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Professor Herman Raadsma

Professor Herman Raadsma

Director of ReproGen
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Ph:+61 2 9351 1603/ +61 2 4655 0603
Fax:+61 2 9351 1618
Mob:+61 411 287 595
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Room S116 C01 - J.L. Shute
The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia 2570

Qualifications

PhD (Syd ), MSc Ag(UNE),Dip Sci Ag (UNE),Dip.App. Sci. (Ag.)

Teaching Areas

  • Post graduate research training.
  • Contribution Sheep health and production V.
  • Contribution to undergraduate agriculture courses.

Administration

  • Director Centre for Advanced Technologies in Animal Genetics and Reproduction (ReproGen), Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney.
  • Professorial Research Fellow, Animal Genetics.
  • Programme Leader- Gene discovery programme - CRC for Innovative Dairy Technologies.

Research

  • Genetic control of disease resistance.
  • Genetic markers for quantitative trait loci (QTL).
  • Genetic basis of single-locus disorders in livestock.
  • Research in vaccine development and performance.

Contribution to the Profession and the Community

  • Member Association for Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
  • Member Australian Society of Animal Production.
  • Member College of Sciences and Technology Research Advisory Committee.
  • Member Faculty of Veterinary Science Executive Committee.
  • Chairman Immuno-genetics Committee, of the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG), 1999-
  • Chair Rural Industry Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) review panel on assessment of Australia's research capability and industry needs in equine genetics (2000).
  • Assessor (national and international) peer review journals, research proposals, and examiner PhD awards.

Selected Publications

Raadsma, H.W. (1995). Genetic variation in resistance of sheep and goats to diseases caused by bacteria. In " Breeding for Resistance to Infectious Diseases of Small Ruminants". Ed. G.D.Gray, R.R.Woolaston, and B.T.Eaton. ACIAR Monograph Series, No. 34: 15-42.

O'Meara, T.J., and Raadsma, H.W. (1995). Phenotypic and genetic indicators of resistance to ectopathogens. In " Breeding for Resistance to Infectious Diseases of Small Ruminants". Ed. G.D.Gray, R.R.Woolaston, and B.T.Eaton. ACIAR Monograph Series, No. 34: 187-218.

Raadsma, H.W., Attard, G.A., Nicholas, F.W., and Egerton,J.R. (1996). Disease resistance in Merino sheep. V. Genetic heterogeneity in vaccine response to Dichelobacter nodosus and Clostridial antigens. J. Anim. Breed. Genet., 113: 181-199.

Raadsma, H.W., McEwan, J.C, Stear, M.J., and Crawford, A.M. (1999) Genetic characterisation of protective vaccine responses in sheep using multi-valent Dichelobacter nodosus vaccines. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 72:219-229.

Raadsma, H.W. (1999). Chapter 7 "Genetic aspects of resistance to ovine cutaneous myiasis". In "Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals". (J.B.Owen, R.F.E. Axford , F.W. Nicholas, and S.C. Bishop, eds), 2nd ed. C.A.B. pp:171-194

Raadsma, H.W. (1999). Chapter 10 "Genetic aspects of resistance to ovine footrot". In "Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals". (J.B.Owen, R.F.E. Axford , F.W. Nicholas, and S.C. Bishop, eds),2nd ed. C.A.B. pp:219-241.

Tammen, I., Raadsma1 H.W., R. W. Cook2 & F. W. Nicholas3. (1998) Homozygosity mapping approach for the localisation of the gene causing hereditary zinc deficiency in Angus and Holstein-Friesian cattle. Animal Genetics, 29(Suppl 1):165-66.

Raadsma, H.W., Nicholas, F.W., Jones, M., Attard, G., Palmer, D., Abbott, K., and Grant, T. (1999) QTL mapping for production traits in amulti-stage AwassixMerino back-inter-cross design. Proc. Assoc. Advmt. Anim. Breed. Genet. 13;361-364.

Tammen, I., Burgess, R., Raadsma, H.W., Cook, R.W., Broom., M.F., and Nicholas, F.W., (1999) Neural recoid lipofucscinosis in Australian merino sheep. Proc. Assoc. Advmt. Anim. Breed. Genet. 13;278-281.

Cavanagh, J.A.L., Tammen, I., Harper, P. A.W., Raadsma, H.W., and Nicholas, F.W., (1999) homozygosity mapping approach for chondrodysplasia gene in Dexter cattle. Proc. Assoc. Advmt. Anim. Breed. Genet. 13;282-285.