Steve Walkden-Brown

Professor Steve Walkden-Brown is a Professor in Animal Health and Veterinary Sciences at the University of New England (UNE), affiliated with the School of Environmental and Rural Science within the Faculty of Science, Agriculture, Business and Law. His career spans academic and fieldwork, including prior government veterinary roles in Fiji and major international projects in India, Laos, and Vietnam. He specializes in disease control in livestock systems, with a focus on integrated parasite management in small ruminants and molecular diagnostics for poultry diseases like Marek’s disease.

Qualifications include a BVSc (Hons 1) and PhD from Queensland. His teaching encompasses veterinary epidemiology, parasitology, microbiology, and small ruminant production, emphasizing practical applications such as seasonal reproduction strategies and livestock productivity improvements.

Research interests include:

• Evolution of Marek’s disease virus virulence and control strategies
• Sustainable management of gastrointestinal parasites in sheep
• Poultry dust as a diagnostic tool for infectious diseases
• Booroola fecundity gene application in Indian sheep breeds

With over 400 publications and 140+ peer-reviewed papers, he leads an active research group and has supervised 33 PhD, 11 MSc, and 23 honours students. External profiles include Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and LinkedIn.