| encephalomyocarditis virus infections in an australian zoo. | fatal encephalomyocarditis virus (emcv) infections in a ring-tailed lemur (lemur catta), a squirrel monkey (saimiri sciureus), three mandrills (mandrillus sphinx), a chimpanzee (pan troglodytes), a pygmy hippopotamus (choeropsis liberiensis), and two goodfellows tree kangaroos (dendrolagus goodfellowi) occurred at taronga zoo. this is the first description of emcv in a zoological collection outside of the united states. regardless of species, the most common clinical presentation was sudden deat ... | 1997 | 9279403 |
| infrastructure expansion challenges sustainable development in papua new guinea. | the island of new guinea hosts the third largest expanse of tropical rainforest on the planet. papua new guinea-comprising the eastern half of the island-plans to nearly double its national road network (from 8,700 to 15,000 km) over the next three years, to spur economic growth. we assessed these plans using fine-scale biophysical and environmental data. we identified numerous environmental and socioeconomic risks associated with these projects, including the dissection of 54 critical biodivers ... | 2019 | 31339902 |
| microsatellite marker development and mendelian analysis in the matschie's tree kangaroo (dendrolagus matschiei). | matschie's tree kangaroo (dendrolagus matschiei) is an endangered arboreal macropodid endemic to the huon peninsula, papua new guinea (png). we developed 5 microsatellite markers for d. matschiei, which are the first markers developed for dendrolagus. we screened 17 additional markers that were developed for other marsupial taxa and identified 3 that were polymorphic in d. matschiei. we estimated allelic and genetic diversity with the set of 8 markers by analyzing 22 d. matschiei from wasaunon o ... | 2009 | 19783838 |
| successful transfer of a goodfellow's tree kangaroo (dendrolagus goodfellowi) pouch young to a yellow-footed rock wallaby (petrogale xanthopus) surrogate. | a 47-day-old orphaned goodfellow's tree kangaroo (dendrolagus goodfellowi) joey was successfully cross-fostered onto a yellow-footed rock wallaby (petrogale xanthopus). the joey was subsequently taken for hand-rearing at age 5 months. this is the first report of the cross-fostering technique, well-established in other macropods, being applied to a dendrolagus sp. this technique can be considered as a viable option to raise young orphaned tree kangaroos, and as a tool to accelerate breeding in ca ... | 2015 | 26189660 |
| comparative nmr studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from different species: xv. agile wallaby (macropus agilis), red-necked wallaby (macropus rufogriseus) and goodfellow's tree kangaroo (dendrolagus goodfellowi). | the water diffusional permeability (p(d)) of red blood cells (rbc) from agile wallaby (macropus agilis), red-necked wallaby (macropus rufogriseus) and goodfellow's tree kangaroo (dendrolagus goodfellowi) was monitored using an mn(2+)-doping (1)h nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) technique at 400 mhz. the p(d) (cm s(-1)) values of agile wallaby rbcs were 7.5 x 10(-3) at 25 degrees c, 9 x 10(-3) at 30 degrees c, 11 x 10(-3) at 37 degrees c, and 13 x 10(-3) at 42 degrees c. the inhibitory effect of ... | 2009 | 19463965 |