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Brushtail possum responses to changing resource conditions
![Brushtail possum JJ Harrison [CC BY-SA 2.5]](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/brushtail-possum2.jpg?h=695059ea&itok=ACHOacZC)
Honours project: Investigate how brushtail possum abundance relates to resource availability in the Murray-Mallee.
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Imprinting status of type III iodothyronine deiodinase in cattle as QTL candidate for birthweight
![Iodothyronine deiodinase Betsy Smartt [CC0]](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/Iodothyronine-deiodinase.jpg?h=a1f525db&itok=150L0LfF)
Honours project: Explore the bovine genetics and analyse the affect of specific genes on birthweight in a Droughtmaster resource population.
Mitochondrial DNA haplotype & response to placental restriction in sheep
![Stefan Hiendleder](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/stefen-hiendleder.jpg?h=d011db5b&itok=DLnL8tjH)
Honours project: Determine effects of mitochondrial DNA haplotype on extent and response to placental restriction in sheep.
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Animal comparative physiology
![Kangaroo, Cleland](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/kangaroo-cleland-10792.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=oOdoc_AK)
Honours project: Study animal and bird physiology, how animals function and how function evolves.
Equine athletic performance
![Equine athlete](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/equine-athlete-24628.jpg?h=8731dce1&itok=v1yO2Yfr)
Honours project: Study the causes of poor performance in equine athletes.
Equine lameness & biomechanics
![Equine athlete](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/equine-athlete-24584.jpg?h=06f6671c&itok=YOKxi4w1)
Honours project: Define the potential detrimental effect of the surgical transection of the palmar annular volar ligament on the inter-sesamoid ligament of athletic horses.
Prevalence of lungworm in cats in South Australia
![Street cat](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/street-cat.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=DuTiJ9jj)
Honours project: Undertake a survey to examine the prevalence of lungworm in cats in South Australia.
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Longitudinal study of Giardia & Cryptosporidium infections in lambs
![Giardia intestinalis USCDCP [Public domain]](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/giardia-parasite.jpg?h=9e8245cf&itok=222aIbSR)
Honours project: Explore parasitic infections in lambs.
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Occurrence & distribution of ticks in South Australia
![Tick](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/tick.jpg?h=d295de4e&itok=rfqp36tD)
Honours project: Outbreaks of the tick-transmitted parasitic disease Theileriosis in South Australia has raised questions regarding the presence of the tick vector.
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Pathogenesis of newly emerged Newcastle disease virus in South East Asia
![Chicken Roseworthy](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/chicken-115.jpg?h=a6d828b9&itok=9-uCGVtf)
Honours project: Investigate molecular basis of pathogenicity of the Newcastle disease virus and provide preliminary information to develop new vaccines for protection of poultry in Indonesia.
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