Gatton facilities
Wildlife Teaching Facility
The Wildlife Teaching Facility supports teaching and research in small animal species.
Students enrolled in a variety of animal-related programs participate in practical classes at the facility and can volunteer there as part of their degree requirements.
For teaching purposes, a variety of animals including fat-tailed dunnarts, squirrel gliders, eastern blue-tongue lizards, central bearded dragons, python, birds and guinea pigs are maintained for students to learn animal husbandry, handling and welfare.
Special-topic students, postgraduates and researchers use the facility for their projects, which span a range of topics, including:
reproductive behaviour and physiology
behavioural studies
physiology
nutrition
genetics.
The Facility collaborates with external zoological institutions and government agencies and are regularly involved in UQ engagement activities.
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Poultry Science Unit
Our Poultry Science Unit plays a key role in supporting teaching and research activities within our School.
Undergraduate and postgraduate students use it to gain hands-on experience working with poultry.
They can access rooms for metabolic studies, semi-commercial houses for broiler and layer studies, and free-range facilities for layers.
Our field facilities are supported by laboratories for nutrition, physiology, microbiology and molecular biology.
Our wide range of research is largely funded by government and industry and has an emphasis on nutrition, gastrointestinal physiology and health, feed ingredient quality, and biomanufacturing of feed additives.
For more information, contact Katrina Tannock.