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Nuclear Theory

Professor Anthony Thomas

Honours projects: Projects exploring the change of the properties of protons and neutrons and the impact of this on the dense matter and properties of neutron stars.

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High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy with the IceCube Detector at the South Pole

IceCube

Honours projects: Honours projects which contribute to the IceCube detector science goals.

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Factors affecting fertility of female pigs

Sow piglet

Honours project: Study the effect of maternal parity and suckled litter size on sexual development of female pigs.

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Digestive tract health in Yellowtail Kingfish

Yellowtail Kingfish - Brian Gratwicke (CC BY 2.0)

Honours project: Better understand the effects of an emulsifier and different energy levels and on the digestive tract health of Yellowtail Kingfish.

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Digestive tract health of greenlip abalone

Haliotis laegivata - Green lipped abalone, Peter Southwood [CC BY-SA 3.0]

Honours project: Explore the dietary inclusions of solvent extracted soybean meal and dehulled lupin meal  in abalone diets.

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Assessment of animal therapies

Therapy dog Roseworthy

Honours project: Conduct research into animal assisted interventions and activities in dogs and horses.

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Lipid metabolism in Yellowtail Kingfish

Yellowtail Kingfish - Brian Gratwicke (CC BY 2.0)

Honours project: Investigate lipid metabolism in Yellowtail Kingfish fed different energy diets, with and without an emulsifier at winter water temperatures.

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Thermal imaging of lamb temperature to help boost survival

Lambs

Honours project: This project aims to assess lamb body temperature using thermography as an indirect selection criterion for genetically improving its survival.

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Genetics of lamb survival

Sheep and lamb

Honours project: Examine the genetic relationship between birth weight and lamb survival in a research flock.

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Grape marc meal effect on digestive tract health of greenlip abalone

Haliotis laegivata - Green lipped abalone, Peter Southwood [CC BY-SA 3.0]

Honours project: Interpret the effect of dietary inclusions of grape marc meal on the digestive tract health of greenlip abalone.

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