Dr Roslyn Bathgate

Lecturer in Animal Reproduction
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Ph:+61 2 9351 5830
Fax:+61 2 9351 3957
Email:
Room 347 B19 - R.M.C. Gunn
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Qualifications

BSc(Hons), PhD

Teaching Areas

• Animal Reproduction

Administration

• Unit of Study Coordinator for VETS1030 (Animal Husbandry 1A)
• Faculty representative on the Academic Board

Research

• Applied reproduction in domestic and wild animals
• Semen and embryo preservation, artificial insemination and embryo transfer;
• In vitro fertilisation and embryo culture;
• Reproductive endocrinology.

Selected Publications

T. Leahy, P. Celi, R. Bathgate, G. Evans, W.M.C. Maxwell and J. Marti (2010) Flow-sorted ram spermatozoa are highly susceptible to hydrogen peroxide damage but are protected by seminal plasma and catalase. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 22:1131-1140

S.L. Underwood, R. Bathgate, W.M.C. Maxwell and G. Evans (2009) Development of procedures for sex-sorting frozen-thawed bovine spermatozoa. Reproduction in Domestic Animals 44: 460-466

R. Bathgate, R. Grossfeld, D. Susetio, M. Ruckholdt, K. Heasman, D. Rath, G. Evans and W.M.C. Maxwell (2007). Early pregnancy loss in sows after low dose, deep uterine artificial insemination with sex-sorted, frozen–thawed sperm. Animal Reproduction Science, 104(2-4):440-444

R. Bathgate (2007). Functional integrity of sex-sorted, frozen-thawed boar sperm and its potential for artificial insemination. Theriogenology 70(8):1234-1241

M. Emerson, A. Travis, R. Bathgate, T. Stojanov, D.I. Cook, E. Harding, D.P. Lu and C. O’Neill (2000). Characterisation and functional significance of calcium transients in the 2-cell mouse embryo induced by an autocrine growth factor. Journal of Biological Chemistry 275(29): 21905-21913