Dr Stephen Lee

Director, SA Drought Hub

Sciences, Engineering and Technology Faculty Office

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

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I work closely with the beef and sheep producers and stakeholders across the red meat and wool value chain. My primary interests have been in maternal productivity of beef cattle and application of genomic testing in sheep and beef breeding programs. In September 2015 I was appointed as Manager of the SA Sheep Industry Blueprint, a $300M/year growth strategy for the SA sheepmeat and wool value chain. In 2017 this role expanded to also manage the SA Beef Industry Blueprint. Through this role I have made significant contribution to the development of research and adoption projects areas across animal health, productivity, product quality, genetic improvement, welfare and well-being and artificial breeding.

Journals

Year	Citation
2024	Van Wettere, W. H. E. J., Culley, S., Swinbourne, A. M. F., Leu, S. T., Lee, S. J., Weaver, A. C., . . . Westra, S. (2024). Heat stress from current and predicted increases in temperature impairs lambing rates and birth weights in the Australian sheep flock. Nature Food, 5(3), 206-210. DOI Scopus1
2020	Dal Grande, E., Caraguel, C., Lee, S. J., & Nielsen, T. D. (2020). Impacts of major health conditions affecting the Australian sheepmeat value chain: a review.. Aust Vet J, 99(1-2), 32-39. DOI Scopus1
2020	Hebart, M. L., Lee, S. J., & Pitchford, W. S. (2020). The benefits of carcass estimated breeding values for pasture-finished cattle are not as great as for long-fed cattle. Animal Production Science, 61(3), 326-332. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2019	Caetano, M., Wilkes, M. J., Pitchford, W. S., Lee, S. J., & Hynd, P. I. (2019). Effect of ensiled crimped grape marc on energy intake, performance and gas emissions of beef cattle. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 247, 166-172. DOI Scopus15 WoS13
2018	Lee, S., Nuberg, I., & Pitchford, W. (2018). Maternal body composition in seedstock herds. 1. Grazing management strategy influences perspectives on optimal balance of production traits and maternal productivity. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 117-124. DOI Scopus12 WoS13
2018	Anderton, L., Accioly, J., Copping, K., Deland, M., Hebart, M., Herd, R., . . . Pitchford, W. (2018). Divergent genotypes for fatness or residual feed intake in Angus cattle. 7. Low-fat and low-RFI cows produce more liveweight and better gross margins than do high-fat and high-RFI cows when managed under the same conditions. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 103-116. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2018	Pitchford, W. S., Accioly, J. M., Banks, R. G., Barnes, A. L., Barwick, S. A., Copping, K. J., . . . Graham, J. F. (2018). Genesis, design and methods of the Beef CRC Maternal Productivity Project. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 20-32. DOI Scopus20 WoS21
2018	Lee, S., Nuberg, I., & Pitchford, W. (2018). Maternal body composition in seedstock herds. 5. Individual-trait selection direction aligns with breeder perspectives on maternal productivity. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 156-163. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2018	Copping, K., Accioly, J., Deland, M., Edwards, N., Graham, J., Hebart, M., . . . Pitchford, W. (2018). Divergent genotypes for fatness or residual feed intake in Angus cattle. 3. Performance of mature cows. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 55-66. DOI Scopus19 WoS18
2018	De Faveri, J., Verbyla, A., Lee, S., & Pitchford, W. (2018). Maternal body composition in seedstock herds. 3. Multivariate analysis using factor analytic models and cluster analysis. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 135-144. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2018	Jones, F., Accioly, J., Copping, K., Deland, M., Graham, J., Hebart, M., . . . Pitchford, W. (2018). Divergent breeding values for fatness or residual feed intake in Angus cattle. 1. Pregnancy rates of heifers differed between fat lines and were affected by weight and fat. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 33-42. DOI Scopus18 WoS17
