Professor John Pluske

Specialist Director

(BScAgric(Hons)., UWA; PhD, UWA; RAnNutr, R.Anim.Sci.)

Professor John Pluske is Chief Scientist for the Australian Pork Industry, holds a position as Honorary Professorial Fellow at The University of Melbourne, is a partner in SciEcons Consulting, and a Fellow of the Australasian Pig Science Association (2015). Previously, Professor Pluske was at Murdoch University where he held numerous senior administrative and research positions whilst conducting research, teaching and outreach activities.

Dr Pluske’s extensive research and academic career spanning more than 30 years has focused predominately on the nutrition and digestive physiology of pigs, particularly lactating sows and their piglets, and nursery pigs. Other research interests encompass alternatives to antimicrobials in pig diets, sow nutrition, roles of nutrition and the environment in modifying immune function and the gastrointestinal microbiota, feedstuff evaluation, and controlling enteric diseases in pigs without antimicrobials.