Dr Leo Foyle ~ Senior Lecturer-Vet Public Health

I am a veterinarian currently registered with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, The Veterinary Council of New Zealand and the Veterinary Surgeons Board of Queensland.

My background is in mixed and aquaculture veterinary practice in Ireland and the UK.  In 2004, I joined the Department of Veterinary Pathology in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in University College Dublin and continued my interest in production animal pathology when I subsequently joined the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in the UK.  During this period, I audited at EU Community and National Reference Laboratory level for compliance with ISO 17025:2005. Throughout, I have been involved in aspects of public health and production animal diagnostics and welfare, and I joined JCU to develop the discipline of veterinary public health (VPH) within the current School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences.

My role within the SVBMS revolves around the production and hygiene of foods of animal origin, food security and subsistence farming, production animal disease, welfare at slaughter, zoonoses and biosecurity. Prior to becoming a veterinarian, I obtained a certificate in science in aquculture and I completed my Masters in Science with distinction in Aquatic Veterinary Studies from the Institute of Aquaculture in Stirling University, Scotland.

Since completing a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching I have become more involved in interactive learning within VPH.

Teaching

• MI2031: Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases in Aquaculture (Level 2; TSV)
• MI3031: Diagnosis of Viral Disease in Aquaculture (Level 3; TSV)
• MI5003: Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases in Aquaculture (Level 5; TSV)
• MI5031: Diagnosis of Viral Disease in Aquaculture (Level 5; TSV)
• TV1101: Introduction to Veterinary Science (Level 1; TSV)
• TV1103: Fundamentals of Veterinary Science (Level 1; TSV)
• TV2001: Integrated Animal Structure and Function 1 (Level 2; TSV)
• TV3001: Transitions from Health to Disease 1 (Level 3; TSV)
• TV3002: Transitions from Health to Disease 2 (Level 3; TSV)
• TV4001: Veterinary Clinical Sciences Part 1 of 2 (Level 4; TSV)
• TV4002: Veterinary Clinical Sciences Part 2 of 2 (Level 4; TSV)
• TV5211: Veterinary Professional and Clinical Practice 1/3 (Level 5; TSV)
• TV5212: Veterinary Professional and Clinical Practice 2/3 (Level 5; TSV)
• TV5213: Veterinary Professional and Clinical Practice 3/3 (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Professional

• My professional interests include the pathology of terrestrial and aquacultured production animals; improving veterinary involvement in aquaculture and the pet fish industry, food security and food hygiene as a means of improving livelihoods in developing countries; and zoonoses surveillance and control in rural and developing societies.

Research

• Research interests currently focus on zoonoses surveillance and the One Health approach and hygiene and best practice during the informal slaughter of farm animals.

Teaching

• My teaching priority is to make the discipline of veterinary public health relevant to today's veterinary graduate. I have adopted a work integrated learning approach and aim to expose students to a broader scope of veterinary public health than has been taught traditionally.

Experience

• 2007 to 2010 - Veterinary Investigation Officer, Veterinary Laboratories Agency (U.K.)
• 2004 to 2007 - Lecturer Veterinary Pathology, UCD Dublin (Ireland)

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (3103)
• Pollution and contamination (4105)
• Veterinary sciences (3009)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Fresh, ground and surface water systems and management (1803)
• Expanding knowledge (2801)
• Clinical health (2001)

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Journal Articles

• Foyle L, Burnett M, Creaser A, Hens R, Keough J, Madin L, Price R, Smith H, Stone S and Kinobe R (2023) Prevalence and distribution of antimicrobial resistance in effluent wastewater from animal slaughter facilities: A systematic review. Environmental Pollution, 318.
• Foyle K, Hess S, Powell M and Herbert N (2020) What is gill health and what is its role in marine finfish aquaculture in the face of a changing climate? Frontiers in Marine Science, 7.
• Kelly E, Martin P, Gibson-Kueh S, Morgan D, Ebner B, Donaldson J, Buller N, Crook D, Brooks S, Davis A, Hammer M, Foyle L, Hair S and Lymbery A (2018) First detection of Edwardsiella ictaluri (Proteobacteria: Enterobacteriaceae) in wild Australian catfish. Journal of Fish Diseases, 41 (2). pp. 199-208
• Mendez D, Foyle L, Cobbold R and Speare R (2018) Survey of rabies vaccination status of Queensland veterinarians and veterinary students. Australian Veterinary Journal, 96 (5). pp. 155-160
• Schock A, Gurrala R, Fuller H, Foyle L, Dauber M, Martelli F, Scholes S, Roberts L, Steinbach F and Dastjerdi A (2014) Investigation into an outbreak of encephalomyelitis caused by a neuroinvasive porcine sapelovirus in the United Kingdom. Veterinary Microbiology, 172 (3-4). pp. 381-389
• Norris A, Foyle L and Ratcliff J (2008) Heritability of mortality in response to a natural pancreas disease (SPDV) challenge in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., post-smolts on a West of Ireland sea site. Journal of Fish Diseases, 31 (12). pp. 913-920
• McLoughlin M, Graham D, Norris A, Matthews D, Foyle L, Rowley H, Jewhurst H, MacPhee J and Todd D (2006) Virological, serological and histopathological evaluation of fish strain susceptibility to experimental infection with salmonid alphavirus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 72 (2). pp. 125-133

Other research outputs

• Foyle L, Delahay R and Massei G (2010) Isolation of Mycobacterium bovis from a feral wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the UK. Veterinary Record, 166 (21). pp. 663-664
• Foyle K, Fuller H, Higgins R, Russell G, Willoughby K, Rosie W, Stidworthy M and Foster A (2009) Malignant catarrhal fever in sika deer (Cervus nippon) in the UK. Veterinary Record, 165 (15). pp. 445-447
• Foyle L (2005) Fin fish farming: significant diseases and trends. Proceedings of the Fish Vaccine Training Meeting for Assessors of Competent Authorities of the European Economic Area. 21-22 September 2005, Dublin, Ireland

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