School of Life and Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions
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Automatic monitoring of body weight of Poll Dorset ewes in late gestation and lactation
Published 2022The use remote monitoring systems can be used to achieve a better understanding of animal behaviour and performance without human interaction with less stress. Automatic weighing of sheep in the paddock could provide ...Open AccessConference paper -
An evaluation of an individual cattle management model for use in Australian feedlots
Published 2022Predicting the optimal endpoint of beef cattle is key to improve both productivity and profitability in feedlots. This requires accurate predictions of animal growth and their body composition over time which could greatly ...Open AccessConference paper -
Zoonotic disease and virome diversity in bats
Published 2022The emergence of zoonotic viral diseases in humans commonly reflects exposure to mammalian wildlife. Bats (order Chiroptera) are arguably the most important mammalian reservoir for zoonotic viruses, with notable examples ...Article -
Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta variants revealed by genomic surveillance
Published 2022Co-infections with different variants of SARS-CoV-2 are a key precursor to recombination events that are likely to drive SARS-CoV-2 evolution. Rapid identification of such co-infections is required to determine their ...Article -
Surveillance for severe influenza and COVID-19 in patients admitted to sentinel Australian hospitals in 2020: the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN)
Published 2022Introduction: Influenza is a common cause of acute respiratory infection, and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory infection that emerged as a pandemic ...Article