Centre for Animal Science

With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Queensland researchers are assisting smallholder milk producers in India with AI-based breeding technology.

Australasian Pork Research Institute Limited, The University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland, SunPork Solutions and Rivalea Australia have secured an Australian Research Council Linkage grant to support a $900,000 research project to improve pig welfare by modulating stress resilience.

A fast-growing legume could become a viable feed option for drought-affected cattle farmers in Australia’s north.
Leucaena experts will attend an international conference hosted by The University of Queensland from 29 October to 3 November.

More avocados, faster. Reinventing sugar cane from the sweet treat to fuelling our future. Making Australian beef taste even better. When it comes to industry-changing research in the agriculture sector, Brisbane’s scientists are doing some incredible, eye-catching work.

With the global population expected to reach eight billion by 2040, the pressure is on to feed everyone, particularly in the tropics and subtropics where more than half the world’s population lives.

The tiny parasite that costs the northern cattle business almost $100 million a year in lost production is headed south, aided by climate change.