Areas of interest

• Systems biology - Physiological and molecular mechanisms regulating dairy cow responses to altered milking frequencies and nutrition regimes
• Lactation biology and mammary functional genomics applied to New Zealand pasture-based dairying
• Dairy farm systems using part- or whole-season once-a-day milking
• Extended lactations and their interaction with cow genotype and nutrition
• Identification of genetic and phenotypic markers for cows suitable for various lactation management strategies.

Key projects

• Lifetime productivity
• Strategic Lactation Management Tools
• Once-daily milking resources

Career output summary