Eoin Dunne

Additional Details

Research Interests

Investigating enteric methane and nitrous oxide emission factors for sheep production systems and studying the nitrate leaching and denitrification in in a pasture based system.

My research is based on determining the effects that sward characteristics, the impact of genetics and management has on the production of harmful GHGs in a sheep system

Current Projects

• GreenBreed – Studying the impact of current breeding programs in beef, dairy and sheep on environmental footprint, production and animal health and welfare.
• Low N Sheep Systems – An investigation into reducing chemical N inputs and the environmental footprint of pasture based sheep production systems.
• INZAC – The validation of the Irish genetic evaluation through comparison with New Zealand genetics.
• Methane Predict – Development and validation of high throughput predictors for large capacity screening of methane emitting ruminant livestock at an individual and system level. 

Publications

• Measuring methane in sheep production systems – phenotypic factors affecting output.
• Investigation of intra-day variability of gaseous measurements in sheep using portable accumulation chambers.
• Repeatability of gaseous measurements across consecutive days in sheep using portable accumulation chambers.

Presentations

• Evaluation of the RumiWatchSystem to measure activity and grazing behaviour of sheep in a pasture based system.