News: Honours in Animal Science subtheme - Animal behaviour
Investigating the role of perineuronal nets as a non-cellular mechanism of emotion and mood
Honours project: Investigate perineuronal nets as a non-cellular mechanism of emotion and mood.
How does scent work impact dog management and behaviour?
Honours project: Build on the successful COVID detector dog program to explore how 'scent work' impacts dog management and behaviour.
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Management of cats in local councils of Australia
Honours project: Help develop better policies for the management of cats in Australia.
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Nutrition & collective movement in the Australian plague locust
Honours project: Investigate the movement of plague locusts using laboratory and field experiments.
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Acoustic communication in alpacas
Honours project: Investigate how alpacas communicate in the context of its group’s social behaviour.
Novel markers of animal emotion
Honours project: Can differential expression of microRNA’s distinguish valence of emotional state?
Do sheep hang out with other sheep who have similar personalities?
Honours project: Determine whether sheep prefer to associate with other individuals that are similar in their behavioural type, and whether this results in an assortative social network structure.
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Assessment of animal therapies
Honours project: Conduct research into animal assisted interventions and activities in dogs and horses.
How do environmental factors influence sheep movement, space use and social behaviour?
Honours project: Identify how environmental factors influence movement, space use and social behaviour in Merino sheep.
Australian zeolite for ammonia control in aquarium fish tanks
Honours project: Study the effects of 'in water and 'in feed' application of zeolite powder for the control of ammonia in aquarium fish display tanks.
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