Prof Michael Stear
Professor of Animal Biology
Animal, Plant and Soil Sciencs
AgriBio, La Trobe University
M.Stear@latrobe.edu.au
Research Activities
The
aim of our research is to understand the mechanisms underlying variation among livestock
in resistance to infection and to use this understanding to develop better
methods of controlling disease and the effects of subclinical infection. We are
particularly interested in genetic variation in immune responses to parasites
of cattle, sheep and fish. Our research includes epidemiology, genetics,
immunology, pathology, host-parasite coevolution and mathematical modelling. We are focussing on the major endemic diseases such as nematode infection in sheep, sea lice in salmon, footrot in sheep and fluke in cattle.
