Australian Wildlife Health Network

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This section of the site summarises current wildlife health activities across Australia under a number of different areas of interest. It allows you to keep the rest of Australia up to date with what you are doing, and lets you and others see what is happening around the country. Just click on the link below.

If this forum does not contain any suitable topics you’d like to discuss, please contact us at awhn@zoo.nsw.gov.au. A list serve is currently under development.



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Biodiversity and disease

64 24/10/2008 1:31:03 PM 
   - Climate change
10 16/10/2008 9:45:17 AM 
   - General information
50 24/10/2008 1:31:03 PM 
   - Useful literature
14/03/2008 10:51:44 AM 
Diseases and disease agents
Questions and postings on significant happenings with respect to some diseases with wildlife as part of their ecology that are of interest to Australia.
805 30/10/2008 12:41:27 PM 
   - Anthrax
15/05/2008 3:08:29 PM 
   - Australian bat Lyssavirus (ABLV, ABL)
10 30/05/2008 9:48:51 AM 
   - Avian influenza (AI, AIV, HPAI, NAI, H5N1, Bird flu)
585 30/10/2008 12:40:37 PM 
   - Bairnsdale or Buruli ulcer (Mycobacteria ulcerans)
6/02/2007 3:09:27 PM 
   - Bartonella australis
5/11/2007 2:54:20 PM 
   - Botulism
23/01/2007 4:32:37 PM 
   - Bovine Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis)
8/01/2008 3:48:23 PM 
   - Bufotoxin
7/07/2008 2:05:26 PM 
   - Chlamydia - Koala
25/07/2008 8:49:40 AM 
   - Chorioretinitis ("Kangaroo blindness", Wallal virus, Warrego virus)
 
   - Chytridiomycosis (Chytrid, Bd)
17 30/10/2008 12:41:00 PM 
   - Cryptococcosis
14/03/2008 10:47:51 AM 
   - Cryptosporidiosis
 
   - Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD)
70 30/10/2008 12:41:27 PM 
   - Echinococcosis (Echinococcus, hydatids)
5/06/2008 9:43:28 AM 
   - Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV)
17/03/2008 1:04:37 PM 
   - Flame-retardant chemicals in Tasmanian Devils
7/02/2008 2:47:16 PM 
   - Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)
17/03/2008 1:09:37 PM 
   - Haycocknema sp.
 
   - Hendra virus and Nipah virus
36 5/09/2008 8:43:14 AM 
   - Inclusion body disease (IBD)
 
   - Kangaroo herpesvirus
5/08/2005 3:14:34 PM 
   - Koala Retrovirus
29/09/2008 3:15:18 PM 
   - Kunjin virus
17/01/2006 12:50:19 PM 
   - Leishmania
9/10/2008 1:24:35 PM 
   - Mass mortality events in kangaroos
2/11/2007 10:12:47 AM 
   - Mucor amphibiorum (Mucormycosis or "Platypus ulcerative disease")
19/06/2008 10:53:01 AM 
   - Nipah virus (see Hendra virus - above)
6/03/2006 11:50:17 AM 
   - Ophidian paramyxovirus (OPMV)
26/09/2006 1:46:43 PM 
   - Parasites in Woylies
21/02/2008 10:13:27 AM 
   - Pesticides - General information
1/05/2007 11:10:47 AM 
   - Poxviruses
9/10/2007 4:46:09 PM 
   - Psittacine circovirus (PCD, PBFD)/ "Beak and feather disease"
26/09/2006 1:28:35 PM 
   - Q fever
20/07/2007 12:58:11 PM 
   - Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RCD, RHD, "Calicivirus")
21/02/2008 10:18:09 AM 
   - Rabies
29/09/2008 3:16:44 PM 
   - Salmonella
28/04/2006 10:23:59 AM 
   - Sarcoptic mange (Sarcoptes, Scabies)
6/02/2007 10:03:46 AM 
   - SARS
18/11/2005 2:14:04 PM 
   - Sodium fluroacetate (1080)
29/11/2007 8:39:18 AM 
   - Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)
5/06/2008 9:39:37 AM 
   - Tammar Sudden Death Syndrome (TSDS)
13/12/2007 4:21:43 PM 
   - Tick paralysis (Ixodes holocyclus; Australian paralysis tick)
22/03/2007 3:57:58 PM 
   - Toxoplasmosis ("Toxo")
1/05/2007 11:16:26 AM 
   - Treponema
3/10/2007 9:01:00 AM 
   - West Nile virus (WNV)
25/01/2008 1:22:06 PM 
   - White Tail Disease
14/03/2008 10:46:58 AM 
   - Wildlife Disease - General
3/03/2008 2:55:52 PM 
Education and training

41 30/10/2008 12:51:02 PM 
   - Curricula
29/07/2005 4:15:38 PM 
   - PhD projects/ postgraduate opportunities
36 30/10/2008 12:51:02 PM 
   - Post Docs
9/11/2007 9:54:01 AM 
Emergency disease preparedness and response

