Staff Profile

Associate Professor in Animal Physiology

Graham Barrell

BSc DipSc PhD (Massey)

Graham Barrell

Contact Details

Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Location JBB 015a
Phone +64 3 325 2811
Extension 8064
Email Graham.Barrell@lincoln.ac.nz
 

Currently Teaching

Human and animal physiology to undergraduate classes.

Mammalian reproduction and endocrinology at graduate level.

Examiner for

 

Academic and Professional Background

 

Current Research and Publications / Selected Publications

  • Mammalian reproduction
  • Endocrinology and its links with immunology
  • Deer lactation and antler biology
  • Climate stress in dairy cows
In particular:
  • The role of c-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) as a potential marker for disorders of bone growth in children with the Christchurch School of Medicine.
  • The role of CNP during pregnancy and in brain function.
  • The biology of lactation in red deer hinds and the hardening process in bones and antlers.
  • The effects of climate stress on thermoregulation in lactating dairy cows.


Barrell G K, Wellby M P, Ridgway M J, Asher G W. Archer J A. Pre-weaning growth of red deer calves is not determined by ability of hinds to produce milk. Animal Production Science 52: 507-515, 2012.

McNeill, B.A., Barrell, G.K., Wooding, F.B.P., Prickett, T.C., Espiner, E.A. The trophoblast binucleate cell is the source of maternal circulating C-type natriuretic peptide during ovine pregnancy. Placenta 32: 645-650, 2011.

Prickett, T.C., Ryan, J.F., Wellby, M.P., Barrell, G.K., Yandle, T.G., Richards, A.M., Espiner, E.A. Effect of nutrition on plasma C-type natriuretic peptide forms in adult sheep: evidence for enhanced C-type natriuretic peptide degradation during caloric restriction. Metabolism Clinical and Experimental 59: 796-801, 2010.

Barrell, G.K., Archer, J A, Wellby, M, Ridgway, M.J. & Evans, M. J. Bovine somatotrophin stimulates milk production in red deer hinds. Animal Production Science 49: 619-623, 2009.

McNeill, B.A., Barrell, G.K., Wellby, M., Prickett, T.C.R., Yandle, T.G. & Espiner, E.A. C-type natriuretic peptide forms in pregnancy: maternal plasma profiles during ovine gestation correlate with placental and fetal maturation. Endocrinology 150: 4777-4783, 2009.

Barrell, G.K. Immunological influences on reproductive neuroendocrinology. In: Juengel, J.L., Murray, J.F., Smith, M.F. (eds). Reproduction in Domestic Ruminants VI, Nottingham University Press, Nottingham. 109-122, 2007.
 
 
 

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