Professor Herman Raadsma

Director Reprogen
Faculty of Veterinary Science,
J.L. Shute (C01)
The University of Sydney NSW 2570
Phone:
+61 2 9351 1603
+61 2 4655 0603
Fax:
+61 2 9351 1618
+61 2 4655 0618
Email:

Qualifications

PhD (Syd ), MSc Ag(UNE),Dip Sci Ag (UNE),Dip.App. Sci. (Ag.)

Teaching Areas

Post graduate research training
Contribution Sheep health and production V
Contribution to undergraduate agriculture courses

Administration

Director Centre for Advanced Technologies in Animal Genetics and Reproduction (ReproGen), Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
Professorial Research Fellow, Animal Genetics
Programme Leader- Gene discovery programme - CRC for Innovative Dairy Technologies

Research

Genetic control of disease resistance
Genetic markers for quantitative trait loci (QTL)
Genetic basis of single-locus disorders in livestock
Research in vaccine development and performance

Contribution to the Profession and the Community

Member Association for Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Member Australian Society of Animal Production
Member College of Sciences and Technology Research Advisory Committee
Member Faculty of Veterinary Science Executive Committee
Chairman Immuno-genetics Committee, of the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG), 1999-
Chair Rural Industry Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) review panel on assessment of Australia's research capability and industry needs in equine genetics (2000).
Assessor (national and international) peer review journals, research proposals, and examiner PhD awards

Selected Publications

1. Raadsma, H.W. (1995). Genetic variation in resistance of sheep and goats to diseases caused by bacteria. In " Breeding for Resistance to Infectious Diseases of Small Ruminants". Ed. G.D.Gray, R.R.Woolaston, and B.T.Eaton. ACIAR Monograph Series, No. 34: 15-42.

2. O'Meara, T.J., and Raadsma, H.W. (1995). Phenotypic and genetic indicators of resistance to ectopathogens. In " Breeding for Resistance to Infectious Diseases of Small Ruminants". Ed. G.D.Gray, R.R.Woolaston, and B.T.Eaton. ACIAR Monograph Series, No. 34: 187-218.

3. Raadsma, H.W., Attard, G.A., Nicholas, F.W., and Egerton,J.R. (1996). Disease resistance in Merino sheep. V. Genetic heterogeneity in vaccine response to Dichelobacter nodosus and Clostridial antigens. J. Anim. Breed. Genet., 113: 181-199.

4. Raadsma, H.W., McEwan, J.C, Stear, M.J., and Crawford, A.M. (1999) Genetic characterisation of protective vaccine responses in sheep using multi-valent Dichelobacter nodosus vaccines. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 72:219-229.

5. Raadsma, H.W. (1999). Chapter 7 "Genetic aspects of resistance to ovine cutaneous myiasis". In "Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals". (J.B.Owen, R.F.E. Axford , F.W. Nicholas, and S.C. Bishop, eds), 2nd ed. C.A.B. pp:171-194

6. Raadsma, H.W. (1999). Chapter 10 "Genetic aspects of resistance to ovine footrot". In "Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals". (J.B.Owen, R.F.E. Axford , F.W. Nicholas, and S.C. Bishop, eds),2nd ed. C.A.B. pp:219-241.

7. Tammen, I., Raadsma1 H.W., R. W. Cook2 & F. W. Nicholas3. (1998) Homozygosity mapping approach for the localisation of the gene causing hereditary zinc deficiency in Angus and Holstein-Friesian cattle. Animal Genetics, 29(Suppl 1):165-66.

8. Raadsma, H.W., Nicholas, F.W., Jones, M., Attard, G., Palmer, D., Abbott, K., and Grant, T. (1999) QTL mapping for production traits in amulti-stage AwassixMerino back-inter-cross design. Proc. Assoc. Advmt. Anim. Breed. Genet. 13;361-364.

9. Tammen, I., Burgess, R., Raadsma, H.W., Cook, R.W., Broom., M.F., and Nicholas, F.W., (1999) Neural recoid lipofucscinosis in Australian merino sheep. Proc. Assoc. Advmt. Anim. Breed. Genet. 13;278-281.

10. Cavanagh, J.A.L., Tammen, I., Harper, P. A.W., Raadsma, H.W., and Nicholas, F.W., (1999) homozygosity mapping approach for chondrodysplasia gene in Dexter cattle. Proc. Assoc. Advmt. Anim. Breed. Genet. 13;282-285.