Rate My Professor Thomas Clune

Thomas Clune serves as Senior Lecturer in Livestock Health and Production within the School of Agricultural Sciences at Murdoch University. A veterinarian, he completed his PhD at the same institution, focusing on the role of infectious diseases in reproductive wastage of young Merino and maternal ewes. This research was supported by postgraduate scholarships from Meat and Livestock Australia and Sheep Industry Business Innovation. During his PhD, Clune investigated key factors contributing to poor reproductive performance in primiparous ewes across southern Australia, including abortion rates and lamb mortality between pregnancy scanning and lamb marking.

Clune's publications have advanced knowledge in sheep health and production. Key works include 'Abortion and Lamb Mortality between Pregnancy Scanning and Lamb Marking for Maiden Ewes in Southern Australia' (Animals, 2021, cited 33 times), 'Toxoplasma gondii is not an important contributor to poor reproductive performance of primiparous ewes from southern Australia: a prospective cohort study' (BMC Veterinary Research, 2022, cited 13 times), and 'Neospora caninum is not an important contributor to poor reproductive performance of primiparous ewes from southern Australia: a prospective cohort study' (Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift, 2021, cited 12 times). Additional publications cover 'Chlamydia pecorum detection in aborted and stillborn lambs submitted for laboratory examination in southern Australia' (Veterinary Sciences, 2021, cited 32 times), 'Seropositivity to Coxiella burnetii in primiparous and multiparous ewes and its relationship to reproductive outcomes' (Research in Veterinary Science, 2022, cited 11 times), 'Seropositivity to Campylobacter and association with reproductive outcomes in primiparous ewes in southern Australia' (Australian Veterinary Journal, 2022, cited 4 times), 'Ovine abortion and stillbirth investigations in Australia (2010-2019)' (Australian Veterinary Journal, 2020), and 'Real-Time Fluorometric Isothermal LAMP Assay for Detection of Chlamydia pecorum' (Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021, cited 7 times). In 2020, he received the Australian Wool Innovation Award at the Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry for his project examining Chlamydia's impact on sheep health and lamb losses. Clune is a successful candidate in the Sheep Medicine chapter of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (2019). He contributes to teaching through coordinating units like Animal Pathology and Diseases and demonstrating practical skills in ram breeding soundness inspections and sheep production.