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Dr Wendy Brown

Wendy Brown

Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences

Qualifications

MScAg (UNE), PhD (UNE)

Contact

Email:
Room: Woolshed (W49) Room 6
Phone: 02 6773 5125 (or +61 2 6773 5125 overseas)
Fax: 02 6773 3922

General Information

Wendy heads a successful canine research program at UNE and manages the dog research facility as a Quarantine Approved Premises. She has been conducting non-invasive dog research at UNE since 1997 by ‘borrowing’ privately-owned dogs. The interactions between nutrition, behaviour and genetics in the dog are central themes, as well as a focus on canine dental health. 

Speciality Areas:

• Companion animal health and nutrition
• Canine dental health
• Urate urolithiasis in the Dalmatian
• Canine social behaviour
• Grass eating behaviour in dogs

Current/Recent Honours & Postgraduate Students:

PhD students
• Dharma Purushothaman – Canine Nutrigenomics (Co-supervisors: Shubiao Wu and Barbara Vanselow)
• Lee Taylor – The facilitation of shelter use by sheep (Co-Supervisor)

Honours & MSc students
• Prarom Sriphavatsarakom – Scent detection and search behaviour in dogs
• Huw Nolan – Evaluating stress response in captured wild dogs
• Phonwon Singhaphan – Evaluating the potential to improve elephant welfare in Thailand through a volunteer aid program

Research Students (completed)
• Samantha Bjone (2008) Grass-eating behaviour in the domestic dog, Canis familiaris. PhD Thesis.

Publications

2010:

  1. S. McKenzie, W. Brown, I. Price (2010) Reduction in grass eating behaviours in the domestic dog, Canis familiaris, in response to a mild gastrointestinal disturbance
    Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Volume 123, Issue 1, Pages 51-55  doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2009.12.003
  2. D.B. Taylor, W.Y. Brown, I.R. Price and G.N. Hinch (2010) “Training Merino sheep to respond to visual and auditory cues” Animal Production Science, 2010, 50, 541–545 
  3. Prarom Sriphavatsarakom and Wendy Brown (2010) “Comparing scent detection and search ability in two breeds of dog” Proceedings of the VPAT Regional Veterinary Congress 2010, Bangkok, Thailand. Pages R4 - R8
  4. Wendy Y Brown (2010) “Dietary parallels in the co-evolution of dog and man” Proceedings of the 2nd Canine Science Forum, Vienna, Austria. P 101
  5. Prarom Sriphavatsarakom and Wendy Brown (2010) “The effect of B-vitamins supplementation on food responses in health dogs” The Waltham International Nutritional Sciences Symposium 2010
  6. Dharma Purushothaman, Barbara Vanselow, Shubiao Wu and Wendy Brown (2010) “Dietary flaxseed oil supplementation in two dog breeds” The Waltham International Nutritional Sciences Symposium 2010
  7. Taylor DB, Schneider DA, Brown WY, Price IR, Trotter MG, Lamb DW and Hinch GN. (2010) “Spato-temporal monitoring of sheep to investigate shelter and shade use.” 1st Australian and New Zealand Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium 2010, Armidale, NSW Australia, p.12.
  8. Taylor DB, Schneider DA, Brown WY, Price IR, Trotter MG, Lamb DW and Hinch GN. (2010) “GPS tracking of sheep to investigate shelter and shade use in relation to weather conditions.” Proceedings of the 10th International Conference Precision Agriculture (ICPA) 2010, Denver, Colorado, USA, p. 247-248.
  9. Taylor DB, Price IR, Brown WY and Hinch GN. (2010) “The effect of flock size and paddock complexity on following behaviour in Merino sheep.” Proceedings of the 44th International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) Congress 2010, Uppsala, Sweden, p. 77.

2009:

  1. Brown, W.Y. (2009) “Nutritional and ethical issues regarding vegetarianism in the domestic dog.” Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia 17, 137-143
  2. Wendy Y. Brown, Barbara A. Vanselow, Andrew J. Redman and John R. Pluske (2009) “An experimental meat-free diet maintained haematological characteristics in sprint-racing sled dogs” British Journal of Nutrition 102, 1318-1323 doi:10.1017/S0007114509389254 http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=6488296
  3. Samantha J Bjone, Wendy Y Brown, and Ian R Price (2009) “Maternal influence on grass-eating behavior in puppies.” Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 4(2), 97-98.

    http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1558787808002189
  4. Samantha J McKenzie, Wendy Y Brown, and Ian R Price (2009) “Grass-eating behaviours in the domestic dog, Canis familiaris, in response to a mild gastrointestinal disturbance.” Proceedings of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour conference 2009
  5. Donnalee B. Taylor, Geoff N. Hinch, Wendy Y. Brown, Ian R. Price and Emma K. Doyle (2009) “Can Merino sheep be trained to respond to visual or auditory cues?” Proceedings of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour conference 2009

2008:

  1. Samantha J Bjone, Wendy Y Brown, and Ian R Price (2008) “Maternal influence on grass-eating behavior in puppies.” Proceedings from the Canine Science Forum – Budapest, Hungary

2007:

  1. Wendy Brown, Andrew Redman and John Pluske (2007) “Dietary protein intake influences gut health in dogs.” Proceedings of the 32nd World Small Animal Veterinary Association annual congress - Sydney, Australia
    http://www.vin.com/proceedings/Proceedings.plx?CID=WSAVA2007&PID=18283&O=Generic
  2. Bjone, S.J., Brown, W.Y., and Price, I.R. (2007) “Grass eating patterns in the domestic dog, Canis familiaris.” Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia 16 (43-47).

