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Professor Paul J Canfield

Professor Paul J Canfield

Professor in Veterinary Pathology and Clinical Pathology
Faculty of Veterinary Science B14
University of Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia 2006
Phone: + 61 2 9351 2020
Mobile: 0422 000 395
Fax: + 61 2 9351 7421
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Qualifications DVSc PhD GradCertEducStud (Higher Education) FRCPath FACVSc MRCVS
Registered specialist in Pathobiology in New South Wales

Teaching Areas

Veterinary Clinical Pathology
Veterinary Pathology
Veterinary Conservation Biology

Professional Practice
Administration Director of Veterinary Pathology Diagnostic Services
Research Pathogenesis of Wildlife Diseases
Haematology of dogs and cats
Pathogenesis of infectious diseases
Contribution to the Profession and the Community

Patron of the Koala Preservation Society of New South Wales
Chairman of the John Williamson Koala Research Committee

President of the Australian Society of Veterinary Pathology

President of the Pathobiology Chapter, Australasian College of Veterinary Scientists

Board Director for the Australian Marine Mammal Research Centre, Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales
NATA Assessor for diagnostic Veterinary Pathology Laboratories
Selected Publications
  1. Gabor LJ, Canfield PJ, Malik R (2000) Haematological and biochemical findings in cats in Australia with lymphosarcoma. Aust. Vet. J. 78: 456-461.
  2. Connolly JH, Canfield PJ (2000) Gross, histological and immunohistological features of mucormycosis in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). J. Comp. Pathol. 123: 36-46
  3. Krockenberger MB, Canfield PJ, Kozel TR, Shinoda T, Ikeda R, Wigney D, Martin P, Barnes K, Malik R (2001) An immunohistochemical method that differentiates Cryptococcus neoformans varieties and serotypes in formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissues. Medical Mycology 39: 523-533.
  4. Canfield PJ, Krockenberger M (2002) An interactive, student-centered approach, adopting the SOLO taxonomy, for learning to analyze data in veterinary clinical pathology. J. Vet. Med. Educ. 29: 56-61
  5. Canfield PJ, Day MJ, Gavier-Widen D, Hewinson RG, Chambers MA (2002) Immunohistochemical characterization of tuberculous and non-tuberculous lesions in naturally infected European badgers (Meles meles). J Comp Pathol 126 (4): 254-264.
  6. Krockenberger MB, Canfield PJ, Malik R (2003) Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): a review of 43 cases of cryptococcosis. Med Mycol 41: 225-234.
  7. Higgins DP, Hemsley S, Canfield PJ (2004) Assessment of anti-bovine IL4 and IFN gamma antibodies to label IL4 and IFN gamma in lymphocytes of the koala and brushtail possum. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 101: 153-160.
  8. Higgins DP, Hemsley S, Canfield PJ (2005). Association of uterine and salpingeal fibrosis with Chlamydial Hsp60 and Hsp10 Antigen-specific antibodies in Chlamydia-infected koalas. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology 12: 632-639

  9. Brown GK, Canfield PJ, Dunstan RH, Roberts TK, Martin AR, Brown CS, Irving R (2006) Detection of Anaplasma platys and Babesia canis vogeli and their impact on platelet numbers in free-roaming dogs associated with remote Aboriginal communities in Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal. 84: 9, 321-325

  10. Gray R, Canfield P, Rogers T (2006) Histology of selected tissues of the leopard seal and implications for functional adaptations to an aquatic lifestyle. Journal of Anatomy. 209: 179-199