January - December 2008

Bathgate, R., Eriksson, B.M., Thomson, P.C., Maxwell, W.M.C., & Evans, G.. Field fertility of frozen-thawed boar sperm at low doses using non-surgical, deep uterine insemination. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 103, 323-335.

Bathgate, R., Grosfeld, R., Susetio, D., Ruckholdt, M., Heasman, K., Rath, D., Evans, G. & Maxwell W.M.C.. Early pregnancy loss in sows after low dose, deep uterine artificial insemination with sex-sorted, frozen–thawed sperm. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 104, 440-444.

Celi, P., Claps., Di Trana, A.. Effects of perinatal nutrition on metabolic and hormonal profiles of dairy goat and their kids. Small Ruminant Research, (Accepted).

Celi, P., Sullivan, M.L., Evans, D.L.. Performance of the d-ROMs (Reactive oxygen Metabolites) and BAP (Biological Antioxidant Potential) tests in horse blood stored at 4oC for 24 hours. The Veterinary Journal (Accepted).

Celi P., Di Trana, A., Quaranta, A.. Metabolic profile and oxidative status in goats during the peripartum period. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 48 (7): 1004-1008.

Celi, P., Di Trana, A., Claps, S., Di Gregorio, P.. Effects of perinatal nutrition on the metabolic and hormonal profiles of kids during their first day of life. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Science, (In Press).

Cowled, B.D., Aldenhoven J., Odeh I.O.A., Garrett T., Moran, C., and Lapidge S.J.. Feral pig population structuring in the rangelands of eastern Australia: applications for designing adaptive management units. Conservation Genetics 9: 211-224. (DOI 10.1007/s10592-007-9331-1)

Forsyth, H., Laxton, R., Banks, R., Taylor , R., van der Werf, J. and Moran, C.. ) Postgraduate Coursework in Australia: issues emerging from university and industry collaboration. Higher Education DOI 10.1007/s10734-008-9167-8

Frugier T., Mitchell N.L., Tammen .I., Houweling P.J., Arthur DG, Kay GW, van Diggelen OP, Jolly RD, Palmer DN. A new large animal model of CLN5 neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis in Borderdale sheep is caused by a nucleotide substitution at a consensus splice site (c.571+1G>A) leading to excision of exon 3. Neurobiology of Disease 2008 29: 306-315

Gillan, L., Kroetsch, T., Maxwell, WMC & Evans, G. Assessment of in vitro sperm characteristics in relation to fertility in dairy bulls. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 103, 201–214.

Guy, A.J., Schuerch, F.S., Heffernan, S., Thomson, P.C., O’Brien, J.K, and McGreevy, P.D. The effect of medroxyprogesterone acetate on behavioural responses of captive female hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas). Animal Reproduction Science In Press: Accepted September 2007.

Morton, K.M., Maxwell, W.M.C., & Evans, G. Effect of aspiration pressure during oocyte harvesting on oocyte recovery and in vitro development of ovine oocytes. Reprod. Dom. Anim. 43, 16-110.

Khatkar, M.S., F.W., Nicholas, A. R., Collins,K. R., Zenger, J.A.L., Cavanagh, W., Barris, R.D., Schnabel, J.F., Taylor and H.W., Raadsma Extent of genome-wide linkage disequilibrium in Australian Holstein-Friesian cattle based on a high-density SNP panel. BMC Genomics, 9:187.

Koudandé, O.D., Thomson, P.C., Bovenhuis, H., van Arendonk, J.A.M., Iraqi, F., and Gibson, J.P. Biphasic survival analysis of trypanotolerance QTL in mice. Heredity 100, 407-414.

Maddox J.F., Tammen.I., & Dominik S. Using PCR and linkage mapping to identify single genes and quantitative trait loci for livestock traits. In: ‘PCR - Methods Express’. Ed. Simon Hughes and Adrian Moody, Scion Publishing Limited, Oxfordshire, 2007, ISBN 978 1 904842 29 3, 81-106.

McGreevy, P.D., Thomson, P.C., Pride, C., Quain, A., Grassi, T., Jones, B. Overweight and obese cats presented to Australian veterinary practices: prevalence and risk factors. Australian Veterinary Practitioner, Accepted March 2008.

Miles, L.G., Isberg S.R., Moran, C., Hagen, C. and Glenn, T.C.. 253 Novel polymorphic microsatellites for the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus). Conservation Genetics. DOI 10.1007/s10592-008-9600-7

Miles, L.G., Lance, SL, Isberg, SR, Moran,C., and Glenn, T.C.. Cross-species amplification of microsatellites in crocodilians: assessment and applications for the future. Conservation Genetics DOI 10.1007/s10592-008-9601-6.

O'Brien, J.K, Heffernan, S., Thomson, P.C., and McGreevy, P.D.. Effect of positive reinforcement training on physiological and behavioural stress responses in the hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas). Animal Welfare 17, 125-138.

Raadsma H.W., G. Moser, R. Crump, M.S. Khatkar, K.R., Zenger, J.A.L. Cavanagh, R.J. Hawken, M. Hobbs, W. Barris, J. Solkner, F.W.Nicholas, B.Tier.. Predicting Genetic Merit for Mastitis and Fertility in Dairy Cattle using Genome Wide Selection and High Density SNP Screens. Proc. Anim. Genomics for Anim. Health. Symp. Paris.Oct. 2007, Developments in Biologicals (Karger, Basel), Vol 132.(in press)

Ramanathan P, Martin ICA, Gardiner-Garden M, Thomson PC, Ormandy CJ, Taylor RM, Moran C, Williamson P.. Transcriptome analysis identifies pathways associated with enhanced maternal performance in QSi5 mice. BMC Genomics, 9:197, 2008.

Riley, L. G., P. Williamson, P. Wynn, P. Sheehy. Lactoferrin decreases primary bovine mammary epithelial cell viability and casein expression. Journal of Dairy Research 75: 135-141

Riley, L.G., Wynn, P.C., Williamson, P. & Sheehy P.A.. The role of native Bovine α-lactalbumin in bovine mammary epithelial cell apoptosis and casein expression. Journal of Dairy Research 75: 1-7

Scrimgeour, K., Newman, R.E., Giles, L.R., Gresham, M.J., Thomson, P.C., and Wynn, P.C.. Ghrelin secretion is more closely aligned to energy balance than with feeding behaviour in the grower pig. Journal of Endocrinology 198, 135-145.

Sharp, J.A., Mailer, S.L., Thomson, P.C., Lefèvre, C., and Nicholas, K.R.. Identification and transcript analysis of a novel wallaby (Macropus eugenii) basal-like breast cancer cell line. Molecular Cancer 7(1).

Strandberg Lutzow Y., L. Donaldson, C. P. Gray, T. Vuocolo, RD Pearson, T. Reverter, KA Byrne, P. Sheehy, R. Windon & R. L. Tellam. Identification of immune genes and proteins involved in the response of bovine mammary tissue to Staphylococcus aureus infection. BMC Veterinary Research 4: 18

Taylor RM, Canfield PA. Learning to be a scholarly teaching faculty: cultural change through shared leadership. In The Transformed University: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Action. Brew A, Sachs J, eds. Sydney University Press, Sydney. Chapter 23, In Press, 2007. Postgraduate coursework in Australia: issues emerging from university and industry collaboration Higher Education http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-008-9167-8