Publications

encephalomyocarditis virus infections in an australian zoo.	fatal encephalomyocarditis virus (emcv) infections in a ring-tailed lemur (lemur catta), a squirrel monkey (saimiri sciureus), three mandrills (mandrillus sphinx), a chimpanzee (pan troglodytes), a pygmy hippopotamus (choeropsis liberiensis), and two goodfellows tree kangaroos (dendrolagus goodfellowi) occurred at taronga zoo. this is the first description of emcv in a zoological collection outside of the united states. regardless of species, the most common clinical presentation was sudden deat ...	1997	9279403
comparative nmr studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from different species: xv. agile wallaby (macropus agilis), red-necked wallaby (macropus rufogriseus) and goodfellow's tree kangaroo (dendrolagus goodfellowi).	the water diffusional permeability (p(d)) of red blood cells (rbc) from agile wallaby (macropus agilis), red-necked wallaby (macropus rufogriseus) and goodfellow's tree kangaroo (dendrolagus goodfellowi) was monitored using an mn(2+)-doping (1)h nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) technique at 400 mhz. the p(d) (cm s(-1)) values of agile wallaby rbcs were 7.5 x 10(-3) at 25 degrees c, 9 x 10(-3) at 30 degrees c, 11 x 10(-3) at 37 degrees c, and 13 x 10(-3) at 42 degrees c. the inhibitory effect of ...	2009	19463965
microsatellite marker development and mendelian analysis in the matschie's tree kangaroo (dendrolagus matschiei).	matschie's tree kangaroo (dendrolagus matschiei) is an endangered arboreal macropodid endemic to the huon peninsula, papua new guinea (png). we developed 5 microsatellite markers for d. matschiei, which are the first markers developed for dendrolagus. we screened 17 additional markers that were developed for other marsupial taxa and identified 3 that were polymorphic in d. matschiei. we estimated allelic and genetic diversity with the set of 8 markers by analyzing 22 d. matschiei from wasaunon o ...	2009	19783838
successful transfer of a goodfellow's tree kangaroo (dendrolagus goodfellowi) pouch young to a yellow-footed rock wallaby (petrogale xanthopus) surrogate.	a 47-day-old orphaned goodfellow's tree kangaroo (dendrolagus goodfellowi) joey was successfully cross-fostered onto a yellow-footed rock wallaby (petrogale xanthopus). the joey was subsequently taken for hand-rearing at age 5 months. this is the first report of the cross-fostering technique, well-established in other macropods, being applied to a dendrolagus sp. this technique can be considered as a viable option to raise young orphaned tree kangaroos, and as a tool to accelerate breeding in ca ...	2015	26189660
infrastructure expansion challenges sustainable development in papua new guinea.	the island of new guinea hosts the third largest expanse of tropical rainforest on the planet. papua new guinea-comprising the eastern half of the island-plans to nearly double its national road network (from 8,700 to 15,000 km) over the next three years, to spur economic growth. we assessed these plans using fine-scale biophysical and environmental data. we identified numerous environmental and socioeconomic risks associated with these projects, including the dissection of 54 critical biodivers ...	2019	31339902