Australian Wildlife Health Network

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R Woods 03/02/2009 Imported biofuel a risk to wildlife The Australian, Tuesday 27 January 2009 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/s tory/0,25197,24967830-11949,00.html
L Haynes 24/11/2008 Christmas Island rats wiped out by disease. A new study has concluded that native rats found on Australia's Christmas Island more than 100 years ago, fell prey to "hyperdisease conditions" caused by a pathogen that led to its extinction. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/11/06/2412216.htm?site=science&topic=latest and http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081105081955.htm
L Haynes 22/05/2008 Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) officers recently intercepted three live snakes in parcels at Sydney's International Mail Centre. A fourth live snake was also intercepted by an Australian Custom officer at the Mail Centre. The snakes were identified as green tree pythons. A man has been arrested and charged with four counts of importing a specimen listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The discovery of the four live snakes was a significant find for AQIS due to the risk they pose to Australian reptiles. Biosecurity Australia identified over 40 potential pests and disease risks, including Inclusion Body Disease, leptospirosis and Japanese encephalitis. The snakes were humanely euthanasia. See full details in the AQIS Bulletin March/April 2008 and a hard copy can be obtained from AQIS at http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/about/reports-pubs/aqis-bulletin
L Haynes 01/05/2008 Evensen (2008) Wildlife disease can put conservation at risk. 20 March. Nature 452: 282. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v452/n7185/full/452282a.html
L Haynes 17/04/2008 Koalas at risk as trees lose nutrients http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/st ory/0,25197,23487281-30417,00.html
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