Publications

the haemagglutination spectrum of psittacine beak and feather disease virus.	a simple method for concentrating psittacine beak and feather disease virus (pbfdv) from crude feather suspensions is described. the addition of 10% polyethylene glycol (mw 6000 to 9000) to feather suspensions facilitated the precipitation and pelleting of pbfdv by low speed centrifugation. pellets were resuspended in one-twentieth of the original volume with caesium chloride (cscl) buffer and subjected to isopycnic ultracentrifugation. peak haemagglutination activity (ha) occurred at 1.35 g/ml ...	1994	18671129
a serologic survey for avian polyomavirus and pacheco's disease virus in australian cockatoos.	sera collected from wild and captive australian cockatoos and other psittacine species (n = 411) were tested for antibodies to avian polyomavirus (apv) and pacheco's disease virus (pdv). of 144 wild sulphur-crested cockatoos (cacatua galerita) sampled at three regions in new south wales (nsw) 96 (64.4%) birds had positive (>/= 1:32) neutralizing antibody titres to avian polyomavirus (range 1:32-1:2048). two of 17 wild long-billed corellas (cacatua tenuirostris) were also apv-antibody positive. h ...	1998	18483996
psittacine circovirus infection in parakeets of the genus eunymphicus and treatment with beta-(1,3/1,6)-d-glucan.	eight captive-bred horned parakeets (eunymphicus cornutus) and four captive-bred major mitchell cockatoos (cacatua leadbeateri) from the same aviary tested positive for psittacine circovirus (pscv) dna in whole blood by nested-polymerase chain reaction (pcr). the chronic form of disease with feather fragility and loss was observed in three horned parakeets. infection in other individuals was subclinical. immunosuppression, either hematologically or as susceptibility to secondary infections, was ...	2007	18251415
renal and cloacal cryptosporidiosis (cryptosporidium avian genotype v) in a major mitchell's cockatoo (lophochroa leadbeateri).	a 7-yr-old male major mitchell's cockatoo (lophochroa leadbeateri) presented with a recent history of lethargy and anorexia. physical examination revealed poor body condition and cloacal prolapse. abnormalities on serum chemistry included severe hyperuricemia and hyperphosphatemia with a low calcium-to-phosphorus ratio. symptomatic treatment was initiated including intravenous fluids and antibiotics. the bird continued to decline and died within a few days. visceral gout and renal and cloacal pa ...	2015	26667555