Publications

cryptococcosis in horses in western australia.		1970	5530552
absence of equine infectious anaemia in the kimberley region of western australia.		1980	7436931
variation in arbovirus infection rates in species of birds sampled in a serological survey during an encephalitis epidemic in the murray valley of south-eastern australia, february 1974.	there was extensive and exuberant breeding of waterbirds before and during an epidemic of arboviral encephalitis in the murray valley of south eastern australia in 1974. as estimated by haemagglutination inhibition tests on 432 bird sera collected between 4th and 13th february, 1974, infection with murray valley encephalitis virus, kunjin virus and possibly other flaviviruses was concentrated in species of the order ciconiiformes (55% positive) and pelecaniformes (41%), compared with only 5% in ...	1982	6299259
prevalence and epidemiology of the major gastrointestinal parasites of horses in perth, western australia.	a survey was conducted on the prevalence of the major gastrointestinal parasites in 140 horses necropsied in perth, western australia, during 1979 to 1982. adult strongylus vulgaris were found in 22.5 per cent of horses and verminous arteritis in 62.9 per cent. the peak worm prevalence was in november to january (summer). s edentatus had a similar prevalence and seasonality but s equinus was not found in this survey. draschia megastoma and habronema muscae were found in 66.2 per cent and 35.3 pe ...	1985	2934246
neurological disease and lipofuscinosis in horses and sheep grazing trachyandra divaricata (branched onion weed) in south western australia.	a severe paretic syndrome accompanied by intense neuronal lipofuscinosis is described in sheep and horses exposed to trachyandra divaricata. this is a newly recognised toxic hazard for grazing livestock in the coastal region of the south west of western australia. animals appear to become affected over a period of weeks when summer conditions induce a scarcity of alternative feed. the disease is discussed in relation to its recent documentation in south africa where the plant is indigenous.	1987	3619788
prevalence and intensity of non-strongyle intestinal parasites of horses in northern queensland.	a quantitative post-mortem study of 57 horses from northern queensland was done to determine the prevalence and intensity of non-strongyle intestinal parasites. the following species (% prevalence) were found: draschia megastoma (39%); habronema muscae (43%); gasterophilus intestinalis (34%), g. nasalis (30%); parascaris equorum (15%); strongyloides westeri (6%); probstmayria vivipara (2%); oxyuris equi (26%); anoplocephala magna (2%); a. perfoliata (32%). mean parasite numbers of individual spe ...	1989	2930389
a review of cases submitted to murdoch university for immunodiagnostic testing: 1978-1989.		1990	2375728
the policy-research interface: an insider's view.	this paper is a summary of some illuminating comments made by the author when invited to discuss some of the above papers in the area of liquor licensing and availability. prior to his appointment as the director and government printer of state print in south australia, the author had been the first director of liquor licensing in western australia. in that capacity he was responsible for undertaking a major review of the liquor act in western australia and in implementing a new administrative s ...	1993	8453335
annual ryegrass toxicosis in horses.		1996	9006868
a screening test for subclinical liver disease in horses affected by pyrrolizidine alkaloid toxicosis.	to evaluate various biochemical tests as indicators of subclinical liver disease in horses exposed to pyrrolizidine alkaloid toxicosis.	1996	8894041
pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning of horses grazing a native heliotrope (heliotropium ovalifolium).		1999	10812410
emerging viral infections in australia.	hendra virus infection should be suspected in someone with close association with horses or bats who presents acutely with pneumonia or encephalitis (potentially after a prolonged incubation period). australian bat lyssavirus infection should be suspected in a patient with a progressive neurological illness and a history of exposure to a bat. rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin should be strongly considered after a bite, scratch or mucous membrane exposure to a bat. japanese encephalitis vaccine s ...	2002	12088481
isolation of ross river virus from mosquitoes and from horses with signs of musculo-skeletal disease.	to report clinical and clinicopathological findings in horses naturally infected with ross river virus (rrv) and identify likely mosquito arbovirus vector species.	2003	15080456
use of free conjunctival grafts in horses: ten cases.	to assess the effectiveness of free conjunctival grafts in the treatment of horses with a range of keratopathies.	2004	15149069
occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites in horses in metropolitan perth, western australia.	to assess the occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites in horses in perth. to apply polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for the identification of some species of encysted larval cyathostomes.	2004	15088968
molecular characterization of potentially zoonotic isolates of giardia duodenalis in horses.	giardia isolates from eight horses from new york state (ny), usa and two horses from western australia (wa) were genetically characterized at the ssu-rdna and triose-phosphate isomerase (tpi) genes. phylogenetic analysis of the tpi gene provided strong support for the placement of both isolates of giardia from horses in wa and a single isolate from a horse in ny within the assemblage ai genotype of g. duodenalis. another two isolates from horses in ny placed within the assemblage aii genotype of ...	2005	15925726
isolation of brachyspira pilosicoli from weanling horses with chronic diarrhoea.		2006	16699136
rural veterinary services in western australia: part b. rural practice.	to determine the current status of rural veterinary services in western australia.	2008	18304041
clostridium difficile in horses in australia--a preliminary study.	during a 24 month period from 2007 to 2009, 174 faecal specimens from horses in australia (predominantly from western australia) were tested for clostridium difficile. c. difficile was isolated from 14 (23ôçè%) of 62 diarrhoeal animals (including 10 foals) and from none of 112 healthy adult horses. these isolates were toxin profiled by pcr for toxin a, toxin b and binary toxin, and ribotyped. ten of the equine isolates were a(+)b(+)cdt(-). other toxin profiles detected were a(-)b(-)cdt(+) (one i ...	2011	21436371