Stephanie Knott

About

Stephanie graduated from Sydney University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Hons I) and then moved to the Victorian Department of Primary Industries in Hamilton, Victoria, to work as an animal nutritionist. In this position, she worked with a particular focus on ruminant nutrition, both in an advisory capacity and on research projects. During this time she undertook a PhD through the University of Melbourne exploring the physiological basis for variation in feed conversion efficiency in meet sheep. In early 2006, she decided to move back to NSW, and accepted a position as Lecturer in Physiology in the School of Animal & Veterinary Science. In this position she have responsibility for physiology teaching into both the Animal Science and Veterinary Science degree programs, and also contribute to other subjects within these degrees.
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.
Background

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• Charles Sturt University

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Publications (6)

• Lucerne pasture ad libitum after day 7 post insemination may increase embryo mortality in ewes
  2014
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• Performance of sheep in a spatial maze is impeded by negative stimuli
  Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.11.009
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• Feed efficiency and body composition are related to cortisol response to adrenocorticotropin hormone and insulin-induced hypoglycemia in rams
  Domestic Animal Endocrinology 2010 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2010.03.003
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• Relationship between behavioural reactivity and feed efficiency in housed sheep
  Animal Production Science 2010
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• Rams with poor feed efficiency are highly responsive to an exogenous adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) challenge
  Domestic Animal Endocrinology 2008 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2007.07.002
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• The use of different models for the estimation of residual feed intake (RFI) as a measure of feed efficiency in meat sheep.
  Animal Feed Science and Technology 2008 DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.05.013
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