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Prof Jon Moorby

BA (Oxon), PhD (Glasgow)

Prof Jon Moorby

Chair in Livestock Science

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I hold the Chair in Livestock Science.  My research interest is improving the use of feed nutrients for efficient livestock production: farming to make use of feeds that people cannot eat to produce foods that people can eat, while minimising the environmental impact of the processes.  Topics include:

  • Use of forages for improved livestock production
  • Short and long term effects of reducing protein intake of growing and lactating dairy cattle on immediate and subsequent productivity
  • Dietary manipulation to reduce methane emissions from ruminant animals
  • Sustainable intensification of forage-based production systems
  • Improvement of temperate and tropical forages for improved farmer livelihoods

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Research

I am and have been PI and Co-I on a number of UK and international research projects in Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, and South America, that aim to improve the efficiency of use of forage resources for livestock production, optimising the balance of feed nutrient use between useful products (meat and milk) and pollutant emissions (methane and nitrogen).

Research Groups

  • Sustainable Grassland Systems and Agri-Food
  • Agri Systems

Publications

Hanlon, ME, Simoni, M, Moorby, JM, Righi, F, Tsiplakou, E, Kantas, D & Foskolos, A 2023, 'Effects of the addition of non-fibre carbohydrates with different rumen degradation rates in dairy cow high-forage diets using the Rumen Simulation Technique', Animal, vol. 17, no. 4, 100732.
Belanche, A, Hristov, AN, van Lingen, HJ, Denman, SE, Kebreab, E, Schwarm, A, Kreuzer, M, Niu, M, Eug癡ne, M, Niderkorn, V, Martin, C, Archim癡de, H, McGee, M, Reynolds, CK, Crompton, LA, Bayat, AR, Yu, Z, Bannink, A, Dijkstra, J, Chaves, AV, Clark, H, Muetzel, S, Lind, V, Moorby, JM, Rooke, JA, Aubry, A, Antezana, W, Wang, M, Hegarty, R, Hutton Oddy, V, Hill, J, Vercoe, PE, Savian, JV, Abdalla, AL, Soltan, YA, Gomes Monteiro, AL, Ku-Vera, JC, Jaurena, G, G籀mez-Bravo, CA, Mayorga, OL, Congio, GFS & Y獺簽ez-Ruiz, DR 2023, 'Prediction of enteric methane emissions by sheep using an intercontinental database', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 384, 135523.
MacKintosh, S, Abeysena, V, Thompson, P, Girdwood, S, Jones, H, Leemans, D, Carter, E, Worgan, H, Howarth, C & Moorby, J 2023, 'The use of field peas to substitute soya in broiler finishing diets: Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS 2023)', Paper presented at BSAS Conference 2023, Birmingham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 28 Mar 2023 - 30 Mar 2023 pp. 301-302.
Moorby, J & Fraser, M 2022, 'New feeds and feeding systems in forage-fed ruminant livestock systems' Matrix - Quarterly magazine of the Animal Feed Manufacturers Association, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 47-51.
Villegas, DM, Sotelo, M, Trujillo, C, Ruden, A, Cardoso, JA, Moorby, J, Jonsson, N, Barrett, B, Chara, J, Murgueitio, E & Arango, J 2022, 'Nitrogen Cycling and N2O Emissions in Brachiaria-Based Grass-Alone Pastures and Silvopastoral Systems in a Grazing Trial in Colombia', 8th International Greenhouse Gas & Animal Agriculture Conference, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, 05 Jun 2022 - 09 Jun 2022 pp. 55.