Adjunct Professor
Education:
PhD (1978) -- University of Melbourne
B Ag Sc (Hon)(1973) -- University of Melbourne
Discipline(s):
Animal Welfare
Websites of interest:
http://www.animalwelfare.net.au
Grants & Awards:
1999-2003 Australian Research Council: $153,635. Project: “Behaviour and welfare of suburban dogs”. Investigators: PH Hemsworth, GColeman and JL Barnett.
1999-2001 Australian Pork Limited: $82,173. Project: “Training programs for abattoir workers to improve pig welfare and meat quality welfare”. Investigators: PH Hemsworth and Coleman, GJ.
2000-2004 Dairy Research & Development Corporation: $172,339. Project: "Studies of cow behaviour and the design of milking sheds". Investigators: PH Hemsworth and KT Ng.
2001-2004 Dept Primary Industries (Vic) Initiatives Funding (ESAI): $567,274. Project: "Public perception and time budgets in farm animals" Investigators: PH Hemsworth, GJ Coleman and JL Barnett.
2001-2004 Australian Egg Industry Council: $314,175. Project: "Furnished cages for poultry". Investigators: JL Barnett and PH Hemsworth.
2002-2005 Australian Pork Limited: $261,936. Project: "The welfare of pregnant gilts and sows in large-group,deep-litterhousing systems". Investigators: PH Hemsworth, RJ Smits, HW Gonyou, GM Cronin and JL Barnett.
2002-2004 Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (egg) : $66,551. Project: “Effects of consumer attitudes and behaviour on the egg industry”. Investigators: GJ Coleman, PH Hemsworth and JL Barnett.
2002-2004 Australian Pork Limited: $71,730. Project: “Effects of consumer attitudes and behaviour on the diary industry”. Investigators: GJ Coleman, PH Hemsworth and JL Barnett.
2002-2003 Australian Pork Limited: $61,831: Project: “Stockperson selection modules development and testing”. Investigators: GJ Coleman and PH Hemsworth.
2005-2007 Poultry Cooperative Research Centre: $239,000. Project: "Human-animal relationships in the poultry industry ". Investigators: JL Barnett and PH Hemsworth.
2005-2006 Poultry Cooperative Research Centre: $136,000. Project: "Improving the scientific assessment of poultry welfare". Investigators: JL Barnett and PH Hemsworth.
2005-2006 Dept Primary Industries (Vic) Initiatives Funding (ORL): $610,000. Project: "Animal Welfare Credence Values: Welfare methodology". Investigators: PH Hemsworth and JL Barnett.
2005-2007 Australian Wool Innovation: $261,936. Project: "Welfare implications of alternative mulesing procedures ". Investigators: PH Hemsworth, JL Barnett, GM Cronin and Jongman E.
2005 Australian Wool Innovation: $21,674. Project: "A study of the behavioural responses of lambs to an alternative mulesing procedure ". Investigators: PH Hemsworth, JL Barnett and GM Cronin.
Publications:
1. Hemsworth, P.H. and Coleman, G.J. (1998). Human-Animal Interactions: Stockperson-related issues in the performance and welfare of intensively handled farm animals. Wallingford: CAB International.
2. Jongman, E.C., Morris, J.P., Barnett, J.L. and Hemsworth, P.H. (2000). EEG changes in 4 week old lambs to castration, tail docking and mulesing. Australian Veterinary Journal, 78: 339-343.
3. Cransberg, P.H., Hemsworth, P.H. and Coleman, G.J. (2000). Human factors affecting the behaviour and productivity of commercial broiler chickens. British Poultry Science, 41: 272-279.
4. Hemsworth, P.H. Coleman, G.J., Barnett, J.L and Borg, S. (2000). Relationships between human-animal interactions and productivity of commercial dairy cows. Journal of Animal Science, 78: 2821-2831.
5. Barnett, J.L., Hemsworth, P.H., Cronin, G.M., Jongman, E.C. and Hutson, G.D. (2001). A review of the welfare issues for sows and piglets in relation to housing. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 52: 1-28.
6. Hemsworth, P.H., Coleman, G.J., Barnett, J.L., Borg, S. and Dowling, S. (2002). The effects of cognitive behavioral intervention on the attitude and behavior of stockpersons and the behavior and productivity of commercial dairy cows. Journal of Animal Science80, 68-78.
7. Hemsworth, P.H., Barnett, J.L., Hofmeyr, C., Coleman, G.J., Dowling, S. and Boyce, J. (2002). The effects of fear of humans and pre-slaughter handling on the meat quality of pigs. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 53: 1-9.
8. Morrison, R.S., Hemsworth, P.H., Cronin, G.M. and Campbell, R.G. (2003). The social and feeding behaviour of growing pigs in deep-litter, group housing systems. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 82, 173-188.
9. Morrison, R.S., Hemsworth, P.H., Cronin, G.M. and Campbell, R.G. (2003). The effect of restricting pen space and feeder availability on the behaviour and growth performance of entire male growing pigs in a deep-litter, large group housing system. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 83, 163-176.
10. Barnett, J.L and Hemsworth, P.H. (2003) Science and its application in assessing the welfare of laying hens. Australian Veterinary Journal. 81: 615-624.
11. Hemsworth, P.H. (2003). Human-animal interactions in livestock production. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 81: 185-198.
12. King, T., Hemsworth, P.H. and Coleman, G.J. (2003). Fear of novel and startling stimuli in domestic dogs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 83, 45-64.
13. Kobelt, A.J., Hemsworth, P.H., Barnett, J.L. and Coleman, G.J. (2003). A survey of dog ownership in suburban Australia – conditions and behaviour problems. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 82, 137-148.
14. Hemsworth, P.H. (2004). Human-livestock interaction. In “The Well-Being of Farm Animals: Challenges and Solutions”, edited by G.J. Benson and B.E. Rollin, Blackwell Publishing, Iowa, USA, pp. 21-38.
15. Hemsworth, P.H. (2004). Human-animal interactions. In “Welfare of the Laying Hen”, Ed. G.C. Perry, CABI Publishing, Oxon UK, pp. 329-343.
Species:
Dr. Hemsworth has had an extensive research career predominantly studying the effects of social, physical and humans factors on the behavior and welfare of farm and companion animals. This research has been predominantly conducted in two areas: the effects of the social and physical environment on the behavior and welfare of farm animals, and the human-animal relationship in animal production and domestic situations.
Dr. Hemsworth has had an extensive research career spanning 30 years studying the the behavior and welfare of farm and companion animals. He is particularly recognised internationally for his research examining the effects of human-animal interactions in agriculture on the behavior, stress physiology and productivity of farm animals. For instance, he received the 1996 Animal Welfare Research Award by the British RSPCA and the British Society of Animal Science for this research contribution.
Dr. Hemsworth is Director of the Animal Welfare Science Centre, a joint centre of The University of Melbourne, Monash University and the Department of Primary Industries that was established in 1997. As Director of the Centre, Professor Hemsworth is responsible for leading and coordinating the overall allocated academic and research resources of the partner organisations in the Centre. At present there are 17 scientists working in the Centre. Total research funding for the Centre over the last 5 years was about $6 million with more than half of this funding provided by external funding sources such as the Australian rural research and development corporations, the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Dr. Hemsworth has developed and teaches animal welfare and applied animal behaviour subjects at the University of Melbourne and, with USDA funding, has worked with faculty at Ohio State University in developing a series of animal welfare modules for use in teaching animal science and veterinary science undergraduates. He presently has 6 graduate students studying the welfare of farm and companion animals.
