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2011 Post Graduate Conference Program

Wednesday 2nd November 2011

WELCOME - Opened by: The Dean, Prof Rosanne Taylor 9.25 - 9.35am

Concurrent Session 1a - LKCC

First Surname Title Time
Sebastian Bowman BOVINE MAMMARY STEM CELLS AND THE LACTATION CYCLE 9.40
Shahab Ranjbar IDENTIFYING RISK FACTORS OF LAMENESS IN DAIRY HERDS ACROSS NSW 9.56
Andrew Thompson MOLECULAR METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF CALF SCOUR PATHOGENS 10.11
Michael Campbell OPPORTUNITIES FOR PASTURE BASED DAIRY FARM IN NORTHERN VICTORIA 10.22
Nicholas Lyons MANAGEMENT STRATEGY TO IMPACT ON MILKING INTERVALS AND TOTAL DAILY YIELD OF DAIRY COWS IN AN AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEM, UNDER TYPICAL AUSTRALIAN PASTURE-BASED CONDITIONS 10.37
Ashlie Hartigan MYXOSPOREAN PARASITES IN AUSTRALIAN FROGS: IDENTIFICATION OF NEW SPECIES, RE-WRITING HISTORY, AND ELUCIDATION OF A THREAT TO FROG CONSERVATION 10.52

Concurrent Session 1b - GTB Room 104

First Surname Title Time
Ali Abdirahman WHOLE GENOME ASSOCIATION FOR LIVE UNTRALSOUND SCANNED CARCASS TRAITS IN AUSTRALIAN BRAHMAN CATTLE 9.40
Sophie Constable IMPROVING DOG HEALTH IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES: THE EFFECT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS, VETERINARY SERVICES AND LOCAL DOG HEALTH WORKERS. 9.56
Helen Golder THE EFFECTS OF GRAIN, FRUCTOSE AND HISTIDINE ON INFLAMMATORY AND OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSES IN DAIRY HEIFERS IN AN INDUCED SUBACUTE ACIDOSIS PROTOCOL 10.11
Luzia Rast CLINICAL AND FINANCIAL IMPACT OF TOXOCARA VITULORUM AND FASCIOLA GIGANTICA IN CATTLE AND BUFFALO IN NORTHERN LAO 10.22
Katrina Morris WHEN DID TASMANIAN DEVILS LOSE MHC DIVERSITY? 10.37
Bethany Wilson A DELICATE BALANCE: CHARTING THE RIGHT COURSE FOR A PEDIGREE DOG BREED 10.52

Concurrent Session 1c - GTB Room 106A

First Surname Title Time
Hamutal Mazrier BREED ANALYSIS MAY REVEAL THE GENETIC COMPONENT OF CANINE ATOPIC DERMATITIS 9.40
Randolph Baral COMPARISON OF THREE IN-HOUSE BIOCHEMISTRY ANALYSERS TO A COMMERCIAL LABORATORY ANALYSER 9.56
Benjamin Kimble DISPOSITION KINETICS OF MELOXICAM FOLLOWING INTRAVENOUS, SUBCUTANEOUS AND ORAL ADMINISTRATION IN THE KOALA 10.11
Rayson Tan MICRORNA AND CANCER GENE EXPRESSION IN CANINE MAST CELL TUMOUR (MCT) 10.22
Shyamala Thirunavukkarasu NOVEL GENE EXPRESSION PROFILE IN BLOOD CELLS FROM CATTLE EXPERIMENTALLY EXPOSED TO MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS 10.37
Jessica Fletcher OLIGODENDROCYTE LOSS IN THE LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISEASE CANINE FUCOSIDOSIS 10.52

