Rate My Professor Anna Le Souef

Anna Le Souef serves as Senior Lecturer in Wildlife and Conservation Medicine within the School of Veterinary Medicine at Murdoch University, where she practices as a zoo and wildlife veterinarian. She holds a BSc (Hons), BVMS, and PhD completed between 2007 and 2012 at Murdoch University. Her doctoral research centered on the veterinary rehabilitation of black cockatoos for release back into the wild. Le Souef's academic interests encompass veterinary conservation medicine, wildlife disease ecology, and wildlife population health, with a particular emphasis on endangered species such as Carnaby's cockatoo (Zanda latirostris) and other black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus spp.).

Her research output includes key publications such as "Presentation and prognostic indicators for free-living black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus spp.) admitted to an Australian zoo veterinary hospital over 10 years" (2015), "Hematologic and plasma biochemical reference values for three species of black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus species)" (2013), "Ovariectomy as treatment for ovarian bacterial granulomas in a Duvaucel's gecko (Hoplodactylus duvaucelii)" (2015), "Retention of transmitter attachments on black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus spp.)" (2013), "Hindlimb paralysis syndrome in wild Carnaby's cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus latirostris): A new threat for an endangered species" (2020), "Nature conservation on agricultural land: a case study of the endangered Carnaby’s Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris breeding at Koobabbie in the northern wheatbelt" (2014), "Satellite tracking of rehabilitated wild Baudin's cockatoos, Calyptorhynchus baudinii: a feasibility trial to track forest black cockatoos" (2015), and contributions to the "Fly Away Home" chapter in Scientific Foundations of Zoos and Aquariums (2018). Le Souef has contributed to conservation initiatives including the Fly Away Home collaborative program for rehabilitating black cockatoos and serves as project officer for Keep Carnaby's Flying – Ngoolarks Forever in collaboration with Perth Zoo. She co-holds a research grant from 2025 to 2028 with Rebecca J. Vaughan-Higgins. Previously, she held a Research Fellow position funded by Newmont Boddington Gold focused on black cockatoo health. Additionally, she has delivered public lectures, such as "The Secret Life of Cockatoos," sharing insights into cockatoo ecology and conservation.