Dr Mike King

2024

Journal - Research Article

Glassey, S., Liebergreen, N., Rodriguez Ferrere, M., & King, M. (2024). 1000 animals left behind: Responder experiences of the 2017 Edgecumbe flood in New Zealand. Animals, 14, 2083. doi: 10.3390/ani14142083

Allen, K., King, M., Anderson, L., & Mullan, S. (2024). Ethical issues concerning UK veterinary surgeons practicing in equine sports medicine. Equine Veterinary Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/evj.14204

2023

Journal - Research Article

Glassey, S., Liebergreen, N., Rodriguez Ferrere, M., & King, M. (2023). It was one of the worst days of my life: Companion animal owners’ experiences of the Edgecumbe 2017 flood in Aotearoa New Zealand. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 96, 103923. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103923

Journal - Research Other

Allen, K., Anderson, L., King, M., & Mullan, S. (2023). Competing interests at the heart of equine sports medicine ethics: A scoping review and thematic analysis. Equine Veterinary Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/evj.13942

Zohny, H., McMillan, J., & King, M. (2023). Ethics of generative AI. Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(2), 79-80. doi: 10.1136/jme-2023-108909

2022

Journal - Research Article

King, M., & Zohny, H. (2022). Animal researchers shoulder a psychological burden that animal ethics committees ought to address. Journal of Medical Ethics, 48, 299-303. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106945

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hounsell, J., Liebergreen, N., King, M., & McGregor, A. L. (2022). Exploring the awareness of people affected by Huntington's disease towards regenerative therapies. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1557), (pp. 103). Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Other Research Output

King, M., & Maclaurin, J. (2022, September). The ethics of cryptocurrencies. Joint Bioethics-Philosophy Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

2021

Journal - Research Article

Woodhouse, J., Carr, A., Liebergreen, N., Anderson, L., Beausoleil, N. J., Zobel, G., & King, M. (2021). Conceptualizing indigenous human-animal relationships in Aotearoa New Zealand: An ethical perspective. Animal, 11, 2899. doi: 10.3390/ani11102899

Soryl, A. A., Moore, A. J., Seddon, P. J., & King, M. R. (2021). The case for welfare biology. Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics, 34(2), 7. doi: 10.1007/s10806-021-09855-2

Other Research Output

King, M., Liebergreen, N., & Anderson, L. (2021, August). Responsible research and innovation: Animal-only antimicrobial development as a case study. Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

2020

Journal - Research Article

Glassey, S., Rodriguez Ferrere, M., & King, M. (2020). Lessons lost: A comparative analysis of animal disaster response in New Zealand. International Journal of Emergency Management, 16(3), 231-248. doi: 10.1504/IJEM.2020.113943

Rodriguez Ferrere, M. B., & King, M. (2020). A commissioner for animals. New Zealand Law Journal, (10), 379-382.

King, M., Webster, J., Cameron, C., & Zobel, G. (2020). Interactive data-gathering posters as a research tool: A case study assessing public opinion on incorporation of natural behavior into management systems. Animals, 10, 971. doi: 10.3390/ani10060971

2019

Journal - Research Article

King, M., & Ballantyne, A. (2019). Donor-funded research: Permissible, not perfect. Journal of Medical Ethics, 45, 36-40. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2018-104966

Journal - Research Other

Seddon, P. J., & King, M. (2019). Creating proxies of extinct species: The bioethics of de-extinction. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 3(6), 731-735. doi: 10.1042/ETLS20190109

King, M. (2019). Implications of moral uncertainty: Implausible or just unpalatable? Journal of Medical Ethics, 45(7), 451-452. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2019-105588

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Penman, D., Scott, B., Allison, J., Buckley, T., Dearden, P., Drummond, A., … Henaghan, M., … Matisoo-Smith, L., … Robertson, S., Wilcox, P., Everett-Hincks, J., King, M., … Fineran, P., Gemmell, N., … Scott, M. (2019). Gene editing: Scenarios in pest control. Wellington, New Zealand: Royal Society Te Apārangi. [Technical/Scientific Report].

Rodriguez Ferrere, M., King, M., & Larsen, L. M. (2019). Animal welfare in New Zealand: Oversight, compliance and enforcement. (pp. 1-182). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9276

2018

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

King, M. (2018). The challenge of weighing harms and benefits in animal research. Welfare Pulse, 25(July), 14 and 17.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

King, M., & Rodriguez Ferrere, M. B. (2018, July). Animal welfare law in New Zealand: Oversight, compliance, and enforcement. Verbal presentation at the Fifth Annual Oxford Summer School on Animal Ethics: Animal Ethics and Law: Creating Positive Change for Animals, Oxford, UK.

