Nahiid Stephens
Lecturer
College of Veterinary Medicine
Murdoch University
Australia
Biography
Nahiid Stephens completed a Bachelor of Science (Veterinary Medicine and Surgery) with merit Honours at Murdoch University and went on to work in small animal private practice both in Australia and the United Kingdom. She came to Murdoch University in early 2009, as an Associate Lecturer in Pathology. As a veterinary anatomic pathologist, she is involved in teaching general and systemic pathology to undergraduates as well as wildlife pathology to postgraduates, performing surgical biopsy interpretation and post-mortem examinations, training residents in pathology, and undertaking research/supervision of research into the pathology of animal diseases. Whilst she deals with a wide variety of species on a regular basis, she has a special interest in wildlife pathology, in particular that of marine mammals.
Research Interest
wildlife pathology, in particular that of marine mammals.
Publications
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Cannell, B., Campbell, K., FitzGerald, L., Stephens, N., (2016), Anthropogenic trauma is the most prevalent cause of mortality in Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) in Perth, Western Australia, Emu: austral ornithology, 116, 1, pages 52 - 61.
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Etherington, S., Hong, I., Wong, C., Stephens, N., Warburton, N., (2016), Heterochronic neuromuscular junction development in an Australian marsupial (Macropus fuliginosus), Journal of Zoology, 300, 1, pages 27 - 35.
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Stephens, N., Duignan, P., Symons, J., Holyoake, C., Bejder, L., Warren, K., (2017), = ONLINE FIRST = Death by octopus (Macroctopus maorum): Laryngeal luxation and asphyxiation in an Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)., Marine Mammal Science, , , pages -.
