B App Sci (Ag) (Hons); PhD; Grad Cert LTHE Susan gained a PhD in management of ewes for wool quality before working as a livestock officer in Victoria for several years. She joined CSU in 2006 as a researcher for the EverGraze project which evaluated flushing with lucerne, shelter for lamb survival and management systems to increase on-farm production and profit. She has since led projects focussed on improving embryonic and lamb survival through nutritional, behavioural and pharmaceutical interventions and is now a Senior Research Fellow with the Gulbali Institute at CSU. Her key research interests are sheep reproduction, but she is also an experienced simulation modeller of livestock systems, and goat reproduction and mohair production are recent research areas. Susan teaches undergraduate students in the Animal Science, Veterinary Science, Veterinary Technology courses, and has been lecturing at CSU for 10 years. Her expertise is in sheep and goat production and on-farm management for production and welfare, and fibre (wool) science. She also teaches practical sheep handling. She has supervised numerous Honours students, and has supervised several postgraduate students investigating sheep reproduction. Current projects: Simulating drought resilient landscapes with pasture choices for sheep systems (led by Holbrook Landcare network Cool Beef – developing a GHG reporting requirements for beef through the supply chain (a Cool Soils Initiative project)
Animal Science
Dr Susan Robertson
Senior Lecturer in Ruminant Production
Wagga Wagga
Building 286, Room 106