Dr Yan Laurenson

Qualifications

BSc(Hons) (2005), PhD (2012) University of Edinburgh, UK

Primary Research Area/s

Research Interests

Mathematical modelling applied to:

Epidemiology and control of nematode parasites of sheep and cattle

• Animal Nutrition
• Selective breeding
• Anthelmintic treatment
• Management practices
• Drug resistance
• Animal Production

Epidemiology and control of viral diseases of poultry

• Litter composting

Body composition of Beef Cattle

• Image analysis of CT scan images

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

1. Sharma N.K., M. Choct, M. Toghyani, Y.C.S.M. Laurenson, G. Channarayapatna, R.A. Swick. 2018. Dietary energy, digestible lysine, and available phosphorus levels affect growth performance, carcass traits, and amino acid digestibility of broilers. Poultry Science, 97: 1189-1198
2. Laurenson Y.C.S.M., L.P. Kahn. 2018. A mathematical model to predict the risk arising from the pasture infectivity of four nematode species in Australia. Animal Production Science, 58: 1504-1514
3. Berk Z., Y.C.S.M. Laurenson, A.B. Forbes, I. Kyriazakis. 2017. Modelling the impacts of pasture contamination and stocking rate for the development of targeted selective treatment strategies for Ostertagia ostertagi infection in calves. Veterinary Parasitology, 238: 82-86
4. Berk Z., Y.C.S.M. Laurenson, A.B. Forbes, I. Kyriazakis. 2016. Modelling the consequences of targeted selective treatment strategies on performance and emergence of anthelmintic resistance amongst grazing calves. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 6: 258-271
5. Berk Z., Y.C.S.M. Laurenson, A.B. Forbes, I. Kyriazakis. 2016. A stochastic model to investigate the effects of control strategies on calves exposed to Ostertagia ostertagi. Parasitology, 143: 1-18
6. Laurenson Y.C.S.M., L.P. Kahn, S.C. Bishop, I. Kyriazakis. 2016. Which is the best phenotypic trait for use in a targeted selective treatment strategy for growing lambs in temperate climates? Veterinary Parasitology, 226: 174-188
7. Strucken E.M., Y.C.S.M. Laurenson, G.A. Brockmann. 2015. Go with the flow - Biology and genetics of the lactation cycle. Frontiers in Genetics, 6: 118
8. Laurenson Y.C.S.M., I. Kyriazakis, S.C. Bishop. 2013. Can we use genetic and genomic approaches to identify candidate animals for targeted selective treatment? Veterinary Parasitology, 197: 379-38
9. Laurenson Y.C.S.M., S.C. Bishop, A.B. Forbes, I. Kyriazakis. 2013. Modelling the short- and long-term impacts of drenching frequency and Targeted Selective Treatment on the performance of grazing lambs and the emergence of anthelmintic resistance. Parasitology, 140: 780-791
10. Laurenson Y.C.S.M., I. Kyriazakis, A.B. Forbes, S.C. Bishop. 2012. Exploration of the epidemiological consequences of resistance to gastro-intestinal parasitism and grazing management of sheep through a mathematical model. Veterinary Parasitology, 189: 238-249
11. Laurenson Y.C.S.M., I. Kyriazakis, S.C. Bishop. 2012. In silico exploration of the impact of pasture contamination and anthelmintic treatment on genetic parameter estimates for parasite resistance in grazing sheep. Journal of Animal Science, 90: 2167-2180
12. Laurenson Y.C.S.M., S.C. Bishop, I. Kyriazakis. 2011. In silico exploration of the mechanisms that underlie parasite-induced anorexia in sheep. British Journal of Nutrition, 106: 1023-1039