Posts tagged with ‘animals’

Antibiotic resistance in zoonotic pathogen isolated from farm animals

In this seminar Dr Rayamajhi will share some of his research findings on molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance in food borne zoonotic pathogens and pneumococcal invasive isolates.

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Teaching an old dog new tricks: surgical veterinary education in the 21st Century

Professor Rob White, Professor of Small Animal Veterinary Surgery, gives an overview of the past, present and future teaching of surgery to the veterinary profession. Part of a series of inaugural lectures celebrating 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

3.30pm, Saturday 17 September.

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Digitising Darwin through genes and genomes

Professor Richard Emes, Professor of Bioinformatics, provides an insight on the past successes and challenges ahead for research in the genomic age. Part of a series of inaugural lectures celebrating 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

4.15pm, Saturday 17 September.

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Of muscles, mice and men

Professor Paul Loughna, Professor of Integrative Physiology, gives a lecture looking at skeletal muscle growth and wasting, as well as the role of adult resident stem cells in the ability of this tissue to adapt and regenerate. Part of a series of inaugural lectures celebrating 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

5pm, Saturday 17 September.

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Anaesthesia: the elephant in the room

Professor Kate White, Professor of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, explores the role that anaesthesia plays in clinical veterinary medicine and biomedical research, and the role of the anaesthetist. Part of a series of inaugural lectures celebrating 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

5.45pm, Saturday 17 September.

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Jubilee Campus’ very own swan lake

In a #BeastsofUoN first, a pair of swans have settled down to nest at the edge […]

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The paradox of studying animal consciousness: can there really be a science of animal welfare?

There is a seeming paradox at the heart of a science of animal welfare. To be comprehensive enough to include what most people mean by animal welfare, it must involve understanding what animals consciously feel and experience. But to be a science, it has to embrace the one thing that biology finds the most intractable problem of all, namely animal consciousness. Professor Marian Dawkins, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, will explore this apparent paradox and whether there is, or could be, a way out of it.

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Cash cow or sacred cow? The milk production debate

In this inaugural lecture, Professor John Huxley takes on the milk production debate. Following on directly from Professor Sarah Freeman’s lecture ‘Why do horses get colic?’

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Why do horses get colic?

Professor Sarah Freeman (School of Veterinary Medicine and Science) will explore the unique physiology and anatomy of the horse, looking at how and why things go wrong. Followed immediately by Professor Jon Huxley’s ‘Cash cow or sacred cow? The milk production debate’.

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