MORNING TEA - 11.05 - 11.25am

Concurrent Session 2a - LKCC

First Surname Title Time
Tugrul Durali COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF FREE RANGE AND CONVENTIONAL BROILERS 11.30
Emma Bradbury EFFECTS OF DIETARY CALCIUM SOURCE ON BROILER LEG HEALTH 11.41
Chen Wu USING SEQMONK TO COMPARE GENE EXPRESSION BETWEEN PERIPHERAL NERVE AND DEVIL FACIAL TUMOUR DISEASE TISSUES 11.52
Karen Williams INTERACTIONS OF E COLI O157 AND BOVINE INTESTINAL EPILTHELIUM 12.03
Linda Browning TO EVALUATE VITAMIN D3, CALCIUM, PHOSPHORUS, AND PHYTASE ON BROILER PERFORMANCE AND LEG HEALTH. 12.14
Sonia Lui MICROBIAL PHYTASE INFLUENCES STARCH-PROTEIN DIGESTION KINETICS IN BROILER CHICKENS 12.25
Ellen Heycox DEVELOPMENT OF A LACTATIONAL OESTRUS INDUCTION PROTOCOL THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN CONFINEMENT FREE SOW HOUSING SYSTEMS.  12.36
Victoria Brookes MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS TO PRIORITISE EXOTIC DISEASE RISKS TO THE AUSTRALIAN PIG INDUSTRY 12.47
Matthew Van Der Saag MANAGING RISK: STUDIES OF THE BIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BLUETONGUE VIRUSES AND THEIR VECTORS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 12.58

Concurrent Session 2b - GTB 104

First Surname Title Time
Christie Foster ORIGIN OF APICOMPLEXAN FLAGELLA: MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS, YET HOPE 11.30
Jessica Gurr IMPROVING ACCESS TO GENOMIC RESOURCES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL SPECIES: APPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION 11.41
Christopher Tan GENERATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF CANINE INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS 11.52
Alvaro Perdomo GENOMIC ORGANISATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX OF SUIDAE AND TAYASSUIDAE 12.03
Anna Byron DETERMINING THE VALIDITY OF THE OVERALL HAEMOSTASIS POTENTIAL ASSAY IN DETECTING HYPERCOAGULABLE STATES IN DOGS 12.14
Saranika Taluker REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF DAIRY COWS IN AN AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEM 12.25
Cali Willet APPLICATION OF NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING TO INCREASE EQUINE TRAIT MAPPING EFFICIENCY 12.36
Amanda Carr GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITE CONTROL MEASURES IN USE WITHIN THE CENTRAL TABLELANDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES 12.47

Concurrent Session 2c - GTB 106A

First Surname Title Time
Muhammad Iqbal INVESTIGATION INTO THE SURVIVAL OF CRYOPRESERVED BIOPSIED SHEEP EMBRYOS FOR MARKER ASSISTED SELECTION AND EMBRYO TRANSFER. 11.30
Diana Jaramillo DEVELOPMENT OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT ELISA FOR NATIVE NERVOUS NECROSIS DIAGNOSIS 11.41
Ingrid Van Gelderen VARIATION IN SUPERVISORS’ EXPERIENCES OF VETERINARY PLACEMENTS IN THE YEAR 5 VETERINARY INTERNSHIP YEAR 11.52
Jenna Lowe LIPID METABOLISM DURING PORCINE OOCYTE MATURATION AND EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT 12.03
Jessica Rickard PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OF RAM SEMINAL PLASMA 12.14
Ana Mustiana ASSESSMENT OF THE RISK FOR RABIES INTRODUCTION AND ESTABLISHMENT IN LOMBOK, INDONESIA 12.25
Greg Tuckett INCREASING THE VOLUME OF TRANSFER MEDIA DOES NOT AFFECT PREGNANCY OUTCOMES OF IN-VIVO PORCINE EMBRYO TRANSFER 12.36
Victoria Scott UNDERSTANDING COW QUEUING BEHVAIOUR WITHIN THE NEW ROBOTIC ROTARY AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEM 12.47

LUNCH - 1.10 - 1.40pm

Concurrent Session 3A LKCC 1.45pm - 2.45pm

First Surname Title

Julie

Doherty

CAREER PLANNING, JOB APPLICATIONS AND INTERVIEW SKILLS FOR STUDENTS

Concurrent Session 3B GTB Computer Room 1.45pm - 2.45pm

First Surname Title

Poppy

Prezios

FINDING AND MANAGING THE BEST INFORMATION

AFTERNOON TEA - 2.45 - 3.05pm

Session 4a LKCC 3.10 - 4.30pm

First Surname Title

Michelle

Hyde

 WHAT STUDENTS SAY AND WHAT SUPERVISORS HEAR

Close Day 1, 4.30pm