Susan Kueh

Projects

6

Publications

29

Awards

0


Biography

Dr Susan Gibson-Kueh did her BVSc at Sydney University, MSc at Institute of Aquaculture, Stirling University, UK and PhD on ‘Diseases of Asian seabass or barramundi, Lates calcarifer Bloch’ at Murdoch University, Western Australia.

She has developed a broad perspective of the aquaculture industry from three decades of working in governments and academia, which guides and informs her research. One of her earlier roles was as Head of the Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory, AgriFood and Veterinary Authority of Singapore for over a decade. Her expertise spans national disease surveillance programs, biosecurity, fish health management, diagnostic pathology, microbiology, and the study of novel and complex diseases in tropical aquaculture.

Dr Gibson-Kueh was the first researcher to suggest the viral causative agent of scale-drop disease (SDD) in barramundi during her PhD in 2012. Her current research continues to build on our understanding of SDD, along with other diseases like big belly disease and Lates calcarifer herpesvirus, so that sustainable approaches can be developed for barramundi aquaculture.

Dr Gibson-Kueh believes that the key to successful management of diseases lies in advancing current knowledge in applied fish physiology, immunology and gene expression to establish biomarkers as early indicators of disease. She is a champion for advancing the use of haematology and blood biochemistry to support health management of tropical aquaculture species.

She is passionate about promoting livelihoods to empower remote communities through quality education and research, in line with UN sustainable development goals to alleviate poverty.


Areas of expertise

  • Diagnostic pathology, parasitology, bacteriology, virology, molecular biology and epidemiology
  • Extensive knowledge of warm water aquaculture species, particularly diseases of Asian seabass or barramundi


She was the first to describe a coccidian parasite of L. calcarifer which was subsequently named after her, Goussia kuehaeDescription of Goussia kuehae n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae)

She taught over 900 veterinary students at Murdoch University, over 200 aquaculture students at James Cook University Singapore, supervised 1 PhD and 5 Honours students successfully to completion, and is currently supervising 3 PhD students working on diseases of L. calcarifer.

She is a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in the Medicine and Management of Aquaculture species (by examination).


Research

Research Interests

  • Fish Pathology
  • Fish Diseases in Tropical Aquaculture
  • Sustainable livelihoods in remote communities

Projects

Teaching

Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type

Primary Advanced

Research Advisor Accreditation
Role

Chair; Independent Academic


Taught Modules
Current JCU Research Students
The Epidemiology of 'Scale Drop Disease' in Farmed Lates Calcarifer in Singapore
Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies)
The Pathobiology of Enteritis Complex in Cultured Barramundi, Lates calcarifer
Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies)

