| studies on poxvirus isolated from a magpig in queensland. | an avian poxvirus was isolated from a black-backed magpie in queensland. the virus produced pocks on the chorio-allantoic membrane of chicken embryos and lesions on the skin of chickens. comparison by passive haemagglutination test and neutralisation test indicated that the virus was related more closely to pigeonpox virus than to fowlpox virus. | 1977 | 200213 |
| characteristics of three strains of avian adenoviruses isolated in queensland. ii. biochemical, biophysical, and electron-microscope studies. | three strains of adenovirus were relatively stable to the effects of chloroform, extreme ph, trypsin, heat, lyophilization, and ultrasonication. the structure of the viruses and their mode of replication in cell cultures confirmed these viruses to be members of the avian adenoviruses. | 1975 | 235254 |
| selenium-responsive myopathy in broiler breeder hens in queensland. | a syndrome characterised by bilateral paralysis and associated with degenerative changes in skeletal musculature, has been noted in adult breeder hens, and their progeny broilers, in a commercial poultry organisation in queensland. paralysis occurred between the ages of 24 to 63 weeks in broiler breeder hens and at approximately 6 weeks in the broiler chickens. onset is slow, taking up to 2-3 days from the time leg weakness if first noticed until paralysis was complete. other than the paralysis ... | 1975 | 1164286 |
| the use of fluff counts in a study of hygiene in queensland hatcheries. | during 1972, 333 fluff samples were tested from 13 queensland hatcheries and assessed according to the english standards for total count, coliforms and fungi. they were also assessed as being "standard" or "substandard", using a combination of the criteria of the english system. all hatcheries had at least 2 substandard samples and all the samples from 2 hatcheries were substandard. | 1975 | 1191140 |
| disease of geese caused by a new herpesvirus. | a goose flock farmed outdoors in south-eastern queensland suffered an outbreak of peracute disease with high death rate (97%). small button ulcers and large plaques overlying lymphocyte aggregates were present on the mucosa of the small intestine of affected birds. small white foci of necrosis and focal haemorrhages were seen in the livers. numerous intranuclear inclusion bodies were observed microscopically in hepatocytes and a herpesvirus which grew rapidly in chicken kidney cells was isolated ... | 1990 | 1963773 |
| invasive disease due to salmonella virchow: a north queensland problem. | salmonella virchow is the second most commonly isolated salmonella serotype from human sources in australia, and overseas studies indicate that s. virchow is a significant cause of extraintestinal salmonellosis. the successful management of three infants, two with septicaemia and one with leptomeningitis and septicaemia due to s. virchow, is described. a review of the townsville general hospital laboratory records (1978-1988) showed that, among other aspects, s. virchow accounted for 46% of all ... | 1990 | 2233451 |
| an investigation of all north queensland commercial poultry flocks for evidence of infection with newcastle disease virus. | | 1990 | 2264810 |
| neurtralising antibodies for avian infectious bronchitis virus in queensland poultry flocks. | | 1968 | 4966718 |
| infectious avian encephalomyelitis in queensland. | | 1969 | 5389345 |
| arbovirus infection in western queensland: serological studies, 1963-1969. | | 1970 | 5533329 |
| a survey of antibody to 10 arboviruses (koongol group, mapputta group and ungrouped) isolated in queensland. | | 1970 | 5533929 |
| studies on the serological response and pathogenicity to chickens of a queensland isolate of newcastle disease virus. | | 1967 | 6052465 |
| a survey of serum antibody to avian haemagglutinating adenovirus in queensland poultry flocks. | | 1982 | 6291500 |
| a study of the epidemiology of infectious bursal disease in poultry in queensland, 1976-1979. | | 1983 | 6301416 |
| isolation of campylobacter jejuni from poultry carcases. | campylobacter jejuni was isolated from 94% of chicken carcase rinses collected in a queensland poultry abattoir. direct plating resulted in the isolation of the organism from 84% of the rinses. a further 10% were found to contain c. jejuni by a procedure of selective enrichment and membrane filtration. counts of c. jejuni on the carcases ranged from 0 to 1.1 x 10(5) organisms per carcase. | 1981 | 7342935 |
| isolation and pathogenicity of australian strains of eimeria praecox and eimeria mitis. | to determine the presence of e praecox and e mitis in australia, to isolate representative strains of these species from chickens and determine their pathogenicity. | 1997 | 9293343 |
| sentinel chicken surveillance programme in australia, 1 july 2001 to 30 june 2002. | detection of flavivirus seroconversions in sentinel chicken flocks located throughout australia is used to provide an early warning of increased levels of murray valley encephalitis (mve) and kunjin virus activity in the region. during the 2001/2002 season low levels of flavivirus activity were detected in northern australia compared to previous years. mve and kunjin virus activity was detected in the kimberley and pilbara regions of western australia and the northern territory but not in north ... | 2002 | 12416705 |
