Jane Lacy-Hulbert

Qualifications

• PhD, 1993, University of Reading, Berkshire, UK
• BSc (Hons) 1989 University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

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 and extension of resources for improved on-farm mastitis and milk quality performance.

Key accomplishments

• Industry: Member of the National Mastitis Advisory Committee and the technical group responsible for annual updates of the SAMM plan; key organiser of scientific programme for the SAMM Milk Quality Conference 2004, 2006, 2008; co-author of the Managing Mastitis Book, published by NMAC and LIC. 
• Science: Science leader for a successful Dairy Insight funded five year programme investigating the ecology of S. uberis mastitis (2002-2007) and a six-year FRST funded programme investigating cytokines approaches for mastitis prevention (2001-2007). Science leader for new six year programme to develop new cow selection and vaccination tools for mastitis control.

Career output summary

Other roles

• Ad hoc reviewer for New Zealand Veterinary Journal & Journal of Dairy Research.
• Local organising committee member (2002-2007) for NMAC SAMM Milk Quality Conferences 2002, 2004, 2006 held in Rotorua.
• Member of NMAC and SAMM technical committees since 1996.