Current Research Projects in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Sean Callanan (Dept. of Veterinary Pathology)
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus infection
- a significant disease within cat population.
Pike Lymphoma - a cancer with potential
viral involvement.
Canine Testicular Cancer - understanding
the pathogenesis.
Dr. Joseph Cassidy (Dept. of Veterinary Pathology)
Mucosal immune responses in murine upper
respiratory tract and lungs following exposure to Myobacterium bovis BCG.
Dr. Mark Crowe (Dept. of Animal Husbandry and Production)
Gonadotropin control of Ovarian Follicle Growth
in Cattle.
Mr. Vivian Gath (Dept. of Animal Husbandry and Production)
Nutrition / Fertility interaction in Ruminants.
Dr. Alison Hanlon (Dept. of Animal Husbandry and
Production)
Dairy Cow Welfare.
Dr. Hugh Larkin (Dept. of Veterinary Pathology)
Clinicopathological monitoring of animal health
in the vicinity of large industrial complexes.
Dr. Nola Leonard (Dept. of Veterinary Microbiology
and Parasitology)
Control of salmonellosis in the Irish pig
industry.
Transmisson of E.coli 0157 infection in
cattle.
Professor Brian J Sheahan (Dept. of Veterinary Pathology)
Studies of Viral Neuropathogenenesis using Semliki
Forest Virus.
The use of Semliki Forest Virus as a viral vector.
Dr.Torres Sweeney (Dept. of Animal Husbandry and
Production)
Environmental
Oestrogens - EU Funded Project
Dr. Torres Sweeney & Ms. Anne Healy (Dept. of
Animal Husbandry and Production and Dept. of Large Animal Clinical Studies)
Scrapie in Sheep.
Dr. Paul Torgerson (Dept. of Veterinary Microbiology
and Parasitology)
Echinocococcus tapeworms, zoonoses in
the USSR.
Transmission of disease between domestic
livestock and Saiga antelope in Kazakhstan.
Liver fluke in cattle and host immunity.
a scratchy problem.