Veterinary Virology

Entry requirements

For full entry requirement details, please see the course page on the University website.

Months of entry

Anytime

Course content

Virology is the study of the viral agents responsible for causing disease in humans or animals. This includes the study of underlying mechanisms of virulence, virus epidemiology and immune responses to viruses.

The University of Liverpool’s Institute of Infection and Global Health was established to bring together leading medical, veterinary and basic science researchers from across the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.

Research in Veterinary Virology is based in new laboratories at two main sites, the ic2 Building on the main University city centre campus, and at our Leahurst campus on the Wirral (20 mins from Liverpool).

Our research encompasses studies of the pathogenicity, diagnostics, identification, epidemiology and immune responses to a range of viral pathogens including: avian metapneumovirus; infectious bronchitis virus, feline calicivirus, Mosquito-borne arboviruses, Bluetongue virus and Schmallenberg virus. Techniques used include: diagnostic identification methods, flow cytometry, ELISA, epidemiology, transcriptomic and genomic technologies, proteomics and infection models.

The aims of the research are to investigate the transmission routes and behaviour of pathogens during infections and use this knowledge to design better therapeutic strategies or vaccines in order to improve the health of animals.

Our research interests

We particularly welcome research proposals that match those of our researchers, including:

• Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus – Prof Julian Hiscox
• Avian respiratory pathogens – Dr Kannan Ganapathy
• Using modern sequencing technologies to understand the diversity, evolution and transmission of important viral infections within their natural host populations – Prof Alan Radford
• Pathogenesis of ovine herpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2) – Prof James Stewart.