Andrew Thompson

Overview

Best Publications

• Impacts of spatial patterns in pasture on animal grazing behavior, intake, and performance

  D. F. Chapman;A. J. Parsons;G. P. Cosgrove;D. J. Barker

  180
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• The birthweight and survival of Merino lambs can be predicted from the profile of liveweight change of their mothers during pregnancy

  C. M. Oldham;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson;M. B. Ferguson;D. J. Gordon

  179
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• Breeding ewe lambs successfully to improve lifetime performance

  P.R. Kenyon;A.N. Thompson;A.N. Thompson;S.T. Morris

  117
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• Whole-farm profit and the optimum maternal liveweight profile of Merino ewe flocks lambing in winter and spring are influenced by the effects of ewe nutrition on the progeny's survival and lifetime wool production

  J. M. Young;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson;M. Curnow;C. M. Oldham

  108
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• Selection for superior growth advances the onset of puberty and increases reproductive performance in ewe lambs

  C. A. Rosales Nieto;M. B. Ferguson;C. A. Macleay;J. R. Briegel

  95
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• Effects of grazing method and fertiliser inputs on the productivity and sustainability of phalaris-based pastures in Western Victoria

  D. F. Chapman;M. R. McCaskill;P. E. Quigley;A. N. Thompson

  93
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• The merit of condition score and fat score as alternatives to liveweight for managing the nutrition of ewes

  A. J. van Burgel;C. M. Oldham;R. Behrendt;M. Curnow

  89
  Citations

• Bioeconomic modelling to identify the relative importance of a range of critical control points for prime lamb production systems in south-west Victoria

  J. M. Young;A. N. Thompson;A. J. Kennedy

  87
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• Improving the nutrition of Merino ewes during pregnancy and lactation increases weaning weight and survival of progeny but does not affect their mature size

  A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson;M. B. Ferguson;M. B. Ferguson;A. J. D. Campbell;D. J. Gordon

  86
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• The wool production and reproduction of Merino ewes can be predicted from changes in liveweight during pregnancy and lactation

  M. B. Ferguson;M. B. Ferguson;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson;D. J. Gordon;M. W. Hyder

  84
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• On-farm paddock-scale comparisons across southern Australia confirm that increasing the nutrition of Merino ewes improves their production and the lifetime performance of their progeny

  R Behrendt;AJ van Burgel;AN Bailey;P Barber

  81
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• Managing the nutrition of twin-bearing ewes during pregnancy using Lifetimewool recommendations increases production of twin lambs

  J. E. Hocking Edwards;K. J. Copping;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson

  72
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• The critical control points for increasing reproductive performance can be used to inform research priorities

  J. M. Young;J. Trompf;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson

  48
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• Participation in Lifetime Ewe Management results in changes in stocking rate, ewe management and reproductive performance on commercial farms

  J. P. Trompf;D. J. Gordon;R. Behrendt;M. Curnow

  43
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• Triplet lambs and their dams – a review of current knowledge and management systems

  P. R. Kenyon;F. J. Roca Fraga;S. Blumer;A. N. Thompson

  42
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• Ewe lambs with higher breeding values for growth achieve higher reproductive performance when mated at age 8 months

  C.A. Rosales Nieto;C.A. Rosales Nieto;M.B. Ferguson;M.B. Ferguson;C.A. Macleay;J.R. Briegel

  41
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• Successful adoption of new guidelines for the nutritional management of ewes is dependent on the development of appropriate tools and information

  M. Curnow;C. M. Oldham;R. Behrendt;D. J. Gordon

  36
  Citations

• Extracellular excystation and development of Cryptosporidium: tracing the fate of oocysts within Pseudomonas aquatic biofilm systems

  Wan Koh;Wan Koh;Andrew Thompson;Hanna Edwards;Paul Monis

  34
  Citations

• Improving the nutrition of Merino ewes during pregnancy increases the fleece weight and reduces the fibre diameter of their progeny's wool during their lifetime and these effects can be predicted from the ewe's liveweight profile

  A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson;M. B. Ferguson;M. B. Ferguson;D. J. Gordon;G. A. Kearney

  33
  Citations

• Nitrogen fixation in grazed and ungrazed subterranean clover pasture in south-west Australia assessed by the 15N natural abundance technique

  P. Sanford;J.S. Pate;M.J. Unkovich;A.N. Thompson

  32
  Citations

• Increasing weight gain during pregnancy results in similar increases in lamb birthweights and weaning weights in Merino and non-Merino ewes regardless of sire type

  B. L. Paganoni;M. B. Ferguson;G. A. Kearney;A. N. Thompson;A. N. Thompson

  31
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• New perspectives on the mineral nutrition of livestock grazing cereal and canola crops

  H. Dove;D. G. Masters;A. N. Thompson

  31
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• Wool growth and fibre diameter changes in young Merino sheep genetically different in staple strength and fed different levels of nutrition

  A. N. Thompson;P. I. Hynd

  26
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• SGS Animal Production Theme: effect of grazing system on animal productivity and sustainability across southern Australia

  J. F. Graham;B. R. Cullen;G. M. Lodge;M. H. Andrew

  26
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• Mineral status of reproducing ewes grazing vegetative cereal crops

  David G. Masters;Serina Hancock;Gordon Refshauge;Susan Robertson

  25
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• Evaluation of the impact of Lifetimewool on sheep producers

  A. Jones;A. J. van Burgel;R. Behrendt;M. Curnow

  24
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• Human giardiasis: genotype-linked differences in clinical symptomatology

  Andrew Thompson

  10
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