Equine laminitis is a multifactorial condition leading to the rotation of the distal phalanx. It is widely accepted that endocrinopathic is the most common form of the condition and that Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) is ...

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is a microsporidian microorganism that causes intestinal disease in animals including humans. Although E. bieneusi has been discovered and investigated in numerous countries around the world, at the ...

Mycoplasma species are free living bacteria with minimal gene sets, and have been used as model organisms to study the basic requirements for life. M. gallisepticum and M. bovis are important pathogens of birds and cattle ...

Mycoplasma bovis is an important pathogen in cattle production systems worldwide and causes significant economic losses. It causes mastitis, pneumonia, otitis media, keratoconjunctivitis and polyarthritis in affected cattle. ...

Background: Hyperthyroidism and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are common in geriatric cats and often occur concurrently. Among other effects, hyperthyroidism causes protein catabolism and increases renal blood flow and the ...

Many diseases and injuries of synovial joints result in a focal loss of articular surface congruity. These conditions are known to lead to degenerative changes within the affected joint and subsequent osteoarthritis (OA). ...

Animal welfare is becoming critical to the general public, farmers and dairy industry. In Australian dairy farming systems, maintenance of good welfare of large numbers of surplus non-replacement young male dairy calves ...

An appraisal of current literature (Chapter 1) revealed that many parasitic worms are pathogens of animals, causing major diseases and socioeconomic losses worldwide. Efforts to control roundworms (nematodes) are often ...

Australian bent-winged bats are small, cave-roosting, insectivorous bats. There are two subspecies: the southern bent-winged bat (Miniopterus orianae bassanii) which occurs only in south-western Victoria and south-eastern ...

Evidence points towards immune dysregulation and altered host-antigen interactions resulting in chronic gastrointestinal inflammation. This project aims to test the hypothesis that differences in tissue and faecal cytokine ...