School of Life and Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions
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Estimation of sensitivity and flock-sensitivity of pooled faecal culture for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in sheep
Published 2010-01-01Pooled faecal culture (PFC) is a widely used test in ovine Johne’s disease (OJD) control programmes in Australia but information about its characteristics is limited. We conducted this study to estimate sensitivity and ...Open AccessArticle -
Attachment accuracy of a novel prototype robotic rotary and investigation of two management strategies for incomplete milked quarters
Published 2012-01-01Throughout 2009 and 2010, FutureDairy (Camden, NSW, Australia) was involved in testing a novel prototype robotic rotary (RR). The commercial version RR is expected to be capable of carrying out 90 milkings per hour. To ...Open AccessArticle -
Factors affecting reproductive performance of dairy cows in a pasture-based, automatic milking system research farm: a retrospective, single-cohort study
Published 2015-01-01A retrospective single cohort study was conducted to identify production and health factors associated with reproductive performance in a pasture-based automatic milking system research farm. The calving system of this ...Open AccessArticle -
Controlling Equine Influenza: Policy Networks and Decision-Making During the 2007 Australian Equine Influenza Outbreak.
Published 2014-01-01Rapid, evidence-based decision-making is critical during a disease outbreak response however compliance by stakeholders is necessary to ensure that such decisions are effective – especially if the response depends on ...Open AccessArticle -
Experimental infections of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas using the Australian OsHV-1 µVar strain
Published 2015-01-01In Australia the spread of the Ostreid herpesvirus OsHV-1 microvariant (OsHV-1 µVar) threatens the Pacific oyster industry. There was an urgent need to develop an experimental infection model in order to study the pathogenesis ...Open AccessArticle