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Are any populations ‘safe’? Unexpected reproductive decline in a population of Tasmanian devils free of devil facial tumour disease
Farquharson, K. A.; Gooley, R.M.; Fox, S.; Huxtable, S.J.; Belov, Katherine; Pemberton, D.; Hogg, C.J.; Grueber, C.E.Published 2018-01-01Context. Conservation management relies on baseline demographic data of natural populations. For Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii), threatened in the wild by two fatal and transmissible cancers (devil facial tumour ...Article -
Characterization of the antimicrobial peptide family defensins in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), and tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
Jones, Elizabeth A.; Cheng, Yuanyuan; O'Meally, Denis; Belov, KatherinePublished 2017-01-01Defensins comprise a family of cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides with important roles in innate and adaptive immune defense in vertebrates. We characterized alpha and beta defensin genes in three Australian marsupials: ...Open AccessArticle -
Comprehensive Knowledge of Reservoir Hosts is Key to Mitigate Future Pandemics
Zhu, Pingfen; Garber, Paul A.; Wang, Ling; Li, Meng; Belov, Katherine; Gillespie, Thomas R.; Zhou, XumingPublished 2020COVID-19 and other epidemics (such as SARS, Ebola and H1N1) are stark reminders that knowledge of animal behavior and ecosystem health are key to controlling the spread of zoonotic diseases early in their onset. However, ...Article -
Detection of Aspergillus-specific antibodies by agar gel double immunodiffusion and IgG ELISA in feline upper respiratory tract aspergillosis.
Barrs, V.R.; Ujvari, B; Dhand, Navneet K.; Peters, I.R.; Talbot, J; Johnson, L. R.; Billen, F; Martin, P; Beatty, J. A; Belov, KatherinePublished 2015-01-01Highlights: Feline antibodies against cryptic Aspergillus spp. cross react with an aspergillin containing A. fumigatus antigens. • Brachycephalic cats are prone to upper respiratory tract aspergillosis (URTA). • ...Open AccessArticle -
Development of a SNP-based assay for measuring genetic diversity in the Tasmanian devil insurance population
Wright, Belinda; Morris, Katrina; Grueber, Catherine E.; Willet, Cali E.; Gooley, Rebecca; Hogg, Carolyn J.; O’Meally, Denis; Hamede, Rodrigo; Jones, Menna; Wade, Claire; Belov, KatherinePublished 2015-01-01Background: The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) has undergone a recent, drastic population decline due to the highly contagious devil facial tumor disease. The tumor is one of only two naturally occurring transmissible ...Open AccessArticle -
“Devil Tools & Tech”: A Synergy of Conservation Research and Management Practice
Hogg, Carolyn J.; Grueber, Catherine E.; Pemberton, David; Fox, Samantha; Lee, Andrew V.; Ivy, Jamie A.; Belov, KatherinePublished 2017-01-01Biodiversity conservation continually presents new challenges, yet conservation resources are limited, and funding for applied conservation re-search projects more so. Recently, many have reported on the “research–implementation ...Open AccessArticle -
Diversity in the Toll-like receptor genes of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
Cui, Jian; Cheng, Yuanyuan; Belov, KatherinePublished 2015-01-07The Tasmanian devil is an endangered marsupial species that has survived several historical bottlenecks and now has low genetic diversity. Here we characterize the Toll-like receptor (TLR) genes and their diversity in the ...Open AccessArticle -
From reference genomes to population genomics: comparing three reference aligned reduced-representation sequencing pipelines in two wildlife species
Wright, Belinda; Farquharson, Katherine A.; McLennan, Elspeth A.; Belov, Katherine; Hogg, Carolyn J.; Grueber, Catherine E.Published 2019-01-01Background: Recent advances in genomics have greatly increased research opportunities for non-model species. For wildlife, a growing availability of reference genomes means that population genetics is no longer restricted ...Open AccessArticle -
Genetic analysis of scat samples to inform conservation of the Tasmanian devil
Grueber, Catherine E.; Chong, Rowena; Gooley, Rebecca M.; McLennan, Elspeth A.; Barrs, Vanessa R.; Belov, Katherine; Hogg, Carolyn J.Published 2020-01-01Recent advances in molecular genetics have enabled a great deal of information about species to be obtained from analysis of non-invasively collected samples such as scat. Scat provides genetic information via residual ...Open AccessArticle -
Genomic insights into a contagious cancer in Tasmanian devils
Grueber, Catherine E.; Peel, Emma; Gooley, Rebecca; Belov, KatherinePublished 2015-01-01The Tasmanian devil faces extinction due to a contagious cancer. Genetic and genomic technologies revealed that the disease arose in a Schwann cell of a female devil. Instead of dying with the original host, the tumour was ...Article -
Inbreeding depression in one of the last DFTD-free wild populations of Tasmanian devils
