Publications

anthelmintic evaluation of thiabendazole, phenzidole and phenzidole plus phenothiazine in field trials in new south wales.		1965	5892954
an outbreak of vibriosis in sheep in new south wales.		1969	5815888
abnormalities in the electrocardiograms of young sheep and lambs grazing natural pastures low in selenium.		1968	5689334
poisoning of sheep in new south wales by the blue-green alga anacystis cyanea (kuetz.) dr. and dail.		1966	5336172
effect of selenium on wool production body weight and mortality of young sheep in western australia.		1971	5106531
historical records of the veterinary profession in australia. 3. animal health and associated legislation in new south wales, from the foundation of the colony until 1900. 2. the bruce era.		1971	4942230
changes in animal disease patterns in the riverina of new south wales.		1971	4931393
an outbreak of micrencephaly in lambs in new south wales.		1974	4856951
grass tetany: the mineral and species status of sixteen pastures in north-eastern victoria and southern new south wales.		1974	4852185
australian exotic animal disease control plans.		1973	4351133
phalangeal bone ash as an aid in diagnosing some nutritional causes of lameness in sheep.	normal bone ash levels were determined on first phalangeal bones from lambs dying of acute causes and from abattoir specimens. first phalanges were chosen because they represent a whole bone thereby ensuring constant and natural proportion which would be difficult if sampling only a portion of a bone. no practical difference in percentage ash, expressed in terms of green bone weight, was found between fore or hind feet of young male or female sheep. consequently a single regression equation can ...	1985	4084147
a pilot survey into hydatid disease incidence levels in sheep and cattle of new south wales.		1985	4062744
pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning of sheep in new south wales.	pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning of sheep in new south wales was reviewed, based on the records of the new south wales department of agriculture's regional veterinary laboratories. the plant species causing significant mortalities were echium plantagineum and heliotropium europaeum. the syndrome of hepatogenous chronic copper poisoning was more frequently diagnosed than primary pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning, particularly when grazing e. plantagineum. the data indicated that adult crossbred ew ...	1987	3632498
serological survey for toxoplasma infections in sheep.	a factorial-design survey was performed to determine the prevalence of specific antibody against toxoplasma in young and adult sheep from 6 areas in 3 different geoclimatic zones in south australia. serum samples obtained from 1,159 sheep belonging to 59 flocks were tested by a conventional indirect haemagglutination test (ihat) as well as by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) which used class-specific conjugates to detect both igg and igm against toxoplasma. titres greater than 64 wer ...	1987	3606503
control of ostertagia ostertagi infections in australia.	the control of ostertagia ostertagi infections in australia is aimed specifically at young cattle in their first and second year of grazing after weaning. mature breeding stock are not routinely treated. the recommended strategy is preventive, using an integrated approach of timed anthelmintic treatments in relation to the epidemiology of ostertagiasis in different environments. best results are obtained when treatments, given at weaning and 6 months later, are combined with a move to 'safe' pas ...	1988	3284168
genetic architecture and adaptation: quantitative analysis of sheep and refuse tip populations of the australian sheep blowfly, lucilia cuprina.	phenotypic differentiation between geographic areas and between sheep and adjacent refuse tip populations was assessed by quantitative analysis of population samples of l. cuprina from new south wales (lismore) and victoria (mansfield). in addition the genetic structure of populations has been defined and compared by biometrical analysis techniques. for all morphological and fitness characters examined significant phenotypic differentiation was observed both between geographic localities and bet ...	1987	3274653
estimation of direct and indirect losses due to johnes disease in new south wales, australia.		1988	3232648
akabane disease in sheep.	perinatal lamb mortality, associated with malformations of the cns due to akabane viral infection, occurred in 4 of 9 flocks of ewes lambing on 3 farms between 26 may and 14 november, 1976. cases were restricted to ewes conceiving prior to the second week of march and lambing between 26 may and 19 july. as judged by seroconversion in sentinel flocks on 2 of the farms, field infection with akabane virus occurred mainly between mid-february and mid-april. malformations of the cns occurred in 42.5% ...	1988	3135792
