MAJOR SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS

The School’s history is characterized by significant and outstanding achievements:
 

Anatomy
SVS anatomists have been active in research into many aspects of veterinary anatomy, for example Neil May’s classic book “The Anatomy of the Sheep”; and research on the anatomy of the olfactory epithelium; male reproductive anatomy...

Animal welfare
In 2003 Professor Clive Phillips became the inaugural holder of Australia’s first Chair in Animal Welfare and established the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics. They have identified the major welfare problems in live export shipments, in pa...

Beef cattle health and production
Half the Australian cattle herd are found in the tropical and subtropical areas of Qld. As the major veterinary school in this area in Australia there is a natural focus on cattle health and production. Reproductive loss A combin...

Companion animal medicine and surgery
Effect of paralysis tick and heartworm infection on Australian dogs Studies in heartworm disease at UQ lead to major discoveries in diagnosis, treatment and understanding of the disease. Infection levels have declined due to unique therap...

Equine science
The Australian Equine Laminitis Research Unit has become an international focus of laminitis and equine foot biology research. UQ SVS scientists showed that laminitis development was enzyme based, due to carbohydrate overload which caused a paradigm...

Public Health
Research areas encompass areas of bacterial, viral and parasitic zoonoses, a paddock-to-plate approach to food safety and biosecurity. UQ SVS researchers work closely with both government and industry, namely the Australian Quarantine and Inspection...

Support of smallholder farmers and enhancement of food production in south and south east Asia
SVS researchers have been integral to many projects supported by the Australian government aid organizations AUSAID and ACIAR. These projects have focused on improving diagnosis and control of infectious diseases for smallholder farmers raising pigs...

The Centre for Companion Animal Health
This centre was established in 2002 to promote the health and welfare of animals, responsible pet ownership, and it has an active unwanted pet re-homing program. The Centre investigated the factors affecting obesity and diabetes in cats and just lik...

Wildlife research
Marine animals SVS researchers have shown that the songs of humpback whales are learnt and passed through populations 'culturally' and that the east Australian humpback whale population is continuing to grow at 10-11% per year. They are p...