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24
Citations
1711
World Ranking
3038
National Ranking
232

Overview

N. R. Lambe is affiliated with Scotland's Rural College in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Small Animals, and Ecology.

Their work covers several key topics including genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, meat and animal product quality, reproductive physiology in livestock, animal behavior and welfare studies, and agriculture sustainability and environmental impact.

Recent publications by N. R. Lambe and collaborators include:

  • Breeding strategies for animal resilience to weather variation in meat sheep, 2020, BMC Genetics
  • Factors affecting ewe longevity on sheep farms in three European countries, 2020, Small Ruminant Research
  • Key traits for ruminant livestock across diverse production systems in the context of climate change: perspectives from a global platform of research farms, 2021, Reproduction Fertility and Development
  • Prediction of intramuscular fat in lamb by visible and near-infrared spectroscopy in an abattoir environment, 2020, Meat Science
  • Meat eating and nutritional quality of lambs sired by high and low muscle density rams, 2020, animal

Frequent co-authors of N. R. Lambe include:

  • A. McLaren
  • J. Conington
  • G A Miller
  • David Barclay
  • Carol-Anne Duthie

The main venues for their work are Animal - science proceedings, Meat Science, animal, Small Ruminant Research, and Livestock Science. These outlets represent the primary channels through which their research findings have been disseminated.

Best Publications

  • Prediction of sensory characteristics of lamb meat samples by near infrared reflectance spectroscopy

    Sonia Andrés;I. Murray;E. A. Navajas;A. V. Fisher

  • A genetic investigation of various growth models to describe growth of lambs of two contrasting breeds.

    N. R. Lambe;E. A. Navajas;G. Simm;L. Bünger

  • The use of various live animal measurements to predict carcass and meat quality in two divergent lamb breeds

    N R Lambe;E A Navajas;C P Schofield;A Fisher

  • A genetic analysis of maternal behaviour score in Scottish Blackface sheep

    NR Lambe;J Conington;SC Bishop;A Waterhouse

  • Effects of low protein diets on pigs with a lean genotype. 1. Carcass composition measured by dissection and muscle fatty acid composition

    J.D. Wood;N.R. Lambe;G.A. Walling;H. Whitney

  • Muscularity and eating quality of lambs: Effects of breed, sex and selection of sires using muscularity measurements by computed tomography

    E.A. Navajas;N.R. Lambe;A.V. Fisher;G.R. Nute

  • Prediction of lamb carcass composition and meat quality using combinations of post-mortem measurements

    N.R. Lambe;E.A. Navajas;L. Bünger;A.V. Fisher

  • Ability of laying hens to negotiate horizontal perches at different heights, separated by different angles

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  • Use of X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) in UK Sheep Production and Breeding

    L. Bünger;J.M. Macfarlane;N. R. Lambe;J. Conington

  • Accuracy of in vivo muscularity indices measured by computed tomography and their association with carcass quality in lambs.

    E.A. Navajas;N.R. Lambe;K.A. McLean;C.A. Glasbey

  • Evaluating the effects of a single copy of a mutation in the myostatin gene (c.*1232G>A) on carcass traits in crossbred lambs.

    A.Y. Masri;N.R. Lambe;J.M. Macfarlane;S. Brotherstone

  • Prediction of total body tissue weights in Scottish Blackface ewes using computed tomography scanning

    Lambe Nr;Young Mj;McLean Ka;Conington Je

  • The fear levels after transport of hens from cages and a free-range system

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  • Breeding strategies for animal resilience to weather variation in meat sheep

    Enrique Sánchez-Molano;Vanessa V. Kapsona;Stavroula Oikonomou;Ann McLaren

  • In vivo measurements of muscle volume by automatic image analysis of spiral computed tomography scans

    E. A. Navajas;C. A. Glasbey;K. A. McLean;A. V. Fisher

  • Testing selection indices for sustainable hill sheep production – lamb growth and carcass traits

    J. Conington;S. C. Bishop;N. R. Lambe;L. Bunger

  • Muscle fibre characteristics of two contrasting sheep breeds: Scottish Blackface and Texel.

    L. Bünger;E.A. Navajas;L. Stevenson;N.R. Lambe

  • Viability of the Happy Factor™ targeted selective treatment approach on several sheep farms in Scotland

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  • Factors affecting ewe longevity on sheep farms in three European countries

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  • Prediction of lamb meat eating quality in two divergent breeds using various live animal and carcass measurements

    N.R. Lambe;E.A. Navajas;A.V. Fisher;G. Simm

  • Changes in carcass traits during growth in lambs of two contrasting breeds, measured using computer tomography

    N.R. Lambe;E.A. Navajas;K.A. McLean;G. Simm

  • Effects of the Texel muscling quantitative trait locus on carcass traits in crossbred lambs

    J. M. Macfarlane;N. R. Lambe;S. C. Bishop;O. Matika

  • In vivo prediction of internal fat weight in Scottish Blackface lambs, using computer tomography.

    N R Lambe;J Conington;K A McLean;E A Navajas

  • The prediction of carcass composition and tissue distribution in beef cattle using ultrasound scanning at the start and/or end of the finishing period.

    N. R. Lambe;D. W. Ross;E. A. Navajas;J. J. Hyslop

  • Genetic parameters for carcass dimensional measurements from Video Image Analysis and their association with conformation and fat class scores

    E. Rius-Vilarrasa;L. Bünger;S. Brotherstone;J.M. Macfarlane

  • The effect of sex on some carcass and meat quality traits in Texel ewe and ram lambs

    C. R. Craigie;C. R. Craigie;N. R. Lambe;R. I. Richardson;W. Haresign

  • Use of meat quality information in breeding programmes

    G. Simm;N. Lambe;L. Bünger;E. Navajas

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoff Simm
Geoff Simm University of Edinburgh
Rainer Roehe
Rainer Roehe Scotland's Rural College
Stephen Bishop
Stephen Bishop University of Edinburgh
Oswald Matika
Oswald Matika University of Edinburgh
R. I. Richardson
R. I. Richardson University of Bristol
Susan Brotherstone
Susan Brotherstone University of Edinburgh
J. D. Wood
J. D. Wood University of Bristol
David I. McCracken
David I. McCracken Scotland's Rural College
Richard J. Dewhurst
Richard J. Dewhurst Scotland's Rural College
S. T. Morris
S. T. Morris Massey University

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