The Department focuses on One Health, an area spanning the health of animals, humans and the environment. Our principal research areas include:

• enhancing an understanding of the pathogenesis and natural history of infectious diseases in animals, with the overarching aim of improving methods for their diagnosis and control
• improving animal health and welfare through application of more effective disease control methods
• supporting the efficient and economic production of safe, both terrestrial and aquatic, animal-based food and other derived products
• monitoring current and emerging infectious diseases in animals that may impact on human health, including drug-resistant pathogens
• fostering collaborations between medical and veterinary personnel in the provision of targeted public health measures
• improving animal welfare through research, teaching and public education