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Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus Can Cause Reproductive Losses and Foetal Abnormalities in Pregnant Ewes
Prof. Michael Reichel (Chair Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences) and researchers from the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia, have investigated the clinical, haematological and reproductive responses in pregnant ewes infected with the predominant Australian Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV) strain, BVDV-1c.
We are delighted to have had Professor Frederick Leung, Chief Research Director of FCL Bioscience (Hong Kong) Limited, present a seminar about Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to veterinary professionals on 12 September 2017.
Prof. Dirk Pfeiffer (Chair Professor of One Health) delivered a presentation titled ‘Interdisciplinarity for More Effective Control and Prevention of Infectious Pathogen Spread in Animal Populations’ at the ‘International Conference on One Health: Connect and Protect’ which took place in Hong Kong on 5 - 6 September 2017.
Dr. Sarah Rosanowski recently joined the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health as an Assistant Professor in Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine.
Prof. Sophie St-Hilaire recently joined the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health as Professor of Aquatic Animal Health.
Professor Michael Reichel, Chair Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, attended the 26th Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (4 to 8 September 2017).
Prof. Michael Reichel (Chair Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences) attended the 16th Asian Association of Veterinary Schools (AAVS) meeting held in conjunction with the 33rd World Veterinary Congress in Incheon, South Korea, from 27 to 31 August 2017.
A team of dedicated faculty and staff at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has received the 2017 Team Award for Teaching Excellence from the University Grants Committee (UGC) for the groundbreaking Discovery-enriched Curriculum (DEC).
The first intake of students of the new Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine Programme had their first lecture on Monday, 04 September 2017.
The purpose of this visit was to gain an insight into the work of the Centre for Applied One Health Research and Policy Advice and to find out more about the academic and professional programmes in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences.