Livestock

Livestock production, health, reproduction and genetics

The School is an international leader in research on subtropical cattle production and health. Project areas include:

• Reproductive performance in extensively farmed cattle: Professor Michael McGowan, Dr Gry Boe-Hansen, Professor Jonathan Hill

• Respiratory disease in feedlot cattle: Professor Michael McGowan, Dr Tamsin Barnes

• Contraceptive vaccines for cattle: Professor Michael McGowan

• Cattle sperm quality: Dr Gry Boe-Hansen

• Cattle genetics, including diagnosis of inherited diseases: Professor Michael McGowan, Associate Professor Jenny Seddon, Dr Russell Lyons

• Bone metabolism and increasing skeletal growth in cattle: Dr Lisa Kidd, Dr David McNeill

• Reviewing diagnostic technologies for monitoring animal health: Dr John Alawneh, Professor Michael McGowan, Dr Tim Olchowy

• Calf diarrhoea: John Alawneh, Tim Olchowy

• Treatment of mastitis in lactating dairy cows: Dr John Alawneh, Dr Tim Olchowy, Dr Justine Gibson, Dr Rachel Allavena

• Lameness in dairy cows: Dr John Alawneh, Dr Tim Olchowy

• Probiotics in livestock using animal nutrition studies and metagenomics: Dr David McNeill

• Improved management of cattle phosphorusstatus: Dr David McNeill