Associate Professor Gaye Krebs from Charles Sturt University has become an expert in the areas of ruminant nutrition and alternative feeds for livestock.

In recent years the focus of her research has been on the utilisation of industrial hemp biomass as feed for sheep, investigating its effects on feed intake, nutrient digestibility, rumen parameters and carcass residues.

Recently, the research on industrial hemp has also extended to include pharmacokinetics and pharmacological studies of cannabinoids in sheep as well as effects of cannabinoids of rumen microorganisms in both sheep and cattle.