Overview
Background
Dr Turni leads a national and international reference laboratory for respiratory bacterial pathogens where identification, serotyping, genotyping, sequencing and antimicrobial sensitivity testing is performed. Her team works with the poultry, pig and cattle industries, as well as major veterinary pharmaceutical companies around the world. The group performs vaccine efficacy trials, provides advice on vaccine strain selection, performs antimicrobial sensitivity testing and evaluates candidate novel antimicrobial agents. Essentially, the services provided by the group underpins the entire Australian prevention and control programs for the major bacterial respiratory diseases of pigs, poultry and cattle.
Her research has extended beyond vaccines and antibiotic sensitivity to determining optimal sample sites for collecting pathogens, understanding the association of different pathogens with disease, development of animal infection models, classification of bacteria and epidemiology of pathogens. Conny supervises PhD students with diverse projects such as antimicrobial sensitivity studies, risk factors and profiling of pathogenic Escherichia coli associated with avian collibacillosis, alternatives to antibiotics, development of on farm test for a virus and study of epidemiology of a new species of bacteria. She works in collaboration with a team of epidemiologist, veterinarian and virologist on projects in Australia and overseas.
Availability
- Dr Conny Turni is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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1999
Conference Publication
Effects of Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) salivary gland extract on lymphocytes, neutrophils and monocytes
Turni, C., Lee, R. and Jackson, L. A. (1999). Effects of Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) salivary gland extract on lymphocytes, neutrophils and monocytes. Annual Scientific Meeting Australian Society for Parasitology ASP'99, Yeppoon, Central Qld, 26-30 September 1999. Sydney: The Australian Society for Parasitology.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Conny Turni is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Dispersing biofilms and reversing antibiotic resistance to improve treatment of respiratory infections.
This project will establish ex vivo and in vivo models to test biofilm formation and investigate the efficacy of a resistance breaking product against antibiotic resistant respiratory disease pathogens.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of on farm diagnostics via nanopore for the pig industry.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jimmy Botella, Dr Noman Naseem, Dr Lida Omaleki
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Doctor Philosophy
Modulation of gut microbiota to improve piglets gut health during post-weaning
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Eugeni Roura, Dr Marta Navarro, Dr Lida Omaleki
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Doctor Philosophy
Product for dispersing biofilms and reversing antibiotic resistance for improved treatment of pig respiratory infections
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sean Bisset
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Doctor Philosophy
MODIFYING GIT MICROBIOTA IN NATIVE CHICKEN USING PREBIOTIC SWEETPOTATO AND PROBIOTIC BLACK SOLDIER FLY LARVAE
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lida Omaleki
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Master Philosophy
The bacteriology and the microbiome of the poultry shed environment
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lida Omaleki, Dr Sean Bisset
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Doctor Philosophy
Mechanism of action of MgO
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Blaskovich, Dr Sean Bisset, Professor Ian Henderson
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigations of novel antimicrobial agents and formulations to treat topical agricultural infections.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Blaskovich
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of magnesium oxide products as a novel disinfectant agent
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jianhua Guo
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Master Philosophy
Effective delivery of MgO for improving its antimicrobial potential
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Amirali Popat, Dr Anjana Jayasree
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Doctor Philosophy
How to make antibiotics in pig feed redundant, naturally
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Marta Navarro, Professor Eugeni Roura
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Doctor Philosophy
Essential amino acid profiles in the development of a healthy gut microbiota in chicken
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Eugeni Roura, Dr Alberto Baldelli, Dr Lida Omaleki
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Glaesserella australis: Unveiling a Novel Species
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lida Omaleki
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Xylo-oligosaccharides, gastrointestinal function and microbiota in broiler chickens
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Bernadine Flanagan, Dr Lida Omaleki, Professor Eugeni Roura
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Factors determining variation in susceptibility to buffalo flies, Haematobia irritans exigua, in cattle
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ala Tabor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Pathology and pathogenesis of buffalo fly lesions in the skins of cattle
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ala Tabor, Professor Rachel Allavena
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Pathogenomics of bovine infertility in northern Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gry Boe-Hansen, Professor Ben Hayes, Professor Ala Tabor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Investigation of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection in pigs in the Philippines and Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Chiara Palmieri, Professor Joanne Meers
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Use of plant derived compounds to condition piglet intake at weaning and reduce post-weaning use of therapeutics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Eugeni Roura
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Studies on avian pathogenic Escherichia coli in commercial broiler Chicken in South East Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Rachel Allavena, Professor Joerg Henning, Dr Justine Gibson
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria associated with porcine respiratory disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Justine Gibson
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