10 1/08/2008 11:40:53 AM 
   - General
1/08/2008 11:40:53 AM 
   - Submission of wildlife diagnostic specimens
5/12/2005 11:32:35 AM 
Fish

18 30/10/2008 12:41:51 PM 
   - EHNV (Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus)
27/03/2008 12:22:13 PM 
   - Fish kills
5/09/2008 8:47:31 AM 
   - Ganglioneuritis - Abalone
30/10/2008 12:41:51 PM 
   - General
6/02/2007 10:17:29 AM 
   - National Investigation and Reporting Protocol for Fish Kills
1/02/2008 10:59:13 AM 
   - Sick fish
27/03/2008 12:20:46 PM 
Help! I need some information.
Before posting your question here, have a look under the specific disease (above): your question might have been asked before.
24 30/10/2008 12:49:18 PM 
   - Alpha Chloralose testing in Australia
19/10/2007 7:37:34 AM 
   - Antibiotic use in koalas
12/08/2005 3:10:10 PM 
   - Babesia sp. in captive Eastern Grey Kangaroo joey (Qld) - Request for information
4/04/2008 11:14:41 AM 
   - Cataracts in wild kangaroos
5/03/2007 5:04:18 PM 
   - Cocos palm toxicity in fruit bats
18/11/2005 2:27:07 PM 
   - Draft survey of wildlife health in Victoria - Request for Comments
30/10/2008 12:43:57 PM 
   - Haematology and biochemistry
19/08/2005 3:22:10 PM 
   - Juvenile Bandicoot Deaths
 
   - Kangaroo & Wallaby unable to walk
18/11/2005 2:18:23 PM 
   - Mortality rates in neonatal marsupials
15/02/2006 1:22:21 PM 
   - Murray Valley Encephalitis references
24/10/2008 1:28:16 PM 
   - Non-human primate diseases in Australia
5/12/2005 10:10:03 AM 
   - Photosensitisation/ skin problems in waterbirds
24/05/2005 3:00:47 PM 
   - Population declines of the Woylie (Bettongia penicillata) in WA - Request for Information
21/09/2007 8:29:42 AM 
   - Request for information - enrofloxacin in juvenile marsupials
13/07/2007 10:47:57 AM 
   - Request for information - Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Ringtail Possums (100-130g)
12/03/2008 3:06:39 PM 
   - Seabird die-offs - request for information
3/12/2007 10:21:29 AM 
   - Study into Antibiotic Use in Possums - Request for Samples
24/10/2008 1:29:42 PM 
   - Tolga Bat Hospital (Atherton Tablelands) - Request for Volunteers
30/10/2008 12:49:18 PM 
   - Trapping and anaesthesia training in possums
22/05/2008 2:16:23 PM 
   - Urgent equipment requirements - Australia Registry of Wildlife Health
14/12/2007 10:49:13 AM 
   - Vaccinations for captive macropodids
 
   - Wild bird feeding stations: disease and impacts
24/05/2005 1:58:16 PM 
Investigation

8 6/03/2008 3:01:40 PM 
   - National Investigation and Reporting Protocol for Fish Kills
26/10/2007 8:49:23 AM 
   - Procedures for the Salvage and Necropsy of the Dugong (Dugong dugon)
27/09/2007 2:48:29 PM 
   - Wildlife and Emerging Diseases
6/03/2008 3:01:40 PM 
   - Wildlife Incident Submission Form
26/10/2007 8:50:30 AM 
   - Wildlife investigation manual
6/02/2007 2:35:38 PM 
Management and intervention

46 30/10/2008 12:42:47 PM 
   - Avian
22/01/2008 1:32:15 PM 
   - General
35 30/10/2008 12:42:47 PM 
   - Genetics and Disease
6/03/2006 2:47:41 PM 
   - Kangaroo Industry Newsletter
24/04/2006 12:25:46 PM 
   - Marine mammals and whale strandings
6/02/2007 10:13:36 AM 
   - Oiled wildlife/ oil spills
8/02/2007 10:59:35 PM 
   - Pest Birds
22/01/2008 1:35:38 PM 
   - Reptiles
12/02/2007 4:08:42 PM 
Other news

186 30/10/2008 12:53:08 PM 
   - Employment available
61 30/10/2008 12:53:08 PM 
   - Employment wanted
3/11/2005 2:00:21 PM 
   - Grants/ funding (see also Education and training PhD projects above)
14 5/06/2008 9:41:59 AM 
   - Upcoming events
106 24/10/2008 1:35:19 PM 
Research
Much of the information we have on current research projects involving wildlife disease in Australia will be associated with a specific disease, so check under the "Diseases" section (above) if you have a specific disease interest. Any funding/ PhD opportunities are also lodged under the specific disease.
11 5/06/2008 9:44:25 AM 
   - General
10 5/06/2008 9:44:25 AM 
   - Koala retrovirus work
21/03/2005 3:46:45 PM 

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