2005:

  1. Brown, Wendy Y. and McGenity, P. (2005) “Effective periodontal disease control using dental hygiene chews.” Journal of Veterinary Dentistry, 22(1), 15-19.
  2. Bjone, S., Brown, W., McGenity, P., Harris, A., and Leveridge, J. (2005) “Influence of chewing on dental health in dogs.” Proceedings of the Australian Veterinary Association Annual Conference - Gold Coast, Australia.
  3. Brown, W.Y., Choct, M., and Pluske, J.R. (2005) “The use of inert markers for protein digestibility studies in dogs.” Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia, Volume 15.
  4. Brown, W.Y., McIntyre, K.A., Redman, A.J., and Pluske, J.R. (2005) “Can dogs go-go-go with no-no meat? Evaluating a meat free diet in performance dogs.” Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia, Volume 15.
  5. Sydenham, C.J., Brown, W.Y., Bjone, S.J., and Hinch, G.N. (2005) “Water – dogs like it cold.” Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia, Volume 15.

2004:

  1. Brown, Wendy Y., McGenity, Phil, and Servet, Eric (2004) “Short and long-term effects of feeding a daily oral hygiene chew on canine dental deposits.” Waltham Veterinary Focus (April) – Special Edition: Periodontal disease in dogs.

2003:

  1. Brown, W.Y., Vanselow, B.A., and Walkden-Brown, S.W. (2003) “One dog’s meat is another dog’s poison – nutrition in the Dalmatian dog.” Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia, Volume 14, 123-131.
  2. Brown, Wendy Y. and McGenity, Phil (2003) “Give the dog a chew and improve his bite!” Australian Veterinary Dental Society proceedings from the Australian Veterinary Association Annual Conference, Cairns, Australia.
  3. Twomey, L.N., Pluske, J.R., Rowe, J.B., Choct, M., Brown, W., and Pethick, D.W. (2003)  “The replacement value of sorghum and maize with or without supplemental enzymes for rice in extruded dog foods.” Animal Feed Science and Technology 108, 61-69.
  4. Twomey, L.N., Pluske, J.R., Rowe, J.B., Choct, M., Brown, W., McConnell, M.F. and Pethick, D.W. (2003) “The effects of increasing levels of soluble non-starch polysaccharides and inclusion of feed enzymes in dog diets on faecal quality and digestibility.” Animal Feed Science and Technology 108, 71-82.
  5. Twomey, L.N., Pluske, J.R., Rowe, J.B., Choct, M., Brown, W., and Pethick, D.W. (2003) “The effects of added fructooligosaccharide (Raftilose®P95) and inulinase on faecal quality and digestibility in dogs.” Animal Feed Science and Technology 108, 83-93.

2002:

  1. Brown, W.Y., Rowe, J.B., and Watson, D.L. (2002) “Antibody responses to lactic acid producing bacteria in sheep immunised with experimental acidosis vaccines.” Proceedings of the 24th Biennial conference of the Australian Society of Animal Production.
  2. Twomey, L.N., Pethick, D.W., Rowe, J.B., Choct, M., Pluske, J.R., Brown, W. and Laviste, M. (2002) “The use of sorghum and corn as alternatives to rice in dog foods.” Journal of Nutrition, Volume 132, Issue 6, page 1704S-1705S.

2001:

  1. Brown, W.Y., Roberts, K., Bird, S.H. and Rowe, J.B. (2001) “Safer grain feeding for horses.” Proceedings of the 17th Equine Nutrition and Physiology Society, 180.
  2. Rowe, J.B., Brown, W.Y., McGilchrist, N. and Bird, S. (2001) “Towards safer grain feeding for horses” International Horse Industry Symposium, July 2001, Sydney, Australia. Proceedings 342, 11- 22.
  3. Channon, A.F., Brown, W., and Rowe, J.B. (2001) “The acid test – how can we measure hindgut acidosis?” Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia, Volume 13, 35A.
  4. Twomey, L.N., Pethick, D.W., Rowe, J.B., Choct, M., Pluske, J.R. and Brown, W. (2001) “The use of sorghum and corn as alternatives to rice in dog foods.” In: The Waltham International Symposium - Pet Nutrition Coming of Age. Vancouver, Canada. Publisher: Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition. Page 53.
  5. Twomey, L.N., Pethick, D.W., Choct, M., Rowe, J.B., Pluske, J.R., Brown, W. and McConnell, M.F. (2001) “The use of exogenous feed enzymes in reducing the anti-nutritive effects of dietary fibre in dog foods.” Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia, Volume 13, 179-186.
  6. Rowe, J., Brown, W., and Bird, S. (2001) “Safe and effective grain feeding for horses.” RIRDC, Barton, ACT, Australia, Publication no 01/148. 25pp.

2000:

  1. Brown, W. and Rowe, J.B. (2000) “Dogs, diet, and diarrhoea.” Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia, Volume 24, 113.
  2. Twomey, L.N., Pethick, D.W., Rowe, J.B., Choct, M., Brown, W., and McConnell, M.F. (2000) “The effects of soluble non-starch polysaccharides and beta-glucanase in dogs.” Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia, Volume 24, 214.

Theses

Brown, W.Y. (2003) “”Improving dental health in dogs – Evaluating the effectiveness of two new dental chews.” Graduate Diploma in Science in Agriculture Thesis (UNE)

Brown, W.Y. (2003) “Reducing the risk of urate urolithiasis in Dalmatian dogs by dietary means.” Master of Science in Agriculture Thesis (UNE)

Brown, W.Y. (2007) “Investigating the potential for plant proteins in diets for dogs.” PhD Thesis (UNE)