News: Honours projects - Animal science
Histopathology in Pacific oyster health surveillance
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Honours project: Look for health and signs of disease in Coffin Bay oysters, and develop the procedures for a statewide oyster health surveillance program.
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Physical enrichment of zebrafish held for research
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Honours project: Validate methods for assessing stress in Zebrafish before comparing tanks of fish with and without environmental enrichment.
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What's the best diet for a zebrafish?
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Honours project: Develop diet recipes for a variety of life stages of zebrafish.
Efficacy of commercial transport media swabs for use in aquatic animal disease diagnosis
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Honours project: Investigate the appropriateness of commercially available transport media for pathogenic marine bacteria isolated from diseased fish.
Heavy metal resistance in E. coli isolated from pigs
![Veterinary School microscope](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/vet-microscope-4095.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=A8K4TIoY)
Honours project: Explore resistance to heavy metals in an Australia-wide collection of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolated from pigs.
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Heavy metal resistance in carbapenem-resistant bacteria
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Honours project: Mechanisms of heavy metal resistance in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolated from humans, animals and the environment.
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Improving survival of new born piglets & sow performance
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Honours project: This research aims to increase the reproductive output of sows by increasing piglet survival using supplementary nutritional strategies in late gestation.
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Ecological selection of Giant Australian Cuttlefish
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Honours project: Plunge into research about the Giant Australian Cuttlefish!
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Survival of Western Pygmy possums in arid environments
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Honours project: Do western Pygmy possums show genetic evidence of selection for enhanced survival in arid environments that may be useful for predictive translocations ahead of climate change impacts?
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Echidna CSI [Conservation Science Initiative]
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Honours project: Get involved the citizen science project that combines field ecology and molecular biology for echidna conservation.
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