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Prof. Michael Reichel (Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences) was recently interviewed for ‘The Juice’ programme on Radio 3 (Hong Kong).
Dr Barbara Padalino recently joined the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health as Assistant Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare.
This review by Prof. Hampson (Head of Department and Chair Professor of Pathobiology) describes the spirochete Brachyspira pilosicoli and associated diseases.
Fleas are not only a major cause of itching in cats and dogs but can also transmit potentially disease-carrying bacteria in the genera Rickettsia and Bartonella to humans.
The department would like to welcome Dr David Williams who is joining us as a Visiting Associate Professor to teach part of the ‘Animal Welfare’ course in the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine programme.
Prof. Michael Reichel (Chair Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences), together with colleagues from the University of Adelaide, Australia, has investigated three serological tests for the detection of Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) in sheep: the agarose gel immunodiffusion (AGID) and 2 commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for the detection of BVDV antibodies.
Prof. Reichel (Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, Chair Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Deputy Director of the Centre for Applied One Health Research and Policy Advice) was invited to give a presentation in ‘The President’s Lecture Series: Excellence in Academia’ in November 2017。
Prof. Dirk Pfeiffer (Chair Professor of One Health and Associate Dean (Research)) was invited to visit the Animal Disease Prevention and Control Centre (ACDC) in Beijing in August 2017 to discuss opportunities for research collaboration and postgraduate training by City University of Hong Kong.
A signing ceremony was held on 8 December 2017 at Chang Gung University, Taiwan for an agreement on student exchange between Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan. Student exchange shall last around six weeks long,
CityU’s veterinary people deal with all creatures great and small. They need to prepare themselves to face any challenge associated with animals of any kind. The latest challenge was to walk, without fear, on the back of a dragon.