Department of Microbiology

Microbiology

What this department covers

Bacteriology, virology and immunology — and the vaccines that follow.

• Bacteriology and virology of animal disease
• Immunology and vaccine work
• Diagnostic microbiology for the Central Diagnostic Laboratory
• Antimicrobial resistance in livestock systems

Teaching here is tied to the university's working facilities — the veterinary teaching hospital, the Central Diagnostic Laboratory and six livestock teaching and research centres — so students meet real cases and real production records rather than worked examples.