Agricultural Sciences and Biosecurity

The parasite liver fluke is estimated to cost the Australian dairy industry more than $90 million a year in lost production, and more than $10 million a year in treatment. Jane Kelley (research assistant, AgriBio, La Trobe University) talks about her research into the treatments of liver fluke, problems such as drug resistance, and the evaluation and development of new diagnostic tests.

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Sometimes animals we share our environment with become a pest or can be dangerous. Snakes are a good example. Nick Clemann (Wildlife Ecologist, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research) explains how suburban snake populations are managed in Victoria, and how the snakes are affected by translocation.

This is a lecture for AGR1AAS - Animal Science. Find the complete subject on La Trobe University on iTunes U.

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Sometimes animals we share our environment with become a pest or can be dangerous. Snakes are a good example. Nick Clemann (Wildlife Ecologist, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research) explains how suburban snake populations are managed in Victoria, and how the snakes are affected by translocation.

This is a lecture for AGR1AAS - Animal Science. Find the complete subject on La Trobe University on iTunes U.

Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Sometimes animals we share our environment with become a pest or can be dangerous. Snakes are a good example. Nick Clemann (Wildlife Ecologist, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research) explains how suburban snake populations are managed in Victoria, and how the snakes are affected by translocation.

This is a lecture for AGR1AAS - Animal Science. Find the complete subject on La Trobe University on iTunes U.

Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Whether it is to keep a species from going extinct or to eradicate a pest species, humans are managing wildlife populations more and more. An important aspect of wildlife management is monitoring wild populations. Dr Matt Bruce (Wildlife Ecologist, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research) lectures on different ways of wildlife monitoring and what makes or breaks a monitoring program.

This is a lecture for AGR1AAS - Animal Science. Find the complete subject on La Trobe University on iTunes U.

Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Whether it is to keep a species from going extinct or to eradicate a pest species, humans are managing wildlife populations more and more. An important aspect of wildlife management is monitoring wild populations. Dr Matt Bruce (Wildlife Ecologist, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research) lectures on different ways of wildlife monitoring and what makes or breaks a monitoring program.

This is a lecture for AGR1AAS - Animal Science. Find the complete subject on La Trobe University on iTunes U.

Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Being a zoo vet is very different from a domestic animal vet - the diversity of species alone present problems. Helen McCracken (Senior Veterinarian, Melbourne Zoo) lectures on the challenge of keeping zoo animals healthy, and expanding the knowledge of veterinary sciences.

This is a lecture for AGR1AAS - Animal Science. Find the complete subject on La Trobe University on iTunes U.

Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Being a zoo vet is very different from a domestic animal vet - the diversity of species alone present problems. Helen McCracken (Senior Veterinarian, Melbourne Zoo) lectures on the challenge of keeping zoo animals healthy, and expanding the knowledge of veterinary sciences.

This is a lecture for AGR1AAS - Animal Science. Find the complete subject on La Trobe University on iTunes U.

Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Being a zoo vet is very different from a domestic animal vet - the diversity of species alone present problems. Helen McCracken (Senior Veterinarian, Melbourne Zoo) lectures on the challenge of keeping zoo animals healthy, and expanding the knowledge of veterinary sciences.

This is a lecture for AGR1AAS - Animal Science. Find the complete subject on La Trobe University on iTunes U.

Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Being a zoo vet is very different from a domestic animal vet - the diversity of species alone present problems. Helen McCracken (Senior Veterinarian, Melbourne Zoo) lectures on the challenge of keeping zoo animals healthy, and expanding the knowledge of veterinary sciences.

This is a lecture for AGR1AAS - Animal Science. Find the complete subject on La Trobe University on iTunes U.

Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.