Australia - University of Adelaide School of Animal and Veterinary Science

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Introduction

The School of Veterinary Science at Adelaide provides undergraduate, pre-veterinary and postgraduate education and training for students undertaking studies in veterinary sciences, research within a number of clinical specialties and a range of specialist referral diagnostic and treatment modalities. The School offers a unique focus on the needs of Australian livestock production, equine health; and provide facilities in the areas of animal health, biomedical and animal sciences aimed at attracting both local and international students and research professionals.
Students in the School come from across Australia and also from many overseas countries, including New Zealand, Japan, the United States, South Africa, China and Indonesia.There is a good mix of students that have come directly from high school as well as those who have previously studied in other courses and/or from the workforce.
The academic staff within the School are also a vibrant mix that have come together from around the world with backgrounds from various academic institutions as well as from industry and commercial enterprises.

History

In 1883, Australia's first Agricultural College was established at Roseworthy, 50 km north of Adelaide. Since establishment, Roseworthy Agricultural College has been recognised by the Australian Agricultural Industry as the premier teaching facility for the sector and close partnership with the industry and Government research groups. In 1991, the Roseworthy Agricultural College joined forces with the University of Adelaide.

Education

Roseworthy Campus of the University of Adelaide is an internationally renowned centre for excellence in dryland agriculture, natural resource management and animal production.

Roseworthy is continuing its pioneering role with a strategic vision for the 21st century that focusses on combining and integrating resources with campus partners and rural industries to develop the campus as the hub of information transfer, communication, learning and new technologies for the rural community.

Campus partners include Technical and Further Education (TAFE) SA, Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA) and the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI). Roseworthy is also the location for collaborative centres such as the Pig and Poultry Production Institute (PPPI) which is part of Livestock Systems Alliance (LSA).

The campus is home to the State Government's Constellation in Animal Science, a major player in several Cooperative Research Centres (including Pork CRC, Poultry CRC, Beef CRC and Bio-remediation); and the JS Davies Beef Cattle Research Centre. Australian Grain Technologies Pty Ltd (AGT) is the largest cereal breeding company in Australia and one of the largest in the world, and has made Roseworthy the centre of its national operations.

Roseworthy Campus has an annual intake of approximately 60 students in Veterinary Science. The campus houses a leading-edge Veterinary Health Centre, providing exceptional services to the public and offering students in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program real world experience.

Research

The School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences hosts a range of research activities on the Roseworthy Campus of the University of Adelaide. The School provides an outstanding environment for research with high quality infrastructure and access to a variety of industry and research facilities. In addition, staff members are internationally recognised for their contributions to scientific and veterinary research.

The School is involved in various Cooperative Research Centres and has well-established links with many partner organisations that add considerably to the research opportunities available. These include the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), the Department of Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), the Pig & Poultry Production Institute and Martindale Holdings (the Roseworthy farm management). In addition, the School is building partnerships with ZoosSA, Gribbles Veterinary Pathology, Equine at Morphetville, TAFE SA and the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science.

The research interests of the School include areas of animal production and genetics, nutrition, wildlife ecology, laboratory animal science, animal welfare, musculoskeletal biology, epidemiology, physiology and anatomy. In addition, the research profile will expand over the next 24 months with appointments in the following areas: veterinary microbiology, virology, parasitology, toxicology, immunology and pharmacology as well as the clinical disciplines.

Research Groups:

• Anatomy and Physiology Team
• Pathobiology Team
• Production Animal Health Team
• Reproduction and Genetics Team
• Companion Animal Health Team
• Public and Population Health Team
• Equine Health Team

Clinical

Veterinary Health Centres (VHC)

The 5,500 metre square new building at the Roseworthy campus houses teaching and clinical areas including the Companion Animal Health Centre, a veterinary clinic and hospital, the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL), housing diagnostic pathology, as well as teaching laboratories and skills suites.

The west end of the building focuses on the learning needs of the students and the east end forms the Companion Animal Health Centre that is open to the public as a regular veterinary practice. The VDL makes up the northerly aspect of the building.

The VHC building forms part of the new School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at Roseworthy and serves as a continuing education venue for the veterinary profession and animal owners as well as continuing agricultural or animal science education.

Companion Animal Health Centre (CAHV)

The Companion Animal Health Centre is a leading-edge primary practice and referral care veterinary clinic offering the latest technology, equipment and professional services. The Centre is one part of the new Veterinary Health Centres at the Roseworthy Campus of the University of Adelaide and is the largest and most comprehensive veterinary facility in South Australia.

The University of Adelaide’s Veterinary Health Centres at Roseworthy offer the complete range of veterinary care, diagnostic services and student teaching facilities supervised by experienced and compassionate veterinary professionals.

