Prof Jon Moorby
BA (Oxon), PhD (Glasgow)

Chair in Livestock Science

Contact Details

Email: jxm@aber.ac.uk
ORCID: 0000-0002-4449-8432
Office:IBERS Gogerddan
Phone: +44 (0) 1970 823074
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=PgJslf0AAAAJ
Research Portal Profile (https://research.aber.ac.uk/en/persons/d5e5c9a7-2a3f-4b02-9f79-0166e98e7435)

I hold the Chair in Livestock Science. My research interest is improving the use of feed nutrients for efficient livestock production: farming to make use of feeds that people cannot eat to produce foods that people can eat, while minimising the environmental impact of the processes. Topics include:

Use of forages for improved livestock production
Short and long term effects of reducing protein intake of growing and lactating dairy cattle on immediate and subsequent productivity
Dietary manipulation to reduce methane emissions from ruminant animals
Sustainable intensification of forage-based production systems
Improvement of temperate and tropical forages for improved farmer livelihoods

I am and have been PI and Co-I on a number of UK and international research projects in Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, and South America, that aim to improve the efficiency of use of forage resources for livestock production, optimising the balance of feed nutrient use between useful products (meat and milk) and pollutant emissions (methane and nitrogen).

Sustainable Grassland Systems and Agri-Food
Agri Systems

Comparative intake, digestibility and enteric methane emissions by growing lambs and goat kids fed a medium digestibility grass nuts diet. / Quail, Megan; Davies, Iolo; Moorby, Jon et al.
In: Animal, Vol. 19, No. 5, 101489, 31.05.2025.