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32
Citations
6323
World Ranking
2080
National Ranking
114

Overview

P. F. Arthur is affiliated with the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a focus on agricultural sciences, biological sciences, neuroscience, and music. Their work particularly explores intersections such as neuroscience and music perception, genetics and phenotypic traits in livestock, and various aspects of animal science and nutrition.

The scientist has contributed to several fields of study, including:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Within these broader domains, their subfields of study include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Genetics
  • Music
  • Animal Science and Zoology

The main topics addressed in their publications cover:

  • Diverse Music Education Insights
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock

Their recent publications demonstrate this breadth of focus. These include:

  • Determining what expert piano sight-readers have in common, 2020, published in Music Education Research
  • Visual processing abilities associated with piano music sight-reading expertise, 2020, published in Psychology of Music
  • Predicting metabolisable energy intake by free-ranging cattle using multiple short-term breath samples and applied to a pasture case-study, 2020, published in Animal Production Science
  • Reply to Letter - Comparison of the Pediatric Vision Screening Program in 18 Countries Across Five Continents, 2020, published in Journal of Current Ophthalmology
  • Association between gene polymorphisms and glaucoma susceptibility among Africans: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2025, published in Ophthalmic Genetics

The frequent co-authors collaborating with P. F. Arthur include:

  • R. M. Herd
  • Diana Blom
  • R. S. Hegarty
  • T. Bird-Gardiner
  • K. A. Donoghue

Highly represented publication venues in their career are:

  • Animal Production Science
  • Music Education Research
  • Psychology of Music
  • Journal of Current Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmic Genetics

Best Publications

  • Genetic and phenotypic variance and covariance components for feed intake, feed efficiency, and other postweaning traits in Angus cattle

    P F Arthur;J A Archer;D J Johnston;R M Herd

  • Physiological basis for residual feed intake.

    R. M. Herd;P. F. Arthur

  • Potential for selection to improve efficiency of feed use in beef cattle: a review

    J. A. Archer;E. C. Richardson;R. M. Herd;P. F. Arthur

  • Genetic and phenotypic relationships among different measures of growth and feed efficiency in young Charolais bulls

    P.F Arthur;G Renand;D Krauss

  • Optimum postweaning test for measurement of growth rate, feed intake, and feed efficiency in British breed cattle

    J A Archer;P F Arthur;R M Herd;P F Parnell

  • Reducing the cost of beef production through genetic improvement in residual feed intake: Opportunity and challenges to application 1

    R. M. Herd;J. A. Archer;P. F. Arthur

  • Double muscling in cattle: a review

    PF Arthur

  • Metabolic differences in Angus steers divergently selected for residual feed intake

    E. C. Richardson;R. M. Herd;J. A. Archer;P. F. Arthur

  • Body composition and implications for heat production of Angus steer progeny of parents selected for and against residual feed intake

    E. C. Richardson;R. M. Herd;V. H. Oddy;J. M. Thompson

  • Genome-wide association studies for feedlot and growth traits in cattle.

    S. Bolormaa;B. J. Hayes;K. Savin;R. Hawken;R. Hawken

  • Feed intake and efficiency in beef cattle: overview of recent Australian research and challenges for the future

    P. F. Arthur;J. A. Archer;R. M. Herd

  • Meat quality and the calpain system of feedlot steers following a single generation of divergent selection for residual feed intake

    M. B. McDonagh;R. M. Herd;E. C. Richardson;V. H. Oddy

  • Maternal productivity of Angus cows divergently selected for post-weaning residual feed intake

    P. F. Arthur;P. F. Arthur;R. M. Herd;J. F. Wilkins;J. F. Wilkins;J. A. Archer;J. A. Archer

  • GENETIC VARIATION IN FEED INTAKE AND EFFICIENCY OF MATURE BEEF COWS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH POSTWEANING MEASUREMENTS

    J. A. Archer;A. Reverter;R. M. Herd;D. J. Johnston

  • Response to selection for net feed intake in beef cattle.

    PF Arthur;JA Archer;RM Herd;GJ Melville

  • Measures of methane production and their phenotypic relationships with dry matter intake, growth, and body composition traits in beef cattle.

    R. M. Herd;P. F. Arthur;K. A. Donoghue;S. H. Bird

  • POSSIBLE PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS FOR NET FEED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY IN BEEF CATTLE

    EC Richardson;RM Herd;PF Arthur;J Wright

  • Efficiency of feed utilisation by livestock — Implications and benefits of genetic improvement

    P. F. Arthur;R. M. Herd

  • Incidence of Dystocia and Perinatal Calf Mortality Resulting from Reciprocal Crossing of Double-muscled and Normal Cattle.

    Paul F. Arthur;Mahmoud Makarechian;Mick A. Price

  • Genetic and phenotypic variation in feed intake, feed efficiency and growth in beef cattle.

    PF Arthur;JA Archer;RM Herd;EC Richardson

  • Blood cell profiles of steer progeny from parents selected for and against residual feed intake

    E. C. Richardson;R. M. Herd;I. G. Colditz;J. A. Archer

  • Evidence of IGF-I as a genetic predictor of feed efficiency traits in beef cattle.

    D. J. Johnston;R. M. Herd;M. J. Kadel;H. U. Graser

  • Pasture intake by high versus low net feed efficient Angus cows

    RM Herd;EC Richardson;RS Hegarty;R Woodgate

  • Genomewide association study of methane emissions in Angus beef cattle with validation in dairy cattle

    C. I. V. Manzanilla-Pech;Y. De Haas;B. J. Hayes;R. F. Veerkamp

  • Onset of puberty and early-life reproduction in Angus females divergently selected for post-weaning residual feed intake

    K. A. Donoghue;P. F. Arthur;J. F. Wilkins;R. M. Herd

  • Methods and consequences of including reduction in greenhouse gas emission in beef cattle multiple-trait selection

    Stephen A. Barwick;Anthony L. Henzell;Robert M. Herd;Bradley J. Walmsley

  • Performance of progeny of high vs low net feed conversion efficiency cattle.

    RM Herd;JA Archer;PF Arthur;EC Richardson

  • SELECTION FOR RESIDUAL FEED INTAKE IMPROVES FEED CONVERSION IN STEERS ON PASTURE

    RM Herd;RS Hegarty;RW Dicker;JA Archer

  • Quantitative analysis of performance, carcass and meat quality traits in cattle from two Australian beef herds in which a null myostatin allele is segregating

    B. A. O' Rourke;B. A. O' Rourke;J. A. Dennis;J. A. Dennis;P. J. Healy;P. J. Healy;W. A. McKiernan;W. A. McKiernan

Frequent Co-Authors

J. A. Archer
J. A. Archer AgResearch
Roger Hegarty
Roger Hegarty AgResearch
Wayne S. Pitchford
Wayne S. Pitchford University of Adelaide
Michael E. Goddard
Michael E. Goddard University of Melbourne
David Johnston
David Johnston University of New England
Paul L. Greenwood
Paul L. Greenwood University of New England
Ben J. Hayes
Ben J. Hayes University of Queensland
V. H. Oddy
V. H. Oddy University of New England
John Mitchell Thompson
John Mitchell Thompson University of New England
William Barendse
William Barendse Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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