News: Honours projects - Animal science

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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Immune regulation of preterm birth

Honours project: This honours project in molecular and biomedical science will investigate immune regulation of preterm birth.

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Environmental monitoring with drones: Koalas

Environmental monitoring with drones with Dr Ramesh Raja Segaran

Honours project: Use drones to assist with wildlife conservation and research.

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Viable, but non-culturable bacteria: Understanding the risks for food safety

Salmonella species growing on X.L.D. agar Nathan Reading [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0]

Honours project: This project aims to determine the ability of viable but non culturable bacteria to cause disease.

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Isolation & evaluation of protein pattern of koala retroviruses

Koala, Cleland

Honours project: Determine the antigenic pattern of isolated Koala retroviruses in South Australia.

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Full genome sequencing of recombinant strains of canine hepatitis

DNA sequencing

Honours project: Full genome sequencing will be performed to find the genomic structure of a new infectious canine hepatitis virus.

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Australian zeolite for ammonia control in aquarium fish tanks

Aquaculture

Honours project: Study the effects of 'in water and 'in feed' application of zeolite powder for the control of ammonia in aquarium fish display tanks.

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Exploring the interactions between Salmonella and Campylobacter species

Campylobacter - CDC [Public domain]

Honours project: Characterise both intra- and intercellular interactions between Salmonella and Campylobacter.

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