Stephanie Knott

Biography

Steph's interests lie in the area of ruminant nutritional physiology, with particular emphasis on energy metabolism and stress. She has completed projects in the areas of fodder quality for livestock, feed conversion efficiency in beef cattle and more recently in the area of physiological mechanisms underlying feed conversion efficiency in meat sheep, which explored numerous parameters including body composition, stress and hormone/metabolite profiles. At CSU since early 2006, Steph contributes to teaching in VSC226 / VSC227 Veterinary Physiology, ASC273 Animal Nutrition, and ASC111 Animal Structure & Function and coordinates the subjects ASC171 Animal Anatomy & Physiology and ASC223 Animal Growth & Development for livestock production, animal science and equine science students.

Research Interest

My research interests lie in the area of ruminant nutritional physiology, with particular emphasis on energy metabolism, stress and the role of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and the impact this can ultimately have on animal production systems.