| confirmation of the existence of two distinct genetic groups of infectious bursal disease virus in australia. | to characterise infectious bursal disease viruses (ibdvs) prevalent at major commercial sites throughout australia and to compare the nucleic acid sequences of local strains of ibdv with those of characterised overseas strains. | 2002 | 12465828 |
| outbreak of staphylococcal enterotoxin food poisoning. | | 2002 | 12549526 |
| australia's notifiable diseases status, 2001: annual report of the national notifiable diseases surveillance system. | in 2001 there were 104,187 notifications of communicable diseases in australia reported to the national notifiable diseases surveillance system (nndss). the number of notifications in 2001 was an increase of 16 per cent of those reported in 2000 (89,740) and the largest annual total since the nndss commenced in 1991. in 2001, nine new diseases were added to the list of diseases reported to nndss and four diseases were removed. the new diseases were cryptosporidiosis, laboratory-confirmed influen ... | 2003 | 12725505 |
| detection of subgroup j avian leukosis virus infection in australian meat-type chickens. | to determine the extent of avian leukosis virus subgroup j (alv-j) infection in australian broiler breeder flocks, using virus isolation and molecular biological detection. any resultant alv-j viral isolates to be characterised by neutralisation cross testing in order to determine antigenic relationships to overseas isolates of alv-j. | 2004 | 15977617 |
| baseline responses of adult alphitobius diaperinus (coleoptera: tenebrionidae) to fenitrothion and susceptibility status of populations in queensland and new south wales, australia. | traditionally in australia, regular applications of insecticide to the floors and lower walls of broiler houses after cleanout periods have been used in an attempt to control lesser mealworm, alphitobius diaperinus (panzer). the australian chicken meat industry has been concerned in recent years with the failure to control a. diaperinus in its broiler houses by using this method and with large beetle populations breaching farm biosecurity. resistance to fenitrothion was suspected to be responsib ... | 2005 | 16022325 |
| detection of helicobacter pullorum in meat chickens in australia. | | 2006 | 16555556 |
| communicable diseases network australia national arbovirus and malaria advisory committee annual report, 2005-06. | this report describes the epidemiology of mosquito-borne disease in australia for the mosquito-borne disease season 1 july 2005 to 30 june 2006, in which the second largest number of notifications since 1995-96 was reported. ross river virus (rrv) infections (66%), barmah forest virus (bfv) infections (23%) and malaria (9%) were the most common mosquito-borne diseases reported in 2005-06. national rrv notifications were the fifth largest on record. the northern territory had the highest rate of ... | 2006 | 17330382 |
| antibiotic resistance in campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli isolated from poultry in the south-east queensland region. | the aim of this study was to determine the antimicrobial resistance patterns of 125 campylobacter jejuni and 27 campylobacter coli isolates from 39 queensland broiler farms. | 2007 | 17392353 |
| bacteriological profile of raw, frozen chicken nuggets. | the bacteriological profile of raw, frozen chicken nuggets manufactured at a chicken processing facility in queensland, australia, was determined. chicken nuggets are manufactured by grinding poultry, adding premixes to incorporate spices, forming the meat to the desired size and shape, applying a batter and breading, freezing, and packaging. a total of 300 frozen batches were analyzed for aerobic plate count, escherichia coli, and salmonella over a period of 4 years. the mean of the aerobic pla ... | 2008 | 18389709 |
| communicable diseases network australia national arbovirus and malaria advisory committee annual report, 2006-07. | this report describes the epidemiology of mosquito-borne disease in australia for the mosquito-borne disease season 1 july 2006 to 30 june 2007, which was moderately low compared to previous seasons. ross river virus (rrv) infections (55%), barmah forest virus (bfv) infections (29%) and overseas acquired malaria (11%) were the most common mosquito-borne diseases reported in 2006-07. the number, proportion and rate of national bfv notifications were the second highest on record since 1998-99. the ... | 2008 | 18522303 |
| the prevalence and concentration of bacillus cereus in retail food products in brisbane, australia. | illness associated with bacillus cereus may be underreported as very few of those affected seek medical attention owing to the mild nature and short duration of symptoms. for this reason there is little information on the prevalence and concentration of this pathogen in retail food products. a total of 1263 retail food samples were examined for b. cereus using the australian standard 1766.2.6 (1991): spread plate technique on polymyxin pyruvate egg yolk mannitol bromothymol blue agar, of which t ... | 2010 | 20230270 |
