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Citations
3536
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2766
National Ranking
221

Overview

S. M. Rutter is affiliated with Harper Adams University in the United Kingdom and contributes to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Veterinary science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several focused subfields, including Small Animals, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Plant Science.

The scholar's research topics concentrate notably on Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Meat and Animal Product Quality, and Smart Agriculture and AI.

The recent papers authored or co-authored by S. M. Rutter include:

  • Data-driven agriculture and sustainable farming: friends or foes? (2023) published in Precision Agriculture
  • Using precision farming to improve animal welfare (2020) published in CABI Reviews
  • Dairy cow trade-off preference for 2 different lying qualities: Lying surface and lying space (2020) published in Journal of Dairy Science
  • Assessing the Accuracy of Leg Mounted Sensors for Recording Dairy Cow Behavioural Activity at Pasture, in Cubicle Housing and a Straw Yard (2022) published in Animals
  • Mapping Welfare: Location Determining Techniques and Their Potential for Managing Cattle Welfare-A Review (2022) published in Dairy

Frequent co-authors of S. M. Rutter include:

  • E.C.L. Bleach
  • Annabelle Beaver
  • Laura Shewbridge Carter
  • Marie J. Haskell
  • Gemma L. Charlton

S. M. Rutter has published multiple works in established venues, notably:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Animal - science proceedings
  • Precision Agriculture
  • CABI Reviews
  • Animals

Best Publications

  • An automatic system to record foraging behaviour in free-ranging ruminants

    S.M. Rutter;R.A. Champion;P.D. Penning

  • Diet preference for grass and legumes in free-ranging domestic sheep and cattle: Current theory and future application

    Steven Mark Rutter

  • Graze: a program to analyze recordings of the jaw movements of ruminants.

    Rutter Sm

  • Impacts of spatial patterns in pasture on animal grazing behavior, intake, and performance

    D. F. Chapman;A. J. Parsons;G. P. Cosgrove;D. J. Barker

  • Matching grass supply to grazing patterns for dairy cows

    R. J. Orr;S. M. Rutter;P. D. Penning;A. J. Rook

  • Assessment of hunger in growing broiler breeders in relation to a commercial restricted feeding programme

    C. J. Savory;K. Maros;S. M. Rutter

  • The behaviour of housed dairy cattle with and without pasture access: A review

    G.L. Charlton;S.M. Rutter

  • Classifying cattle jaw movements: Comparing IGER Behaviour Recorder and acoustic techniques

    Eugene David Ungar;Steven Mark Rutter

  • Dietary Preference of Dairy Cows Grazing Ryegrass and White Clover

    S.M. Rutter;R.J. Orr;N.H. Yarrow;R.A. Champion

  • Preference of dairy cows: indoor cubicle housing with access to a total mixed ration vs. access to pasture

    Gemma L. Charlton;Gemma L. Charlton;Steven Mark Rutter;Martyn East;Liam A. Sinclair

  • Effects of abomasal infusion of long-chain fatty acids on intake, feeding behavior and milk production in dairy cows.

    J.A. Benson;C.K. Reynolds;D.J. Humphries;S.M. Rutter

  • Impact of grazing management on biodiversity of grasslands

    J. R. B. Tallowin;A. J. Rook;S. M. Rutter

  • Use of GPS to identify the grazing areas of hill sheep

    S.M. Rutter;N.A. Beresford;G. Roberts

  • Temporal variation in grazing behaviour of sheep and the reliability of sampling periods

    R.A. Champion;S.M. Rutter;P.D. Penning;A.J. Rook

  • Effects of providing total mixed rations indoors and on pasture on the behavior of lactating dairy cattle and their preference to be indoors or on pasture.

    G.L. Charlton;G.L. Charlton;S.M. Rutter;M. East;L.A. Sinclair

  • The motivation of dairy cows for access to pasture

    Gemma L. Charlton;S.Mark Rutter;Martyn East;Liam A. Sinclair

  • Review: Grazing preferences in sheep and cattle: Implications for production, the environment and animal welfare

    S M Rutter

  • The effect of the spatial scale of heterogeneity of two herbage species on the grazing behaviour of lactating sheep

    R.A. Champion;R.J. Orr;P.D. Penning;S.M. Rutter

  • Changes in ingestive behaviour of yearling dairy heifers due to changes in sward state during grazing down of rotationally stocked ryegrass or white clover pastures

    Robert J Orr;S.Mark Rutter;Norman H Yarrow;Robert A Champion

  • Bite dimensions and grazing movements by sheep and cattle grazing homogeneous perennial ryegrass swards

    A.J Rook;A Harvey;A.J Parsons;R.J Orr

  • Ingestive behaviour of heifers grazing monocultures of ryegrass or white clover

    S.M Rutter;R.J Orr;P.D Penning;N.H Yarrow

  • An automatic system to monitor lying, standing and walking behaviour of grazing animals

    R.A. Champion;S.M. Rutter;P.D. Penning

  • Opportunities for enhancing the delivery of novel forage attributes

    G. P. Cosgrove;A. J. Parsons;D. M. Marotti;S. M. Rutter

  • Preference and behavior of lactating dairy cows given free access to pasture at two herbage masses and two distances.

    P. R. Motupalli;L. A. Sinclair;G. L. Charlton;E. C. Bleach

  • Dietary preference of dairy heifers grazing ryegrass and white clover, with and without an anti-bloat treatment

    S.M Rutter;R.J Orr;N.H Yarrow;R.A Champion

Frequent Co-Authors

Liam A. Sinclair
Liam A. Sinclair Harper Adams University
Nicholas A. Beresford
Nicholas A. Beresford University of Salford
Eugene D. Ungar
Eugene D. Ungar Agricultural Research Organization
Christopher K. Reynolds
Christopher K. Reynolds University of Reading
David Humphries
David Humphries University of Reading
Andrew Thompson
Andrew Thompson Murdoch University
Marie J. Haskell
Marie J. Haskell Scotland's Rural College
Anthony J. Parsons
Anthony J. Parsons Massey University

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