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1462
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Overview

P. R. Kenyon is affiliated with Massey University in New Zealand and has a research background primarily in agricultural and biological sciences. Their work contributes extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on agronomy and crop science, genetics, and animal science and zoology.

Kenyon's research covers multiple themes including genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, reproductive physiology in livestock, and the effects of environmental stressors on livestock. Additional topics addressed include animal behavior and welfare studies, agricultural economics and policy, and agriculture sustainability and environmental impact.

The scientist's publications appear frequently in several academic venues, notably:

  • Animals
  • Agriculture
  • New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
  • Livestock Science
  • Animal Feed Science and Technology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kenyon include:

  • "A review of dystocia in sheep," 2020, Small Ruminant Research
  • "Effect of Nutritional Restriction on the Hair Follicles Development and Skin Transcriptome of Chinese Merino Sheep," 2020, Animals
  • "Quantifying sheep enterprise profitability with varying flock replacement rates, lambing rates, and breeding strategies in New Zealand," 2020, Agricultural Systems
  • "The impact of lamb and ewe mortality associated with dystocia on Australian and New Zealand sheep farms: A systematic review, meta-analysis and bio-economic model," 2021, Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • "Ewe Wastage in New Zealand Commercial Flocks: Extent, Timing, Association with Hogget Reproductive Outcomes and BCS," 2021, Animals

Frequent collaborators in Kenyon's research include:

  • H. T. Blair
  • Stephen T. Morris
  • René A. Corner-Thomas
  • Peter R. Tozer
  • Sarah J. Pain

Best Publications

  • Review of sheep body condition score in relation to production characteristics

    P.R. Kenyon;Shane Maloney;Dominique Blache

  • Agricultural Science in the Wild: A Social Network Analysis of Farmer Knowledge Exchange

    Brennon A. Wood;Hugh T. Blair;David I. Gray;Peter D. Kemp

  • Lack of efficacy of monepantel against Teladorsagia circumcincta and Trichostrongylus colubriformis.

    I. Scott;W.E. Pomroy;P.R. Kenyon;G. Smith

  • Foetal programming in sheep – Effects on production

    P.R. Kenyon;H.T. Blair

  • The effect of litter size and sward height on ewe and lamb performance

    S. T. Morris;P. R. Kenyon

  • Breeding ewe lambs successfully to improve lifetime performance

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

  • The use of legume and herb forage species to create high performance pastures for sheep and cattle grazing systems

    Peter David Kemp;Paul Richard Kenyon;Stephen Todd Morris

  • A herb and legume sward mix increased ewe milk production and ewe and lamb live weight gain to weaning compared to a ryegrass dominant sward

    P.G. Hutton;P.R. Kenyon;M.K. Bedi;P.D. Kemp

  • Intensive sheep and beef production from pasture — A New Zealand perspective of concerns, opportunities and challenges

    S.T. Morris;P.R. Kenyon

  • Dystocia in beef heifers: a review of genetic and nutritional influences.

    R E Hickson;S T Morris;P R Kenyon;N Lopez-Villalobos

  • Mixed herb and legume pasture improves the growth of lambs post-weaning

    K. P. Golding;E. D. Wilson;P. D. Kemp;S. J. Pain

  • A review of the use of chicory plantain red clover and white clover in a sward mix for increased sheep and beef production

    LM Cranston;PR Kenyon;ST Morris;PD Kemp

  • Effects of ewe size and nutrition on fetal mammary gland development and lactational performance of offspring at their first lactation

    D. S. van der Linden;P. R. Kenyon;H. T. Blair;N. Lopez-Villalobos

  • Effect of liveweight and condition score of ewes at mating, and shearing mid-pregnancy, on birthweights and growth rates of twin lambs to weaning.

    P R Kenyon;P C H Morel;S T Morris

  • The effect of ewe size and nutritional regimen beginning in early pregnancy on ewe and lamb performance to weaning

    P. R Kenyon;H. T. Blair;C. M. C. Jenkinson;S. T. Morris

  • Hatching new ideas about herb pastures: Learning together in a community of New Zealand farmers and agricultural scientists

    A.M. Sewell;D.I. Gray;H.T. Blair;P.D. Kemp

  • A comparison of the reproductive performance of ewe lambs and mature ewes

    R.A. Corner;F.J. Mulvaney;S.T. Morris;D.M. West

  • Dam and granddam feeding during pregnancy in sheep affects milk supply in offspring and reproductive performance in grand-offspring.

    H. T. Blair;C. M. C. Jenkinson;S. W. Peterson;P. R. Kenyon

  • Using Educational Theory and Research to Refine Agricultural Extension: Affordances and Barriers for Farmers' Learning and Practice Change.

    A. M. Sewell;M. K. Hartnett;D. I. Gray;H. T. Blair

  • A review of dystocia in sheep

    Caroline Jacobson;Mieghan Bruce;Paul R. Kenyon;Amy Lockwood

  • The role of Neospora caninum in three cases of unexplained ewe abortions in the southern North Island of New Zealand

    L. Howe;D.M. West;M.G. Collett;G. Tattersfield

  • The effect of pasture allowance fed to twin- and triplet-bearing ewes in late pregnancy on ewe and lamb behaviour and performance to weaning

    J.M. Everett-Hincks;H.T. Blair;K.J. Stafford;N. Lopez-Villalobos

  • A possible role for Neospora caninum in ovine abortion in New Zealand

    D.M. West;W.E. Pomroy;M.G. Collett;F.I. Hill

  • Can a herb and white clover mix improve the performance of multiple-bearing ewes and their lambs to weaning?

    P. R. Kenyon;P. D. Kemp;K. J. Stafford;D. M. West

  • Carcass characteristics and meat quality of Hereford sired steers born to beef-cross-dairy and Angus breeding cows

    Lucy W. Coleman;Rebecca E. Hickson;Nicola M. Schreurs;Natalia P. Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

S. T. Morris
S. T. Morris Massey University
Patrick C. H. Morel
Patrick C. H. Morel Massey University
D.M. West
D.M. West Massey University
Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos
Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos Massey University
Kevin J. Stafford
Kevin J. Stafford Massey University
W.E. Pomroy
W.E. Pomroy Massey University
Shinichi Nakagawa
Shinichi Nakagawa University of New South Wales
Bernhard H. Breier
Bernhard H. Breier Massey University
Andrew Thompson
Andrew Thompson Murdoch University
David Pacheco
David Pacheco New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC)

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