Australia, New Zealand, Phillipines and Africa

Welcome to the Home page of the Australasia and Africa Region of the International Society for Applied Ethology! The ISAE is a scientific society that focuses on the study of applied animal behavior covering topics such as farm animals, wildlife management, companion and laboratory animals, control of pests, human-animal interactions, and animal welfare. From this site you will be able to access information on present and future ISAE activities in our region.

This page is a work in progress! Regional members, if you have news or useful links for ISAE members in our region, please contact your regional secretary.

Regional News

See 'Regional Activities and Meetings' for an update on the recent RSPCA scientific seminar

A team of scientists led by CSIRO’s Dr Kishore Prayaga has been awarded a prestigious Australian Museum Eureka Prize for its work to develop a simple genetic test which has the potential to end the need to dehorn cattle in Australia. See here for further details.

Max Mariasegaram Stephanie Sinclair Ondine Sherman Kishore Prayaga and Carol Petherick

Max Mariasegaram, Stephanie Sinclair, Ondine Sherman, Kishore Prayaga and Carol Petherick

Here are some useful regional journals with regional and international applied ethology content

Wildlife Research: http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/144.htm
New Zealand Veterinary Journal: http://www.sciquest.org.nz/
Australian Veterinary Journal: http://avacms.eseries.hengesystems.com.au/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2429

Regional Activities and Meetings

The Animal Welfare Science Centre in Australia holds relevant meetings and seminars. See http://www.animalwelfare.net.au/comm/comm01.html

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Australia, holds annual scientific seminars. See http://www.rspca.org.au/what-we-do/science-and-policies/science-seminar.html for information on the most recent.

Scientific Seminar2011 RSPCA
See www.rspca.org.au/what-we-do/science-and-policies/science-seminar.html for proceedings of the recent RSPCA Scientific Seminar ' All work and no play? Modifying the behaviour of animals'.

Related Research and Education

Animal Welfare Science Centre, Australia www.animalwelfare.net.au/
Animal Welfare Science and Bioethics Centre, Massey University, New Zealand http://animalwelfare.massey.ac.nz/
Anthrozoology Research Group, Australia www.animalwelfare.net.au/arg/
Australia and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching, Australia http://www.adelaide.edu.au/ANZCCART/
Australia and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching, New Zealand http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/Site/About/Our_structure/advisory/anzccart/default.aspx/
Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, University of Queensland, Australia http://www.uq.edu.au/vetschool/welfare
Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASSAB) http://galliform.psy.mq.edu.au/ASSAB/
New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Animal Welfare Directorate http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animal-welfare
Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Animal Welfare http://www.daff.gov.au/animal-plant-health/welfare
Australian State animal welfare departments (see http://www.animalwelfare.net.au/about/links.html for links)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Australia www.rspca.org.au
New Zealand Three Rs Programme http://animalwelfare.massey.ac.nz/3r.html
Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research Centre at AgResearch (see http://www.agresearch.co.nz/science/agenviron.asp)
Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/Science/APES/Staff/AcademicStaff/Pillay/ProfNevillePillay.htm
Unitec School of Natural Sciences www.naturalsciences.unitec.ac.nz
CSIRO Animal Welfare Research Group http://www.csiro.au/science/psxj.html

Specific Funding Opportunities / Awards

NAEAC 3Rs Award
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animal-welfare/overview/advisory/naeac
NZ-UK link Foundation (for research exchanges between NZ and UK) http://www.nzuklinkfoundation.org/
RSPCA Australia scholarships for animal welfare research
http://www.rspca.org.au/what-we-do/science-and-policies/scholarships.html