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Biography
Dr Blache has completed his PhD in Neurosciences at INRA in France and the AFRC Neuroendocrine Laboratory at Babraham in the UK. Dr Blache was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University of Western Australia and then joined UWA. Since 1993, Dr Blache worked on projects funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC), National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), Australia Wool Innovation (AWI) and the French, Danish and Norwegian research agencies.
Dr Blache has published over 200 papers and has an h-index of 29 (Web of Knowledge: 15-09-2017) and a ResearchGate score of 40.91 and h-index of 36 (ResearhGate: 25-09-2017). He has successfully supervised 24 PhD students, 7 masters and around 40 undergraduate projects.
Dr Blache has published over 200 papers and has an h-index of 29 (Web of Knowledge: 15-09-2017) and a ResearchGate score of 40.91 and h-index of 36 (ResearhGate: 25-09-2017). He has successfully supervised 24 PhD students, 7 masters and around 40 undergraduate projects.
Roles and responsibilities
Roles:
Associate Professor - School of Animal Biology
Associate Professor - UWA Institute of Agriculture
Expertises:
Animal Ethics and Welfare
Emotion and stress in animals
Future research
Biomarkers for emotional reactivity in livestock
Funding overview
My research funding has come from the Australian Research Council, The Medical Health and Research Council, and industry funding bodies such as Meat and Livestock Australia, and Rural Industries Research Corporation.
Previous positions
2005 - 2021: Senior Lecturer
School of Animal Biology – Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UWA
2000 - 2005: Lecturer
School of Animal Biology – Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, UWA
1993 - 2000: Research Fellow
NHMRC and ARC funded position
Animal Science – Faculty of Agriculture, UWA
Current projects
Current projects with the following PhD Students:
Sarah Babington: Biomarkers of positive welfare states in sheep
Callum Connolli: Melatonin and oxidative stress
Projects with past PhD students:
Lorelle Barrett: Nesting preference and motivations in ducks.
Anna Amir: Secondary plant compounds and reproduction in sheep
Aprille Chadwick - Improving welfare of reproductive technologies for goats
Daud Dzulsuhaimi - Thermoregulation and reproduction in male alpacas
Travis Murray - Dairy ewes and temperament: shape up or sheep out
Xiaoyan Qiu: Gene polymorphisms associated with temperament in Merino sheep
Stacey Rietema: Temperament and activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in sheep
Kelsie Moore: Pelt characteristics and insulation in alpacas
Mikaela Ciprian: Ethical theories and decision making in Animal Ethics Committee
Miriam Sullivan: How can we improve welfare for aquarium fish?
Kirrin Lund - Energy and nitrogen metabolism in alpacas
Alex Wells - Why producers do what they do: the case of mulesing in the Australian wool industry
Joanne Elliott - Attitudes, social influence and human behaviour in the adoption of strategies to improve lamb survival
Sharon Tay - Does mums diet affect her offspring?
Teaching overview
I currently lecture in the following units:
SCIE2100: Social Responsibility in Action (Sem 1)
NEUR1001: Neuroscience in Society (Sem 1)
ANIM3306: Clean Green and Ethical Animal Production (Sem 2)
Research
1) Animal emotional reactivity: development of reliable and practical phenotypic measures, relationship to maternal behaviour and metabolic status, identification of genetic markers.
2) Neurodevelopment of preterm lambs (as a model for preterm infants) including emotion reactivity, cognitive function and regulation of food intake and growth.
3) Animal Welfare: thermoregulation and heat stress, stress physiology, pain management, development of predictive indicators of animal welfare, development of biomarkers of positive welfare state in livestock.
Languages
French (mother-tongue)
English (fluent)
Spanish (Knowledge) Thai (Knowledge)
English (fluent)
Spanish (Knowledge) Thai (Knowledge)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research expertise keywords
- Animal ethics and welfare
- Animal behaviour
- Animal emotion
- Stress physiology
- Endocrinology of reproduction in alpacas
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Concurrent measurement of serum and radiomic biomarkers in the clinical investigation of equine musculoskeletal injuries: A prospective pilot study
Tually, P., Currie, G., Blache, D., Meadows, J., Gray, C., Hemmings, L., O'Callaghan, P. & Murphy, D., May 2023, In: Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound. 64, 3, p. 484-491 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Low-moderate dietary phytoestrogens transiently disrupt spermatogenesis and the seminal plasma proteome in the ram
Pool, K., Kent, T. C., Ding, L., Connolly, C., Foster, K., Enkhbat, G., Ryan, M. & Blache, D., 1 Apr 2023, In: Reproduction. 165, 4, p. 445–456 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pekin ducks are motivated to lay in their preferred nest substrate
Barrett, L., Maloney, S. K. & Blache, D., 3 Jun 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Animal Welfare. 32, e28.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Shelter and shade for grazing sheep: implications for animal welfare and production and for landscape health
Masters, D., Blache, D., Lockwood, A. L., Maloney, S., Norman, H., Refshauge, G. & Hancock, S., 30 Jan 2023, In: Animal Production Science. 63, 7, p. 623-644 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
The 13C-bicarbonate technique as a tool for measurement of energy expenditure in overweight dogs undergoing body weight reduction and the effect of different dietary composition
Marcussen, C., Andersen, A., Dietrich, N., Blache, D., Theil, P. K., Biourge, V. & Tauson, A. H., 3 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Animal Science. 101, skad075.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Determining the impacts of grazing oestrogenic clovers on cattle fertility
Vercoe, P., Watts, T., Shilling, J., Foster, K. & Blache, D.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (Western Australia)
1/11/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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P.PSH.1292 - Investigating heat stress in ewes – reproductive performance
Maloney, S., Pool, K., Blache, D., Walker, D., Algar, S. & Mugera, A.
15/04/21 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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