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Research

The School of Veterinary Science has a broad range of research interests, encompassing nearly all  disciplines of veterinary science and including basic, applied and translational research.

  • Animal welfare
  • Equine
  • Companion animals
  • Livestock
  • Wildlife
  • Infectious diseases

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, Professor Jenny Seddon

  • 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

  • Calf diarrhoea: Dr John Alawneh

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

  • Lameness in dairy cows: Dr John Alawneh

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

  • Improved management of cattle phosphorusstatus: Dr David McNeill

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