News: Honours in Animal Science subtheme - Production animal health
Sheep Pain Mitigation Trial
Honours project: Join a team of researchers who are investigating the experience of pain in sheep.
How does Vitamin D improve piglet performance?
Honours project: Measure the impact of exposure to UV light on growth, serum levels of vitamin D, and immune function in nursing piglets.
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Uterine priming and pig fertility
Honours project: This pig fertility project will explore the influence of pre-breeding seminal components on gilt fertility.
Is apple cider vinegar good for newborn piglets?
Honours project: This study will look at supplying an acid to newborn pigs to establish gut health and microbial populations.
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Can the novel IVOS biosensor diagnose mastitis in dairy cows?
Honours project: Validate a novel biosensor as a potential diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows.
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Investigating the cause and prevention of red gut in lambs grazing lucerne
Honours project: Identify factors contributing to the incidence of red gut in lambs grazing lucerne, and develop strategies to prevent red gut from occurring.
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Impact of thermal environment and melatonin on animal body temperature and reproduction
Honours project: Research opportunities are available to investigate how body temperature variation in pigs and sheep impact reproduction.
Evaluating vaccine response in sheep
Honours project: Evaluate the efficacy of a Mycoplasma vaccine to produce an immune response in sheep.
Use of local anaesthesia for lamb marking
Honours project: Evaluate the efficacy and adoption of Numnuts, a local anaesthetic used on sheep.
Lactation oestrus and breeding in sows
Honours project: Efficacy of a modified gonadotrophin protocol for oestrus and ovulation in lactation
Lactation oestrus and breeding in sows.
