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant emphasis on environmental science. Their work covers several subfields including agronomy and crop science, ecology, genetics, animal science and zoology, and small animals.

The main topics explored by Shalloo encompass agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, animal behavior and welfare studies, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, reproductive physiology in livestock, and milk quality and mastitis in dairy cows.

Their recent publications illustrate the scope of their research interests and include:

  • Invited review: Current enteric methane mitigation options, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Predicting livestock behaviour using accelerometers: A systematic review of processing techniques for ruminant behaviour prediction from raw accelerometer data, 2021, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Invited review: Cattle lameness detection with accelerometers, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Invited review: A 2020 perspective on pasture-based dairy systems and products, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Increasing Grazing in Dairy Cow Milk Production Systems in Europe, 2020, Sustainability

Shalloo frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable co-authors including E. Ruelle, F. Buckley, J. Herron, B. Lahart, and N. López-Villalobos.

Their research has been published predominantly in the Journal of Dairy Science, with 17 publications, followed by Computers and Electronics in Agriculture and The Journal of Agricultural Science, each with 3 publications. Shalloo also has contributions in Sustainability and the International Journal of Dairy Technology with 2 publications each.

Best Publications

  • A review of whole farm systems models of greenhouse gas emissions from beef and dairy cattle production systems

    P. Crosson;L. Shalloo;D. O’Brien;D. O’Brien;G.J. Lanigan

  • Optimising financial return from grazing in temperate pastures.

    P. Dillon;J. R. Roche;L. Shalloo;B. Horan

  • Invited review: Current enteric methane mitigation options.

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  • Description and Validation of the Moorepark Dairy System Model

    L. Shalloo;L. Shalloo;P. Dillon;M. Rath;M. Wallace

  • Invited review: The economic impact and control of paratuberculosis in cattle

    A.B. Garcia;Laurence Shalloo

  • A life cycle assessment of seasonal grass-based and confinement dairy farms

    Donal O’Brien;Donal O’Brien;Laurence Shalloo;Joe Patton;Frank Buckley

  • Predicting livestock behaviour using accelerometers: A systematic review of processing techniques for ruminant behaviour prediction from raw accelerometer data

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  • Factors associated with profitability in pasture-based systems of milk production.

    L. Hanrahan;L. Hanrahan;N. McHugh;T. Hennessy;B. Moran

  • Future outlook for the Irish dairy industry: a study of international competitiveness, influence of international trade reform and requirement for change

    Pat Dillon;Thia Hennessy;Laurence Shalloo;Fiona Thorne

  • A systems approach to quantify greenhouse gas fluxes from pastoral dairy production as affected by management regime

    D.K. Lovett;L. Shalloo;L. Shalloo;P. Dillon;F.P. O’Mara

  • A case study of the carbon footprint of milk from high-performing confinement and grass-based dairy farms

    D. O’Brien;J.L. Capper;P.C. Garnsworthy;C. Grainger

  • Invited review: Milk lactose-Current status and future challenges in dairy cattle

    A. Costa;N. Lopez-Villalobos;N.W. Sneddon;L. Shalloo

  • Simulation modelling of the cost of producing and utilising feeds for ruminants on Irish farms.

    E. Finneran;P. Crosson;P. O'Kiely;L. Shalloo

  • Stochastic simulation of the cost of home-produced feeds for ruminant livestock systems

    E. Finneran;P. Crosson;P. O'kiely;L. Shalloo

  • Original papersPastureBase Ireland: A grassland decision support system and national database

    Liam Hanrahan;Anne Geoghegan;Michael O'Donovan;Vincent Griffith

  • Economic comparison of divergent strains of Holstein-Friesian cows in various pasture-based production systems.

    S. McCarthy;B. Horan;P. Dillon;P. O’Connor

  • Effect of fertility on the economics of pasture-based dairy systems.

    L. Shalloo;A. Cromie;N. McHugh

  • A survey analysis of grassland dairy farming in Ireland, investigating grassland management, technology adoption and sward renewal

    P. Creighton;P. Creighton;E. Kennedy;L. Shalloo;T. M. Boland

  • Development and application of an economic ranking index for perennial ryegrass cultivars

    M. McEvoy;M. O’Donovan;L. Shalloo

  • Comparison of a pasture-based system of milk production on a high rainfall, heavy-clay soil with that on a lower rainfall, free-draining soil

    L. Shalloo;P. Dillon;J. O'Loughlin;M. Rath

  • Estimating the effect of mastitis on the profitability of Irish dairy farms.

    U. Geary;N. Lopez-Villalobos;N. Begley;F. McCoy

  • Evaluation of the RumiWatchSystem for measuring grazing behaviour of cows.

    J. Werner;J. Werner;L. Leso;C. Umstatter;J. Niederhauser

  • Comparison of modelling techniques for milk-production forecasting

    M.D. Murphy;M.D. Murphy;M.J. O’Mahony;L. Shalloo;P. French

  • Relating the carbon footprint of milk from Irish dairy farms to economic performance

    D. O’Brien;T. Hennessy;B. Moran;L. Shalloo

  • Financial implications of recent declines in reproduction and survival of Holstein-Friesian cows in spring-calving Irish dairy herds

    R.D. Evans;R.D. Evans;M. Wallace;L. Shalloo;D.J. Garrick

  • An appraisal of carbon footprint of milk from commercial grass-based dairy farms in Ireland according to a certified life cycle assessment methodology

    Donal O’Brien;Padraig Brennan;James Humphreys;Eimear Ruane

  • Invited review: Cattle lameness detection with accelerometers.

    Niall OLeary;D. T. Byrne;A. H. O'Connor;L. Shalloo

  • Application of data envelopment analysis to measure technical efficiency on a sample of Irish dairy farms

    Eoin Kelly;Laurence Shalloo;Una Geary;Anne Kinsella

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos
Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos Massey University
Pat Dillon
Pat Dillon Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Michael O'Donovan
Michael O'Donovan Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Frank Buckley
Frank Buckley University College Cork
Dorian J. Garrick
Dorian J. Garrick Massey University
Luc Delaby
Luc Delaby Institut Agro, France
I.J.M. de Boer
I.J.M. de Boer Wageningen University & Research
Bernadette O'Brien
Bernadette O'Brien Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Brendan Horan
Brendan Horan Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
T. M. Boland
T. M. Boland University College Dublin

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