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Dr Robert Dixon

Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Private Bag 3
Werombi Rd
Camden NSW 2570
Ph: +61 2 9351 1608
Fax: +61 2 9351 1618
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Qualifications BSc(Vet) BVSc PhD
Teaching Areas Animal Welfare and Ethics;
Viruses and Cancer;
Exotic Diseases to Veterinary Science and Agriculture students;
Veterinary Public Health;
Facilitator for Masters of Veterinary Public Health Management
VEIN Projects Clinical toxicology
Animal welfare, alternatives and ethics
Toxicology and toxinology
BSE
FMD
Administration Sub Dean, Animal Welfare;
Chair of Faculty Animal Welfare Advisory Committee;
Member University Academic Board;
Member Novartis Animal Ethics Committee;
Unit of Study Co-ordinator Veterinary Public Health;
Project Leader, ARC Linkage Grant "Healthy dogs, healthy communities"
Research
  1. Animal models for human diseases including hepadnaviruses, coronaviruses and retroviruses
  2. Molecular virology and immunology
  3. Strategic foresight, emerging and emergency (exotic) infectious diseases
  4. Animal welfare particularly the health and welfare of dogs in remote Aboriginal communities; use of animals in research and teaching
Selected Publications
  1. Welschinger R. Cossart Y. Pouliopoulos J. Dixon R. Vickery K (2006) Identification of T cell epitopes associated with immunity within the surface protein of duck hepatitis B virus. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 13: 515-22
  2. McGreevy PJ, Dixon RJ (2005) The teaching of animal welfare at the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Veterinary Science. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 32: 442-446.
  3. McClelland DJ, Kirkland PD, Rose K, Dixon RJ, Smith N (2005) Serological Responses of Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia), Indian antelope (Antilope cervicapra), Wallaroos (Macropus robustus), and Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) to an inactivated encephalomyocarditis virus. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 36: 69-73
  4. Pouliopoulos J, Welschinger R, Deva AK, Dixon RJ, Cossart YE, Vickery K (2004) The Effect of Bursectomy and Thymectomy on DHBV Infection. In Jilbert AM et al. (eds) Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium of Viral Hepatitis and Liver Diseases. pp344-347. Sydney: Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology
  5. Brown LM, Papa RA, Frost MJ, Mackintosh SG, Gu X, Dixon RJ, Shannon AD (2002) A single amino acid is critical for the expression of B-cell epitopes on the helicase domain of the pestivirus NS3 protein. Virus Research 84:111-124.
  6. Vickery K, Cossart Y, Dixon R (1999) Cellular immune response of ducks to duck hepatitis B virus infection. Journal of Medical Virology 58:19-25.
  7. Dixon RJ (1990) How to Inspect an Animal House. In Rose M. and Large A (eds) Animal Ethics Committees: the Role of the Veterinarian. pp 81-85. Sydney: Australian Veterinary Association.
  8. Dixon RJ, Jones NF, Freiman, JS, Wilson NS (1989) Natural infection of duck embryos with duck hepatitis B virus: time and tissue sequence of infection. Journal of Medical Virology 29: 303-307.