| arboviral diseases and malaria in australia, 2008-09: annual report of the national arbovirus and malaria advisory committee. | the national notifiable diseases surveillance system received 8,677 notifications of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in australia from 1 july 2008 to 30 june 2009. the alphaviruses, barmah forest and ross river, accounted for 6,574 (78%) of these notifications during 2008-09. there were 1,009 notifications of dengue virus infection locally-acquired in north queensland and 484 notified cases resulted from overseas travel. notification rates of dengue virus infection for 2008-09, regardless of ... | 2010 | 21090179 |
| distributions of lesser mealworm (coleoptera: tenebrionidae) in litter of a compacted earth floor broiler house in subtropical queensland, australia. | distributions of lesser mealworm, alphitobius diaperinus (panzer) (coleoptera: tenebrionidae), in litter of a compacted earth floor broiler house in southeastern queensland, australia, were studied over two flocks. larvae were the predominant stage recorded. significantly low densities occurred in open locations and under drinker cups where chickens had complete access, whereas high densities were found under feed pans and along house edges where chicken access was restricted. for each flock, le ... | 2007 | 17849862 |
| arboviral diseases and malaria in australia, 2009-10: annual report of the national arbovirus and malaria advisory committee. | the national notifiable diseases surveillance system received 7,609 notified cases of disease transmitted by mosquitoes for the season 1 july 2009 to 30 june 2010. the alphaviruses barmah forest virus and ross river virus, accounted for 6,546 (79%) of these notifications during the 2009-10 season. there were 37 notifications of dengue virus infection locally-acquired from north queensland and 581 notified cases in australia that resulted from overseas travel. this number of overseas acquired cas ... | 2012 | 23153083 |
| molecular epidemiology of two fowl cholera outbreaks on a free-range chicken layer farm. | two outbreaks of fowl cholera on a multiage free-range egg farm were investigated. the outbreaks occurred in 1994 and 2002. a total of 22 strains of pasteurella multocida were available for study, 11 from the 1994 outbreak and 11 from the 2002 outbreak. lesions typical of acute fowl cholera were seen in the 1994 outbreak, whereas both acute and chronic fowl cholera occurred in the 2002 outbreak. the isolates were examined in an extended phenotypic typing methodology, by a p. multocida-specific p ... | 2004 | 15460333 |
| measuring socio-economic position in dietary research: is choice of socio-economic indicator important? | to examine the association between socio-economic position (sep) and diet, by assessing the unadjusted and simultaneously adjusted (independent) contributions of education, occupation and household income to food purchasing behaviour. | 2003 | 12675962 |
| socioeconomic differences in food purchasing behaviour and suggested implications for diet-related health promotion. | the relationship between socioeconomic position (sep) and diet has been examined mainly on the basis of food and nutrient intake. as a complement to this work, we focused on the socioeconomic patterning of food purchasing, as many educational dietary messages emphasize behaviours such as food choice when shopping. also, the type of food people buy influences the quality of their nutrient intake. | 2002 | 12270016 |
| risk factors for campylobacter infection in infants and young children: a matched case-control study. | campylobacter infection has one of the highest rates of all the notifiable diseases in australia, with a peak in children aged 0-35 months. a matched case-control study was conducted to investigate risk factors for campylobacter infection for children in this age group. eighty-one cases and 144 controls were enrolled in the study that was conducted between 24 january 1996 and 21 january 1997. the following risk factors were found to be independently associated with illness: ownership of pet pupp ... | 2001 | 11811871 |
| murray valley encephalitis virus surveillance and control initiatives in australia. national arbovirus advisory committee of the communicable diseases network australia. | mechanisms for monitoring murray valley encephalitis (mve) virus activity include surveillance of human cases, surveillance for activity in sentinel animals, monitoring of mosquito vectors and monitoring of weather conditions. the monitoring of human cases is only one possible trigger for public health action and the additional surveillance systems are used in concert to signal the risk of human disease, often before the appearance of human cases. mosquito vector surveillance includes mosquito t ... | 2001 | 11432524 |
