News: Honours projects - Alexandra Whittaker

Reptile welfare assessment tool development

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Honours project: Husbandry of reptiles is complex; signs of pain or disease can be challenging to recognise, and behaviour is not always well understood. This project will build on preliminary work in developing a practical welfare assessment tool for captive reptiles.

Stockpersons' knowledge of Codes of Practice in the pig industry

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Honours project: Undertake qualitative research methods to determine farmer awareness and knowledge of a range of secondary legislative documents pertaining to the pig industry.

Working with animals: Knowledge of delegated legislation in biomedical research

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Honours project: Undertake qualitative research methods to determine personnel awareness and knowledge of a range of secondary legislative documents pertaining to the use of animals in research.

Novel markers of animal emotion

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Honours project: Can differential expression of microRNA’s distinguish valence of emotional state?

Evaluate changes in the cognitive ability of sheep due to disease development

Posted on Jan 1 2019 by Sam Le Gallou

Honours project: This project involves developing cognitive and behavioural tests in sheep to evaluate disease phenotypes.

Can Emu Oil & Japanese Kampo medicine treat bowel cancer?

Posted on Jan 1 2019 by Sam Le Gallou

Honours project: Examine the impact of Emu Oil treatment, in combination with Japanese Kampo medicine, on mouse behaviour in a model of colitis-associated colorectal cancer.

Validation of a novel method of judgement bias testing in rats

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Honours project: Validate a shortened method of judgement bias testing in rats.