Publications

leptospiral titres in wild platypuses (ornithorhynchus anatinus) in new south wales.		1985	3994609
pharmacological action of australian animal venoms.	1. australia has some of the most venomous fauna in the world. although humans are not usually perceived as being predators against these animals they are often envenomated, accidentally or otherwise. this has led to the development of antivenoms against some of the potentially lethal venoms. however, further understanding of the mechanism(s) of action of these and other venoms is important, not only for developing new treatment strategies but also in the search for novel research tools. 2. the ...	1997	9043799
field biology of the platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus): historical and current perspectives.	the field biology of the platypus, ornithorhynchus anatinus, was first studied by a number of expatriate biologists who visited the australian colonies to collect specimens in the 1800s. their work was followed in the early to mid-1900s by a group of resident natural historians and later by an increasing number of academic biologists. all of these workers contributed significantly to the current understanding of the field biology of this unique australian species. the platypus occupies much the ...	1998	9720106
serological responses against the pathogenic dimorphic fungus mucor amphibiorum in populations of platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus) with and without ulcerative mycotic dermatitis.	mucor amphibiorum, a dimorphic fungus, causes ulcerative dermatitis and systemic infections in the platypus ornithorhynchus anatinus in some river systems in tasmania but apparently not in other regions of australia. as yet there are no suitable tests for population surveys, nor for detection of internal lesions in live animals. consequently, immunoglobulins were purified from the serum of platypuses and anti-immunoglobulin antisera were prepared in rabbits in order to develop an enzyme-linked i ...	2002	12079747
review of the monotreme fossil record and comparison of palaeontological and molecular data.	monotremes have traditionally been considered a remnant group of mammals descended from archaic mesozoic stock, surviving to the present day on the relatively isolated australian continent. challenges to this orthodoxy have been spurred by discoveries of 'advanced' cretaceous monotremes (steropodon galmani, archer, m., et al., 1985. first mesozoic mammal from australia-an early cretaceous monotreme, nature. 318, 363-366) as well as by results from molecular data linking monotremes to therian mam ...	2003	14667856
possible differences in pathogenicity between cane toad-, frog- and platypus-derived isolates of mucor amphibiorum, and a platypus-derived isolate of mucor circinelloides.	platypuses (ornithorhynchus anatinus) in the north of the island state of tasmania, australia, suffer from a serious disease called ulcerative mycosis, which is responsible for high morbidity and, presumably, mortality rates in areas where it occurs. the disease is caused by the dimorphic fungus mucor amphibiorum, which is also found in queensland, new south wales and victoria. however, it does not cause disease in platypuses in those states. it has been previously reported that a closely relate ...	2005	15832556