| laboratory evaluation of two native fishes from tropical north queensland as biological control agents of subterranean aedes aegypti. | the ability of 2 freshwater fishes, eastern rainbow fish melanotaenia splendida splendida and fly-specked hardyhead craterocephalus stercusmuscarum stercusmuscarum, native to north queensland to prey on immature aedes aegypti was evaluated under laboratory conditions. the predation efficiency of the 2 species was compared to the exotic guppy, poecilia reticulata, which is commonly used as a biological control agent of mosquito larvae. of the 3 fish species tested, m. s. splendida was shown to be ... | 2001 | 11480819 |
| experimental challenge and clinical cases of bohle iridovirus (biv) in native australian anurans. | ranaviruses have been observed with increasing frequency amongst poikilothermic vertebrate hosts. the impact of ranaviruses upon amphibian populations has remained largely unknown. a gene probe for bohle iridovirus (biv) based upon primers designed to detect epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus (ehnv) was constructed. a pcr and dot-blot system was used successfully in screening for the presence of biv nucleic acid in digested formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded amphibian tissues. juvenile frogs ... | 2002 | 12078986 |
| mucormycosis in a free-ranging green tree frog from australia. | mucor amphibiorum is reported for the first time from a free-ranging native amphibian, a green tree frog (litoria caerulea) from queensland, australia. the nasal cavity was largely replaced by granulomatous inflammatory tissue, and most internal organs had nodular granulomas. typical mother and daughter sphaerules of m. amphibiorum occurred in these nodules which were due to granulomatous inflammation as well as areas of more active mixed inflammation with necrosis. tissue homogenate from the sp ... | 1997 | 9391982 |