Mr Mariano Parra
Research Officer
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Journal Articles
Tahery, Sara, Parra, Mariano C., Munroe, Paul, Mitchell, David R. G., Meale, Sarah J. and Joseph, Stephen (2025). Developing an activated biochar-mineral supplement for reducing methane formation in anaerobic fermentation. Biochar, 7 (1) 26, 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s42773-024-00403-5
Ni, Mingbo, Parra, Mariano C., Chaves, Alex V. and Meale, Sarah J. (2024). Effect of enriched biochar on methane emissions, rumen microbial structure and rumen fermentation characteristics in Holstein steers. Livestock Science, 289 105590, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.livsci.2024.105590
Forwood, Daniel L., Innes, David J., Parra, Mariano C., Stark, Terra, de Souza, David P., Chaves, Alex V. and Meale, Sarah J. (2023). Feeding an unsalable carrot total-mixed ration altered bacterial amino acid degradation in the rumen of lambs. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 6942, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-34181-0
Parra, Mariano C., Forwood, Daniel L., Chaves, Alex V. and Meale, Sarah J. (2023). In vitro screening of anti-methanogenic additives for use in Australian grazing systems. Frontiers in Animal Science, 4 1123532, 1-8. doi: 10.3389/fanim.2023.1123532
O'Reilly, Grace C., Holman, Devin B., Muscat, Katharine, Muscatello, Gary, Parra, Mariano C., Meale, Sarah J. and Chaves, Alex V. (2022). Characterisation of the faecal microbiome of foals from 0-5 months of age and their respective mares across five geographic locations. Frontiers in Bioscience (Elite Edition), 14 (3) 22, 1-9. doi: 10.31083/j.fbe1403022
Parra, M. C., Costa, D.F., Meale, S. J. and Silva, L. F. P. (2022). Rumen bacteria and feed efficiency of beef cattle fed diets with different protein content. Animal Production Science, 62 (10-11), 1029-1039. doi: 10.1071/an21508
Parra, M. C., Costa, D. F. A., Palma, A. S. V., Camargo, K. D. V., Lima, L. O., Harper, K. J., Meale, S. J. and Silva, L. F. P. (2021). The use of live yeast to increase intake and performance of cattle receiving low-quality tropical forages. Journal of Animal Science, 99 (2) skab017, 1-13. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab017
Conference Papers
Hungerford, Natasha L., Chaleat, Celine, Santiago, Viviene S., Ouwerkerk, Diane, Gilbert, Rosalind A., Meale, Sarah J., Parra, Mariano, Pratt, Steven, Lant, Paul, Fletcher, Mary T. and Laycock, Bronwyn (2024). Towards mitigation of methane emissions from extensively grazing cattle with 3-nitrooxypropanol. 2nd Australian Conference on Green & Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 8-12 December 2024.
Parra, M.C. , Camargo, K.D.V. , Costa, D.F.A. , Harper, K.J. , Meale, S.J. and Silva, L.F.P. (2021). Live yeast increased the rate of feed digestion in cattle fed a protein deficient diet. 33rd Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences, Fremantle, Australia, 1-3 February 2021.
Parra, Mariano, Breed, Tia, Connolly, Alana, Janz, Emily, Kennedy, Sarah, Reid, Jonathan, Palma, Andre, Costa, Diogo Fleury Azevedo and Silva, Luis Felipe Prada e Silva (2020). Flight zone as an alternative temperament assessment to predict animal efficiency. The Third International Tropical Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 11–13 November 2019. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI AG. doi: 10.3390/proceedings2019036207