SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
The Australian Institute of Tropical Veterinary and Animal Science
ANIMAL HEALTH
Aquatic Pathobiology
Diseases of prawns and their health management;Diseases of farmed fish species.
Microbiology
Development of a diagnostic ELIZA test for bovine botulism;Molecular and immunological studies on Mycoplasma bovis and its distribution on dairy cattle;
The development and evaluation of a multivalent Pasteurella multocida type A vaccine against Fowl Cholera in Asian poultry;
Role of Mycoplasma bovis in bovine clinical and subclinical mastitis.
Parasitology
Epidemiology and control of a range of intestinal and tissue parasites of livestock in northern Australia and SE Asia (especially Fasciola gigantica and Trypanosoma evansi);Onchocerca gibsoni in cattle as a model for Onchocerca volvulus in humans, its diagnosis and control;
Arthropod vector-parasite relationships, with reference to the development of the parasite within its vector (haemoprotozoa and filarial nematodes).
Pathology
Skin neoplasia of dogs.
Virology and Immunology
Immunological and molecular techniques for the detection and monitoring of Marek’s disease virus infection;Study of prawn endocrinology using immunological techniques;
Strain differentiation techniques for Newcastle disease virus;
Infectious bursal disease: isotype-specific immune responses and viral detection.
ANIMAL PRODUCTION
Physiology
Pathophysiology of transport stress in cattle.
Reproductive physiology and biology
Embryonic development and mechanisms of establishment of pregnancy;Control of reproduction in Bos indicus cattle;
Bull fertility, selection and use in extensive tropical environments;
Nutritional effects on ovarian function in cattle;
Physiological mechanisms in the development of puberty in heifers;
Biology of sperm within the male and female reproductive tracts.
Nutritional physiology and metabolism
The role and underlying mechanisms of the relative quantitative variations in muscle/adipose tissues in production/ performance and health of mammals;Feed and management strategies for improved reproductive efficiency in cattle;
Breeding and feeding of tropically adapted pigs.
Microbiology and Immunology
Control of fasciolosis due to Fasciola gigantica;
Vector potential of north Queensland Tabanids
for Trypanosoma theileri and T.
evansi;
Epidemiology of infection due to T.
evansi;
Nematode pests of sugar cane;
Nematophagous fungi in ovine and bovine faeces
in north Queensland;
Control potential of tea tree oil for banana
and papaya diseases;
Ratoon stunting disease of sugar cane;
Microbial loss of sucrose in continuous sugar
cane crushing;
Canine and rodent babesiosis;
Host/vector relationships of ticks
and mosquitoes;
Penaeid prawn virology;
Gene probe development of aquatic diseases;
Avian adenoviruses;
Immunochemical technologies for detection of
alphavirus antigens and immune responses;
Specific diagnostics for Dengue and other
flaviviruses;
Comparative studies of Asian isolates of infectious
bursal disease;
Pathogenesis of Berkholderia
pseudomallei infection;
The role of Mycoplasma bovis in
bovine clinical and subclinical mastitis;
Role of Helicobacter pylori in
human gastric ulcer disease;
Characterisation and pathogenesis of Bohle
Iridovirus;
Studies on Cherax baculovirus in
the red claw;
Penaeid prawn immunity to disease;
Epidemiology of bovine botulism;
Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons;
Taxonomy, ecology and significance of Vibrio species;
Expression of the Clostridium
botulinum toxin heavy chain molecule formed as a vaccine
immunogen and diagnostic antigen;
Marek’s disease of poultry, immunological
and molecular aspects;
Diagnostic tests for Trypanosoma
evansi;
Molecular diagnosis of herpes virus diseases;
Expression of viral proteins in baculovirus
Mycorrhizal associations with
eucalypts.
Physiology and Pharmacology
Magnetic resonance imaging and
spectroscopy applied to whole animal studies – brain and
spinal cord injury; heart metabolism; muscle exercise and fatigue;
hypoxia and ischaemia; liver toxicology; carcinogenesis;
Control of oxygen consumption and ion gradients;
Placental development in early stages of pregnancy;
Cellular proliferation and differentiation
in reproductive tissues;
Glucose homeostasis;
Pharmacotherapy in brain injury following trauma
or neonatal hypoxia;
Pharmacological characterisation of neuropeptides
and their receptors;
In vitro neuropeptide
release studies – the effects of neurotoxins;
Receptor structure/function relationships;
Drug metabolism and biological free radical
toxicology of hallogenated environmental pollutants;
Corticosteroid therapy in chronic lung disease;
Interrelationships between temperature and
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome;
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in tissue and organ
injury;
Cellular adaptation to drugs of abuse;
Stress physiology;
Biology of sperm within the male and femal reproductive tracts;
Inflammatory and immunological responses to
sperm.