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Digestive tract health of greenlip abalone

Haliotis laegivata - Green lipped abalone, Peter Southwood [CC BY-SA 3.0]

Honours project: Explore the dietary inclusions of solvent extracted soybean meal and dehulled lupin meal  in abalone diets.

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Grape marc meal effect on digestive tract health of greenlip abalone

Haliotis laegivata - Green lipped abalone, Peter Southwood [CC BY-SA 3.0]

Honours project: Interpret the effect of dietary inclusions of grape marc meal on the digestive tract health of greenlip abalone.

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Impact of birth trauma on piglet mortality

Piglets suckling

Honours project: Are lesions indicative of birth trauma present on still-born piglets? If so, are these lesions are also present on piglets dying from other causes.

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Factors affecting fertility of female pigs

Sow piglet

Honours project: Study the effect of maternal parity and suckled litter size on sexual development of female pigs.

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Assessment of animal therapies

Therapy dog Roseworthy

Honours project: Conduct research into animal assisted interventions and activities in dogs and horses.

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Genomics of tropical composite beef cattle

Study Bioinformatics

Honours project: Work on a project to improve the accuracy of breeding value estimation in a commercial breeding program.

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Genetics of lamb survival

Sheep and lamb

Honours project: Examine the genetic relationship between birth weight and lamb survival in a research flock.

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How do environmental factors influence sheep movement, space use and social behaviour?

Sheep Roseworthy

Honours project: Identify how environmental factors influence movement, space use and social behaviour in Merino sheep.

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WWOX Enzyme function is a target for treatment of metabolic diseases including cancer

Honours project: This genetics research project will explore the WWOX Enzyme function as a target for the treatment of metabolic diseases including cancer.

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‘Non-self’ & organelle quality control mutations

Honours project: Explore a project in ‘Non-self’ and organelle quality control mutations: late-onset neurodegeneration is an auto-inflammatory disease.

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