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30
Citations
5560
World Ranking
2377
National Ranking
130

Overview

V. H. Oddy is affiliated with the University of New England in Australia, contributing to research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses diverse subfields such as Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Animal Science and Zoology.

Research conducted by V. H. Oddy prominently focuses on genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, as well as ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology. Additional topics include effects of environmental stressors on livestock, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, meat and animal product quality, animal behavior and welfare studies, and reproductive physiology in livestock.

Recent publications by V. H. Oddy include:

  • Prediction of enteric methane emissions by sheep using an intercontinental database (2022), Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Repeatabilities, heritabilities and correlations of methane and feed intake of sheep in respiration and portable chambers (2020), Animal Production Science
  • Live animal predictions of carcass components and marble score in beef cattle: model development and evaluation (2020), animal
  • Effects of dietary energy density and supplemental rumen undegradable protein on intake, viscera, and carcass composition of lambs recovering from nutritional restriction (2022), Journal of Animal Science
  • Genetic parameters for methane emissions in Australian sheep measured in portable accumulation chambers in grazing and controlled environments (2022), Animal Production Science

V. H. Oddy frequently publishes in journals such as Animal Production Science, Animal - science proceedings, Journal of Animal Science, Journal of Cleaner Production, and animal.

Frequent co-authors include James Dougherty, Mark Evered, J. W. Oltjen, Edward Clayton, and Thomas Keogh, indicating collaboration across various studies within the field.

Best Publications

  • The sheep genome illuminates biology of the rumen and lipid metabolism

    Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Min Xie;Wenbin Chen;Richard Talbot

  • A genome wide survey of SNP variation reveals the genetic structure of sheep breeds.

    James W. Kijas;David Townley;Brian P. Dalrymple;Michael P. Heaton

  • Growth, development and nutritional manipulation of marbling in cattle: a review

    D. W. Pethick;G. S. Harper;V. H. Oddy

  • Biological basis for variation in residual feed intake in beef cattle 1: Review of potential mechanisms

    R. M. Herd;V. H. Oddy;E. C. Richardson

  • Genetic parameters for feed efficiency, fatness, muscle area and feeding behaviour of feedlot finished beef cattle

    D.L. Robinson;D.L. Robinson;V.H. Oddy;V.H. Oddy

  • Low-methane yield sheep have smaller rumens and shorter rumen retention time.

    John P. Goopy;Alastair Donaldson;Roger Hegarty;Philip E. Vercoe

  • The sheep genome reference sequence: a work in progress

    A. L. Archibald;N. E. Cockett;B. P. Dalrymple

  • A universal equation to predict methane production of forage-fed cattle in Australia

    E. Charmley;S. R. O. Williams;P. J. Moate;R. S. Hegarty

  • Body composition and implications for heat production of Angus steer progeny of parents selected for and against residual feed intake

    E. C. Richardson;R. M. Herd;V. H. Oddy;J. M. Thompson

  • Using a three-axis accelerometer to identify and classify sheep behaviour at pasture

    F.A.P. Alvarenga;I. Borges;L. Palkovič;J. Rodina

  • Animal board invited review: genetic possibilities to reduce enteric methane emissions from ruminants.

    N. K. Pickering;V. H. Oddy;J. Basarab;K. Cammack

  • Meat quality and the calpain system of feedlot steers following a single generation of divergent selection for residual feed intake

    M. B. McDonagh;R. M. Herd;E. C. Richardson;V. H. Oddy

  • Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of animal, carcass, and meat quality traits from temperate and tropically adapted beef breeds. 4. Correlations among animal, carcass, and meat quality traits *

    A. Reverter;D. J. Johnston;D. M. Ferguson;D. Perry

  • Using comparative genomics to reorder the human genome sequence into a virtual sheep genome.

    Brian P Dalrymple;Ewen F Kirkness;Mikhail Nefedov;Sean McWilliam

  • Prediction of in vivo dry matter digestibility from the fibre and nitrogen content of a feed

    V.H. Oddy;G.E. Robards;S.G. Low

  • Nutritional and developmental effects on the intrinsic properties of muscles as they relate to the eating quality of beef.

    V. H. Oddy;G. S. Harper;P. L. Greenwood;M. B. McDonagh

  • Explaining the variation in lamb longissimus shear force across and within ageing periods using protein degradation, sarcomere length and collagen characteristics.

