University of Nottingham

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Expertise My research has focused on sustainable farming systems. I have expertise in carrying out research experiments and developing novel monitoring devices. My work has involved practical and theoretical research on ruminant and monogastric systems. Areas of work include greenhouse gas emissions, climate impacts, breeding, nutrition, health and welfare. Career 2014 - present     Senior Scientific Officer in Sustainable Dairy Systems, AFBI Hillsborough 2012 - 2013         Research Fellow: ruminant nutrition, The University of Nottingham 2010 - 2012         Postdoctoral fellow: farm systems modelling, The University of Melbourne 2002 - 2007         Research technician/assistant, SAC Edinburgh   Research Interests/Activities Reducing the environmental footprint of livestock systems, through improved breeding, feeding and management Whole farm models Variation in feed efficiency and enteric methane among ruminant livestock Developing a novel method for measuring enteric methane from ruminant livestock Developing monitoring devices for farming  Genetic selection indices for livestock Improving welfare of livestock through improved health and fertility   Selected Publications Cullen, B.R., Rawnsley, R.P., Eckard R.J., Christie K.M. and Bell M.J. (2014). Use of modelling to identify perennial ryegrass plant traits for future warmer and drier climates. Crop Pasture Science, 65: 758-766. Bell, M.J., Potterton, S., Craigon, J., Saunders, N., Wilcox, R., Hunter, M., Goodman, J.R. and Garnsworthy, P.C. (2014). Variation in enteric methane emissions among cows on commercial dairy farms. Animal, 8: 1540-1546. Bell, M.J., Eckard, R.J., Haile-Mariam, M., and Pryce, J.E. (2013). The effect of changing cow production and fitness traits on net income and greenhouse gas emissions from Australian Dairy systems. Journal of Dairy Science, 96: 7918-7931. Eckard, R.J., Bell, M., Christie, K. and Rawnsley, R. (2012). Livestock. In: Sallinger, J. (Ed), Living in a Warmer World. Bateman Publishing: Auckland. Bell M., Eckard, R.J. and Pryce, J. (2012). Breeding dairy cows to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In: Livestock Production, InTech Publishing, Rijeka, Croatia.