Peta Hitchens

Association of thoroughbred racehorse workloads and rest practices with trainer success

AV Morrice‐west, PL Hitchens, EA Walmsley, ASM Wong, RC Whitton

Journal article  |  2021  |  Animals

Understanding the relationship between the training practices of Thoroughbred racehorses and race performance is important to ensu..

Factors associated with racing performance and career duration for Victorian-born Thoroughbreds

ML Flash, HK Crabb, PL Hitchens, SM Firestone, MA Stevenson, JR Gilkerson

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

The number of horses leaving the Australian Thoroughbred (TB) racing industry each year is of concern to animal welfare advocates,..

A Cross Sectional Survey of International Horse-Racing Authorities on Injury Data Collection and Reporting Practices For Professional Jockeys

Siobhan O'Connor, Peta L Hitchens, Charlotte Bolwell, Rachel Annan, Adrian McGoldrick, Lauren Fortington

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF EQUINE VETERINARY SCIENCE

Jockey injuries are common in professional horse-racing and can result in life-threatening or career-ending outcomes. Robust injur..

The Welfare of Animals in Australian Filmed Media

Peta L Hitchens, Rachael H Booth, Kirsten Stevens, Annabelle Murphy, Bidda Jones, Lauren M Hemsworth

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANIMALS

Animals play a significant role in the production of film and television in Australia and globally. Given this, regulating and mon..

Socializing One Health: an innovative strategy to investigate social and behavioral risks of emerging viral threats

Karen Saylors, David J Wolking, Emily Hagan, Stephanie Martinez, Leilani Francisco, Jason Euren, Sarah H Olson, Maureen Miller, Amanda E Fine, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga, Tran Minh Phuc, Jusuf D Kalengkongan, Predict Consortium, Tina Kusumaningrum, Alice Latinne, Joko Pamungkas, Dodi Safari, Suryo Saputro, Djeneba Bamba, Kalpy Julien Coulibaly, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  ONE HEALTH OUTLOOK

In an effort to strengthen global capacity to prevent, detect, and control infectious diseases in animals and people, the United S..

Microstructural properties of the proximal sesamoid bones of Thoroughbred racehorses in training

Babatunde A Ayodele, Peta L Hitchens, Adelene SM Wong, Eleanor J Mackie, R Christopher Whitton

Journal article  |  2020  |  EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: Proximal sesamoid bone fractures are common catastrophic injuries in racehorses. Understanding the response of proxima..

Variation in GPS and accelerometer recorded velocity and stride parameters of galloping Thoroughbred horses

Ashleigh V Morrice-West, Peta L Hitchens, Elizabeth A Walmsley, Mark A Stevenson, Adelene SM Wong, R Chris Whitton

Journal article  |  2020  |  EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: With each stride, galloping horses generate large skeletal loads which influence bone physiology, and may contribute t..

Fatigue behavior of subchondral bone under simulated physiological loads of equine athletic training

undefined Shaktivesh, Fatemeh Malekipour, R Christopher Whitton, Peta L Hitchens, Peter VS Lee

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Fatigue-induced subchondral bone (SCB) injuries are prevalent among athletes due to the repetitive application of high magnitude l..

Do riders who wear an air jacket in equestrian eventing have reduced injury risk in falls? A retrospective data analysis

Lindsay E Nylund, Peter J Sinclair, Peta L Hitchens, Stephen Cobley

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT

Global shifts in mammalian population trends reveal key predictors of virus spillover risk

Christine K Johnson, Peta L Hitchens, Pranav S Pandit, Julie Rushmore, Tierra Smiley Evans, Cristin CW Young, Megan M Doyle

Journal article  |  2020  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Emerging infectious diseases in humans are frequently caused by pathogens originating from animal hosts, and zoonotic disease outb..