| infectivity, transmission and 16s rrna sequencing of a rickettsia, coxiella cheraxi sp. nov., from the freshwater crayfish cherax quadricarinatus. | a rickettsia-like organism isolated from infected, farm-reared cherax quadricarinatus was cultured in the yolk sac of developing chicken eggs, but could not be cultured in 3 continuous cell lines, bluegill fry (bf-2), fathead minnow (fhm), and spodoptera frugiperda (sf-9). the organism was confirmed by fulfilling koch's postulates as the aetiological agent of mortalities amongst c. quadricarinatus. when c. quadricarinatus was inoculated with the organism, mortality was 100% at 28 degrees c and 8 ... | 2000 | 10918979 |
| communicable diseases surveillance. you left an error in the record. | | 1999 | 10432763 |
| consumer attitudes and behaviours--key risk factors in an outbreak of salmonella typhimurium phage type 12 infection sourced to chicken nuggets. | to identify the source and intervention methods for an outbreak of salmonella typhimurium phage type 12 in south australia. | 1999 | 10330731 |
| determination of selenium in meat products by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotometry. | wet digestion using a mixture of nitric, sulfuric, and perchloric acids and an aluminum block digester effectively and rapidly decomposed meat samples for selenium determination by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotometry. digestion did not require constant attention by an operator. selenium recoveries (range, 94-105%) from national institute of standards and technology standard reference materials and spiked samples were used to validate method accuracy. coefficients of variation ... | 1999 | 10191542 |
| a survey of blastocystis in domestic chickens. | the prevalence and morphology of blastocystis in fresh faecal material from 227 domestic chickens was investigated. a very high prevalence of infection (approximately 95%) was found in chickens from four of the five commercial farms studied. extremely high numbers of blastocystis were found in the majority of samples. blastocystis cells showed considerable variation in size, ranging from approx. 3 microm to approx. 120 microm in diameter. this size range is more extreme than those previously rec ... | 1999 | 9934959 |
| a multi-state outbreak of salmonella bredeney food poisoning: a case control study. | to investigate a multi-state outbreak of salmonella bredeney. | 1998 | 9744208 |
| characterization of field isolates of newcastle disease virus using antipeptide antibodies. | a recent australian field isolate of newcastle disease virus (ndv) was analyzed with antipeptide antibodies capable of differentiating between the sequences at the cleavage activation sites of fusion proteins of different ndv pathotypes. the isolate was found to have the same fusion protein cleavage activation signal as the v4 isolate of the queensland strain of ndv. however, the isolate failed to react with an antibody specific for the carboxyl-terminal extension on the hemagglutinin/neuraminid ... | 1994 | 8002877 |
| surveillance of mosquitoes and arbovirus infection at the ross river dam (stage 1), australia. | this paper describes the temporal and spatial abundance of the mosquito fauna of the ross river dam (stage 1) in northern queensland, australia. culex annulirostris, anopheles annulipes s.l., mansonia uniformis, mansonia septempunctata, and the nondam breeding aedes vigilax were the major species collected by dry ice-supplemented light traps set at various distances from the edge of the reservoir. to estimate the level of arbovirus activity in these different zones, sentinel chicken flocks were ... | 1993 | 7907358 |
| infections with mycobacterium avium and battey strain (serotype davis) in man in queensland. | | 1968 | 5670870 |
| a survey for antibodies to arboviruses in domestic fowls in queensland. | | 1973 | 4777213 |
| studies of the epidemiology of arthropod-borne virus infections at mitchell river mission, cape york peninsula, north queensland. iv. arbovirus infections of mosquitoes and mammals, 1967-1969. | | 1971 | 4398589 |
| studies of the epidemiology of arthropod-borne viru infections at mitchell river mission, cape york peninsula, north queensland. ii. arbovirus infections of mosquitoes, man and domestic fowls, 1963-1966. | | 1968 | 4385483 |
| studies of the epidemiology of arthropod-borne virus infections at mitchel river mission, cape york peninsula, north queensland. i. mosquito collections, 1963-1966. | | 1968 | 4385482 |
| toxocariasis--an unlikely cause of palm island mystery disease. | after the suggestion was made that the "palm island mystery disease" might have been an epidemic of visceral larva migrans that was caused by the flying fox parasite, toxocara pteropodis, work was undertaken to elucidate this nematode's life-cycle and pathogenicity. studies of infections in various laboratory animals have shown unexpectedly variable susceptibility patterns, with mice harbouring most larvae for the longest time period. however, in all susceptible animals (which include mice, guin ... | 1986 | 3724621 |
