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Dr Katrina Bosward

Dr Katrina Bosward

Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology

C08 University Veterinary Centre, Camden
University of Sydney
PMB 4, Narellan Delivery Centre
Narellan NSW 2567 Australia
Ph: +61 2 9351 1756
Email: kateb@camden.usyd.edu.au

Qualifications

BVSc BSc(Vet) PhD Dip VCS GradCertEdStud

Teaching Areas

Veterinary Microbiology

Administration

Unit of study coordinator for VETS3038 Animal Disease

Research

Following the completion of a BSc(Vet) in 1990 and BVSc in 1991 at the University of Sydney, Katrina worked in mixed and small animal veterinary practice. Katrina returned to the University of Sydney in 1995 to undertake a PhD in collaboration with CSIRO, Animal Production entitled “Eosinophils and Interleukin 5 in Sheep”.

On completion of her PhD, Katrina commenced training in Clinical and Anatomical Veterinary Pathology at the University Veterinary Centre, Camden earning a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Studies. She has been employed as Lecturer in Veterinary Pathology in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney since 2002 where she is a member of the Farm Animal Health group working on the Pathogenesis of Ovine Johnes Disease in sheep.

Other research interests include wound healing in mulesed sheep; snake envenomation in dogs; feline chronic renal disease; and immunohistochemical studies of tumours in cats and dogs.

Selected Publications

  1. Bosward KL, Kessell AE, Lucy RJ. (2003). Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Sarcomatous Stroma in the Nasal Cavity of a Dog. Australian Veterinary Journal, accepted for publication.
  2. Bendixsen T, Bosward KL, Emery PW. (2003). Production and characterisation of monoclonal antibodies to ovine interleukin-5. Parasitology International, 52, 281-290.
  3. Malik R, Foster SF, Martin P, Canfield PJ, Mason KV, Bosward KL, Gough A, Rippon G. (2001). Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Vasculitis of the Skin of Young Shar-Pei Dogs. Australian Veterinary Journal, 80, 200-206.
  4. Bosward KL, Emery DL, McWaters PW, Husband AJ, Bendixsen T. (1999). Characterisation of a Bioassay for Detection of Recombinant and Native Ovine Interleukin-5. Immunology and Cell Biology, 77, 331-336.
  5. Bosward KL, Barnett SB, Wood AKW, Edwards MJ, Kossoff G. (1993). Heating of Guinea Pig Fetal Brain During Exposure to Pulsed Ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 19, 415-424.