Dr Kate Dutton-Regester

Associate Lecturer in Veterinary Public Health

School of Veterinary Science

k.duttonregester@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Dr. Kate Dutton-Regester is a Lecturer at the University of Queensland's School of Veterinary Science with a strong interest in wildlife conservation. Specialising in Reproductive Biology, Physiology, Animal Behaviour, and Epidemiology, she has worked with diverse species, from livestock to Asian elephants and the short-beaked echidna.

Currently, Kate leads multiple research projects, including investigation into wildlife hospital admissions across Australia, the study of free-ranging cats and their impact on wildlife, and, the distribution and abundance of short-beaked echidnas. Her work aims to contribute valuable insights to wildlife conservation.

Please contact Kate if interested in research projects related to any of these topics.

Publications

Journal Articles (9)

Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Dutton-Regester, Kate and Rand, Jacquie (2024). Cat Caring Behaviors and Ownership Status of Residents Enrolling a Cat in a Free Sterilization Program. Animals, 14 (20) 3022, 1-22. doi: 10.3390/ani14203022

Dutton-Regester, Kate J., Roser, Alice, Meer, Haley, Hill, Andrew, Pyne, Michael, Al-Najjar, Aiman, Whaites, Tim, Fenelon, Jane C., Buchanan, Katherine L., Keeley, Tamara, Renfree, Marilyn B. and Johnston, Stephen D. (2024). Body fat and circulating leptin levels in the captive short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 194 (4), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s00360-024-01559-z

Joseph, Joe, Charalambous, Renae, Pahuja, Harsh, Fox, Dylan, Jeon, Jiwoo, Ko, Ning-Yuan, Rao, Nishit, Wang, Zhiheng, Nerurkar, Sneh Kashinath, Sherekar, Sharvari Avinash, Yang, Yifei, Regester, Kate Dutton- and Narayan, Edward (2023). Impacts of climate change on animal welfare. CABI Reviews, 2023. doi: 10.1079/cabireviews.2023.0020

Dutton-Regester, Kate J., Roser, Alice, Meer, Haley, Russell, Freya A., Pyne, Michael, Renfree, Marilyn B., Johnston, Stephen D. and Keeley, Tamara (2023). Investigating the utility of using fecal hormone metabolites as a reproductive management tool for captive short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 330 114142, 114142. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.114142

Dutton‐Regester, Kate J., Roser, Alice, Meer, Haley, Renfree, Marilyn B., Johnston, Stephen D. and Keeley, Tamara (2022). Optimizing captive short‐beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) fecal sample identification and hormonal analysis. Zoo Biology, 42 (2), 322-327. doi: 10.1002/zoo.21732

Dutton-Regester, Kate, Keeley, Tamara, Fenelon, Jane C., Roser, Alice, Meer, Haley, Hill, Andrew, Pyne, Michael, Renfree, Marilyn B. and Johnston, Stephen (2021). Plasma progesterone secretion during gestation of the captive short-beaked echidna. Reproduction, 162 (4), 267-275. doi: 10.1530/REP-21-0110

Dutton-Regester, Kate J., Barnes, Tamsin S., Wright, John D. and Rabiee, Ahmad R. (2020). Lameness in dairy cows: farmer perceptions and automated detection technology. Journal of Dairy Research, 87 (S1), 67-71. doi: 10.1017/S0022029920000497

Dutton-Regester, Kate J., Wright, John D., Rabiee, Ahmad R. and Barnes, Tamsin S. (2019). Understanding dairy farmer intentions to make improvements to their management practices of foot lesions causing lameness in dairy cows. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 171 104767, 104767. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104767

Dutton-Regester, Kate J., Barnes, Tamsin S., Wright, John D., Alawneha, John I. and Rabiee, Ahmad R. (2017). A systematic review of tests for the detection and diagnosis of foot lesions causing lameness in dairy cows. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 149, 53-66. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.11.003

Thesis

Dutton-Regester, Kate (2018). Investigating tools to assist dairy farmers in identifying the causes of lameness in dairy cows. MPhil Thesis, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.428