Staff Profile:
Dr Angus Campbell
Lecturer - Ruminant Production and Medicine
Dr Angus Campbell has been a veterinary consultant (sheep & beef cattle) with the Mackinnon Project, University of Melbourne, since 2002 and was the inaugural Thomas George Seymour Fellow in the Faculty of Veterinary Science in 2007. He completed a PhD in 2006 that investigated risk factors for post-weaning sheep mortality on wool-producing farms in south-eastern Australia, and the effect of different annual shearing times on sheep health and wool production.
Dr Campbell graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Honours) from the University of Melbourne in 1995 and also holds a Bachelor of Animal Science in the area of molecular parasitology. Prior to his commencement with the Mackinnon Project, he worked in mixed veterinary practice in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Dr Campbell is currently undertaking work with the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation to improve management and survival of weaner sheep on Australian farms, as well as working with Mackinnon Project clients and farmer education groups throughout Victoria. His other research interests include field epidemiology and statistical modelling of animal survival in extensive production systems.
Contact details:
Telephone: +613 9731 2226
Facsimile: +613 9731 2388
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Teaching Responsibilities:
Lecturer - ruminant production and medicine
Field of Expertise:
Sheep & beef cattle health and production
Member of Research Groups:
Sheep and Beef Cattle Management and Production
Selected Publications:
AJD Campbell AJD, Vizard AL Vizard. 2002. Making money from beef cattle in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Annual Congress of Livestock Health & Production Group of the South African Veterinary Association
Campbell AJD, Larsen JWA. 2004. The survival of Merino lambs from weaning to 12 months old. In 'Profit From Grass: Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Grassland Society of Southern Australia Inc.' Launceston, Tasmania.
Campbell AJD, Gasser RB, Chilton NB. 1995. Differences in a ribosomal DNA sequence of Strongylus species allow identification of single eggs. International Journal for Parasitology 25(3): 359-365.
Campbell AJD, Chilton NB, Gasser RB.1994. Rapid molecular differentiation of strongyle eggs. In 'Equine infectious diseases VII: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference, Tokyo, Japan 8th-11th June 1994'. Tokyo, Japan. 7:296. (R & W Publications (Newmarket) Ltd, Newmarket, UK)
Risk factors for post-weaning mortality of Merino sheep in south-eastern Australia. AJD Campbell, AL Vizard, JWA Larsen Aust Vet J submitted (2007)
Quantified estimates of risk factors for post-weaning mortality of weaner Merino sheep in south-eastern Australia. AJD Campbell, AL Vizard, JWA Larsen Proceedings of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine 75–83 (2007)
The Effect of Different Shearing Times on Wool Production from a Self-Replacing, Spring-lambing Merino Flock. AJD Campbell, JWA Larsen, AL Vizard Proc Aust Sheep Veterinarians Conference 16:83–7 (2006)
Quantified Estimates of Risk Factors Associated with Mortality of Weaner Merino Sheep. AJD Campbell, JWA Larsen, AL Vizard Proc Aust Sheep Vet Conf 16:166–72 (2006)