Andrew Peters

Associate Professor Andrew Peters

Wildlife Health and Pathology

Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences

Biography

Andrew Peters has a lifelong passion for wildlife and the environment that led him to a veterinary career at first, then a PhD and now his life as a teacher and researcher at the Gulbali Institute and Charles Sturt University, on Wiradjuri Country, Australia. Andrew has been privileged to hold the roles of President of the international Wildlife Disease Association and Deputy Chair of Wildlife Health Australia, amongst other professional leadership roles. His academic interest is in socio-ecological systems, and increasingly in the relationship between society and wildlife health. Andrew has worked closely with colleagues in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific, and is trying to imagine new ways of working in wildlife health that are deeply respectful of indigenous knowledge and justice.

Research
  • Wildlife population health
  • Wildlife health and society
  • Socio-ecological systems and One Health
  • Conservation biology and ecology
  • Natural ecology of infectious protists
  • Avian biology and ecology
Publications
Full publications list on CRO

Recent Publications

  • Nath, B., Das, T., Peters, A., Gupta, S., Sarker, S., Forwood, J., Raidal, S., & Das, S. (2023). Australasian Pigeon Circoviruses Demonstrate Natural Spillover Infection. Viruses, 15(10), Article 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15102025
  • Wells, H., Peters, A., Frank, A. S. K., Watson, M. J., & McAuley, C. (2023). Do leeches play a role in the transmission of Trypanosomes in native Australian mammals. Poster session presented at 2023 Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
  • Ataollahi, F., McGrath, S., Friend, M., Dutton, G., Peters, A., & Bhanugopan, M. (Accepted/In press). Evaluating the effect of calcium, magnesium and sodium supplementation of Merino ewes on their lambs' growth. Australian Veterinary Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13274
  • McAuley, C., Frank, A. S. K., Watson, M. J., & Peters, A. (2023). Fleas, trypanosomes and sympatric Australian mammals: exploring the role of ectoparasite assemblages in Australian disease ecology. Paper presented at 2023 Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
  • Carver, S., Peters, A., & Richards, S. A. (2022). Model Integrated Disease Management to facilitate effective translatable solutions for wildlife disease issues. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59(12), 2902-2910. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14298