UQ pig researcher scoops national award

A University of Queensland post-graduate student has been recognised at a recent pig industry conference in Adelaide.

Larissa Beale, whose research focuses on the prevention of diarrhoea in weaning piglets, has received the Pork CRC’s Best Presentation Award at the 13th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association (APSA) Conference.

Her presentation ‘Probiotics successfully limit the severity of post weaning diarrhoea’ scored 81.14 out of a possible 100.

Pork CRC CEO, Dr Roger Campbell, said all presentations and posters were of the highest quality and the competition was extremely tough.

“The Australian pork industry’s future, especially in research and development, is clearly in the very capable hands of some fine young Pork CRC supported students, “he said.

Further to her support from the Pork CRC, Ms Beale concedes that her achievements were also made possible thanks to a positive educational experience at UQ.

“We learnt various research skills but more critically, we learnt how to take research ideas out of the laboratories and into industrial settings in practical ways for our Australian farmers.”

Larissa was first awarded Bachelor of Applied Science with First-Class Honours in 2007 from The University of Queensland Gatton

In the future she hopes to develop new strategies to help combat disease in pigs and improve animal husbandry and welfare methods.

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