| letter: femoral degeneration and scabby hip syndrome in queensland broiler flocks. | | 1975 | 1180778 |
| characteristics of three stains of avian adenoviruses isolated in queensland. i. biological properties. | three strains of avian adenovirus were isolated and studied in cell cultures, chicken embryos, and chickens. one strain (adam-1) was isolated from the bursa of fabricius of a chicken with marek's disease, and the others (adam-2 and adam-3) from one-day-old chicks with respiratory signs. experimentally, adam-1 produced no clinical signs or lesions except atrophy of the bursa of fabricius. adam-2 caused mild respiratory signs in young chickens when inoculated intratracheally. the behavior of the t ... | 1975 | 164177 |
| murray valley encephalitis virus infection in mosquitoes and domestic fowls in queensland, 1974. | field studies during an epidemic of murray valley encephalitis (mve) led to the isolation of mve virus from a pool of mosquitoes (culex annulirostris) and a sentinel chicken from charleville, south-west queensland. a high proportion of domestic fowls at charleville had antibody to mve virus at the beginning of february 1974, in advance of the first case recognized in queensland and allowing early warning from health authorities. a survey of antibody in domestic fowls in mid-1974 suggested widesp ... | 1976 | 13773 |
| socio-economic differences in takeaway food consumption among adults. | objective: to examine socio-economic differences in the frequency and types of takeaway foods consumed. design: a cross-sectional postal survey. setting: participants were asked about their usual consumption of overall takeaway food (<4 times/month or ôëñ4 times/month) and of twenty-two specific takeaway food items (<1 time/month or ôëñ1 time/month); these latter foods were grouped into 'healthy' and 'less healthy' choices. socio-economic position was measured on the basis of educational level a ... | 2011 | 21740620 |
| prevalence of antibodies to mycoplasma synoviae in laying hens and possible effects on egg shell quality. | mycoplasma synoviae (m. synoviae) can cause respiratory disease, synovitis, or result in a silent infection in chickens and turkeys. the importance of m. synoviae is well established in broilers but only a few studies have been conducted in layers. in the present study, the prevalence of m. synoviae in commercial layer flocks was estimated using elisa. for this study, 19 commercial layer flocks were selected randomly from new south wales and queensland region of australia from producers who were ... | 2012 | 22459486 |
| the recent establishment of north american h10 lineage influenza viruses in australian wild waterfowl and the evolution of australian avian influenza viruses. | influenza a h10n7 virus with a hemagglutinin gene of north american origin was detected in australian chickens and poultry abattoir workers in new south wales, australia, in 2010 and in chickens in queensland, australia, on a mixed chicken and domestic duck farm in 2012. we investigated their genomic origins by sequencing full and partial genomes of h10 viruses isolated from wild aquatic birds and poultry in australia and analyzed them with all available avian influenza virus sequences from ocea ... | 2013 | 23864623 |
| sentinel chicken surveillance program in australia, july 2002 to june 2003. | detection of flavivirus seroconversions in sentinel chicken flocks located throughout australia is used to provide an early warning of increased levels of murray valley encephalitis (mve) and kunjin (kun) virus activity in the region. during the 2002-2003 season low levels of flavivirus activity were detected in northern australia compared to previous years. mve and kun virus activity was detected in the kimberley and pilbara regions of western australia and the northern territory but not in nor ... | 2003 | 14510063 |
| consistency in the host specificity and host sensitivity of the bacteroides hf183 marker for sewage pollution tracking. | the host specificity (h-spf) and host sensitivity (h-snv) values of the sewage-associated hf183 bacteroides marker in the current study were compared with the previously published studies in south east queensland (seq), australia, by testing a large number of wastewater and faecal dna samples (n=293) from 11 target and nontarget host groups. this was carried out to obtain information on the consistency in the h-spf and h-snv values of the hf183 marker for sewage pollution tracking in seq. | 2012 | 22809116 |
| comparisons of management practices and farm design on australian commercial layer and meat chicken farms: cage, barn and free range. | there are few published studies describing the unique management practices, farm design and housing characteristics of commercial meat chicken and layer farms in australia. in particular, there has been a large expansion of free range poultry production in australia in recent years, but limited information about this enterprise exists. this study aimed to describe features of australian commercial chicken farms, with particular interest in free range farms, by conducting on-farm interviews of 25 ... | 2017 | 29166389 |