Brendan Cullen

Development of Thresholds to Predict Grazing Behaviour of Dairy Cows from Motion Sensor Data and Application in a Pasture-Based Automatic Milking System

Brendan Cullen, Zelin Li, Saranika Talukder, Long Cheng, Ellen C Jongman

Journal article  |  2023  |  Dairy

The monitoring and measurement of animal behaviour may be valuable for improving animal production and welfare. This study was des..

Different heat treatments and sealing effect on the nutritive value of Lucerne hay

MSR Shishir, K Plessis-Fraissard, G Brodie, BR Cullen, L Cheng

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF MICROWAVE POWER AND ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY

This study investigated the comparative effects of conventional hot-air oven heating (CHO), microwave heating (MW) and sealing eff..

Effect of Grape Marc Added Diet on Live Weight Gain, Blood Parameters, Nitrogen Excretion, and Behaviour of Sheep

Huichu Wu, Pangzhen Zhang, Fan Zhang, Md Safiqur Rahaman Shishir, Surinder S Chauhan, Innocent Rugoho, Hafiz Suleria, Guangyong Zhao, Brendan Cullen, Long Cheng

Journal article  |  2022  |  ANIMALS

A 39-day field experiment was conducted to assess the effect of grape marc (GM) feeding on sheep productivity, health, and environ..

Microwave Application for Animal Feed Processing to Improve Animal Performance

Md Safiqur Rahaman Shishir, Graham Brodie, Brendan Cullen, Long Cheng

Book Chapter  |  2022

Feed nutritive value and its utilization by the animal are the two important factors that influence the profitability and sustaina..

Measurement and modelling of dielectric properties of different animal feed resources as a function of feed type and moisture content

Md Safiqur Rahaman Shishir, Mohan Jacob, Kenneth Leong, Long Cheng, Brendan Cullen, Graham Brodie

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF MICROWAVE POWER AND ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY

Dielectric properties of any particular material will determine the level of microwave (MW) heating. Therefore, measurement of the..

Climate change adaptation for livestock production in southern Australia: transdisciplinary approaches for integrated solutions

Brendan R Cullen, Margaret Ayre, Nikki Reichelt, Ruth A Nettle, Gillian Hayman, Daniel P Armstrong, Ruth Beilin, Matthew T Harrison

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANIMAL FRONTIERS

Implications: • Climate change will affect the seasonal production of pastures for livestock feed, and adaptation is required. Ada..

Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for pasture-based industries: Australian perspective

Brendan Cullen, Matthew Harrison, Dianne Mayberry, David Cobon, Thomas Davison, Richard Eckard

Journal article  |  2021  |  NZGA: Research and Practice Series

In recent decades Australia has experienced warmer temperatures and, in southern Australia declining rainfall, and climate change ..

Body Condition Score, Rumination, Intake, Milk Production and Milk Composition of Grazing Dairy Cows Supplemented with Rumen-Protected Lysine and Methionine

L Cheng, R Balogun, F Meng, FR Dunshea, B Cullen

Journal article  |  2021  |  Dairy

The study utilised a pasture grazing based, voluntary traffic automatic milking system to investigate milk production of cows fed ..

Carbon myopia: The urgent need for integrated social, economic and environmental action in the livestock sector

Matthew Tom Harrison, Brendan Richard Cullen, Dianne Elizabeth Mayberry, Annette Louise Cowie, Franco Bilotto, Warwick Brabazon Badgery, Ke Liu, Thomas Davison, Karen Michelle Christie, Albert Muleke, Richard John Eckard

Journal article  |  2021  |  GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Livestock have long been integral to food production systems, often not by choice but by need. While our knowledge of livestock gr..

The Potential of Deep Roots to Mitigate Impacts of Heatwaves and Declining Rainfall on Pastures in Southeast Australia

Rachelle Meyer, Alexandria Sinnett, Ruchika Perera, Brendan Cullen, Bill Malcolm, Richard J Eckard

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLANTS-BASEL

Declines in growing-season rainfall and increases in the frequency of heatwaves in southern Australia necessitate effective adapta..