Following graduation with a BVSc (hons) from the University of Sydney, Leah worked as a private veterinary practitioner in Wollongong and Sydney, before doing a rotating internship at a small animal specialist hospital.

Leah became a member of the ANZCVS in small animal medicine in 2014 and pathology in 2016. After completing a 3-year anatomic pathology residency at The University of Minnesota, USA, Leah passed her pathology certifying exams to become a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists in 2017. Leah is currently doing a part-time PhD in ‘Pathogenesis and characterisation of inherited neurologic diseases in sheep’.

Recent publications

• ‘Neuronal inclusions resembling Negri bodies in the thalamus of a red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)’, Australian Veterinary Journal, 2021, 99(5):178-180
• ‘Chlamydia pecorum-associated sporadic ovine abortion’, Westermann T, Jenkins C, Onizawa E, Gestier S, McNally J, Kirkland P, Zhang J, Bogema D, Manning LK, Walker K and Pinczowski, P in Veterinary Pathology, 2021, 58(1):289-299
• ‘Encephalomyocarditis virus infection in alpacas’, TW O’Connor, DS Finlaison, LK Manning, MS Hazelton, ZB Spiers, P Pinczowski, EM Bolin, PD Kemsley, N Horadagoda, AJ Dart, RW Cook and PD Kirkland, accepted for publication in The Australian Veterinary Journal, 2020, 98(10):486-490
• “What’s your diagnosis? Nasal lesion in a horse with exophthalmos”, AE Zibura, LK Manning, A Gwynn, L Sharkey, ML Henriksen, E Coppelman and TD O’Brien, Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 2019, 48(4)