The Melbourne Newsroom

Scientists have cracked the genetic code and predicted some high priority drug targets for the blood parasite Schistosoma haematobium, which is linked to bladder cancer and HIV/ AIDS and causes the insidious urogenital disease schistosomiasis haematobia in more than 112 million people in Africa.

The University of Melbourne’s state-of-the-art Veterinary Hospital in Werribee will open its doors this Sunday to the community and future students.  Around 2000 expected visitors will be able to speak to veterinary staff and join in interactive activities and tours as part of the University of Melbourne Veterinary Science Open Day and Pet Expo.

Whale and dolphin stranding is being investigated to discover what part disease plays in this phenomenon.

A gift of $4.7million - the residual estate of two farming brothers from Seymour - was presented to the Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Veterinary Science at the University of Melbourne today.

Australia’s only certified specialist veterinary  neurologist and neurosurgeon practicing in Australia Dr Sam Long will remove a brain tumour from family pet, Ruby tomorrow, Tuesday 4 August, at 11am.

A drug banned in Australian horse racing significantly reduces the risk of bleeding in to the lungs in thoroughbreds during racing, a groundbreaking study has found.

The study, which will be published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) on July 1, 2009, is the first to draw a definitive link between use of the medication furosemide (also known as frusemide, Lasix or Salix) and the prevention of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH).

A drug banned in Australian horse racing significantly reduces the risk of bleeding in to the lungs in thoroughbreds during racing, a groundbreaking study has found.

A research scientist from the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Veterinary Science has been awarded a prestigious award for young scientists.

Staff and alumni from the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Veterinary Science were recognised at the recent Australian Veterinary Association's awards ceremony at its annual conference in May. Twenty-three awards were presented across a number of areas, with almost half of those awards presented to current or former staff or graduates of the Faculty.