Veterinary Science Post-graduate Association End of Year Conference Program*

Wednesday 4th of November 8.30am 4.30pm Hammond Centre, UQ Gatton

8.30 9.00
9.00 9.15
9.15 - 11.00
9.15-9.45
9.45-10.00
10.00-10.15
10.15-10.30
10.30-10.45
10.45-11.00
11.00 - 11.30
11.30 - 1.00
11.30-11.45
11.45-12.00
12.00-12.15

12.15-12.30
12.30-12.45

12.45-1.00
1.00 - 1.45
1.45 - 3.15
1.45-2.00
2.00-2.15
2.15-2.30
2.30-2.45
2.45-3.00
3.00-3.15
3.15 - 3.30

Coffee, Tea & Registrations

Welcome and Introduction
Oral Session Theme: Production
Identification of constraints and opportunities for
trade and marketing by small-scale livestock
producers in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar
Effects of in vitro exposure to ivermectin and
levamisole on the transcription patterns of ABC
transporters in Haemonchus contortus larvae
Dietary crude protein content alters trabecular bone
architecture in growing steers during restricted
metabolisable energy intake.
An optimised protocol for molecular screening of avian
pathogenic Escherichia coli from broiler chickens.
Effect of endometrial biopsy on uterine health of
tropically adapted beef cattle.

Morning Tea Break & Poster Viewing

Oral Session Theme: Wildlife
Molecular investigations of coccidia associated with an
epizootic of green sea turtles in south east
Queensland
The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in SE QLD: using
passive surveillance to understand the decline of an
iconic species
Effects of different mining noise amplitudes and
frequencies on the behaviour and welfare of wild mice
(Mus musculus): an experimental approach to
evaluate anthropogenic noise impacts on wildlife
Hendra virus infection of Black flying-foxes (Pteropus
alecto): Assessment of nutritional and physiological
drivers
Three dimensional reconstructed computer models of
bone pathology in a koala and bridled nail tail
wallabies and their potential application to veterinary
education
Investigation into host responses to Koala retrovirus
(KoRV) infection in Queensland and South Australian
koalas

Lunch & Poster Viewing Session

Oral Session Theme: Companion
& Equine
Bone biomarkers in mare-foal pairs
Evaluation of 99mTechnetium-labelled IgG for
scintigraphic imaging of infection in horses
Blood culture isolates and antimicrobial sensitivities in
119 foals from two Australian university hospitals
A pre-clinical trial using hydrogel-based delivery of in
vitro-derived mesenchymal stromal cells to affect
cartilage repair in a canine model of osteoarthritis
The role of cancer stem cells in the pathogenesis of
preneoplastic and neoplastic prostatic lesions in dogs
and as a potential target for anti-cancer therapy
Experimental West Nile virus infection in rabbits: an
alternative model for studying induction of disease
and virus control

Afternoon tea & Drinks available

Glen Coleman
Chair
Key Note Speaker
Tu Tu Zaw Win
Ali Raza
Tiago Alves Corra
Carvalho da Silva
Leena Awawdeh
Orland RamirezGarzon
Chair
Phoebe Chapman
Viviana GonzalezAstudillo
Karen Mancera

Lee McMichael

Christina Quah

Nishat Sarker
Chair
Anita Barton
Claire Doyle
Joan Norton
Arash Shahsavari
Michelle Story
Willy Suen

3.30 - 4.00
4.00 - 4.30
*subject to change

Theme leader panel session

Awards, Drinks & Closing

Chair & Panel

Committee