Publications
| structure and similarity of helminth communities of six species of australian turtles. | patterns of infracommunity structure and infra- and component community similarity were examined for helminths of 6 species of turtles, each collected from a single locality in australia in 1993 and 1994. elseya latisternum (n = 11) and emydura kreffti (n = 16) were collected from northern queensland, emydura macquarii macquarii (n = 11) from southern queensland, emydura macquarii dhara (n = 11) and chelodina longicollis (n = 11) from northern new south wales, and chelodina oblonga (n = 5) from ... | 2008 | 18576816 |
| serological survey of australian native reptiles for exposure to ranavirus. | ranaviruses have been isolated from many ectothermic vertebrates, and serological surveys of both amphibians and reptiles have shown the presence of ranaviral antibodies in a proportion of these populations. an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was developed to measure serum antibodies against ranavirus in australian reptiles. the elisa was validated with serum from challenge trials with bohle iridovirus (biv) in 6 reptilian species. a preliminary sero-survey of northern queensland ripar ... | 2017 | 29160216 |