AGRICULTURAL BIO-SOLUTIONS LAB
Research in Biomedicine and Agriculture

RESEARCH STATEMENT

Industrialised farming has led to an increase in endemic disease or epidemic outbreaks that result in multi-million-dollar losses to the farming industry per annum due to poor productivity, failure to thrive and death. The use of antimicrobials to treat these diseases, have led to an increase in drug-resistant strains of pathogens.

Pathogen control programs based solely on the use of anti-microbial drugs are no longer considered sustainable because of an increased prevalence of bacterial resistance, high costs and concerns regarding residues in the food and environment.

To provide improved sustainable health and welfare outcomes in livestock production, the Agriculture Bio-solutions lab has developed a complete “Bench to Barn” research program focusing on 1) field deployable diagnostics, 2) molecular understanding of disease pathogenesis 3) sustainable treatment solution (vaccines and breeding).