Gareth F. Difford

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Gareth F. Difford is a scholar working on Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gareth F. Difford has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Genetics, 24 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 14 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Gareth F. Difford's work include Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (25 papers), Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (24 papers) and Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock (10 papers). Gareth F. Difford is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (25 papers), Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (24 papers) and Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock (10 papers). Gareth F. Difford collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Norway and Netherlands. Gareth F. Difford's co-authors include Jan Lassen, Peter Løvendahl, Samantha Joan Noel, Ole Højberg, Zhigang Zhu, Goutam Sahana, Damian R. Plichta, Bernt Guldbrandtsen, Lise Kristensen and C.I.V. Manzanilla-Pech and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Gareth F. Difford

44 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Host genetics and the rumen microbiome jointly associate with methane emissions in dairy cows

2018 230 citations Gareth F. Difford, Damian R. Plichta et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gareth F. Difford Denmark	19	760	509	373	215	179	45	1.2k
A. Melgar United States	16	904 1.2×	215 0.4×	176 0.5×	131 0.6×	190 1.1×	34	1.1k
Sanne van Gastelen Netherlands	20	960 1.3×	318 0.6×	307 0.8×	118 0.5×	303 1.7×	40	1.2k
J.A.D.R.N. Appuhamy United States	18	555 0.7×	323 0.6×	257 0.7×	152 0.7×	167 0.9×	28	968
K. M. Cammack United States	17	558 0.7×	432 0.8×	291 0.8×	179 0.8×	89 0.5×	52	970
Gonzalo Cantalapiedra-Hijar France	17	742 1.0×	432 0.8×	313 0.8×	101 0.5×	223 1.2×	68	1.0k
Anja Varmløse Strathe Denmark	18	563 0.7×	453 0.9×	736 2.0×	120 0.6×	218 1.2×	52	1.4k
Jan Lassen Denmark	30	1.6k 2.2×	1.4k 2.7×	903 2.4×	237 1.1×	381 2.1×	83	2.4k
E.G. O’Riordan Ireland	21	1.1k 1.4×	343 0.7×	1.3k 3.5×	108 0.5×	325 1.8×	91	2.1k
Nico Peiren Belgium	16	298 0.4×	245 0.5×	104 0.3×	95 0.4×	146 0.8×	26	839
Ling Guan Canada	18	825 1.1×	300 0.6×	172 0.5×	315 1.5×	143 0.8×	37	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gareth F. Difford

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Ahmad, Aqeel, Anna K. Sonesson, Bjarne Hatlen, et al.. (2025). Genetic analysis of individual feed intake and efficiency in Atlantic salmon smolts using X-ray imaging. Aquaculture. 608. 742715–742715. 1 indexed citations

Løvendahl, Peter, et al.. (2024). A data-driven approach to the processing of sniffer-based gas emissions data from dairy cattle. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 227. 109559–109559. 1 indexed citations

Difford, Gareth F., Bjarne Hatlen, Karsten Heia, et al.. (2023). Digital phenotyping of individual feed intake in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with the X-ray method and image analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 7 indexed citations

Manzanilla-Pech, C.I.V., et al.. (2022). Genetic (co-)variation of methane emissions, efficiency, and production traits in Danish Holstein cattle along and across lactations. Journal of Dairy Science. 105(12). 9799–9809. 13 indexed citations

Manzanilla-Pech, C.I.V., et al.. (2022). Selecting for Feed Efficient Cows Will Help to Reduce Methane Gas Emissions. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 885932–885932. 29 indexed citations

Manzanilla-Pech, C.I.V., Peter Løvendahl, Gareth F. Difford, et al.. (2021). Breeding for reduced methane emission and feed-efficient Holstein cows: An international response. Journal of Dairy Science. 104(8). 8983–9001. 70 indexed citations

Manzanilla-Pech, C.I.V., et al.. (2021). Genome-wide association study for methane emission traits in Danish Holstein cattle. Journal of Dairy Science. 105(2). 1357–1368. 16 indexed citations

Difford, Gareth F., et al.. (2021). Genomic and Phenotypic Agreement Defines the Use of Microwave Dielectric Spectroscopy for Recording Muscle Lipid Content in European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 671491–671491. 4 indexed citations

Difford, Gareth F., Bente Ruyter, Binyam S. Dagnachew, et al.. (2021). The heritable landscape of near-infrared and Raman spectroscopic measurements to improve lipid content in Atlantic salmon fillets. Genetics Selection Evolution. 53(1). 12–12. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qianqian, Gareth F. Difford, Goutam Sahana, et al.. (2020). Bayesian modeling reveals host genetics associated with rumen microbiota jointly influence methane emission in dairy cows. The ISME Journal. 14(8). 2019–2033. 59 indexed citations

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Lassen, Jan & Gareth F. Difford. (2020). Review: Genetic and genomic selection as a methane mitigation strategy in dairy cattle. animal. 14(S3). s473–s483. 42 indexed citations

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Olijhoek, Dana, Gareth F. Difford, Peter Lund, & Peter Løvendahl. (2020). Phenotypic modeling of residual feed intake using physical activity and methane production as energy sinks. Journal of Dairy Science. 103(8). 6967–6981. 18 indexed citations

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Gebreyesus, Grum, Gareth F. Difford, Bart Buitenhuis, et al.. (2020). Predictive ability of host genetics and rumen microbiome for subclinical ketosis. Journal of Dairy Science. 103(5). 4557–4569. 24 indexed citations

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Difford, Gareth F., Peter Løvendahl, R.F. Veerkamp, et al.. (2020). Can greenhouse gases in breath be used to genetically improve feed efficiency of dairy cows?. Journal of Dairy Science. 103(3). 2442–2459. 29 indexed citations

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Buitenhuis, Bart, Jan Lassen, Samantha Joan Noel, et al.. (2019). Impact of the rumen microbiome on milk fatty acid composition of Holstein cattle. Genetics Selection Evolution. 51(1). 23–23. 55 indexed citations

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Løvendahl, Peter, Gareth F. Difford, Bingjie Li, et al.. (2018). Review: Selecting for improved feed efficiency and reduced methane emissions in dairy cattle. animal. 12(s2). s336–s349. 102 indexed citations

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Difford, Gareth F., Peter Løvendahl, Jan Lassen, Bernt Guldbrandtsen, & Goutam Sahana. (2018). Microbiability– new insights into (genetic) modelling methane emissions of cattle. Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. 405. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhigang, Lise Kristensen, Gareth F. Difford, et al.. (2018). Changes in rumen bacterial and archaeal communities over the transition period in primiparous Holstein dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 101(11). 9847–9862. 49 indexed citations

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Difford, Gareth F., et al.. (2018). Is rumination time an indicator of methane production in dairy cows?. Journal of Dairy Science. 101(12). 11074–11085. 25 indexed citations

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Shetty, Nisha, Gareth F. Difford, Jan Lassen, Peter Løvendahl, & Bart Buitenhuis. (2017). Predicting methane emissions of lactating Danish Holstein cows using Fourier transform mid-infrared spectroscopy of milk. Journal of Dairy Science. 100(11). 9052–9060. 43 indexed citations

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