The Companion Animal Health Centre operates as a primary practice veterinary clinic using the latest industry technology and is staffed by experienced veterinary surgeons, nurses and University support staff.

Services provided at the CAHC include:

• Veterinary services
• Referral Services
• Specialist Services
• Emergency Services

Production Animal Health Centre (PAHC)

The Production Animal Health Centre opened in late 2011 at the Roseworthy Campus and provides outstanding production animal veterinary services to the surrounding community along with referral services to the veterinary profession. The Centre also operates as a world-class teaching facility for the University’s veterinary students. The PAHC encompasses a mobile clinic, a production animal referral clinic and four species based consultancies, servicing production animals such as beef cattle, sheep, goats, alpacas, llama, pigs, poultry, fish, crustaceans and molluscs.

Services:

• Individual, group and herd level diagnostics and interventions
• Herd health planning and population medicine

Mobile Clinic Based at a dedicated centre within Roseworthy Campus, the mobile clinic features two fully equipped vehicles providing mobile veterinary services to production animals in the surrounding area, as well as allowing University’s students with supervised ‘first opinion’ experience.

Production Animal Clinic The Production Animal Clinic provides short stay accommodation and facilities giving owners of high value referral cattle, sheep, alpacas and llamas access to detailed investigations, treatments and aftercare. The Clinic serves as a teaching environment where veterinary students can learn more sophisticated techniques in farm animal practice and observe the progression of disease and recovery in production animals.

The Consultancies Each Consultancy will be led by a dedicated veterinary specialist and will provide expert support for the livestock industry along with working role models and experience for veterinary students.

• Pigs
• Sheep
• Aquaculture
• Poultry

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories

The School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences is developing a Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) to service the Veterinary Health Centres, serve as an instructional resource for veterinary students, and provide increased research capabilities for the school and university.

The VDL is assembling a team of diagnostic specialists including a virologist, a parasitologist, an epidemiologist, three pathologists, and a bevy of skilled support staff. Major equipment procured includes a microscope with digital slide scanner, and haematology and serum chemistry analysers. The post mortem room has massive entry doors and equipment to facilitate the examination of the largest farm animals and most zoo animals.

Tests provided by the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory will include parasitologic exams, urinalyses, haematology, serum chemistries, immunochemistries, virology, bacteriology, serology, cytology, interpretation of biopsies, and post-mortem examinations.

Equine Health Centre

The proposed Equine Health Centre, which will begin construction in 2012, will provide world class diagnostic, health and rehabilitation facilities for horses in South Australia. It will be open to both veterinary health professionals and private horse owners and will offer a broad range of services, many of them for the first time in South Australia. It will also serve as a teaching facility for the University's veterinary students.

The Centre will be staffed by veterinarians specialising in equine surgery, equine sports medicine, equine internal medicine and equine reproduction and will attract leading researchers and graduate students.

Professor Christopher Riley who will lead the team at the Equine Health Centre is investigating the various models for partnership and development of an equine clinic at Roseworthy. He has been visiting hospitals in Kentucky and Scone to research various designs and receive feedback from their owners on their relative efficiencies to maximise the design. Practice partnerships are being developed as well for external rotations for the students in both equine referral and stud practices.

Services To Horse Owners And Veterinarians

The staff and students at the EHC will provide routine equine mobile and in-clinic health services in the region and specialist services such as:

• Imaging, including MRI & CT
• Intensive care medicine for critically ill foals & adult horses (e.g. severe colic)
• Surgery
• Pain management
• Infectious disease isolation & treatment
• Sports medicine assessment & rehabilitation.
• It is hoped that arrangements may be made to allow private veterinarians to directly access some of the facilities of the EHC on behalf of their clients and participate in clinical teaching programs.

School name

University of Adelaide: School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Location

Roseworthy, SA (Click on the links below to see a full sized map)

1. Vet School and Vet Health Centre location [[1]]
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Principal's name

Professor Kym Abbott [[3]]
BVSc, MVS, Grad Cert Rur Sc (UNE), PhD, MACVSc, FACVSc

Website address

Animal and Veterinary Science home page: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/vetsci/
Veterinary Health Centre page: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/vetsci/centres/

Contact details

The School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Ground Floor, Williams Building
Roseworthy Campus
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
Roseworthy SA 5371
Phone: +61 8 8303 7660
Fax: +61 8 8303 7956

Veterinary Health Centres
ABN 61 249 878 937
Roseworthy Campus
Roseworthy SA 5371
Telephone: + 61 8 8313 1999
Facsimile: +61 8 8313 7736
Email: vet_reception@adelaide.edu.au