Activities

Education
Associations
Employment

Output

Chew, Xian Zhe; Carrai, Maura; Shen, Xueyan; Gibson-Kueh, Susan (2024) 'Impact of transport conditio. Journal of Fish Diseases, 47 (8). [DOI] ...
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Gibson-Kueh, S.; Awate, S.; Schrittwieser, M (2023) 'The pathology of Lates calcarifer herpesviral d. Journal of Fish Diseases, 46 (8):861-871. [DOI] ...
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Chew, Xian Zhe; Gibson-Kueh, Susan; Jerry, Dean R.; Shen, Xueyan (2023) 'Comparison of intestinal ba. Aquaculture, 572 . [DOI] ...
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Chew, Xian Zhe; Gibson-Kueh, Susan (2023) 'The haematology of clinically healthy, farmed juvenile As. Journal of Fish Diseases, 46 (10):1109-1124. [DOI] ...
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Gibson-Kueh, Susan; Uichanco, Joseph Angelo (2021) 'The pathology associated with putative algal tox. Journal of Fish Diseases, 44 (6):857-861. [DOI] ...
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Terence, Celestine; Domingos, Jose A.; Angelo Uichanco, Joseph; Monteil, Yann; Monteil, Loïc; De Bra...
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Gibson-Kueh, Susan; Terence, Celestine; Chew, Xian Zhe; Uichanco, Joseph Angelo; Shen, Xueyan (2021)...
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Zorin, Boris; Gibson-Kueh, Susan; Zilberg, Dina (2019) 'A novel treatment against the monogenean par. Aquaculture, 501 :313-318. [DOI] ...
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Kelly, Erin; Barbosa, Amanda D.; Gibson-Kueh, Susan; Lymbery, Alan J. (2018) 'Haematozoa of wild cat. International Journa, 7 (1):12-17. [DOI ...
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Kelly, E.; Martin, P.A.J.; Gibson-Kueh, S.; Morgan, D.L.; Ebner, B.C.; Donaldson, J.; Buller, N.; Cr...
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Paparini, Andrea; Yang, Rongchang; Chen, Linda; Tong, Kaising; Gibson-Kueh, Susan; Lymbery, Alan; Ry...
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Chin, H. N.; Loh, R.; Hong, Y. C.; Gibson-Kueh, S. (2017) 'Case studies of spinal deformities in orn. Journal of Fish Diseases, 40 (1):65-71. [DOI] ...
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Kelly, E.; Gibson-Kueh, S. (2017) 'Renal mucous production in Australian freshwater plotosid and ari. Journal of Fish Biology, 90 (1):435-442. [DOI] ...
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Zahedi, Alireza; Durmic, Zoey; Gofton, Alexander W.; Kueh, Susan; Austen, Jill; Lawson, Malcolm; Cal...
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Kelly, E.; Gibson-Kueh, S.; Ebner, B.C.; Donaldson, J.A.; Yang, R.; Buller, N.; Hair, S.; Morgan, D....
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Kelly, Erin; Travouillon, Kenny J.; Keleher, James; Gibson-Kueh, Susan; Morgan, David L. (2016) 'Mam. J,...
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Yang, Rongchang; Palermo, Cindy; Chen, Linda; Edwards, Amanda; Paparini, Andrea; Tong, Kaising; Gibs...
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Ryan, Una; Paparini, Andrea; Tong, Kaising; Yang, Rongchang; Gibson-Kueh, Susan; O'Hara, Amanda; Lym...
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Kelly, E.; Gibson-Kueh, S. (2015) 'The haematology of six species of native catfish from northern Au. Australian Journal of Zoology, 63 (5):293-299. [DOI] ...
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Morine, M.; Yang, R.; Ng, J.; Kueh, S.; Lymbery, A. J.; Ryan, U. M. (2012) 'Additional novel Cryptos. Veterinary Parasitolog, 190 (3-4):578-582. ...
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Gibson-Kueh, S.; Chee, D.; Chen, J.; Wang, Y. H.; Tay, S.; Leong, L. N.; Ng, M. L.; Jones, J. B.; Ni...
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Gibson-Kueh, S.; Thuy, N.T.N.; Elliot, A.; Jones, J.B.; Nicholls, P.K.; Thompson, R.C.A. (2011) 'An . V,...
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Gibson-Kueh, S.; Yang, R.; Thuy, N. T. N.; Jones, J. B.; Nicholls, P. K.; Ryan, U. (2011) 'The molec. Veterin, 181 (...
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Dixon, P.F.; Ngoh, G.-H.; Stone, D.M.; Chang, S.F.; Way, K.; Kueh, S. (2008) 'Proposal for a fourth . Archives of Virology, 153 :1937-1941. [ ...
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Gibson-Kueh, S.; Ngoh-Lim, G. H.; Netto, P.; Kurita, J.; Nakajima, K.; Ng, M. L. (2004) 'A systemic . Journal o, 27 (12)...
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Qin, Q. W.; Chang, S. F.; Ngoh-Lim, G. H.; Gibson-Kueh, S.; Shi, C.; Lam, T. J. (2003) 'Characteriza. Diseases o, 53 (1):1...
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Gibson-Kueh, S.; Netto, P.; Ngoh-Lim, G. H.; Chang, S. F.; Ho, L. L.; Qin, Q. W.; Chua, F. H. C.; Ng...
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Chang, S. F.; Ngoh, G. H.; Kueh, L. F. S.; Qin, Q. W.; Chen, C. L.; Lam, T. J.; Sin, Y. M. (2001) 'D. ...
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