A/Prof Richard Squires ~ Associate Professor, Companion Animal Medicine

Richard graduated as a veterinarian from Bristol University in 1982.  After a short spell in general practice he obtained postgraduate clinical training at the Universities of Cambridge and Pennsylvania and research training at Glasgow.  His PhD was awarded for research in which he sought a retroviral aetiology for canine lymphoma.   He is a Diplomate of both the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine and he holds the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ Diploma of Veterinary Radiology.

  Richard held faculty positions at the Universities of Liverpool, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and at Massey University in New Zealand prior to taking up his current position in 2007.

 Throughout much of his career Richard has taught and assessed veterinary students in the broad discipline of small animal internal medicine. Most of his research has been on canine and feline infectious diseases. In addition, for five years in New Zealand, Richard taught and carried out research in veterinary virology.

 Richard was a member of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s Scientific Advisory Committee from 2009 to 2019.  He has been a member of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s Vaccination Guidelines Group since 2010 and in 2020 became the Chair of that committee.  He was involved in both the Asian and Latin American phases of work of that committee and he was one of the authors of the most recent WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines.

 Richard retired from James Cook Univeristy on 26th August 2022.

Teaching

• 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

• Clinical decision-making

Research

• Infectious diseases of dogs and cats
• Veterinary vaccinology
• Bacteriophage therapy
• Laterality and its clinical consequences in domestic animals

Teaching

• Computer-delivered interactive clinical case scenarios
• Scenario-based learning

Experience

• 2010 to 2020 - Member, World Small Animal Veterinary Association Vaccination Guidelines Group
• 2009 to 2019 - Member, World Small Animal Veterinary Association Scientific Advisory Committee

Research Disciplines

• Veterinary sciences (3009)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Veterinary pharmaceutical products (2416)

Fellowships

• 1994 - Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Companion Animals
• 1988 - Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary internal Medicine
• 1984 - Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons' Diploma of Veterinary Radiology

Other

• 2020 - Appointed as the Chair of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association's Vaccination Guidelines Group
• 2014 - Prize and medal for the best research paper published in the New Zealand Veterinary Journal in that year.

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Journal Articles

• Adagra C, Squires R, Adagra A, Elliman J and Constantinoiu C (2021) Prevalence of infection with Dirofilaria immitis in cats in Townsville, Australia. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 24.
• Squires R (2021) Bacteriophage therapy for challenging bacterial infections: achievements, limitations and prospects for future clinical use by veterinary dermatologists. Veterinary Dermatology, 32 (6). pp. 587-e158
• Day M, Crawford C, Marcondes M and Squires R (2020) Recommendations on vaccination for Latin American small animal practitioners: a report of the WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines Group. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 61 (6). pp. E1-E35
• Jillings E, Squires R, Azarpeykan S and Lopez-Villalobos N (2019) Does blood contamination of urine compromise interpretation of the urine protein to creatinine ratio in dogs? New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 67 (2). pp. 74-78
• Hardefeldt L, Nielson T, Crabb H, Gilkerson J, Squires R, Heller J, Sharp C, Cobbold R, Norris J and Browning G (2018) Veterinary students' knowledge and perceptions about antimicrobial stewardship and biosecurity: a national survey. Antibiotics, 7 (2).
• Squires R (2018) Bacteriophage therapy for management of bacterial infections in veterinary practice: what was once old is new again. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 66 (5). pp. 229-235
• Squires R (2018) Vaccines in shelters and group settings. Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice, 48. pp. 291-300
• Mcgreevy P, Thomson P, Dhand N, Raubenheimer D, Masters S, Mansfield C, Baldwin T, Soares Magalhaes R, Rand J, Hill P, Peaston A, Gilkerson J, Combs M, Raidal S, Irwin P, Irons P, Squires R, Brodbelt D and Hammond J (2017) VetCompass Australia: a national big data collection system for veterinary science. Animals, 7 (10).
• Day M, Horzinek M, Schultz R and Squires R (2016) Guidelines for the vaccination of dogs and cats compiled by the Vaccination Guidelines Group (VGG) of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) . Journal of Small Animal Practice, 57 (1). pp. E1-E45
• Day M, Karkare U, Schultz R, Squires R and Tsujimoto H (2015) Recommendations on vaccination for Asian small animal practitioners: a report of the WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines Group. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 56 (2). pp. 77-95
• Chang-Fung-Martel J, Gummow B, Burgess G, Fenton E and Squires R (2013) A door-to-door prevalence study of feline immunodeficiency virus in an Australian suburb. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 15 (12). pp. 1070-1078
• Harland A, Cave N, Jones B, Benschop J, Donald J, Midwinter A, Squires R and Collins-Emerson J (2013) A serological survey of leptospiral antibodies in dogs in New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 61 (2). pp. 98-106

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Development of a Phage Library to treat P.aeruginosa Infections in Dog Ears - a Model for future Phage therapy development (Masters , External Advisor)

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