| epidemiology of avian influenza in wild aquatic birds in a biosecurity hotspot, north queensland, australia. | migratory birds may introduce highly pathogenic h5n1 avian influenza from southeast asia into australia via north queensland, a key stopover along the east asian-australasian flyway, with severe consequences for trade and human health. a 3-year repeated cross sectional study on the epidemiology of avian influenza in australian nomadic wild aquatic birds was conducted in this potential biosecurity hotspot using molecular and serological techniques. avian influenza virus subtypes h6 and h9 were co ... | 2015 | 25481624 |
| causes of morbidity and mortality of wild aquatic birds at billabong sanctuary, townsville, north queensland, australia. | infectious diseases are common causes of significant morbidity and mortality events of wild aquatic birds (wabs) worldwide. reports of australian events are infrequent. a 3-yr passive surveillance program investigating the common causes of morbidity and mortality of wabs was conducted at billabong sanctuary near townsville, north queensland, from april 2007 to march 2010. forty-two carcasses were obtained and evaluated by clinico-pathologic, histologic, bacteriologic, and virologic (molecular) e ... | 2012 | 22545556 |
| adaptations of a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the detection of antibodies to influenza a virus in horse sera for use in wild aquatic birds. | we applied a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibodies for influenza a in equine sera to their detection in sera from wild aquatic birds. suboptimal results were obtained for the optical density (od) of the monoclonal antibody (mab) control and reproducibility between duplicate analyses in the initial assessment. it was therefore necessary to modify the assay to deliver increased reliability and reproducibility while maintaining adequate sensitivity. we optimi ... | 2012 | 24293812 |