Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

Degree Programme Director - Animal Science
Chair of Board of Studies (Agriculture, Animal Science, Food and Human Nutrition)
Chair of Board of Examiners (Agriculture, Animal Science, Food and Human Nutrition)
Chair of Scrutiny Committee (Agriculture, Animal Science, Food and Human Nutrition)
Faculty Liaison Officer for new appointed staff on Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice

Qualifications

BSc, PhD

Memberships

British Society of Animal Science ( Chair of International Committee)
Tropical Agriculture Association

Research Interests

My specialist research area is dairying. However I have had and maintain a long standing commitment to other species - pigs and beef cattle. Much of the work is on aspects of Nutrition*Lactation*Reproduction inter-relationships. Recently I have become increasingly involved in the challenge of increasing productivity within sustainable agriculture in tropical agriculture. This includes production and comparative physiological studies in camels and buffaloes

Other Expertise

My main strength is the breadth of my knowlegde and ability to take an holistic approach to problems.

Current Work

The main areas of my current research are on dairying in the tropics. I have major projects ongoing in Thailand ( funded to Thailand and therefore not blue formed here) looking at the use of locally available feedstuffs in sustainable systems for smallholder dairy farmers.

Future Research

I would like to concentrate my research efforts on systems studies in tropical developing countries where the research findings make a real difference to livelihoods

Research Roles

Some of my research is conducted alone, some with PG students and some in teams involving either colleagues fromNewcastle or elsewhere particularly overseas.

Postgraduate Supervision

I am currently supervising 3 PGs

Esteem Indicators

BSAS Chair, International Committee

Steering Committee of MEKARN ( Mekong Animal Research Network) funded by SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency)
Advisor to IFS ( International Federation of Sciences) – Agriculture section.

Invited Paper:
Feed Resource Utilisation : Scope and Potential
In: Integrating Livestock-Crop systems to meet the challenges of Globalisation. Volume 1 (Ed. Rowlinson, P,,Wachirapakorn, C., Pakdee, P. and Wanapat, M. Proceedings of a AHAT/BSAS International Conference. Khon Kaen, Thailand. November 2005.

Six "best" recent papers:

1. Rose, M.T., Weekes, T.E.C. and Rowlinson, P. (2004). Individual variation in the milk yield response to Bovine Somatotropin in Dairy Cows J. Dairy Sci. 87 2004-2031.

2.Rose, M.T., Weekes, T.E.C. and Rowlinson, P. (2005). Correlation of blood and milk components with the milk yield response to bovine somatotropin in dairy cows. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 28 296-307.

3. Edge, H.L., Varley, M.A. and Rowlinson, P. (2004). The effect of trough colour on the voluntary food intake of postweaned pigs. Livestock Prod. Sci. 88 193-197

4. H.L.Edge, J.A.Dalby, M.A.Varley, P.Rowlinson (2005) The effect of pellet diameter on the performance of young pigs. Livestock Production Science 97 203-9

5. Hong, N.T.T., Wanapat, M., Wachirapakorn, C., Pakdee, P. and Rowlinson, P. (2004). Effects of timing of initial cutting and subsequent cutting on yields and chemical compositions of cassava hay and its supplementation on lactating dairy cows. Asian-Aust. J. Animal. Sci. 16 1763-1769.

6 Chanjula, P., Wanapat, M., Wachirapakorn, C.. and Rowlinson, P. (2003) Effects of various levels of cassava hay on rumen ecology and digestibility in swamp buffalos. Asian Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 17, 663-669.

Commentary on reasons for selection of these publications

1 and 2 are probably my highest impact and are some good detailed science !
3 and 4 represent sound applied pig research which should fit well into the themes
5 and 6 represent some of my overseas work – cassava hay shows real promise – its good work in the appropriate journal for the interested readership – albeit at low impact factor

Funding

Most of my current research is funded external to the University of Newcastle

Industrial Relevance

All of my research is highly relevant to the farming industry and some to the animal feedstuffs industry.
I am particularly proud of the contribution that some of my work on locally available feedstuffs has paid to the livelihoods of smallholder dairy farmers in developing countries eg the use of cassava tuber and hay and various by-products

Patents

Nil

Projects

• Dairy Systems studies in tropical developing countries
  Project Leader(s): Peter Rowlinson
• Increasing Productivity within sustainable agriculture
  Project Leader(s): Peter Rowlinson

Undergraduate Teaching

ACE1011 Applied Domestic Animal Physiology ML
ACE1012 Domestic Animal Physiology

ACE1020 Man's Uses of Animals ML

ACE1030 Man's Uses of PLants
ACE2021 Ruminant Livestock ML
ACE2028 Animal Feed Science and Technology ML
ACE2026 Communication Skills for Animal Scientists ML

ACE2035 Companion Animals ML
ACE3050 Animal Nutrition and Growth ML

ACE3025 Forage Utilization
ACE3028 Tropical Animal Production ML

ACE3046 Animal Science Issues
ACE3048 Livestock Behaviour

ACE3049 Companion Animal Behaviour
ACE3040 Animal Product Quality and Marketing
ACE3096 Animal Science Dissertation   ML

