Associate Professor Jacqueline Norris
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology
Faculty of Veterinary Science
McMaster Building (B14)
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
Ph: +61 2 9351 7095
Fax: + 61 2 9351 7348
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Qualifications
BVSc (Hons), MVS (Melb), PhD, MASM, Grad Cert Educ Stud (Higher), IVAS Cert. Acup.
Teaching Areas
- Veterinary Microbiology VETS3040 – Year 3 BVSc
- Principles of disease – VETS2013 - Year 2 BVSc
- Animal Disease VETS3242 - Year 3 BVSc
- Veterinary Public Health – VETS4232 - Year 4 BVSc
- Introduction to Veterinary Pathogenesis – VETS2001 - Year 2 AVBS
- Agents of Disease – VETS3001 - Year 3 AVBS
- Undergraduate and Postgraduate research supervision
Administration
- Unit of Study Coordinator for Veterinary Microbiology.
- Faculty ICT and eLearning Committee.
- Veterinary eLearning and Web Services Committee (oversees continued development of Resource Builder and other eLearning resources).
- Academic Board Member.
Research Interests
- Feline Infectious Peritonitis (epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis & treatment)
- Chronic feline kidney disease (aetiology)
- Novel treatments and diagnostic techniques for veterinary viral diseases
- Immunological memory post-vaccination
- Changes in antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of bacterial isolates from companion animals (dogs, cats, horses)
- Veterinary medical education
Career History
Jacqui graduated with a BVSc (Hons) from the University of Sydney and spent her first two years of clinical practice completing a small animal medicine and surgery residency program and clinical Masters at the University of Melbourne. She returned to the University of Sydney to complete a PhD on the aetiology of periodontal disease in domestic cats with the late Professor Daria Love while maintaining her clinical work as a veterinarian.
After several years back in small animal practice Jacqui returned to the Faculty to work on the development of a new curriculum in veterinary infectious diseases and to continue her research in this area. Since 2002, she has been a full time academic staff member at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney where she coordinates the teaching of veterinary microbiology and oversees the BVSc year 3 curriculum. She is passionate about teaching clinically relevant infectious disease courses for veterinary undergraduates, veterinary practitioners and companion animal breeders.
Her current research projects involve feline (FCoV, FIV, FHV) and canine viruses (distemper; parvovirus), aetiology/pathogenesis of renal disease in cats, pathogenesis of dental diseases in companion animals, antimicrobial resistance patterns, and veterinary education. Her main research area is in the immunopathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of the dreaded Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), a fatal feline coronavirus (FCoV) associated disease of domestic and wild cats.
Professional Distinctions
2009: University of Sydney, Vice Chancellors Award for Systems that Achieve Collective Excellence in Learning and Teaching.
2007 University of Sydney, Student Representative Council Award: Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.
2006 Australian Learning and Teaching Council Award: Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.
2005 Student Nominated Outstanding Teaching Award, Faculty of Veterinary Science.
2004 University of Sydney, Vice Chancellors Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Selected publications
Selected journals
White JD, Malik R and Norris JM Feline chronic renal disease: how can we move from treatment to prevention? The Veterinary Journal (in press)
Lee M, Bosward KL, Norris JM (2010) Immunohistological evaluation of Feline Herpesvirus-1 infection in feline eosinophilic dermatoses or stomatitis. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 12:72-79
Norris, J.M. Bell, E.T Hale, L. Toribio, J.A.L.M. White, J.D. Wigney, D.I. Baral, R.B. Malik, R Prevalence of Feline Immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in domesticated and feral cats in eastern Australia. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 2007 9 pp 300-308.
Norris JM, Krockenberger MB, Baird A, Knudsen G. Canine Distemper: re-emergence of an old enemy. Australian Veterinary Journal 2006 84:10:362-363.
White, JD Norris, JM. Baral, RM, Malik, R Naturally-occurring chronic renal failure in Australian cats: prospective study of 185 cases. Australian Veterinary Journal 2006 84:188-194.
Bell, E.T. Toribio JALML White JD, Malik, R Norris JM Seroprevalence study of Feline Coronavirus in owned and feral cats in Sydney, Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal 2006 84:74-81.
Bell, E.T. Malik, R Norris, J.M. The relationship between the Feline Coronavirus antibody titre and the age, breed, gender and health status of Australian cats. Australian Veterinary Journal, 2006 84:1-8
Norris, J.M. Bosward, K.L White, J.D. Baral, R.M. Catt, M.J. Malik, R. Clinicopathologic findings associated with feline infectious peritonitis in Sydney, Australia: 42 cases (1990-2002). Australian Veterinary Journal 2005 83:666-674.
Love, D. N. Malik, R. Norris, J. M Bacteriological warfare amongst cats: what have we learned about cat bite infections. Veterinary Microbiology. 2000. 74: 3, 179-193.
Norris, J.M. Love, D. N Serum antibody responses of cats to soluble whole cell antigens of feline Porphyromonas gingivalis. Veterinary Microbiology. 2000. 73: 1, 37-49.
Norris, J. M. Love, D. N The association of two recombinant proteinases of a feline strain of Porphyromonas gingivalis with periodontal disease in cats. Veterinary Microbiology. 2000. 71: 1/2, 69-80.
Norris, J. M. Love, D.N Associations amongst three feline Porphyromonas species from the gingival margin of cats during periodontal health and disease. Veterinary Microbiology. 1999. 65: 3, 195-207.
Book chapters
Baral, R. Norris, JM, Malik, R. (2005) Diagnosis and treatment of tetanus in cats. In Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine, 5. Edited By John August.
Norris, JM (2009) “Diagnosis of Canine Distemper” Chapter 93, Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures. Edited by: Shelly Vaden, Joyce Knoll, Larry P. Tilley and Francis W.K. Smith, Jr.