A. B. Pleasants

Massey University — New Zealand

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock(27), Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology(17), Reproductive Physiology in Livestock(16), Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety(6), Birth, Development, and Health(5)

Publications64 total

Modelling nutrient deposition from intensive agricultural practices
Applied Mathematical Modelling·2021· 1 cited
Associations of body condition score and change in body condition score with lamb production in New Zealand romney ewes.
New Zealand Journal of Animal Science and Production·2019· 6 cited
Genetic and phenotypic correlations between production traits and adult body condition scores in New Zealand merino ewes.
New Zealand Journal of Animal Science and Production·2018· 4 cited
Heritability of body condition score in New Zealand Merino ewes
Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production·2018
Molecular Evidence for Differential Long-term Outcomes of Early Life Severe Acute Malnutrition
EBioMedicine·2017· 22 citedOpen Access
Determining insulin sensitivity from glucose tolerance tests in sheep1
Journal of Animal Science·2016· 5 cited
A new, improved and generalizable approach for the analysis of biological data generated by -omic platforms
Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease·2014· 2 cited
The phenotype of an IVF child is associated with peri-conception measures of follicular characteristics and embryo quality
Human Reproduction·2014· 5 cited
Linear Models with Response Functions Based on the Laplace Distribution: Statistical Formulae and Their Application to Epigenomics
ISRN Probability and Statistics·2013· 1 citedOpen Access
Cot-Side Electroencephalography Monitoring is Not Clinically Useful in the Detection of Mild Neonatal Hypoglycemia
The Journal of Pediatrics·2011· 23 cited
The application of a model of glucose and insulin dynamics to explain an observed effect of leptin administration in reversal of developmental programming
Mathematical Biosciences·2010· 3 cited
A model for phenotype change in a stochastic framework
Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering·2010· 3 citedOpen Access
Representation of fat and protein gain at low levels of growth and improved prediction of variable maintenance requirement in a ruminant growth and composition model.
CABI eBooks·2009· 3 cited
Pre- and Postnatal Nutritional Histories Influence Reproductive Maturation and Ovarian Function in the Rat
PLoS ONE·2009· 167 citedOpen Access
Metabolic plasticity during mammalian development is directionally dependent on early nutritional status
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2007· 306 citedOpen Access
A stochastic model of urinary nitrogen and water flow in grassland soil in New Zealand
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment·2007· 32 cited
The distribution of urine deposited on a pasture from grazing animals
The Journal of Agricultural Science·2006· 51 cited
A risk assessment approach applied to the growth of Erwinia carotovora in vegetable juice for variable temperature conditions
International Journal of Food Microbiology·2006· 10 cited
Estimation of microbial growth using population measurements subject to a detection limit
International Journal of Food Microbiology·2006· 38 cited
The effect of design and demographic factors on consumer sensory scores
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture·2005· 26 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

T. K. Soboleva(12), R. A. Barton(10), Paul R. Shorten(8), G.C. Wake(7), D.G. Mccall(7), Peter D. Gluckman(6), Mark H. Vickers(3), J. M. Thompson(3), G. W. Sheath(3), Alan S. Beedle(2), A. J. Peterson(2), D.W. Pethick(2), Jeanne‐Marie Membré(2), A. L. Rae(2), Gary A. Dykes(2), Rhys J. Jones(2), А. Е. Филиппов(2), J. W. Oltjen(2), V. H. Oddy(2), W. J. Anderson(2)