Publications

vertical transmission of toxoplasma gondii in australian marsupials.	to date, little is known about the dynamics of vertical transmission of toxoplasma gondii in australian marsupials. studies in mice demonstrate that vertical transmission of t. gondii is common and that chronically infected mice can transmit t. gondii to successive generations. in this study, pcr and immunohistochemistry were used to detect t. gondii in chronically infected marsupial dams and their offspring. t. gondii was detected in the unfurred pouch young of 2 out of 10 chronically infected ...	2009	19549348
infectious disease surveillance in the woylie (bettongia penicillata).	wild populations of the critically endangered woylie (bettongia penicillata) recently declined by 90% in southwest western australia. increased predation is the leading hypothesis for decline, but disease may be playing a role increasing susceptibility to predation. to explore this possibility, we surveyed woylie populations in the wild, in captivity and in a predator-free sanctuary for exposure to, and infection with, four known pathogens of macropods: herpesviruses, wallal and warrego orbiviru ...	2017	28634781