Dr Douglas Begg

Research Fellow
Ovine Johne's disease in sheep

C01 - J.L. Shute, Camden
The University of Sydney
NSW 2570 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9036 7737
Fax: +61 2 9351 1618
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Qualifications

BSc, Dip for graduates, MSc, PhD

Career

1993 – 2004 University of Otago
2005 - present University of Sydney

Research Interests

After completing his BSc majoring in Zoology, Doug went on to do a Diploma for graduates with a major in Microbiology.

In 2000 Doug completed his MSc in the Disease Research Laboratory at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His thesis examined the effect that different experimental housing conditions and environmental enrichment had on stress and immune responses of brush tail possums.

Staying within the Disease Research Laboratory, Doug worked on experimental infection models for Mycobacterium paratuberculosis which causes Johne’s disease in sheep. The immune responses from infected, diseased and vaccinated animals were examined. Doug joined the Farm Animal Health Group in 2005 and is continuing to study the pathogenesis of Johne’s disease in sheep as well as advising on immunological studies carried out in other species of farmed animals.