ACE3097 Animal Science Research Project ML
ACe3098 Agriculture Dissertation

Postgraduate Teaching

ACE8025 Tropical Animal Production ML

• Farhangfar H, Rowlinson P, Willis MB. Genetic correlations between 305-day and monthly test day milk yield records in primiparous Iranian Holsteins. In: International Conference of British Society of Animal Science. 2001, Athens, Greece.
• Bertenshaw C, Rowlinson P. The influence of positive human-animal interaction during rearing on the approach behaviour of young dairy heifers. Proceedings of the International Society of Applied Ethology Conference 2001 2001, 17.
• Wanapat M, Ngarmsang A, Korkhuntot S, Nontaso N, Wachirapakorn C, Beakes G, Rowlinson P. A comparative study on the rumen microbial population of cattle and swamp buffalo raised under traditional village conditions in the Northeast of Thailand. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 2000, 13(7), 918-921.
• Wanapat M, Foiklang S, Rowlinson P, Pilajun R. Effect of carbohydrate sources and cotton seed meal in the concentrate: II. Feed intake, nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation and microbial protein synthesis in beef cattle. Tropical Animal Health and Production 2012, 44(1), 35-42.
• Kiyothong K, Rowlinson P, Wanapat M, Khampa S. Effect of mycotoxin deactivator product supplementation on dairy cows. Animal Production Science 2012, 52(9), 832-841.
• Lunsin R, Wanapat M, Yuangklang C, Rowlinson P. Effect of rice bran oil supplementation on rumen fermentation, milk yield and milk composition in lactating dairy cows. Livestock Science 2012, 145(1-3), 167-173.
• Khejornsart P, Wanapat M, Rowlinson P. Diversity of anaerobic fungi and rumen fermentation characteristic in swamp buffalo and beef cattle fed on different diets. Livestock Science 2011, 139(3), 230-236.
• Anwar M, Cain PJ, Rowlinson P, Kahn MS, Abdullah M, Babar ME. Factors affecting the shape of the lactation curve in Nili-Ravi buffaloes in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Supplementary series 2009, 9, 201-207.
• Wanapat M, Rowlinson P. Nutrition and feeding of swamp buffalo: feed resources and rumen approach. Italian Journal of Animal Science 2007, 6(s2), 67-73.
• Sommart K, Parker DS, Rowlinson P, Wanapat M. Fermentation Characteristics and Microbial Protein Synthesis in an in Vitro System Using Cassava, Rice Straw and Dried Ruzi Grass as Substrates. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 2000, 13(8), 1084-1093.
• Sommart K, Wanapat M, Rowlinson P, Parker DS, Climee P, Panishying S. The Use of Cassava Chips as an Energy Source for Lactating Dairy Cows Fed with Rice Straw. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 2000, 13(8), 1094-1101.
• LAMBERT RJ, ELLIS M, ROWLINSON P. THE EFFECT OF FEEDING FREQUENCY ON THE BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF GROUP-HOUSED DRY SOWS USING AN ELECTRONIC SOW-ACTIVATED FEEDER. In: ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 1984.
• HUNTER E, ROWLINSON P, BRETT PA, HARRISON DG, ARMSTRONG DG. THE EFFECT ON MILK-YIELD AND COMPOSITION OF INCLUDING EITHER CONTROL SOYA OR FORMALDEHYDE-TREATED SOYA IN THE DIET OF DAIRY-COWS DURING EARLY LACTATION. In: ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 1981.
• ROWLINSON P, ALMOND M, BRETT PA, HARRISON DG, ROOKE J, ARMSTRONG DG. THE EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTARY SOYA ON MILK-PRODUCTION IN THE LACTATING COW AND AN ATTEMPTED EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL-RESEARCH-COUNCIL PROTEIN SYSTEM. In: ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 1980.
• BRETT PA, ALMOND M, HARRISON DG, ROWLINSON P, ROOKE J, ARMSTRONG DG. ATTEMPTED EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSED ARC PROTEIN SYSTEM WITH REFERENCE TO THE LACTATING COW. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY. 1979.
• ROWLINSON P, WILLIS MB, CHALMERS AJ. COMPARISON OF FRIESIAN AND HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN STEERS FOR INTENSIVE BEEF-PRODUCTION. In: ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 1979.
• HADJIPANAYIOUTOU M, HARRISON D, ROWLINSON P. EFFECT OF INCLUSION OF SALIVA SALT IN DIET UPON MILK-YIELD AND COMPOSITION IN DAIRY-COWS. In: ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 1978.
• ROWLINSON P, BRYANT MJ, VANDERSTEEN HAM. POSSIBLE ROLE OF SUCKLING BEHAVIOR IN EXPLAINING OCCURRENCE OF LACTATIONAL ESTRUS IN SOWS. In: ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 1977.