The Animal Research Institute, Yeerongpilly (ARI) was a government science complex at

Yeerongpilly Yeerongpilly is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yeerongpilly had a population of 1,934 people. Geography Yeerongpilly is south-west of the Brisbane GPO. A small section of the north eastern bound ...

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, serving the agricultural sector of Queensland. A number of the

Animal Research Institute Buildings Animal Research Institute Buildings is a heritage-listed set of research station buildings at 681 Fairfield Road, Yeerongpilly, Queensland, Yeerongpilly, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Stock Experiment Station (190 ...

are

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, added to the

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in 2008.

History

The site was proposed and established by Sydney Dodd in 1909 as the Stock Experiment Station for the then

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. The land had been occupied in the 19th century by the King family, Parr Smith – headmaster of the

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, and A. A. McDiarmid. With Dodd began the site's long-standing contribution to the cattle industry in the protection against tick fever (

babesiosis Babesiosis or piroplasmosis is a malaria-like parasitic disease caused by infection with a eukaryotic parasite in the order Piroplasmida, typically a ''Babesia'' or ''Theileria'', in the phylum Apicomplexa. Human babesiosis transmission via ti ...

anaplasmosis Anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease affecting ruminants, dogs, and horses, and is caused by ''Anaplasma'' bacteria. Anaplasmosis is an infectious but not contagious disease. Anaplasmosis can be transmitted through mechanical and biological vector ...

). In 1910 the Government

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, inaugural director of the

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, took charge of the station for the next 22 years. From 1932 to 1953 the complex was known as the Animal Health Station. In this period the site's various scientific disciplines became specialised roles, and the Department's

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and

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laboratory sections were also transferred there. The

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, known then as the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the University of Queensland's Veterinary School first occupied parts of the site during this era. In

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the United States Army utilised the Veterinary School building, with a laboratory and

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school formed as part of the 3rd Medical Laboratory in 1942. Animal Research Institute Yeerongpilly plan c 1983

In 1953, the complex became the Animal Research Institute. Immunologist and Nobel Laureate

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worked at Yeerongpilly in the 1960s, involved in diagnostic

veterinary pathology Veterinary pathologists are veterinarians who specialize in the diagnosis of diseases through the examination of animal tissue and body fluids. Like medical pathology, veterinary pathology is divided into two branches, anatomical pathology an ...

and a project on the

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bovine Bovines (subfamily Bovinae) comprise a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large-sized ungulates, including cattle, bison, African buffalo, water buffalos, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes. The evolutionary relationship betwee ...

leptospirosis Leptospirosis is a blood infection caused by the bacteria ''Leptospira''. Signs and symptoms can range from none to mild (headaches, muscle pains, and fevers) to severe ( bleeding in the lungs or meningitis). Weil's disease, the acute, severe ...

. A national campaign to eradicate bovine

brucellosis Brucellosis is a highly contagious zoonosis caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk or undercooked meat from infected animals, or close contact with their secretions. It is also known as undulant fever, Malta fever, and Mediterranean fever. The ...

and

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(BTEC) was supported by a set of laboratories built on the site in the 1970s. The investigation of

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, first described after an outbreak at a

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suburb in 1994, included researchers at Yeerongpilly. In 2009, the site celebrated a centenary of contribution to

microbiology Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...

biometry Biostatistics (also known as biometry) are the development and application of statistical methods to a wide range of topics in biology. It encompasses the design of biological experiments, the collection and analysis of data from those experime ...

biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

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, information and

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. The Institute had vacated the site in 2011, relocating activities to other facilities.

Redevelopment

In January 2014 a draft plan for redevelopment of the 14-hectare site of the former Institute was released by the Queensland Government. It proposed the ''Yeerongpilly

transit-oriented development In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport. It promotes a symbiotic relationship between ...

'' to establish urban communities around transit stations.

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History

Redevelopment

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