Leanna Kelly
Postdoctoral ResearcherResearch Interests
Enteric methane emissions and mitigation, ruminant nutrition, feed additive evaluation, livestock systems modelling, greenhouse gas measurement and quantification, sustainable beef and dairy production, climate-smart livestock systems, statistical methods for animal science
Current Projects
Methane Abatement in Grazing Systems (MAGS)
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Davis
B.S. Cornell University
Kelly, L., E. M. Pressman, J.-F. Ramirez-Agudelo, H. Chernavsky, P. Alvarez-Hess, S. Jacques, M. Hess, and E. Kebreab. 2025. The effect of Rumin8 Investigational Veterinary Product—a bromoform based feed additive—on enteric methane emissions, animal production parameters, and the rumen environment in feedlot cattle. Translational Animal Science. Volume 9. doi:10.1093/tas/txaf028.
Pressman, E. M., L. Kelly, A. Akter, and E. Kebreab. 2025. Comparison of strategies for spot sampling enteric methane and hydrogen emissions to evaluate methane-reducing feed additives in dairy and beef cattle. Journal Dairy Science. doi:10.3168/jds.2025-26470.
Kelly, L., A. Ruelas, M. Minnema, E. Kebreab. 2025. The effect of biochar inclusion on enteric methane emissions and animal parameters across standard dietary phases in feedlot cattle. Manuscript in preparation.
Kelly, L., and E. Kebreab. 2023. Recent advances in feed additives with the potential to mitigate enteric methane emissions from ruminant livestock. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 78:111–123. doi:10.2489/jswc.2023.00070.
Kelly, L., A. Bougouin, and E. Kebreab. 2021. Maintenance energy requirement and efficiency of utilization of metabolizable energy for milk production of Bos taurus × Bos indicus crossbred tropical dairy cows: a meta-analysis. Animal Production Science. 61:1338–1347. doi:10.1071/AN20470.