Dr Lucy Woolford

Biography/ Background

Following graduation, Lucy spent two years working in a mixed clinical veterinary practice in the Mid North of South Australia. In 2005 she returned to Western Australia to pursue interests in conservation and health of Australian wildlife, undertaking a PhD examining the pathological, aetiological and epidemiological aspects of a debilitating viral-associated skin cancer in the endangered Western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville). Following the PhD, Lucy left the sunny shores of Western Australia to undertake a residency in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology at the Royal Veterinary College, London, and the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, England. This residency, funded by The Horse Trust, enabled a focus on the health and disease of horses. In September 2010, Lucy completed the certifying examinations of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. She joined the University of Adelaide’s School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences in November 2010.

Qualifications

BSc BVMS (Hons), Murdoch University
PhD, Murdoch University
Member by examination, Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (Pathobiology)
Diplomate by examination, American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Publications

Woolford L, de Lahunta A, Bailer K, Dobson E, Summers BA. Ventricular and Extraventricular Ependymal Tumors in 18 Cats (2012) Veterinary Pathology.  July13. [Epub ahead of print]

Byard R, Machado A, Woolford L and Boardman W. (2012). Symmetry - the key to diagnosing strike injuries in sea mammals. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. Forensic Sci Med Pathol DOI 10.1007/s12024-012-9335-0

Speight KN, Boardman W, Breed WG, Taggart DA, Woolford L, Haynes JI. Pathological features of oxalate nephrosis in a population of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in South Australia (2012) Veterinary Pathology.  Aug 1. [Epub ahead of print]

Lanyon, J.M., Sneath, H., Woolford, L. and Long, T. (2011). Application of health assessment in assessing effects of coastal flooding on free-ranging dugongs. Sirenian International Workshop, 19th Biennial Conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. Tampa, FL, USA, 27 November–2 December 2011.

Fiske-Jackson AR, Pollock PJ, Witte TH, Woolford L and Perkins JD (2011). Fungal sinusitis resulting in suspected trigeminal neuropathy as a cause of headshaking in five horses. Equine Veterinary Education 24 (3) 126 - 133

Woolford L, Staniek G and Blunden AS (2010). Pleuropulmonary blastoma in an equine fetus. Veterinary Pathology 47(6): 1086-1089.

Bennett MD, Woolford L, Banazis MJ OHara AJ, Warren KS, Nicholls PK, Sims C, & Fenwick SG (2011). Coxiella burnetii in Western Barred Bandicoots (Perameles bougainville) from Bernier and Dorre Islands in Western Australia. EcoHealth. 8(4): 519-524.

Keir I, Woolford L, Hirst C and Adamantos S (2010). Fatal aortic oesophageal fistula following oesophageal foreign body removal in a dog. Journal of Small Animal Practice 51(12): 657-60.

Woolford L, Bennett MD, Sims C, Thomas N, Friend JA, Nicholls PK, Warren KS & O’Hara AJ (2009). Prevalence, emergence and factors associated with a viral papillomatosis and carcinomatosis syndrome in wild, reintroduced and captive western barred bandicoots (Perameles bougainville). EcoHealth. 6(3): 414-25.

Woolford L, O'Hara AJ, Bennett MD, Slaven M, Swan RA, Friend JA, Ducki A, Sims C, Hill S, Nicholls PK & Warren KS (2008). Cutaneous papillomatosis and carcinomatosis in the western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville). Veterinary Pathology. 45(1): 95-103.

Woolford L, Rector A, Van Ranst M, Ducki A, Bennett MD, Nicholls PK, Warren KS, Swan RA, Wilcox GE & O’Hara AJ (2007). A novel virus detected in papillomas and carcinomas of the endangered western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville) exhibits genomic features of both the Papillomaviridae and Polyomaviridae. Journal of Virology 81(24): 13280-13290 [Featured on 81(24) journal cover and ‘Spotlight’ for noteworthy articles].

Bennett MD, Woolford L, Stevens H, O’Hara AJ, Warren KS and Nicholls PK (2008). Genomic characterization of a novel virus found in papillomatous lesions from a southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) in Western Australia. Virology 376(1): 173-82.

Bennett, MD, Woolford L, O'Hara AJ, Warren KS and Nicholls PK (2008). In situ hybridization to detect bandicoot papillomatosis carcinomatosis virus type 1 in biopsies from endangered western barred bandicoots (Perameles bougainville). Journal of General Virology 89(2): 419-23.

Bennett M D, Woolford L, O'Hara AJ, Nicholls PK and Warren KS (2008). Clinical chemistry and tissue enzyme activities in western barred bandicoots (Perameles bougainville). Veterinary Clinical Pathology 37(2): 221-4.

Bennett MD, Woolford L, O'Hara AJ, Nicholls PK, Warren KS, Friend JA & Swan RA (2007)  Klossiella quimrensis (Apicomplexa: Klossiellidae) causes renal coccidiosis in western barred bandicoots Perameles bougainville (Marsupialia: Peramelidae) in Western Australia. Journal of Parasitology 93(1):89-92.

Bennett MD, Woolford L, O’Hara AJ, Nicholls PK, Warren K & Hobbs RP (2006) A new eimeria species parasitic in western barred bandicoots, Perameles bougainville (Marsupialia: Peramelidae), in western Australia. Journal of Parasitology 92(6):1292-4.

Bennett MD, Woolford L, O’Hara AJ, Nicholls PK, Warren KS, Swan RA, Friend JA,  Hulme-Moir KL & Clark P (2006) Haematological characteristics of captive western barred bandicoots Perameles bougainville (Marsupialia: Peramelidae) from Western Australia. Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 36(4): 348-53.

Professional Associations

Australian Marine Wildlife Research and Rescue Organisation, Scientific Board

Australian Society for Veterinary Pathology

American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Australian College of Veterinary Scientists

International Society of Veterinary Dermatopathology

Wildlife Disease Association

American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Australian Veterinary Association

Entry last updated: Wednesday, 7 Nov 2012