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Professor Peter A Windsor

Professor Peter A Windsor


Faculty of Veterinary Science
University of Sydney,
PO Box 3, Camden NSW 2570
Phone: 02 9351 1710
Fax: 02 4655 2374
Mobile: 0438 983 367
Email:

Qualifications

BVSc(Hons), PhD, Grad.Cert Ed. Studies (Higher Ed.), DVSc, Specialist Veterinary Surgeon (Pathobiology)

Professional Distinctions

  • 1980 - Australian-American Educational Foundation Fulbright Overseas Study Award
  • Registration as a Specialist Veterinarian in Pathobiology in 1988

Teaching Areas

BVSc:
Rural Public Practice (Vet 5)
Ruminant Health and Production (Vet 4)
Veterinary Pathology, Animal Disease (Vet 3)
Animal Husbandry (Vet 1)

BAnVetBioSc:
Honours Projects (Yr 4)
Animal Health (Yr 4)
Wildlife Disease (Yr 1)

Administration

  • Rural Focus Group
  • Sub Dean Students (Camden)
  • BVSc Semester 8 Coordinator
  • Member, Teaching and Learning Committee
  • Unit Study Coordinator VETS 5358

Research

  • International: Cattle Health & Production in Cambodia and Laos
  • Infectious: Paratuberculosis, Neosporosis
  • Inherited: Congenital diseases of livestock
  • Diagnostic: Neuropathology of livestock
  • Welfare: Analgesia for the ruminant industries

Research interests

Raised in Wagga, Peter graduated with a BVSc from the University of Sydney in 1977, commencing his career with NSW Agriculture at Wollongbar Regional Veterinary Laboratory. His interest in diagnostic pathology led to a Fulbright Award to undertake Residencies in Pathology at Cornell University and the San Diego Zoo, returning to the Veterinary Research Station at Glenfield, NSW in 1983 where he completed his PhD on ruminant neuropathology in 1987, identifying new inherited disorders in livestock including citrullinaemia of Holstein-Friesians and maple syrup urine disease and myoclonus of Herefords, disorders exploited as animal models of human inborn errors of metabolism.

Peter was Officer in Charge of the Regional Veterinary Laboratory at Glenfield then Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute until 1990 when he transferred to the Grafton Agricultural Research Station, managing animal health surveillance, regulatory and extension programs for the NSW north-coast region. He commenced research on bovine abortion, resulting in isolation of Neospora caninum and development of an Australian serological test. In 1998, he undertook a 19-month appointment to the FMD eradication program with the FAO in Naga City in the Philippines, returning to NSW Agriculture at Goulburn in 2000 and transferring to Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute in 2001 to manage ovine Johne’s disease vaccination research leading to registration of Gudair® vaccine. He rejoined the Faculty on April 1st 2002.

Peter’s current research interests include applied field-based projects on ruminant health and production problems, including paratuberculosis, neosporosis, reproductive, neurological and genetic diseases, and use of analgesia for improving animal welfare. He also has international projects with ACIAR on improving cattle health and husbandry in Cambodia and Laos.

Contribution to the Profession and the Community

  • Australian Veterinary Association
  • Australian Sheep Veterinary Society
  • Australian Cattle Veterinarians
  • Australian Parasitological Society
  • Australian Society of Veterinary Pathologists
  • International Association for Paratuberculosis
  • International Sheep Veterinary Society
  • Commonwealth Veterinary Association
  • ARC Ozreader

Selected Publications

Published as Harper until 2001

  1. Gundlach AL, Dodd PR, Grabara CSG, Watson WEJ, Johnston GAR, Harper PAW, Dennis JA, Healy PJ. Deficit of spinal cord glycine/strychnine receptors in inherited congenital myoclonus of Poll Hereford calves. Science 241: 1807-1809. 1988
  2. Harper PAW, Healy PJ, Dennis JA. Animal model of Human Disease - Citrullinaemia. Am. J. Pathol. 135: 1213-1215. 1989
    Harper PAW, Healy PJ, Dennis JA. Animal model of Human Disease - Maple Syrup Urine Disease. Am. J. Pathol. 136(6): 1445-1447. 1990
  3. Harper PAW, Cook RW, Jackson ARB, Badcoe LM, Fraser GC, Gill PA, Cook RW. Vetch (Vicia sp.) toxicosis in cattle. Aust. Vet. J. - 70: 140-144. 1993
  4. Miller CMD, Quinn HE, Windsor PA, Ellis JT. Characterisation of the first Australian isolate of bovine Neospora caninum from cattle. Aust.Vet.J 80:620-625. 2002
  5. Dennis JA, Windor PA, Scholfield PR, Healy PJ. Bovine Hyperekplexia. Animal Models of Movement Disorders. Elsevier. ISBN: 0120883821. Section H. Pages 487-496. 2004
  6. Windsor P.A., Eppleston J. (2006). Lesions in sheep following administration of a vaccine of a Freund’s complete adjuvant nature used in the control of ovine paratuberculosis. NZ Vet J. 54(5): 237-241
  7. Lomax, S., Shiel, M., Windsor, P.A. (2008) Impact of topical anaesthesia on pain alleviation and wound healing in lambs following mulesing. Aust. Vet. J. 86:159-169
  8. Bush, R.D., Windsor, P.A., Toribio, J-A.L.M.L. and Webster, S.R. (2008). Financial modelling of the potential cost of ovine Johne’s disease and benefit of vaccination in southern New South Wales. Aust. Vet. J. 86: 398-403
  9. Windsor, P.A., Whittington, R.J. (2009). The evidence for age susceptibility of cattle in developing lesions of bovine Johne’s disease: a review. The Veterinary Journal, 179, on-line: doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.01.007