caprine retrovirus infection in new south wales: virus isolations, clinical and histopathological findings and prevalence of antibody.	caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (caev) was isolated by explant cultures of carpal synovial membranes and lung from 7 goats in new south wales. these goats were clinically affected with the arthritic, neurologic, and pneumonic forms of caev infection either singly or in combination. caev antibody was detected by the gel immunodiffusion precipitin (gdp) test in 5 of the 7 goats. serum samples from 2,708 goats, from 115 herds, were examined for caev antibody using the gdp test. approximately o ...	1986	3024613
experimental infection with murray valley encephalitis virus. pigs, cattle, sheep, dogs, rabbits, macropods and chickens.	a total of 142 young animals including 10 domestic and 14 feral pigs, 12 hereford calves, 12 crossbred and 24 merino lambs, 11 dogs, 8 domestic and 16 feral rabbits, 14 grey kangaroos, 9 agile wallabies and 12 chickens was exposed to infection with 4 strains of murray valley encephalitis virus (mve), mainly using orally infected culex annulirostris mosquitoes. in terms of their viraemic response, the animals were grouped into high (grey kangaroos, rabbits), moderate (pigs, dogs, chickens) and lo ...	1985	2990398
immunogenicity of specific bordetella pertussis surface antigens in diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (dtp) vaccines.	the predominant causative organism of whooping cough in australia is of a serotype which has normally been associated overseas with unvaccinated communities. australian dtp vaccines pass the statutory mouse test for bordetella pertussis potency but this test is now believed to be relatively insensitive to certain factors, especially the major type-specific agglutinogens, which are presumably also important in the human host-parasite relationship. because endemic b. bronchiseptica infections make ...	1988	2897927
the occurrence of antibody to bluetongue virus in new south wales. i. statewide surveys of cattle and sheep.	two state-wide surveys were carried out in 1978 to detect bluetongue (blu) virus antibody in cattle and sheep sera in new south wales (nsw). the first survey showed that blu group antibody in cattle 18-24 months old was confined to the coastal regions (east of the great dividing range) and the hunter valley. however, in the second survey, of cattle more than 5 years old, reactors were much more widely distributed over the north-eastern third of the state and into the western division with preval ...	1988	2856014
the laboratory diagnosis of diseases in stock in new south wales: 1890 to 1947.		1989	2658945
the prevalence of itchmite, psorergates ovis, among sheep flocks with a history of fleece derangement.	an investigation of sheep flocks in the main sheep raising areas of new south wales showed that the itchmite psorergates ovis was frequently associated with fleece derangement. in 26 of the 41 flocks examined, p. ovis was the only ectoparasite detected. p. ovis and the sheep body louse damalinia ovis, were found in 5 flocks. no external parasites were found on sheep examined from the 10 remaining flocks. the type of fleece derangement most frequently recorded was rubbing which in some cases was ...	1990	2375718
trapping sheep blowflies using bait-bins.	a bait-bin designed to attract and kill sheep blowflies is described. it is composed of a garbage bin plus lid, attractant and insecticide-treated offal. fly entry holes are covered with differentiator wire to increase selectivity of kill. placing bait-bins in preferred habitats of blowflies to optimise kill is outlined and temporal insecticide strategies to increase effectiveness of kill and reduce blowfly resistance are suggested. preliminary data supporting the effectiveness of bait-bins in r ...	1990	2375714
survey of intramammary infections in ewes on the new england tableland of new south wales.	samples of mammary secretion were collected aseptically from 1093 ewes in 8 separate flocks. most of the ewes were suckling lambs 4 to 6 weeks old. standard bacteriological tests were carried out on the samples to identify the organisms involved in intramammary infections. data on age, breed, lactational status and clinical status of the gland and its secretion were recorded at the time of sampling. the prevalence of intramammary infection was 14% of ewes (8% of glands). there was a tendency for ...	1990	2334377
an outbreak of listerial myelitis in sheep.		1990	2115768
yersinia species isolated from sheep with enterocolitis.	in 40 submissions to the regional veterinary laboratory (rvl) wagga wagga from sheep in southern new south wales from 1981 to 1989, 53 isolates of yersinia sp were recovered from 45 sheep in 37 flocks. of 53 isolates, 26 were identified as y. pseudotuberculosis, 20 as y. enterocolitica, 5 as y. intermedia and 2 as y. frederiksenii. twelve isolates of y. pseudotuberculosis tested in the slide agglutination test all belonged to serotype iii. the 20 y. enterocolitica isolates were categorised bioch ...	1991	2043083
