Published articles co-authored by AFBI staff – June 2025

Arowolo, M.A.
Adebowale, T.O., Arowolo, M.A., Adekola, M., Adeleye, T., Oke, O.E. 2025. Effect of methionine and lysine supplementation on performance and intestinal morphometrics of finisher broiler chickens fed diets containing processed cassava peel meal. Animal Production Science, 65(9).
https://doi.org/10.1071/an25047
Beck, S.
White, E.L., White, P.R., Bull, J.M., Risch, D., Quer, S., Beck, S. 2025. Evaluating the performance of automated detection systems for long-term monitoring of delphinids in diverse marine soundscapes, PLOS One. 20(6), Article no. e0323768.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323768
Carballo, O.C., Yan, T., Lively, F.
Thompson, J.P., Stergiadis, S., Carballo, O.C., Zeller, W.E., Yan, T., Lively, F., Gilliland, J., Purusottam, R.N., Huws, S., Theodoridou, K. 2025. Willow silvopastoral systems as a strategy to reduce methane emissions while maintaining cattle performance, Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article no. 19310.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02289-0
Chen, X., Lively, F., Gordon, A., Yan, T.
Chen, X., Reynolds, C.K., Crompton, L.A., Lively, F., Gordon, A., Yan, T. 2025. Development of updated maintenance energy requirements of cattle using calorimeter data of growing cattle and suckler cows, Livestock Science, 296, Article no. 105714.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2025.105714
Corcionivoschi, N.
Callaway, T., Perez, H.G., Corcionivoschi, N., Bu, D., Fluharty, F.L. 2025. International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology: The holobiont concept in ruminant physiology—More of the same, or something new and meaningful to food quality, food security, and animal health? Journal of Dairy Science, 108(7), pp. 7567–7575.
https://afbi.dspacedirect.org/items/e587f987-40ad-45b0-984f-64a864a95105
Cottney, P., Black, L., White, E.
Cottney, P., Black, L., White, E., Williams, P.N. 2025. A Review of Supporting Evidence, Limitations and Challenges of Using Cover Crops in Agricultural Systems, Agriculture,15(11), Article no. 194.
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture15111194
Higgins, S., Ridgway, G., Crumlish, N.
Gomes, L.C., Møller, A.B., Koganti, T., Higgins, S., Ridgway, G., Crumlish, N., Žydelis, R., Volungevičius, J., Kavaliauskas, A., van Egmond, F., Kramer, H., Teuling, K., Çinkaya, İ., Greve, M.H. (2025) ‘An Open Framework for Downscaling Soil Carbon and Clay Maps Using Sensor Data: Five Case Studies Across Diverse European Landscapes’, European Journal of Soil Science, 76(3), Article no. E70132.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.70132
Jack, C.
Adenuga, A.H., Jack, C. 2025. The role of farmer discussion groups in promoting sustainable farming practices: Drivers of participation and environmental impact, Ecological Indicators, 177, Article no. 113714.
https://afbi.dspacedirect.org/items/afc2abaa-7a41-4c50-bcc8-6713b88a8a9d
Johansen, F.P., Buijs, S.
Johansen, F.P., Arnott, G., Buijs, S. 2025. Do cows come when called? Training cows to visit the milking robot in response to a cue, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 289, Article no. 106674.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106674
Johansen, F.P., Buijs, S.
Johansen, F.P., Donnelly, P., Arnott, G., Buijs, S. 2025. Use of a priority lane to increase voluntary visits to a milking robot in dairy cows, Journal of Dairy Science, 108(7), pp. 7387–7400.
https://afbi.dspacedirect.org/items/4c4c18ed-207b-492e-bf1f-63388686df26
Johansen, F.P., Buijs, S.
Johansen, F.P., Donnelly, P., Arnott, G., Buijs, S. 2025. Use of a priority lane to increase voluntary visits to a milking robot in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 108(7), pp. 7387–7400.
https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-26081
Kennedy, R., Rosell, R., Barkley, A.
Rodger, J.R., Lilly, J., Honkanen, H.M., del Villar, D., Kennedy, R., Maoiléidigh, N.Ó., Boylan, P., Rosell, R., Morris, D.J., O’Neill, R., Waters, C., Cotter, D., Wilkie, L., Barkley, A., Green, A., Beck, S.V., Ribbens, J., Henderson, J., Parke, D., Kettle‐White, A., Ballantyne, L., Marshall, S., Hopper, P., Gauld, N., Godfrey, J.D., Chapman, L.E., Thorburn, J., Drumm, A., Whoriskey, F., Shields, B., Ramsden, P., Barry, J., Millane, M., Roche, W., Armstrong, J.D., Wells, A., Walton, S., Fletcher, M., Bailey, D.M., Whyte, B., McGill, R., Bilsby, M., Whelan, K., Bean, C.W., Adams, C.E. 2025. Inshore and offshore marine migration pathways of Atlantic salmon post‐smolts from multiple rivers in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, and Ireland, Journal of Fish Biology, 106(5), pp. 1422–1439.
https://afbi.dspacedirect.org/items/4b3111e0-0b09-4042-bfea-245945dfabaf
Little, M.W., Weller, J.E., Buijs, S
Little, M.W., Weller, J.E., Buijs, S. 2025. The impact of the dairy cow’s position on eye and udder temperatures obtained with infra-red thermography within a walk-trough system, Animal, 19(6), Article no. 101523.
https://afbi.dspacedirect.org/items/c028e983-1dfa-4d19-a02f-0d0cdf738c58
Mcelearney, Y., Rosell, R., Gallagher, K., Vaughan, L.
Forasacco, E., Rippey, B., McElarney, Y., Rosell, R., Macintosh, K.A., Gallagher, K., Vaughan, L., Douglas, R. 2025. Impact of two invasive species, roach and the zebra mussel, on pelagic zooplankton species abundance in Lower Lough Erne, Aquatic Sciences, 87(3), Article no. 67
https://afbi.dspacedirect.org/items/d48cf5ce-bdd8-466d-af3d-6a75a833de85
Shirali, M.
Yousefi, Z., Moradi, M.H., Beige-Nasiri, M.T., Shirali, M., Abdollahi-Arpanahi, R. 2025. Genomic insights into runs of homozygosity, effective population size and selection signatures in Iranian meat and dairy sheep breeds, PLOS One, 20(6), Article no. e0323328.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323328
Wu, Z.
Liu, Z., Zhu, Z., Wu, Z., Ning, K. 2025. African swine fever, consumer confidence and pork consumption behaviours in China: a case study in Shanghai, China Agricultural Economic Review [Preprint].