Jane Lacy-Hulbert

Areas of interest:

• Mastitis in dairy cattle and the role of the teat canal
• On-farm management of milk quality, mastitis prevention and control
• Ecology and epidemiology of Streptococcus uberis mastitis
• Development of resources for improved on-farm mastitis and milk quality performance.

Key achievements:

Development / Industry: 

• Technical developer of the SmartSAMM programme, the national mastitis improvement programme funded by DairyNZ.
• Secretary of the National Mastitis Advisory Committee since June 2008.
• Chair of organising committee for the New Zealand Milk Quality Conference, a bi-annual industry conference, operating since June 2004.  Last conference was held at Claudelands, Hamilton in June 2012.

Science:

• Science leader for DairyNZ funded programme to develop genetic markers and vaccination tools for mastitis control (2007-2013)
• Science leader for a programme of work investigating ecology of S. uberis in NZ pasture-based dairy systems (2002-2007)

Other roles:

• Paper reviewer for New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Journal of Dairy Science & Journal of Dairy Research