Publications

prevalence of toxoplasma gondii antibodies in dingoes.	serum samples from 62 dingoes (canis familiaris dingo) trapped in five areas of southeastern new south wales, australia were tested for antibodies to toxoplasma gondii. six (10%) of the dingoes had direct agglutination test titers for t. gondii of greater than or equal to 1:64, and four of these animals had t. gondii-specific igm, suggesting recent exposure.	1990	2388361
oocysts and high seroprevalence of neospora caninum in dogs living in remote aboriginal communities and wild dogs in australia.	canines are definitive hosts of neospora caninum (apicomplexa). for horizontal transmission from canines to occur, viable oocysts of n. caninum must occur in the environment of susceptible intermediate hosts. canids in australia include wild dogs and aboriginal community dogs. wild dogs are those dogs that are not dependent on humans for survival and consist of the dingo, feral domestic dog and their hybrid genotypes. aboriginal community dogs are dependent on humans, domesticated and owned by a ...	2011	22245069
rabies disease dynamics in naïve dog populations in australia.	currently, australia is free from terrestrial rabies but an incursion from nearby indonesia, where the virus is endemic, is a feasible threat. here, we aimed to determine whether the response to a simulated rabies incursion would vary between three extant australian dog populations; free-roaming domestic dogs from a remote indigenous community in northern australia, and free-roaming domestic and wild dogs in peri-urban areas of north-east new south wales. we further sought to predict how differe ...	2016	27544262
contact rates of wild-living and domestic dog populations in australia: a new approach.	dogs (canis familiaris) can transmit pathogens to other domestic animals, humans and wildlife. both domestic and wild-living dogs are ubiquitous within mainland australian landscapes, but their interactions are mostly unquantified. consequently, the probability of pathogen transfer among wild-living and domestic dogs is unknown. to address this knowledge deficit, we established 65 camera trap stations, deployed for 26,151 camera trap nights, to quantify domestic and wild-living dog activity duri ...	2016	27660202