abortions in sheep due to listeria ivanovii.		1991	2018457
anthrax. human cutaneous anthrax--a case report.		1991	1911169
meningoencephalitis and other conditions associated with histophilus ovis infection in sheep.	histophilus ovis was isolated from 29 sheep in 20 flocks and 2 artificial insemination (ai) centres in southern new south wales from 1984 to 1990. the clinical and pathological findings were consistent with previous reports and included polyarthritis (7 flocks), epididymo-orchitis (5), meningoencephalitis (3), pneumonia (3), septicaemia (2), mastitis (1) and metritis (1). six sheep had meningoencephalitis, a syndrome not previously associated with h ovis infection in sheep, which was similar pat ...	1991	1807244
progressive ataxia associated with degenerative thoracic myelopathy in merino sheep.	a neurological disorder in merino sheep, characterised clinically by progressive posterior ataxia and microscopically by wallerian degeneration in thoracic segments of the spinal cord, is described. animals of both sexes were affected, with the earliest onset of disease being at 5 months of age. most affected animals died before 2 years of age. the clinical, pathological and epidemiological features suggest that this degenerative thoracic myelopathy is a previously unrecognised entity differing ...	1991	1776933
local eradication of haemonchus contortus using closantel.		1991	1755790
anthelmintic resistance in sheep nematodes in the new england region of new south wales.		1992	1530557
ovine nasal zygomycosis caused by conidiobolus incongruus.	about 700 sheep died on 52 farms in north-western new south wales and south-western queensland over a 3 mo period. affected animals had a marked asymmetrical swelling of the face, extending from the nostril to just anterior to the eyes. they lost condition rapidly and died within 7 to 10 days. at necropsy there was a unilateral severe necrogranulomatous rhinitis with extension of inflammation into the adjacent subcutaneous tissue, nasal septum and hard palate. metastatic lesions were present in ...	1992	1445069
a genetic comparison of human and wildlife isolates of echinococcus granulosus in queensland: public health implications.	to test the hypothesis that the hydatid parasite infecting macropods and dingoes in queensland is a sylvatic strain of echinococcus granulosus, distinct from the domestic strain which produces cysts in sheep and humans.	1992	1346467
selenium-responsive unthriftiness of young merino sheep in central victoria.	a trial was carried out to determine whether selenium responsive unthriftiness existed on a property in the strathbogie ranges of central victoria where unthriftiness of young sheep has been a problem for 10 to 20 years. white muscle disease had been diagnosed on the property in the previous year and on other properties in the area. eighty merino ewes and lambs were allotted to one of 4 groups in a 2 x 2 factorial designed trial in which sodium selenite (0.1 mg/kg) was given orally to ewes and/o ...	1975	1200935
employment of veterinary graduates in new south wales.		1975	1167133
congenital bovine epizootic arthrogryposis and hydranencephaly in australia. distribution of antibodies to akabane virus in australian cattle after the 1974 epizootic.	at the end of the 1974 epizootic of bovine congenital arthrogryposis and hydranencephaly in south-eastern new south wales, an australia-wide serological survey (about 4,000 serums) was made to determine the ditribution of cattle possessing serum neutralising antibodies against akabane virus. eighty per cent of the serums from cattle in northern australia (western australia, northern territory, and queensland) were positive. a detailed study in the epizootic area in new south wales (particularly ...	1976	1016149
the control of hydatid disease and ovine cysticercoses in the australian capital territory and southern new south wales.	a survey of human hydatid disease in new south wales and the australian capital territory over the period 1968 to 1973 was made from hospital records in sydney and canberra. the 162 new cases found represent an incidence, of 0-57 per 100,000 per annum, but the 20 patients living in the central west statistical division of new south wales at the time of admission to hospital represent an incidence of 12-6 per 100,000 per annum in that area. a survey of a.c.t. farms revealed dogs carrying the caus ...	1977	875855
the prevalence of sarcosporidiosis in australian meat animals.	the prevalence of sarcocystis infectious in tasmanian sheep, cattle and pigs was assessed during february 1974. serological results indicated that over 90% of sheep and cattle were infected. macroscopic sarcocysts were found in 0.6% of lambs, 8.8% of 2- to 6-tooth (1 to 4 years old) sheep and 66% of full-mouth (4 years and older) sheep. the minimum prevalence in pigs, as determined by microscopic examination of muscle tissues, was 1.4% for animals less than 12 months old and 16.7% for animals ol ...	1975	812465
