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Cyril has been employed with CSU since October 2010. He was initially employed as Senior Theriogenology Clinician at the Veterinary Clinical Centre and later offered the post of Lecturer in Veterinary Reproduction. He graduated with a BVSc & AH degree from the College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Kerala Agricultural University, India and then worked as a veterinarian in the Department of Animal Husbandry, Government of Kerala for 10 years. Later he pursued a doctoral residency program in Theriogenology (DVSc) at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada. Before moving to Australia, he worked as a Theriogenologist at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada for a short term. Cyril passed the specialty board certification exam and became a Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists in Aug 2012.

His main interests include management of reproduction in equine, bovine and companion animals, infertility, obstetrics, embryo transfer, and trans-cervical insemination in dogs.

Cyril currently coordinates ASC261 and ASC461 Animal Reproduction subjects.

Research and Teaching Interests

• Postpartum uterine disease in dairy cattle