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DR IAN BLAND



Contact Details

Organization: Agriculture and Food Systems
Position: LECTURER ANIMAL SCIENCE
Email:
Work: 83445253
Room: G25
Level: Ground
Building: Institute Of Land And Food Resources
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Nutrition in neonatal calves Australia
manipulation of colostrum and neonatal immunity Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
PhD in Agriculture University of Aberdeen 16-May-2001
Animal Production University of Aberdeen 05-Sep-1996
Zoology University of Leeds 20-Jul-1995
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education The Open University 20-Dec-2005

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
THE EFFECTS OF PREPARTUM NUTRITION ON COLOSTRUM AND THE CALF - MELBOURNE EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER GRANT SCHEME 2006 Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Conference Publications/Papers

  • The consequences of offering diets high in rumen undegradable protein during the dry period on immunoglobulin G concentrations in serum of neonates, mature dairy cows, and colostrum.


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Proceedings of Dairy Science
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of Dairy Science
    Page numbers: 378-383
    Publisher: National Dairy Alliance(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Appearance of immunoglobulin G in the plasma of piglets following intake of colostrum, with or without a delay in sucking 
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Animal Science
    Volume: 77
    Page numbers: 277-286
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  • Relationships between passive absorption of immunoglobulin G by the piglet and plasma concentrations of immunoglobulin G at weaning
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Livestock Production Science
    Volume: 81
    Page numbers: 223-234
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • The acquisition of passive immunity in the new-born piglet
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Livestock Production Science
    Volume: 78
    Page numbers: 13-23
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Publications in 2001

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Effect of supplementing the maternal diet with vitamins and vaccinating the sow on IgG concentrations in piglet plasma
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Nutrition Society Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
    Volume: 60
    Page numbers: 72
    Publisher: CABI Publishing(Wallingford)
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