2018	Hebart, M., Accioly, J., Copping, K., Deland, M., Herd, R., Jones, F., . . . Pitchford, W. (2018). Divergent breeding values for fatness or residual feed intake in Angus cattle. 5. Cow genotype affects feed efficiency and maternal productivity. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 80-93. DOI Scopus20 WoS18
2018	Donoghue, K., Lee, S., Parnell, P., & Pitchford, W. (2018). Maternal body composition in seedstock herds. 4. Genetic parameters for body composition of Angus and Hereford cows. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 145-155. DOI Scopus9 WoS12
2018	Walmsley, B., Lee, S., Parnell, P., & Pitchford, W. (2018). A review of factors influencing key biological components of maternal productivity in temperate beef cattle. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 1-19. DOI Scopus35 WoS32
2018	Deland, M., Accioly, J., Copping, K., Graham, J., Lee, S., McGilchrist, P., & Pitchford, W. (2018). Divergent breeding values for fatness or residual feed intake in Angus cattle. 6. Dam-line impacts on steer carcass compliance. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 94-102. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2018	Laurence, M., Accioly, J., Copping, K., Deland, M., Graham, J., Hebart, M., . . . Pitchford, W. (2018). Divergent genotypes for fatness or residual feed intake in Angus cattle. 2. Body composition but not reproduction was affected in first-parity cows on both low and high levels of nutrition. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 43-54. DOI Scopus12 WoS12
2018	Lee, S., Donoghue, K., & Pitchford, W. (2018). Maternal body composition in seedstock herds. 2. Relationships between cow body composition and BREEDPLAN EBVs for Angus and Hereford cows. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 125-134. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2018	Accioly, J., Copping, K., Deland, M., Hebart, M., Herd, R., Lee, S., . . . Pitchford, W. (2018). Divergent breeding values for fatness or residual feed intake in Angus cattle. 4. Fat EBVs' influence on fatness fluctuation and supplementary feeding requirements. Animal Production Science, 58(1), 67-79. DOI Scopus9 WoS10
2018	Caetano, M., Wilkes, M., Pitchford, W., Lee, S., & Hynd, P. (2018). Energy relations in cattle can be quantified using open-circuit gas-quantification systems. Animal Production Science, 58(10), 1807-1813. DOI Scopus8 WoS6
2017	Aldridge, M., Lee, S., Taylor, J., Popplewell, G., Job, F., & Pitchford, W. (2017). The use of walk over weigh to predict calving date in extensively managed beef herds. Animal Production Science, 57(3), 583-591. DOI Scopus11 WoS7
2016	Caetano, M., Wilkes, M., Pitchford, W., Lee, S., & Hynd, P. (2016). Efficacy of methane-reducing supplements in beef cattle rations. Animal Production Science, 56(3), 276-281. DOI Scopus3 WoS3

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2011	Lee, S., Donoghue, K., Hebart, M., & Pitchford, W. (2011). Milk and weight EBVS are associated with cow and calf gain during lactation but carcass EBVS are not. In Proceedings of the 19th Australian Association of Animal Breeding and Genetics Conference (pp. 127-130). Perth: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
2009	Lee, S., Nuberg, I., & Pitchford, W. (2009). Breeder perspectives on fat and female management. In Proceedings of the 18th Conference AAABG (pp. 600-603). Barossa Valley.

Carcass genomics, Herefords Australia and Meat and Livestock Australia

Black Baldy, Herefords Australia and Meat and Livestock Australia

Heifer development, Meat and Livestock Australia

Reducing the financial impact of endemic conditions in sheep - a value chain approach. SA Sheep Industry Fund and Meat and Livestock Australia.

Corriedale eating quality genomics, Davies Research Centre and Meat and Livestock Australia

SA Merino Sire Evaluation Site

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2024	External Supervisor	Reduction of Methane Emissions in Southern Australian Beef Cattle	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Kellie May Wenham

Position: Director, SA Drought Hub
Email: stephen.lee@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 83137972
Campus: Roseworthy
Building: J.S. Davies, floor G
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Dr Stephen Lee

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

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