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DR ANDREW FISHER



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Organization: Veterinary Science
Position: ASS PROFESSOR-PROD ANIMAL MANG & WELFARE
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Honours) University of Melbourne 09-Dec-1989
Doctor of Philosophy University College Dublin 24-Oct-1996

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
FEED CHOICES: CATTLE PREFERENCE FOR FEEDLOT OR PASTURE ENVIRONMENTS Chief Investigator CSIRO LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES Strategic and Applied Research Funding (MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUST LTD) 01/04/2009
DETERMINING A SUITABLE TIME OFF-FEED FOR BOBBY CALF TRANSPORT Chief Investigator DAIRY AUSTRALIA Out of session Project Grant 01/07/2009
Evaluating the drug carprofen for short and long term pain management in adult and juvenile sheep Chief Investigator DEPT OF AGRICULTURE FISHERIES & FORESTRY DAFF Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 27/10/2009

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 2009

Journal Articles

  • Assessment of welfare of suckling lambs following intradermal injection of cetrimide as a non-surgical alternative to conventional mulesing
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Australian Veterinary Journal
    Volume: 87
    Page numbers: 12-18
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  • Effects of mulesing and alternative procedures to mulesing on the behaviour and physiology of lambs
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
    Volume: 117
    Page numbers: 20-27
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  • Effects of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, carprofen, on weaned sheep following non-surgical mulesing by intradermal injection of cetrimide
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Australian Veterinary Journal
    Volume: 87
    Page numbers: 19-26
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Development and validation of a simple technique for logging body temperature in free-ranging cattle
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 741-745
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  • Effect of loading practices and 6-hour road transport on the physiological responses of yearling cattle
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 1028-1033
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  • Effectiveness of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and epidural anaesthesia in reducing the pain and stress responses to a surgical husbandry procedure (mulesing) in sheep
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 1034-1039
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  • Effects of meloxicam or tolfenamic acid administration on the pain and stress responses of Merino lambs to mulesing
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Veterinary Journal
    Volume: 86
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 303-311
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  • Effects of shade provision on the behaviour, body temperature and milk production of grazing dairy cows during a New Zealand summer
    Year: 2008
    Journal: New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
    Volume: 51
    Page numbers: 99-105
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  • Evaluation of a new approach for the estimation of the time of the LH surge in dairy cows using vaginal temperature and electrodeless conductivity measurements
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Theriogenology
    Volume: 70
    Page numbers: 1065-1074
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  • Preweaning feed exposure and different feed delivery systems to enhance feed acceptance of sheep
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 1040-1043
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  • The effect of low energy electric shock on cortisol, β-endorphin, heart rate and behaviour of cattle
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
    Volume: 113
    Page numbers: 32-42
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • The effects of a topical anaesthetic formulation, systemic flunixin and carprofen, singly or in combination, on cortisol and behavioural responses of Merino lambs to mulesing
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Veterinary Journal
    Volume: 85
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 98-106
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  • Welfare consequences of mulesing of sheep
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Veterinary Journal
    Volume: 85
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 89-93
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Development of a maze test and its application to assess spatial learning and memory in Merino sheep
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
    Volume: 96
    Page numbers: 43-51
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  • Effects of dietary fibre and feeding frequency on wool biting and aggressive behaviours in housed Merino sheep
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 777-782
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Genetics of adaptation and domestication in livestock
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Livestock Production Science
    Volume: 93
    Page numbers: 3-14
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  • Genetics of fear in ruminant livestock
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Livestock Production Science
    Volume: 93
    Page numbers: 23-32
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • The effects of stationary periods and external temperature and humidity on thermal stress conditions within sheep transport vehicles
    Year: 2004
    Journal: New Zealand Veterinary Journal
    Volume: 53
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 6-9
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • The effects of surface type on lying behaviour and stress responses of dairy cows during periodic weather-induced removal from pasture
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
    Volume: 81
    Page numbers: 1-11
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Pain - its effects on immune function and growth in animals
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production
    Volume: 62
    Page numbers: 363-367
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  • The effects of feed restriction and lying deprivation on pituitary-adrenal axis regulation in lactating cows
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Livestock Production Science
    Volume: 73
    Page numbers: 255-263
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  • The effects of stock crate design and stocking density on environmental conditions for lambs on road transport vehicles
    Year: 2002
    Journal: New Zealand Veterinary Journal
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 148-153
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  • The effects of temperature elevation and water deprivation on lamb physiology, welfare, and meat quality
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
    Volume: 53
    Page numbers: 707-714
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  • Winter dairy grazing systems: management practices and cow comfort
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production
    Volume: 62
    Page numbers: 44-48
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