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Denis Meehan

Post Doc (Sustainability)

Research Interests

- Bioeconomic modelling of GHG emissions in beef production systems

- Modelling the carbon footprint of beef meat

- Life cycle assessment modelling

- Energy and nitrogen metabolism in ruminants

Current Projects

Meat Technology Ireland Phase 2 Carbon Footprinting

http://www.mti.ie/research/theme-1-genetics/

Education

PhD Animal Science (2023) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Porto, Portugal

MSc Animal Nutrition (1994) University of Aberdeen, Scotland

PG Dip Animal Nutrition (1993) University of Aberdeen, Scotland

BSc Animal Science (1992) University of Essex, England

HND Agriculture (1991) SRUC, Scotland

Professional Membership

Agricultural Science Association

European Association of Animal Production

Energy:Protein ratio in ruminants: Insights from the intragastric infusion technique (Review article), DJ Meehan, AR Cabrita, MR Maia and AJ Fonseca, Animals 2021, 11(9), 2700.

Effects of Chlorella vulgaris, Nannochloropsis oceanica and Tetraselmis sp. supplementation levels on in vitro rumen fermentation, DJ Meehan, AR Cabrita, AJ Fonseca, JL Silva and MR Maia, Algal Research 2021, Volume 56, 102284.

Effect of glucose supply on fasting nitrogen excretion and effect of level and type of fatty acids on infusion response to protein utilisation in cattle, ER Ørskov, DJ Meehan, NA MacLeod and DJ Kyle, British Journal of Nutrition 1999 (81) 389-393.                                           

Implications of beef price seasonality on the profitability of Irish beef production systems, DJ Meehan and P. Crosson, BSAS Annual Meeting, Belfast 2024

Effects of microalgae species and inclusion levels on in-vitro rumen fermentation parameters, DJ Meehan, MR Maia, JL Silva, AJ Cabrita and AJ Fonseca, EAAP Annual Meeting, Porto, December 2020.

Energy-Protein interrelations in cattle and sheep: What the intragastric infusion technique tells us, DJ Meehan, E.R. Ørskov, AJ Cabrita and AJ Fonseca, 2nd International Animal Science Workshop, University of Porto, September 2015.

Effect of microalgae species and production lot on in-vitro rumen fermentation parameters, CS Mota, DJ Meehan, RC Pedro, CM Xavier, JL Silva, AJ Fonseca, AJ Cabrita and MR Maia, 5th International Animal Science Workshop, University of Porto, September 2018.