King, M., Kennedy, M., Rhodes, S., & Brown, A. (2018, June). Opening the doors on animal research. Panel discussion at the Australian and New Zealand Laboratory Animal Association (ANZLAA) New Zealand Branch Winter Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Other Research Output

Snelling, J., King, M. (2018, November). Rogue scientist: the human CRISPR experiment. Journal of Medical Ethics blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2018/11/29/rogue-scientist-the-human-crispr-experiment

King, M. & Rodriguez Ferrer, M. (2018, August). Animal welfare law in NZ: Are we doing it right? Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

2017

Journal - Research Article

McMillan, J., & King, M. (2017). Why be moral in a virtual world? Journal of Practical Ethics, 5(2), 30-48. Retrieved from http://www.jpe.ox.ac.uk/

Jones, D. G., & King, M. R. (2017). Maintaining the anonymity of cadavers in medical education: Historic relic or educational and ethical necessity? Anatomical Sciences Education, 10(1), 87-97. doi: 10.1002/ase.1618

2016

Journal - Research Article

King, M. R. (2016). Killing and feeling bad: Animal experimentation and moral stress. Animal Studies Journal, 5(2), 119-133.

Gavaghan, C., & King, M. (2016). Can facilitated aid in dying be permitted by 'double effect'? Some reflections from a recent New Zealand case. Journal of Medical Ethics, 42(6), 361-366. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103411

Journal - Research Other

Ensoli, B., Cafaro, A., Amicosante, M., Andrieu, J.-M., Boyer, J. D., Garcia, F., … King, M. R., … van Regenmortel, M. H. V. (2016). Old and new concepts and strategies in HIV vaccinology: A report from a workshop held in Rome on 17 June 2016. Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research, 7(11), 634. doi: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000634

King, M. R. (2016). Basic research in HIV immunology is hampered by reductionist thinking. Frontiers in Immunology, 7, 42. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00042

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ballantyne, A. J., & King, M. R. (2016). Pay to play: Participant funded clinical research for rare diseases. Proceedings of the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) Conference. Retrieved from https://aabhl.org/

King, M. (2016). HIV vaccine development: Is a moral wrong occurring? Journal of Vaccines & Vaccination, 7(3, Suppl.), (pp. 77). doi: 10.4172/2157-7560

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

King, M. (2016, November). Ethical decision making. Keynote presentation at the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) National Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand.

2015

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

King, M. (2015, June). Animal experimentation and dirty hands. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law (AABHL) Conference: Working with Diversity, Wellington, New Zealand.

2014

Journal - Research Article

King, M. R., Whitaker, M. I., & Jones, D. G. (2014). I see dead people: Insights from the humanities into the nature of plastinated cadavers. Journal of Medical Humanities, 35(4), 361-376. doi: 10.1007/s10912-013-9230-z

Journal - Research Other

King, M., Gavaghan, C., & McMillan, J. (2014). Medical regulation of cognitive enhancement devices: Some concerns. Journal of Law & the Biosciences, 1(3), 334-339. doi: 10.1093/jlb/lsu020

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

King, M. (2014, January). Remotely controlled cyborg cockroaches: Finally someone's in charge, or wrongful encroachment? Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Bioethics Conference: New Questions New Answers, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2013

Chapter in Book - Research

King, M. (2013). Box 6.1: The warrior gene. In J. E. Sieber & M. B. Tolich (Eds.), Planning ethically responsible research. (2nd ed.) (pp. 95-96). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. [Case Study].

Journal - Research Article

Gavaghan, C., & King, M. (2013). Reporting suicide: Safety isn't everything. Journal of Primary Health Care, 5(1), 82-85. doi: 10.1071/HC13082

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

King, M. (2013, September). Dividing sport into enhanced and unenhanced leagues. Verbal presentation at the Bioethics Centre 25th Anniversary Symposium: Sports Ethics, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2012

Journal - Research Article

King, M. R. (2012). A league of their own? Evaluating justifications for the division of sport into 'enhanced' and 'unenhanced' leagues. Sport, Ethics & Philosophy, 6(1), 31-45. doi: 10.1080/17511321.2011.587198

Journal - Research Other

Jones, D. G., King, M. R., & Whitaker, M. I. (2012). Brains and persons: An educational perspective. Clinical Anatomy, 25(4), 513-514. doi: 10.1002/ca.22029

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

King, M. (2012, January). A league of their own? Evaluating justifications for the division of sport into "enhanced" and "unenhanced" leagues. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Bioethics Conference: No Country for Old Men (or Women), Dunedin, New Zealand.

