Paula Gonzalez Rivas

A Trace Mineral Injection before Joining and Lambing Increases Marking Percentages and Lamb Weights on Diverse Farms in Victoria, Australia

Paula A Gonzalez-Rivas, Graham R Lean, Michael Chambers, Jerry Liu

Journal article  |  2023  |  ANIMALS

This study was conducted on five commercial farms across Victoria, Australia, between September 2018 and November 2019, where the ..

Reducing rumen starch fermentation of wheat with 3% NaOH does not reduce whole tract starch digestibility and increases energy utilization in wethers during heat stress

PA Gonzalez-Rivas, P Prathap, K DiGiacomo, JJ Cottrell, BJ Leury, SS Chauhan, FR Dunshea

Journal article  |  2021  |  SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH

Previous studies have suggested that feeding slowly fermentable grains might improve heat-tolerance in ruminants, due to increased..

A pilot study comparing the pharmacokinetics of injectable cyanocobalamin and hydroxocobalamin associated with a trace mineral injection in cattle

Paula A Gonzalez-Rivas, Michael Chambers, Jerry Liu

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS

Injectable vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is traditionally used to prevent or treat vitamin B12 deficiencies in ruminants. Sheep and huma..

Abattoir Factors Influencing the Incidence of Dark Cutting in Australian Grain-Fed Beef

Cameron C Steel, Angela M Lees, D Bowler, PA Gonzalez-Rivas, G Tarr, RD Warner, FR Dunshea, Frances C Cowley, P McGilchrist

Journal article  |  2021  |  Animals

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of carcass traits, lairage time and weather conditions during lairage and abattoi..

Effects of heat stress on animal physiology, metabolism, and meat quality: A review.

Paula A Gonzalez-Rivas, Surinder S Chauhan, Minh Ha, Narelle Fegan, Frank R Dunshea, Robyn D Warner

Journal article  |  2020  |  Meat Science

Heat stress is one of the most stressful events in the life of livestock with harmful consequences for animal health, productivity..

Effect of feeding slowly fermentable grains on productive variables and amelioration of heat stress in lactating dairy cows in a sub-tropical summer

Paula A Gonzalez-Rivas, Megan Sullivan, Jeremy J Cottrell, Brian J Leury, John B Gaughan, Frank R Dunshea

Journal article  |  2018  |  TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION

Feeding low-fiber and high-energy diets to dairy cows is one approach to ameliorate heat stress (HS) by reducing heat increment (H..

Reducing rumen starch fermentation of wheat with three percent sodium hydroxide has the potential to ameliorate the effect of heat stress in grain-fed wethers

PA Gonzalez-Rivas, K DiGiacomo, PA Giraldo, BJ Leury, JJ Cottrell, FR Dunshea

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Selection for high productivity has resulted in ruminants adversely affected by heat stress (HS) due to their high metabolic rate ..

Nutritional Strategies to Alleviate Heat Stress in Sheep

FR Dunshea, PA Gonzalez-Rivas, AT Hung, K DiGiacomo, SS Chauhan, BJ Leury, PP Celi, EN Ponnampalam, JJ Cottrell

Book Chapter  |  2017

Heat stress is the most intriguing factor negatively influencing sheep production. Heat stress management in sheep requires multip..

Effects of chromium supplementation on physiology, feed intake, and insulin related metabolism in growing pigs subjected to heat stress

F Liu, JJ Cottrell, U Wijesiriwardana, FW Kelly, SS Chauhan, RV Pustovit, PA Gonzales-Rivas, K DiGiacomo, BJ Leury, P Celi, FR Dunshea

Journal article  |  2017  |  TRANSLATIONAL ANIMAL SCIENCE

Improving insulin sensitivity may reduce impacts of heat stress (HS) in pigs by facilitating heat dissipation. Chromium (Cr) has b..

Feeding slowly fermentable grains has the potential to ameliorate heat stress in grain-fed wethers

PA Gonzalez-Rivas, K DiGiacomo, VM Russo, BJ Leury, JJ Cottrell, FR Dunshea

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

During heat stress (HS), livestock reduce metabolic heat production by lowering activity and feed intake. Because this has obvious..