Gooley, Rebecca M.; Hogg, Carolyn J.; Fox, Samantha; Pemberton, David; Belov, Katherine; Grueber, Catherine E.Published 2020-01-01Background. Vulnerable species experiencing inbreeding depression are prone to localised extinctions because of their reduced fitness. For Tasmanian devils, the rapid spread of devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) has led ...Open AccessArticle -
Increasing generations in captivity is associated with increased vulnerability of Tasmanian devils to vehicle strike following release to the wild
Grueber, Catherine E.; Reid-Wainscoat, Elizabeth E.; Fox, Samantha; Belov, Katherine; Shier, Debra M.; Hogg, Carolyn J.; Pemberton, DavidPublished 2017-01-01Captive breeding of threatened species, for release to the wild, is critical for conservation. This strategy, however, risks producing captive-raised animals with traits poorly suited to the wild. We describe the first ...Open AccessArticle -
Lack of genetic diversity across diverse immune genes in an endangered mammal, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
Morris, Katrina M.; Wright, Belinda; Grueber, Catherine E.; Hogg, Carolyn; Belov, KatherinePublished 2015-01-01The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is threatened with extinction due to the spread of devil facial tumour disease. Polymorphisms in immune genes can provide adaptive potential to resist diseases. Previous studies ...Open AccessArticle -
Marsupial Gut Microbiome
Chong, Rowena; Cheng, Yuanyuan; Hogg, Carolyn J.; Belov, KatherinePublished 2020-01-01The study of the gut microbiome in threatened wildlife species has enormous potential to improve conservation efforts and gain insights into host-microbe coevolution. Threatened species are often housed in captivity, and ...Open AccessArticle -
No evidence of inbreeding depression in a Tasmanian devil insurance population despite significant variation in inbreeding
Gooley, Rebecca; Hogg, Carolyn J.; Belov, Katherine; Grueber, Catherine EPublished 2017-01-01Inbreeding depression occurs when inbred individuals experience reduced fitness as a result of reduced genome-wide heterozygosity. The Tasmanian devil faces extinction due to a contagious cancer, devil facial tumour disease ...Open AccessArticle -
Pedigree reconstruction using molecular data reveals an early warning sign of gene diversity loss in an island population of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)
McLennan, Elspeth A.; Gooley, Rebecca M.; Wise, Phil; Belov, Katherine; Hogg, Carolyn J.; Grueber, Catherine E.Published 2018-01-01Tasmanian devils have experienced an 85% population decline since the emergence of an infectious cancer. In response, a captive insurance population was established in 2006 with a subpopulation later introduced onto Maria ...Article -
Preserving the demographic and genetic integrity of a single source population during multiple translocations
Hogg, C.J.; McLennan, E.A.; Wise, P.; Lee, A.V.; Pemberton, D.; Fox, S.; Belov, Katherine; Grueber, C.E.Published 2020-01-01Globally, conservation translocations are common often using island, or‘virtual island’populations as a source site. We investigated demographic and genetic consequences of using a single source island population for ...Article -
Regression of devil facial tumour disease following immunotherapy in immunised Tasmanian devils
Tovar, Cesar; Pye, Ruth J.; Kreiss, Alexandre; Cheng, Yuanyuan; Brown, Gabriella K.; Darby, Jocelyn; Malley, Roslyn C.; Siddle, Hannah V.T.; Skjødt, Karsten; Kaufman, Jim; Silva, Anabel; Morelli, Adriana Baz; Papenfuss, Anthony T.; Corcoran, Lynn M.; Murphy, James M.; Pearse, Martin J.; Belov, Katherine; Lyons, A. Bruce; Woods, Gregory M.Published 2017-01-01Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) is a transmissible cancer devastating the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) population. The cancer cell is the ‘infectious’ agent transmitted as an allograft by biting. Animals usually ...Open AccessArticle -
A Tasmanian devil breeding program to support wild recovery.
Grueber, Catherine; Peel, Emma; Wright, Belinda; Hogg, Carolyn; Belov, KatherinePublished 2018Tasmanian devils are threatened in the wild by devil facial tumour disease: a transmissible cancer with high fatality rate. In response, the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (STDP) established an “insurance population” ...Open AccessArticle -
The Tasmanian devil microbiome— implications for conservation and management
Cheng, Yuanyuan; Fox, Samantha; Pemberton, David; Hogg, Carolyn; Papenfuss, Anthony T.; Belov, KatherinePublished 2015-01-01Background: The Tasmanian devil, the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial, is at risk of extinction due to devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), a fatal contagious cancer. The Save the Tasmanian Devil Program has established ...Open AccessArticle
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