Rate My Professor Kristopher Hughes

Hughes teaches equine medicine at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as animal and equine science in undergraduate degrees. He supervises doctoral students and provides advanced clinical training for specialist qualifications in equine medicine and related disciplines. Additionally, he has served as an examiner for the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists and the European College of Equine Internal Medicine. His research specializations encompass equine parasitology, infectious diseases such as Salmonella spp. and Chlamydia psittaci, the intestinal microbiota, lower respiratory tract disorders, and intensive care of horses. With more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, 16 book chapters, and over 75 scientific conference presentations to his name, accumulating over 2,000 citations, Hughes has significantly influenced equine veterinary science. Notable publications include 'Equine Psittacosis and the Emergence of Chlamydia psittaci as an Equine Abortigenic Pathogen in Southeastern Australia: A Retrospective Data Analysis' (2023), 'BEVA Primary Care Clinical Guidelines: Equine Parasite Control' (2024), 'Pleuropneumonia – Advances in Treatment and Prognosis' (2018), and 'Effects of Production Method and Repeated Freeze Thaw Cycles on Cytokine Concentrations and Microbial Contamination in Equine Autologous Conditioned Serum' (2021). He contributes to the academic community as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine and research committees in his school and the Faculty of Science and Health.