| population genetics of aa and ab immunoglobulin allotypes in wild rabbits of south-eastern australia. i. allotype frequencies. | aa and ab allotype frequencies have been investigated in wild rabbit populations throughout victoria and south-east south australia. the overall mean allele frequencies for thirty-three populations are 0-53:0-12:0-36 for a1:a2:a3 and 0-72:0-22:0-05 for b4:b5:b9. the b6 allele was not found anywhere. the a1 frequency has been found to increase in proportion to increases in mean annual rainfall. while considerable variations exist in allotype and allele frequencies from area to area, the relations ... | 1977 | 925349 |
| the geographic distribution and host range of capillaria hepatica (bancroft) (nematoda) in australia. | the geographic distribution, host range and prevalence of capillaria hepatica were recorded in 4629 house mice, mus domesticus, 263 black rats, rattus rattus, and 58 norway rats, r. norvegicus. the parasite was found at five localities, all in or near large towns along the coast. the two rattus species appeared to be the primary hosts of c. hepatica in australia. published and unpublished data on helminth infections of australian native mammals from 1162 murids (26 species), 3018 marsupials (67 ... | 1991 | 1787037 |
| nonrandom allele associations between unlinked protein loci: are the polymorphisms of the immunoglobulin constant regions adaptive? | consistent linkage disequilibrium was observed between independently segregating protein loci. in natural populations of the european rabbit oryctolagus cuniculus, highly significant, nonrandom associations between alleles of the constant regions of the immunoglobulin light and heavy chains were found, both within localities and between localities. we suggest that the population genetic data presented here are relevant to the adaptive significance of the genetic polymorphisms of the antibody con ... | 1987 | 3106983 |
| the efficiency of various collection techniques for sampling culex annulirostris in southeastern australia. | dry-ice (co2) baited evs (encephalitis virus surveillance) light traps collected significantly more culex annulirostris than unbaited evs or cdc light traps, chicken-, guinea pig- and rabbit-baited evs traps, or cubic foot resting boxes. results from the animal-baited traps indicated a preference for bird versus mammal bait. females sampled by the resting boxes had significantly lower parity rates than females sampled by dry-ice baited evs traps. parity rates were generally similar among females ... | 1985 | 3880265 |
| characterization and ecology of a type a influenzavirus isolated from a sheawater. | an influenzavirus isolated from a shearwater bird nesting on tryon island on the australian great barrier reef in 1971 has been more extensively characterized. haemagglutinin subunits were isolated from the shearwater virus and from the antigenically related avian influenzaviruses a/turkey/mass./65 (hav6n2) and a/duck/penn./69 (hav6n1). maps of the tryptic peptides from the heavy polypeptides (ha1) of the haemagglutinin subunits of the three viruses showed a number of differences, but peptide ma ... | 1973 | 4548383 |
| some properties of a tobacco ringspot virus isolate from south australia. | | 1965 | 4953465 |
| the initial impact of rabbit hemorrhagic disease on european rabbit populations in south australia. | the calicivirus agent for rabbit hemorrhagic disease (rhd) escaped from an island quarantine station to the australian mainland in october 1995. within 2 wk it was detected at an established field study site where wild european rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) were being monitored in the flinders ranges national park (south australia, australia). during november 1995, rhd reduced the rabbit numbers on the site by 95%. approximately 3% of the population survived challenge by rhd and developed anti ... | 1998 | 9577768 |
| monitoring the spread of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus as a new biological agent for control of wild european rabbits in australia. | following the escape to the mainland of the rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (rhdv) from wardang island off the coast of south australia, a monitoring program was implemented over a 13 mo period, between october 1995 and october 1996 to determine the activity and rate of spread of the disease in the wild european rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus) population. all reports of dead rabbits were investigated. whenever possible, liver and spleen tissue samples were collected from fresh carcasses and subs ... | 1998 | 9706550 |
| geographically diverse australian isolates of melissococcus pluton exhibit minimal genotypic diversity by restriction endonuclease analysis. | melissococcus pluton, the causative agent of european foulbrood is an economically significant disease of honey bees (apis mellifera) across most regions of the world and is prevalent throughout most states of australia. 49 isolates of m. pluton recovered from diseased colonies or honey samples in new south wales, queensland, south australia, tasmania and victoria were compared using sds-page, western immunoblotting and restriction endonuclease analyses. dna profiles of all 49 geographically div ... | 1999 | 10227161 |
| characterisation of the kappa light chain of the brushtail possum (trichosurus vulpecula). | two full length cdna sequences encoding the kappa light chain of the australian marsupial, trichosurus vulpecula, the brushtail possum, were isolated from a mesenteric lymph node cdna library. the constant regions (ckappa) of the two light chains were identical, but the variable (vkappa) and joining (jkappa) regions were different. at the amino acid level, possum ckappa was most similar to ckappa of an american marsupial, monodelphis domestica (75%), with similarity to eutherian ckappa ranging f ... | 2001 | 11292532 |
| female reproductive tract abnormalities in european hares (lepus europaeus) in australia. philip.stott@adelaide.edu.au. | populations of european hare (lepus europaeus) are in decline in europe, and populations in australia remain at low densities. populations are sensitive to size of the breeding stock, which is influenced by fertility in the females. from 1996 to 1999, a total of 272 adult female hares from three australian populations were dissected and their reproductive systems examined for abnormalities. cystic endometrial hyperplasia was relatively common and often accompanied by hydrosalpinx. extrauterine f ... | 2004 | 15650087 |
| cultured gill-derived neoparamoeba pemaquidensis fails to elicit amoebic gill disease (agd) in atlantic salmon salmo salar. | amoebic gill disease (agd) affects the culture of atlantic salmon salmo salar in the southeast of tasmania. the disease is characterised by the presence of epizoic neoparamoeba spp. in association with hyperplastic gill tissue. gill-associated amoebae trophozoites were positively selected by plastic adherence for culture in seawater, where they proliferated using heat-killed e. coli as a nutrient source. one isolate of gill-harvested amoebae designated np251002 was morphologically consistent to ... | 2005 | 16231639 |
| hosts of the exotic ornate kangaroo tick, amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum koch, on southern yorke peninsula, south australia. | amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum is assumed to be endemic to south-western western australia (including barrow island), queensland (excluding cape york peninsula), and new south wales, south to dubbo and barham. the species has been recorded on a range of mammalian hosts including macropods and domestic animals. in queensland, a. triguttatum triguttatum is implicated in the epidemiology of q fever. in 2000, the species was detected on southern yorke peninsula in south australia. we aimed to ide ... | 2007 | 17611781 |
| molecular epidemiology of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus in australia: when one became many. | rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (rhdv) was introduced into australia in 1995 as a biological control agent against the wild european rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus). we evaluated its evolution over a 16-year period (1995-2011) by examining 50 isolates collected throughout australia, as well as the original inoculum strains. phylogenetic analysis of capsid protein vp60 sequences of the australian isolates, compared with those sampled globally, revealed that they form a monophyletic group with th ... | 2014 | 24251353 |