Position

Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology

Address

School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences
Charles Sturt University
Locked Bag 588
Wagga Wagga NSW 2678

Phone: 02 6933 4107
Fax: 02 6933 4348
e-mail: nsangster@csu.edu.au
Web: www.csu.edu.au/vet

Research interests

Anthelmintic resistance, anthelmintic pharmacology, host parasite relationships.

Qualifications

BSc(Vet)(Hons) BVSc(Hons) PhD DEVPC FASP

Ten Most Significant Publications

Sangster, N.C., Prichard, R.K. & Lacey, E. (1985)  Tubulin and benzimidazole-resistance in Trichostrongylus colubriformis. The Journal of Parasitology 71: 645-651.

Sangster, N.C., Davis C.W. & Collins, G.H. (1991) Effect of cholinergic drugs on longitudinal contraction of levamisole susceptible and resistant Haemonchus contortus. International Journal for Parasitology 21: 689-695.

Wiley, L.J., Weiss, A.S., Sangster N.C. & Li, Q (1996) Cloning and sequence analysis of the candidate nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit gene tar-1 from Trichostrongylus colubriformis. Gene 182: 97-100.

Sangster, N.C., Riley, F.L. & Wiley L.J. (1998) Binding of  L.  M-aminolevamisole to receptors from levamisole resistant and susceptible Haemonchus contortus. International Journal for Parasitology 28:707 717

Bacon, J.A., Ulrich, R.G., Davis, J.P., Thomas, E.M., Johnson, S.S., Conder, G.A., Sangster, N.C., Rothwell, J.T., McCracken, R.O., Lee, B.H., Clothier, M.F., Geary, T.G. and Thompson, D.P. (1998) Comparative in vitro effects of closantel and selected  -ketoamide anthelmintics on a gastrointestinal nematode and vertebrate liver cells.  Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics,  21:190-198

Sangster, N.C., Bannan, S.C., Weiss, A.S. Nulf  S.C., Klein R.D. Geary T.G. (1999) Haemonchus contortus: Sequence heterogeneity of internucleotide binding domains from P-glycoproteins and an association with macrocyclic lactone resistance. Experimental Parasitology 91:250-257

Pook, J.F., Power, M.L., Sangster, N.C. Hodgson, J.L. & Hodgson, D.R. (2002) Evaluation of tests for anthelmintic resistance in cyathostomes. Veterinary Parasitology  106: 331-343

Sangster, N.C. & Dobson R.J. (2002)  Anthelmintic Resistance. In  The Biology of Nematodes. Editor D. Lee, Taylor and Francis, pp. 531-567.

Rowe, A, Gondro C, Emery D, Sangster N (2008) Genomic analysis of Haemonchus contortus infection in sheep: abomasal fistulation and two Haemonchus strains do not substantially confound host gene expression in microarrays Veterinary Parasitology 154, 71-81.

Currently Held Grants

RIRDC,  Diagnosis and control of small strongyle parasites of horses 2008-2011