2011

Chapter in Book - Research

King, M., Whitaker, M., & Jones, G. (2011). Speculative ethics: Valid enterprise or tragic cul-de-sac? In A. Rudnick (Ed.), Bioethics in the 21st Century. (pp. 139-158). InTech. doi: 10.5772/19684

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

King, M. (2011, March). A league of their own? Why dividing sport into ″enhanced″ and ″unenhanced″ leagues fails to solve the illegal enhancement problem in sport. Verbal presentation at the Future of Fairness Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2009

Chapter in Book - Research

King, M. (2009). Scientific responsibility. In M. Henaghan (Ed.), Genes, society and the future (Vol. III). (pp. 296-320). Wellington, New Zealand: Brookers.

Journal - Research Article

Jones, D. G., King, M. R., & Whitaker, M. I. (2009). Who gets born? How did New Zealand's Bioethics Council arrive at its recommendations? [Viewpoint]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1294). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1294/3585/content.pdf

2008

Journal - Research Article

Wensley, D., & King, M. (2008). Scientific responsibility for the dissemination and interpretation of genetic research: Lessons from the ″warrior gene″ controversy. Journal of Medical Ethics, 34, 507-509. doi: 10.1136/jme.2006.019596

King, M. R., Morel, P. C. H., Revell, D. K., Pluske, J. R., & Birtles, M. J. (2008). Dietary bovine colostrum increases villus height and decreases small intestine weight in early-weaned pigs. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 21(4), 567-573.

King, M. R., Morel, P. C. H., Pluske, J. R., & Hendriks, W. H. (2008). A comparison of the effects of dietary spray-dried bovine colostrum and animal plasma on growth and intestinal histology in weaner pigs. Livestock Science, 119, 167-173. doi: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.04.001

2007

Chapter in Book - Research

King, M. (2007). The Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The role of public consultation in decision-making. In N. Page (Ed.), Genes, society and the future (Vol. 1). (pp. 147-195). Dunedin, New Zealand: Human Genome Research Project, University of Otago.

Journal - Research Article

King, M. R., Wester, T. J., & Morel, P. C. H. (2007). The effect of dietary spray-dried bovine colostrum and plasma on the response of pigs to enterotoxigenic E. coli challenge after weaning. Livestock Science, 108, 292-294.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Wensley, D., & King, M. (2007, July). Researching behavioural genetics: An examination of the ″Warrior Gene'″ controversy. Verbal presentation at the Otago District Law Society Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2006

Chapter in Book - Research

King, M. (2006). Part D: Public opinion and perceptions of reproductive genetic technologies [in Chapter 4: A discussion of ethical issues]. In M. Henaghan (Ed.), Choosing genes for future children: Regulating preimplantation genetic diagnosis. (pp. 199-218). Dunedin, New Zealand: Human Genome Research Project, University of Otago.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

King, M. R., Wester, T. J., & Morel, P. C. H. (2006). The effect of dietary spray-dried bovine colostrum and plasma on the response of pigs to enterotoxigenic E. coli challenge after weaning. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Digestive Physiology in Pigs. (pp. 42). Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

King, M. (2006, February). Making chickens better: The ethics of engineering interests. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Bioethics Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2005

Journal - Research Article

King, M. R., Ravindran, V., Morel, P. C. H., Thomas, D. V., Birtles, M. J., & Pluske, J. R. (2005). Effects of spray-dried colostrum and plasmas on the performance and gut morphology of broiler chickens. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 56, 811-817.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

King, M. R. (2005). [Review of the book Animals and ethics: An overview of the debate]. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 2(1), 48-50.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Henaghan, M., Evans, D. M., Wensley, D., Matthews, G., King, M., & Wee, R. (2005, November). Legal implications and policy options relevant to human genome-based technologies. Verbal presentation at the Talking Biotechnology Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

2003

Chapter in Book - Research

King, M. R., Kelly, D., Morel, P. C. H., & Pluske, J. R. (2003). Aspects of intestinal immunity in the pig around weaning. In J. R. Pluske, J. Le Dividich & M. W. A. Verstegen (Eds.), Weaning the pig: Concepts and consequences. (pp. 219-257). The Netherlands: Wageningen.