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Topic:Q fever
Name:J Gamble Date:5/08/2005 2:44:59 PM
Email:jgamble@rspcaqld.org.au Phone:
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L Haynes 20/07/2007 Q Fever - Australia (South Australia) (02): Abattoir Another case of Q fever has been confirmed in the South Australian Riverland. An outbreak of the disease has been linked to a Waikerie goat abattoir. The Health Department says another person at Waikerie has contracted the illness, taking to 5 the number of recent cases. http://www.promedmail.org/pls/promed/f?p=2400:1001:1050031685975246867::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK _PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1010,38337
David Phalen 06/02/2007 Q-fever infections amongst WIRES carers/volunteers Professor David Phalen, the Director of the Wildlife Centre at Camden, has a potential research project with WIRES that may be of interest to someone considering doing a research project this year, involving Q-fever infections amongst WIRES carers/volunteers. If you are interested in this area, it would be great if you could contact David: P: +61 2 9351 1798 F: +61 2 9351 1693 M: +61 428 116 060 E: dphalen@camden.usyd.edu.au
R Woods 11/08/2005 Check out: Speare et al. 1989. Diseases of free-ranging macropodoidea in Kangaroos, wallabies and rat kangaroos. G. Grigg, P. Jarman and I. Hume (Eds). Surrey Beattie pp705 - 734. The section on Q fever is a bit dated but has a couple of references that might be worth chasing up.
Janet Gamble 05/08/2005 Janet Gamble (State Wildlife Manager, RSPCA, QLD) would like to hear from anyone working with Q fever in marsupials. She is interested in any peer reviewed information quantifying risk -jgamble@rspcaqld.org.au
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