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Overview

Mark McGee is affiliated with Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Ireland. Their research primarily falls within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular focus on Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, as well as Small Animals, Genetics, and Ecology.

Their work covers key topics including Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Animal Health and Immunology, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact.

McGee has contributed to multiple publications across several frequent venues. These include the Irish Veterinary Journal, Scientific Reports, Journal of Animal Science, Nine, and Animals.

Recent papers by McGee include:

  • Full adoption of the most effective strategies to mitigate methane emissions by ruminants can help meet the 1.5 °C target by 2030 but not 2050 (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Association between clinical respiratory signs, lung lesions detected by thoracic ultrasonography and growth performance in pre-weaned dairy calves (2021, Irish Veterinary Journal)
  • Investigation into the effect of divergent feed efficiency phenotype on the bovine rumen microbiota across diet and breed (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Growth performance and hematological changes of weaned beef calves diagnosed with respiratory disease using respiratory scoring and thoracic ultrasonography (2020, Journal of Animal Science)
  • Prediction of enteric methane emissions by sheep using an intercontinental database (2022, Journal of Cleaner Production)

Frequent co-authors working with McGee include E.G. O'Riordan, Bernadette Earley, A.P. Moloney, Inmaculada Cuevas-Gómez, and Alan K. Kelly.

Best Publications

  • Prediction of enteric methane production, yield, and intensity in dairy cattle using an intercontinental database

    Mutian Niu;Ermias Kebreab;Alexander N. Hristov;Joonpyo Oh

  • Effect of divergence in residual feed intake on feeding behavior, blood metabolic variables, and body composition traits in growing beef heifers.

    A. K. Kelly;M. McGee;D. H. Crews;A. G. Fahey

  • Phenotypic and genetic parameters for different measures of feed efficiency in different breeds of Irish performance-tested beef bulls.

    J. J. Crowley;J. J. Crowley;M. McGee;D. A. Kenny;D. H. Crews

  • Invited review: Nitrogen in ruminant nutrition: A review of measurement techniques.

    A.N. Hristov;A. Bannink;L.A. Crompton;P. Huhtanen

  • Review: Biological determinants of between-animal variation in feed efficiency of growing beef cattle.

    G. Cantalapiedra-Hijar;M. Abo-Ismail;G.E. Carstens;L.L. Guan

  • Invited review: Improving feed efficiency of beef cattle - the current state of the art and future challenges.

    D.A. Kenny;C. Fitzsimons;S.M. Waters;M. McGee

  • Methane emissions, body composition, and rumen fermentation traits of beef heifers differing in residual feed intake

    C Fitzsimons;D A Kenny;M H Deighton;A G Fahey

  • Repeatability of feed efficiency, carcass ultrasound, feeding behavior, and blood metabolic variables in finishing heifers divergently selected for residual feed intake.

    A. K. Kelly;M. McGee;D. H. Crews;T. Sweeney

  • Grass silage intake, rumen and blood variables, ultrasonic and body measurements, feeding behavior, and activity in pregnant beef heifers differing in phenotypic residual feed intake

    P. Lawrence;D. A. Kenny;D. A. Kenny;B. Earley;D. H. Crews

  • Effect of abrupt weaning at housing on leukocyte distribution, functional activity of neutrophils, and acute phase protein response of beef calves

    Eilish M Lynch;Bernadette Earley;Mark McGee;Sean Doyle

  • Effect of pre-weaning concentrate supplementation on peripheral distribution of leukocytes, functional activity of neutrophils, acute phase protein and behavioural responses of abruptly weaned and housed beef calves

    Eilish M Lynch;Mark McGee;Sean Doyle;Bernadette Earley

  • GWAS and eQTL analysis identifies a SNP associated with both residual feed intake and GFRA2 expression in beef cattle.

    Marc G. Higgins;Claire Fitzsimons;Matthew C. McClure;Clare McKenna

  • Performance of spring-calving beef suckler cows and their progeny to slaughter on intensive and extensive grassland management systems

    M.J. Drennan;M. McGee

  • Grazed grass herbage intake and performance of beef heifers with predetermined phenotypic residual feed intake classification.

    P. Lawrence;D. A. Kenny;B. Earley;M. McGee

  • Prediction of enteric methane production, yield and intensity of beef cattle using an intercontinental database

    Henk J. van Lingen;Mutian Niu;Ermias Kebreab;Sebastião C. Valadares Filho

  • Visceral organ weights, digestion and carcass characteristics of beef bulls differing in residual feed intake offered a high concentrate diet.

    C. Fitzsimons;D. A. Kenny;M. McGee

  • Review: passive immunity in beef-suckler calves.

    M. McGee;B. Earley

  • Genetic relationships between feed efficiency in growing males and beef cow performance

    J. J. Crowley;R. D. Evans;N. Mc Hugh;N. Mc Hugh;D. A. Kenny

  • Effect of divergence in phenotypic residual feed intake on methane emissions, ruminal fermentation, and apparent whole-tract digestibility of beef heifers across three contrasting diets.

    R. P. McDonnell;K. J. Hart;T. M. Boland;A. K. Kelly

  • Examination of the bovine leukocyte environment using immunogenetic biomarkers to assess immunocompetence following exposure to weaning stress

    Aran O'Loughlin;Mark McGee;Sinéad M Waters;Sean Doyle

  • mRNA expression of genes regulating oxidative phosphorylation in the muscle of beef cattle divergently ranked on residual feed intake

    Alan K. Kelly;Sinead M. Waters;Mark McGee;Rita G. Fonseca

  • Rumen fermentation, microbial protein synthesis, and nutrient flow to the omasum in cattle offered corn silage, grass silage, or whole-crop wheat.

    D. Owens;M. McGee;T. Boland;P. O'Kiely

  • The relationship of various muscular and skeletal scores and ultrasound measurements in the live animal, and carcass classification scores with carcass composition and value of bulls

    S.B. Conroy;S.B. Conroy;M.J. Drennan;D.A. Kenny;M. McGee

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernadette Earley
Bernadette Earley Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Sinéad M. Waters
Sinéad M. Waters Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
A.P. Moloney
A.P. Moloney Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Padraig O'Kiely
Padraig O'Kiely Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Frank J. Monahan
Frank J. Monahan University College Dublin
Alexander N. Hristov
Alexander N. Hristov Pennsylvania State University
Joseph P. Kerry
Joseph P. Kerry University College Cork
Ermias Kebreab
Ermias Kebreab University of California, Davis
Christopher K. Reynolds
Christopher K. Reynolds University of Reading

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