    Colin P. Starkey;Colin P. Starkey;Geert H. Geesink;V. Hutton Oddy;David L. Hopkins

  • POSSIBLE PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS FOR NET FEED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY IN BEEF CATTLE

    EC Richardson;RM Herd;PF Arthur;J Wright

  • Effect of insulin on hind-limb and whole-body leucine and protein metabolism in fed and fasted lambs

    V. H. Oddy;D. B. Lindsay;P. J. Barker;A. J. Northrop

  • Hind-limb protein metabolism and calpain system activity influence post-mortem change in meat quality in lamb.

    M.B McDonagh;C Fernandez;V.H Oddy

  • Epithelial, metabolic and innate immunity transcriptomic signatures differentiating the rumen from other sheep and mammalian gastrointestinal tract tissues

    Ruidong Xiang;Victor Hutton Oddy;Alan L. Archibald;Phillip E. Vercoe

  • Programming rumen bacterial communities in newborn Merino lambs

    I. De Barbieri;R.S. Hegarty;C. Silveira;L.M. Gulino;L.M. Gulino

  • Estimates of repeatability and heritability of methane production in sheep using portable accumulation chambers

    John P. Goopy;D.L. Robinson;R.T. Woodgate;A.J. Donaldson

  • Sire and liveweight affect feed intake and methane emissions of sheep confined in respiration chambers.

    D. L. Robinson;J. P. Goopy;A. J. Donaldson;R. T. Woodgate

  • Comparison of repeated measurements of methane production in sheep over 5 years and a range of measurement protocols.

    D. L. Robinson;J. P. Goopy;R. S. Hegarty;V. H. Oddy

  • Genetic and environmental variation in methane emissions of sheep at pasture

    D.L. Robinson;J.P. Goopy;R.S. Hegarty;V.H. Oddy

  • Aspects of digestive function in sheep related to phenotypic variation in methane emissions

    J. J. Bond;M. Cameron;A. J. Donaldson;K. L. Austin

  • Positive consequences of maternal diet and post-natal rumen inoculation on rumen function and animal performance of Merino lambs

    I. De Barbieri;R.S. Hegarty;C. Silveira;V.H. Oddy

  • Effects of protein and energy supply on the growth and carcass composition of lambs from differing nutritional histories

    R. S. Hegarty;S. A. Neutze;V. H. Oddy

  • EFFECT OF DIVERGENT SELECTION FOR YEARLING GROWTH RATE ON PROTEIN METABOLISM IN HIND-LIMB MUSCLE AND WHOLE BODY OF ANGUS CATTLE

    V.H. Oddy;R.M. Herd;M.B. McDonagh;R. Woodgate

  • One-hour portable chamber methane measurements are repeatable and provide useful information on feed intake and efficiency.

    D. L. Robinson;M. Cameron;A. J. Donaldson;S. Dominik

  • Protein profiles of enzymatically isolated rumen epithelium in sheep fed a fibrous diet

    J. J. Bond;A. J. Donaldson;J. V. F. Coumans;K. Austin

  • Whole-body protein metabolism and energy expenditure in sheep selected for divergent wool production when fed above or below maintenance

    L. Li;V. H. Oddy;J. V. Nolan

  • Variation in methane production over time and physiological state in sheep

    V. H. Oddy;A. J. Donaldson;M. Cameron;J. Bond

  • Repeatabilities, heritabilities and correlations of methane and feed intake of sheep in respiration and portable chambers

    D. L. Robinson;S. Dominik;S. Dominik;A. J. Donaldson;V. H. Oddy

  • The effect of nutritional status on protein degradation and components of the calpain system in skeletal muscle of weaned wether lambs

    B. C. Thomson;B. J. Hosking;R. D. Sainz;V. H. Oddy

  • Lack of association between allelic status and myostatin content in lambs with the myostatin g+6723G>A allele.

    F. E. M. Haynes;F. E. M. Haynes;P. L. Greenwood;P. L. Greenwood;M. B. McDonagh;C. D. McMahon

Frequent Co-Authors

D. L. Robinson
D. L. Robinson University of New England
Roger Hegarty
Roger Hegarty AgResearch
Paul L. Greenwood
Paul L. Greenwood University of New England
John Nolan
John Nolan University of New England
Brian P. Dalrymple
Brian P. Dalrymple University of Western Australia
James W. Oltjen
James W. Oltjen University of California, Davis
John C. McEwan
John C. McEwan AgResearch
Wayne S. Pitchford
Wayne S. Pitchford University of Adelaide
Y. de Haas
Y. de Haas Wageningen University & Research
David W. Pethick
David W. Pethick Murdoch University

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