Paterson, Dr Mandy

Principal Scientist
Deputy Editor in Chief of the journal Animals, an open access journal

RSPCA Queensland
Outputs

Paterson, MBA, O’Donoghue, M, Jamieson, P and Morton, JM, (2020) The cat desexing policies and activities of private veterinary practices in Queensland, Animals, 10(5), 841

Clay, L, Paterson, M, Bennett, P, Perry, G, Rohlf, V, Phillips, CJC (2020) In defense of canine behavioural assessments in shelters: Outlining their positive applications, Journal of Veterinary Behaviour, in print (accepted March 2020)

Carter, J., Paterson M, Morton J and Gelves-Gomez , F, (2020), Beliefs and attitudes of residents in Queensland, Australia, about managing dog and cat impacts on native wildlife, Animals (under review).

Amaya, V, Paterson, MBA, and Phillips, CJC, (2020) Effects of olfactory and auditory enrichment on the behaviour of shelter dogs Animals 10(4), 581

Clay, L. Paterson, M, Bennett, P, Perry, G and Phillips, C (2019) Early recognition of behaviour problems in shelter dogs by monitoring them in their kennels after admission to a shelter, Animals, 9(11)875

Shih, H-Y, Paterson, MBA, Phillips, CJC, (2019) Socioeconomic influences on reports of canine welfare concerns to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) in Queensland, Australia, Animals, 9(10), 711

Shih, H-Y, Paterson, MBA, Phillips, CJC, (2019) Breed group effects on complaints about canine welfare made to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) in Queensland, Australia, Animals, 9(7), 390

Shih, H-Y, Paterson, MBA, Phillips, CJC, (2019) A retrospective analysis of complaints to RSPCA Queensland, Australia about dog welfare, Animals, 9(5), 282

Kerr, CA, Rand, J, Morton, JM, Reid, R, and Paterson, M, (2018) Changes associated with improved outcomes for cats entering RSPCA Queensland shelters from 2011 to 2016, Animals, 8(6), 95

Zito, S, Paterson, M, Morton, J, Vankan, D, Bennett, P, Rand, J, and Phillips, CJC (2018), Surrenders’ relationships with cats admitted to four Australian animal shelters, Animals, 8(2), 23

Hemy, M, Rand, J, Morton, J and Paterson, M (2017) Characteristics and outcomes of dogs admitted into Queensland RSPCA shelters, Animals, 7(9), 67

Alberthsen, C, Rand, J, Morton, J, Bennett, P, Paterson, M and Vankan, D, (2016) Numbers and characteristics of cats admitted to Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) shelters in Australia and reasons for surrender, Animals, 6(3), 23

Zito, S, Morton, J, Vankan, D, Paterson, M, Bennett, P, Rand, J and Phillips, CJC (2016) Reasons people surrender unowned and owned cats to Australian animal shelters and barriers to assuming ownership of unowned cats, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 19(3), 303-319

Zito, S, Morton, J, Paterson, M, Vankan, D, Bennett, P, Rand, J and Phillips, CJC (2016) Cross-sectional study of characteristics of owners and nonowners surrendering cats to four Australian animal shelters, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 19(2), 126-143

Lancaster, E, Rand, J, Collecott, S, and Paterson, M, (2015) Problems associated with the microchip data of stray dogs and cats entering RSPCA Queensland shelters, Animals, 5(2), 332

Zito, S, Vankan, D, Bennett, P, Paterson, M and Phillips, CJC (2015) Cat ownership perception and caretaking explored in an internet survey of people associated with cats, PLOS One, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133293

Georgette Leah Burns and Mandy Paterson (eds) Engaging with animals: interpretations of a shared existence. Sydney University Press, 2014

Potential areas for collaboration
All animal welfare related topics including policy and law, shelter practice, shelter medicine and ethics.