Dr Peter Groves
Senior Lecturer in Poultry Health
Faculty of Veterinary Science
C01 - J.L. Shute
The University of Sydney
NSW 2570 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 1612
Fax: +61 2 9351 1693
Email: pgroves@usyd.edu.au
Qualifications
BVSc (Hons), MACVSc (Epidemiology), PhD
Career History
- 1977 – 1979 Veterinary practice (small animals, horses)
- 1980 – 1981 Pfizer Agricare
- 1981 – 1985 Elanco Products Company
- 1985 – 1987 Ingham's Enterprises
- 1987 – 2003 Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd
- 2003 – present Zootechny Pty Ltd
Professional Distinctions
- President Australian Veterinary Poultry Association 1994, president-elect 2005.
- Director, Board Member and member of the Research and Development Committee of the Australian Poultry CRC (2003 - present)
Research Interests
Following graduation from the University of Sydney, Peter worked in small animal and equine veterinary practice before joining Pfizer Agricare as a Veterinary Research Officer.
Peter continued to work in the commercial environment with poultry research, veterinary and technical services managerial roles with Elanco Products, Ingham’s Enterprises and Baiada Poultry. Currently Peter is Director of Zootechny Pty Ltd and consultant in poultry health. Peter completed his PhD at the University of Sydney in 2000 with a project on the epidemiology of the broiler ascites syndrome.
Peter’s research interests include epidemiological approaches to poultry disease management, with particular interests in broiler ascites syndrome, coccidiosis, Mareks' disease and Salmonella. Peter is currently part of a Poultry CRC research team studying Marek's Disease in broilers. This project has lead to a better understanding of MD virus epidemiology and has introduced a real time PCR test to detect MDV in poultry dust.
Peter is currently pursuing studies on the effects of an inactivated tri-valent salmonella vaccine in broiler breeders aimed at decreasing the overall prevalence of Salmonella on poultry meat.