Research interests

• Enteric diseases of pigs
• Mucosal immunology
• Gastrointestinal health and microbial flora

Current and recent projects

• Reducing antibiotic use to control Lawsonia intracellularis in pigs
• Management strategies to control proliferative enteropathy
• Dispersal of rodents between piggeries
• Development of a semi-quantitative real time assay for ileitis

Professional associations and activities

• Member Australian Pig Science Association

Selected recent publications

Holyoake PK, Collins A, Donahoo M, Lising R and Emery D (2008) Practitioners’ approaches to diagnosing and controlling proliferative enteropathy in pigs in Australia. Aust. Vet. J. (in press).

Collins AM and Love RJ (2007) Re-challenge of pigs following recovery from proliferative enteropathy. Vet. Micro. 120:381-386.

Collins AM, Barchia I, Gonsalves JR, Fell S and Eamens GJ (2007) Reducing survival and transmission of Lawsonia intracellularis in conventional piggeries. Proceedings of the Eleventh Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association; Brisbane; Manipulating Pig Production Vol.11:125.

Miller Y, Holyoake PK, Smits RJ and Collins AM (2007) Effect of dam parity on transmission of proliferative enteropathy. Proceedings of the Eleventh Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association; Brisbane; Manipulating Pig Production Vol.11:57

La T, Collins AM, Philips ND, Oksa A and Hampson DJ (2006) Development of a multiplex PCR for rapid detection of Lawsonia intracellularis, Brachyspira hyodysenteriae and B.pilosicoli in porcine faeces. Lett Appl. Micro., 42:284-88.

Collins A (2006) Eradication of proliferative enteropathy-Current limitations in knowledge. Proceedings of the Australian Pig Veterinarians, pp.47-52.

Collins AM and Love RJ (2004) Risk factors for, and control of ileitis. Proceedings of the Australian Association of Pig Veterinarians, Canberra, pp 110-117.

McClintock SA and Collins AM (2004) Lawsonia intracellularis proliferative enteropathy in a weanling foal in Australia. Aust Vet.J. 82:750-752.