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RSPCA Australia Alan White Scholarship Recipients

YearNameProject Title
2012 Trudy Sharp Factors influencing public perceptions of kangaroo management
2011 Kylie Soanes  Can road crossing structures be used to preserve arboreal mammal populations?
2010 Georgeanna Story Evaluating the survival of rehabilitated common wombats (Vombatus ursinus) released into free-living populations
2009 Mia Cobb Examining the physiological effects of domestic dogs entering a kennel facility.
2008 Ian McDonald Reproductive and behavioural effects of a single injection Gonadotrophin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) vaccine on Eastern Grey Kangaroos.
2007 Aimee Jade Silla Hormonal induction of sperm release in the roseate frog (Geocrinia rosea).
2006 Patricia Lavery Investigation of PCB concentrations in coastal dolphins in South Australia: Threats to species health and links with parasitic lung nematodes (in progress).
2005 Lyndall Pettett The development of age related oral health care guidelines in zoos.
2004 Shuron Billman Characterising the psychological underpinnings of animal hoarders: a Central Queensland study.
2003 Susan de Burgh Animal welfare education for Australian indigenous and Papua New Guinean primary school children.
2002 Brad Page Reducing the incidence of entanglements on New Zealand fur seals in southern Australia.
2001 Sarah Wright Non-human animal rights - legislation, ethics and reform.
2000 Faith Walker The effects of habitat fragmentation on the genetic and social structure of the southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons).
1999 Daniel Rogers Identification of animal individuals by analysis of acoustic signals.
1998 No recipient  
1997 No recipient  
1996 Alison Murray Developing the natural behavioural repertoires of nocturnal mammals through enrichment techniques.
1995 No recipient  
1994 Ramesh Sivacolundhu Effects of early age desexing of dogs and cats.
1993 Clare Rudkin Pecking and feather pecking in growing chickens.
1992 Steven McLeod Foraging behaviour of red kangaroos and sheep in arid New South Wales.
1991 Erica Seton Anaphylaxis associated with daily heartworm prevention treatment for dogs.

RSPCA Australia Scholarship for Humane Animal Production Research Recipients

YearName

Project Title
2012 Joseph Steer Odours from Merino wool that induce a physiological response in the blowflies Lucilia cuprina
2011 Sally Healy Australian consumers’ current knowledge of animal agricultural practices: the effect of knowledge on consumer behaviour.
2010 Rebecca Matthews A comparison of sow and piglet behaviour and productivity in the UMB farrowing pen compared to conventional farrowing crates
2009 Emma Borland Role of shelter belts in free range systems in reducing the need for beak trimming.
2008 Aprille Chadwick Producer attitudes towards animal welfare and the adoption of least stressful reproductive technologies in goats.
2007 Samantha Bickell Investigating the effects of temperament on post parturient ewe and lamb behaviour without human interaction.
2007 Kate Lennon A study of the relationship between ewe behaviour and lamb survival and the heritability of temperament in a Merino flock.
2006 No recipient  
2005 Matthew Bollen Evaluation of an integrated management system for controlling flystrike in the absence of mulesing. Project complete.  Contact science@rspca.org.au for Matthew's final report.

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