News: Honours projects - Animal science
Dust exposure and airway inflammation in horses fed round bale hay
![Horses round bale by Surita Du Preez](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/horses-round-bale.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=c1rpe2uQ)
Honours project: Investigate dust exposure and pulmonary inflammation in horses fed round bale hay using a metal, round bale feeder.
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Megafaunal evolution and extinction
![Climate change wiped out the 'Siberian unicorn'](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/2018-11/news-siberian-unicorn.jpg?h=a9f5c027&itok=Dn4R4xVc)
Honours project: Explore the evolution and extinction of megafauna such as dire wolves, mammoths and Tasmanian tigers.
Genomic consequences of major ecological transitions in evolution
![Olive sea snake](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-02/news-sea-snake-olive.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=4wDnawbW)
Honours project: Undertake a comparative analysis of whole genome sequences for terrestrial and marine snakes.
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Mating systems in elapid snakes
Honours project: Undertake research into mating systems in elapid snakes using captive husbandry, reproductive anatomy and genetic analyses of parentage.
Ancient DNA from extinct fauna
![Adzebill skeleton on display in the Canterbury Museum, New Zealand](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-02/news-nz-bird-adzebill.jpg?h=34e43602&itok=Rv7TgwaT)
Honours project: Analyse genomic data from animal remains that are hundreds to tens-of-thousands of years old.
Can the novel IVOS biosensor diagnose mastitis in dairy cows?
![Cow udder by Thanks for your Like • donations welcome from Pixabay](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-05/cow-udder.jpg?h=3ebb19bb&itok=kjb4g5nM)
Honours project: Validate a novel biosensor as a potential diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows.
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What hare is it there? Genetic diversity of Australia’s invasive hares
![Lepus europaeus by Jean-Jacques Boujot from Paris, France](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-06/hare-lepus_europaeus.jpg?h=59aff2be&itok=gPG_sdhp)
Honours project: Help uncover the morphological variation that allows rapid adaptive evolution in two invasive species, the rabbit and hare.
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Muscular anatomy of rabbits and hares
![European rabbits by CSIRO](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-06/csiro_scienceimage_453_european_rabbits.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=bPVqmimS)
Honours project: Hopping versus running - study the comparative muscular architecture and biomechanics of rabbits and hares.
Does eating cruciferous vegetables protect us against breast cancer?
![Cauliflower coloured by Reinhard Thrainer from Pixabay](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-04/cauliflower-coloured.jpg?h=b8aae163&itok=ey-5xjkz)
Honours project: Explore the anti-breast cancer actions of isothiocyanates from cruciferous vegetables.
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Phylogeography and conservation genetics of Australian birds and mammals, including night parrots, wombats and quolls
![ADIFF dna testing 2](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-02/dna-testing-19409.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=4YogNnHq)
Honours project: Use DNA sampled through space and time to understand the evolution and conservation genetics of Australian birds and mammals.