Caroline Jacobson
Senior Lecturer
School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
Murdoch University
Australia
Biography
Caroline Jacobson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Veterinary and Life Sciences in Murdoch University
Research Interest
Caroline Jacobson has been principal investigator or joint-principal investigator of the following research: Determining the impact of protozoan pathogens on prime lamb production Impact of bacteria and coccidia on scouring & productivity in sheep Body condition score as a selection index for targeted treatment drenching strategies in adult sheep Behavioural responses of cats housed in shelters to plant-derived compounds Effect of immune suppression on parasite establishment and IgA and IgG antibody responses following Teladorsagia circumcincta challenge in grazing crossbred lambs Parasites and pathogens of veterinary and zoonotic importance in feral cats and black rats Nutritional composition of goat meat The effect of body condition and nutrition on the efficacy of BioclipTM biological wool harvesting in lambs Proof of concept for a novel intracellular vaccine against apicomplexan parasitic infections. Association between pro-inflammatory cytokines and abortion in sheep challenged with Toxoplasma gondii oocysts during pregnancy. Increasing ewe lamb fertility through dietary manipulation of starch and fat Effect of shearing ewes on lamb vigour Development of 4D farms to improve student learning to improve student learning and safety
Publications
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Yang, R., Abraham, S., Gardner, G., Ryan, U., Jacobson, C., (2017), Prevalence and pathogen load of Campylobacter spp., Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli O157/O145 serogroup in sheep faeces collected at sale yards and in abattoir efuent in Western Australia, Australian Veterinary Journal, 95, 5, pages 143 - 148.
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Al Habsi, K., Yang, R., Ryan, U., Miller, D., Jacobson, C., (2017), Morphological and molecular characterization of three Eimeria species from captured rangeland goats in Western Australia, Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 9, , pages 75 - 83.
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Dybing, N., Jacobson, C., Irwin, P., Algar, D., Adams, P., (2017), Leptospira Species in Feral Cats and Black Rats from Western Australia and Christmas Island, Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 17, 5, pages 319 - 324.