neonatal lamb losses due to feral pig predation.	an investigation into causes of low lamb marking percentages was made on a property in north-west new south wales from 1971 to 1975. investigations revealed that from 11 to 70% of the ewes in lamb were losing all their lambs. observations suggested that feral pig predation was a factor in the perinatal loss. in 1975, 2 groups of ewes were placed in adjoining paddocks prior to lambing. feral pigs were excluded from one paddock for most of lambing by means of an electric fence. in this paddock, 11 ...	1978	743055
a survey of antibody to aino virus in cattle and other species in australia.	a serological survey of healthy cattle in australia showed that antibodies to aino virus were present in serums from cattle in northern australia and down the east coast as far as central new south wales in 1975, 1976 and 1977, but occurred with a lower frequency than antibodies to akabane virus. in contrast to the findings with akabane virus, no neutralising antibodies to aino virus were detected in serums from camels, dogs or horses. antibodies to both viruses were detected in buffaloes and sh ...	1978	718555
antibodies to akabane virus in australia.	neutralising antibody to akabane virus was shown to develop in cattle in northern australia throughout the year and also on the east coast of new south wales in the summer during 1975/1976. other species found to have antibody to akabane virus were buffaloes, horses, camels and sheep, but no antibody was found in domestic chickens, ducks, wallabies or man. the biting midge culicoides brevitarsis has been detected in all the major areas where antibody was demonstrated in this study.	1978	655964
plasma thyroxine concentrations in grazing sheep in several areas of australia.	plasma thyroxine concentrations were measured by radioimmunoassay in plasma samples from 691 lactating ewes in 26 areas of new south wales, queensland, western australia and tasmania. sheep sampled in new south wales and tasmania had significantly lower plasma thyroxine values (4.0 and 4.3 microgram/100 ml respectively) than those sampled in queensland and western australia (5.4 and 5.3 microgram/100 ml respectively). however, sheep in some districts in southern queensland also had low plasma th ...	1978	567054
epidemiology and control of anaplasmosis in australia.	anaplasmosis occurs in those areas of northern and eastern australia infested by the cattle tick boophilus microplus but it has been studied intensively only in queensland. anaplasmosis is predominantly a disease of autumn and winter and of cattle greater than 1 year of age. the complement fixation test has been used in serological surveys of the tick-infested areas of the state. both clinical and subclinical infections occur only in tick-infested areas and they are both more frequent in bos tau ...	1979	553977
the incidence of thiabendazole resistance in field populations of haemonchus contortus on the northern tablelands of new south wales.	a survey was undertaken to assess the incidence of thiabendazole resistance in field populations of h. contortus in sheep flocks on 40 farms distributed throughout the sheep grazing area of the northern tablelands of new south wales. treatment with thiabendazole at 66 mg/kg reduced h. contortus ova output by 96-100% in 18 flocks while in the remaining 22 there was a range of responses down to levels where the anthelmintic was without apparent effect. factors which may contribute to the high inci ...	1979	543833
the blowfly strike problem of sheep in new south wales.	a field survey was undertaken between 1972-76 to reappraise the nature of the blowfly problem in new south wales. for 2 years, 1972-1974, some 80,000 sheep were kept under observation and 12,481 strikes were reported, most due to lucilia cuprina. breech strike was still the basic problem but tail strike associated with scouring had become an important component where pastures have been improved. breech strike was controlled at minimal cost by managerial practices such as docking tails the correc ...	1979	518435
brucella cultures typed by the who brucellosis centre at the commonwealth serum laboratories, melbourne.	results of the typing of brucella cultures received at the who brucellosis centre, csl, melbourne, from 1968-1976 are presented. the distribution of the biotypes of cultures recovered throughout australia is shown on a host and state basis and atypical cultures are discussed. cultures identified from australia were br. abortus, biotypes 1, 2 and 4 and strain 19; br. suis, biotype 1 and br. ovis. br. melitensis biotypes 1, 2 and 3 were recorded only as exotic human infections from the mediterrane ...	1978	105700