Thien Van

Mr Thien Van

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

College of Science


I am a PhD student at the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Adelaide University, Roseworthy Campus.

I am a PhD student at School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus.

Year Citation
2026 Uddin, A. M., Werid, G. M., Van, T. D., Song, Y., Garg, S., Kirkwood, R. N., & Petrovski, K. R. (2026). Injectable or non-injectable GnRH analogues for control of swine reproduction. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Theriogenology, 250, 117681-1-117681-9.
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2026 Hue, D. T., Petrovski, K., Ren, Y., Williams, J. L., Chen, T., Low, W. Y., . . . Bottema, C. D. K. (2026). Comparative analysis of microRNAs in bovine colostrum and neonatal calf blood. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 106(10), 5799-5809.
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2026 Van, T. D., Kirkwood, R. N., Caetano, M., Hue, D. T., Werid, G. M., Uddin, A. H. M. M., . . . Petrovski, K. R. (2026). Effects of dietary ammonium chloride in late gestation on farrowing performance and piglet survival. Livestock Science, 308, 105956-1-105956-7.
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2026 Ibrahim, Y. M., Yu, Y., Werid, G. M., Wubshet, A. K., Van Thien, D., Tesfagaber, W., . . . Wang, Y. (2026). Global epidemiological landscape and diagnostic biases reveal persistent endemic circulation of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 1-24.
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2024 Werid, G. M., Van, T. D., Miller, D., Hemmatzadeh, F., Fulton, R. W., Kirkwood, R., & Petrovski, K. (2024). Bovine Parainfluenza-3 Virus Detection Methods and Prevalence in Cattle: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Animals, 14(3), 494-1-494-20.
DOI Scopus20 WoS17 Europe PMC12
2023 Van, T. D., Hue, D. T., Bottema, C. D. K., Weird, G. M., Skirving, R., & Petrovski, K. R. (2023). Meta-Analysis on the Prevalence of Failed Transfer of Passive Immunity in Calves from Pasture-Based Dairy Farms in Australasia. Animals, 13(11), 1792-1-1792-13.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7

Year Citation
2026 Do, H., Chen, T., Williams, J., Petrovski, K., Van, T., Skirving, R., & Bottema, C. (2026). “Correlations between IgG and immune-related miRNAs in colostrum and calf blood”. In The 36th Australian Association of Animal Sciences conference, 13 to 17 July 2026, Adelaide, Australia. Australia.
2026 Van, T., Kirkwood, R., Caetano, M., Do, H., & Petrovski, K. (2026). “Dietary ammonium chloride supplementation in late gestation effects on sow reproductive performance in spring and summer”. In The 36th Australian Association of Animal Sciences conference, 13 to 17 July 2026, Adelaide, Australia.
2026 Van, T., Kirkwood, R., Caetano, M., Do, H., & Petrovski, K. (2026). “Dietary ammonium chloride in late gestation effect on farrowing duration, colostrum production and piglet performance”. In The 28th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress 16-19/06/2026.
2025 Van, D. T., Kirkwood, R. N., Caetano, M., Do, H. T., Gonzalez, C., & Petrovski, K. R. (2025). Effects of dietary ammonium chloride in late gestation on farrowing performance. In Abstracts from the Twentieth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association as published in Animal - Science proceedings Vol. 16 (pp. 41-794-41-795). Netherlands: Elsevier BV.
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2025 Do, H., Petrovski, K., Williams, J., Chen, T., Ren, K., Low, W., . . . Bottema, C. (2025). “MicroRNA profile and levels in colostrum and calf blood before and after receiving different colostrum sources”. In International conference on transformation to sustainable livestock production funded by VNUA-KOICA (Korea) project, 17 October 2025, Hanoi, Vietnam.
2023 Do, H., Chen, T., Williams, J., Petrovski, K., Ren, K., Low, W., . . . Bottema, C. (2023). ‘MicroRNA levels in newborn calves before and after colostrum ingestion’. In 39th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference (2023), held in Cape Town, South Africa in July 2-7, 2023. Conference Organiser: International Society for Animal Genetics, abstract is published in conference proceeding, https://www.isag.us/2023/..

Current research projects:

  • Effects of feeding ammonium chloride to sows on piglet growth and survival (2026-2027). (Kiro Petrovski is Chief Investigator, Thien Dinh Van, R N Kirkwood, M Caetano, Do T Hue). Funded by APRIL ($218 000 including facility funding). Co-investigator.

Travel Grants: 

  • $1000 AUD from the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide in 2025

Award achievement:

  • APRIL Postgraduate Top-Up Award, funded by Australian Pig Industry Education and Training Committee (APIETC), 2026.
  • Outstanding Early Career Research Prize, Sponsored by Elsevier, The 28th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress 2026.

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