Our Partners

ACV members are predominately mixed practitioners who have a specific interest in bovines. The science of this species continues to grow in significance to producers, consumers and government. ACV members provide crucial services to agricultural producers who feed the country, while also playing a key role in disease surveillance and securing our quarantine status and protecting ongoing productivity.

ACV’s key mission is to ensure ongoing productivity and prosperity for producers as well as managing and maintaining animal welfare. Our two flagship accreditation schemes for pregnancy diagnosis and assessing bull breeding soundness, PREgCHECK® and BULLCHECK®, are key components to this service, giving producers assurance of accuracy, consistency and accountability by using their accredited Australian Cattle Veterinarian.

To register, you must be a veterinarian with a qualification recognised for registration in Australia, or a student enrolled in a recognised Australian University in Veterinary Science.

The University of Queensland’s School of Veterinary Science is a global leader in research into animal reproduction and genetics.

Working collaboratively out of UQ’s world-class laboratories and animal facilities, researchers conduct basic, applied and translational studies into livestock, equine and wildlife reproduction.

With a focus on tropical beef and dairy cattle production, Professors Michael McGowan and Michael Holland, and Dr Gry Boe-Hansen investigate ways to improve the outcome of fixed-time AI, identify and control the major factors affecting reproductive performance of beef and dairy herds, develop non-surgical alternatives to prevent conception in cattle, improve selection of high fertility bulls, and improve the fertilising capacity of stored sperm.