Cockcroft P.

Peter is Professor and Head of Veterinary Education within the School of Veterinary Medicine. He is an experienced production animal clinician and academic. He is a diplomate of the European College of Bovine Health Management and a European Veterinary Specialist.

His most recent position was at the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, South Australia where he was Professor of Ruminant Health. He held the positions of Head of the Production Animal Health Department and Associate Head (academic). He was responsible for the design and implementation of the DVM program curriculum, the production animal capital projects and the production animal veterinary health business centre during the start-up phase of the veterinary school. Previously Peter has held academic positions within the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge and the Medical University of Southern Africa. He has spent 8 years in private practice and was director of a production animal health CPD company.

Peter has published 5 veterinary books: 'Clinical Examination of Farm Animals' 'A Handbook of Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine'; 'Handbook of Clinical Veterinary Research' 'A handbook of Pig Medicine and 'Bovine Medicine'.

Research interests

Peters' current pedagogical research interests include clinical reasoning, clinical research methodology, evidence-based veterinary medicine and Models of Engaged Learning and Teaching (MELT). Peter's current production animal research interests include improved methods of targeted disease monitoring and surveillance for Johnes' disease (Mycobacterium avium partuberculosis) and Bovine TB (Mycobacterium bovis) using colostral antibodies and BVDV infections in sheep and alpacas.