Assoc. Prof. Kiro Petrovski
Director

Associate Professor Kiro Petrovski has been on the VSBSA since 2014 and reappointed 1 January 2021.

Assoc. Professor in Ruminant Health School of Animal and Veterinary Science at The University of Adelaide, he specialises in Bovine mastitis, lactational physiology, cattle health, antimicrobials, antimicrobial resistance and heard health.

Assoc. Professor Petrovski is originally from Europe and started working with dairy cows at age 11 and completed is undergraduate education then working for 2.5 years as a veterinary practitioner in Europe and then migrated to New Zealand where he worked in mixed animal practice for 3.5 years. He took up a Senior Research Officer role at Massey University in NZ and from November 2010, his research position was transferred to a Lectureship position.

In January 2012, Assoc. Professor Petrovski moved to the Senior Lecturer in Ruminant Health (Cattle) at Roseworthy Campus and then accepted the Assoc Professor in Ruminant Health and Production in April 2017. His current research attracts international collaborations with teams from Argentina, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, and the USA, and as recognition of his research activity, he reviews papers for prestigious international journals.

Well respected and extremely knowledgeable, the VSBSA is fortunate to have had Assoc. Professor on the Board sharing his knowledge for the past 10 years.

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