School of Life and Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions
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Descriptive epidemiology of mass mortality due to Ostreid herpesvirus-1 (OsHV-1) in commercially farmed Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in the Hawkesbury River estuary, Australia
Published 2014-01-01Mortality of farmed triploid Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) associated with Ostreid herpesvirus-1 (OsHV-1) was first recorded in Australia in the Georges River/Botany Bay estuary (New South Wales) in late 2010. Two ...Open AccessArticle -
Clinical findings and survival in cats naturally infected with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)
Published 2013-01-01Background: The clinical course and outcome of natural feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection are variable and incompletely understood. Assigning clinical relevance to FIV infection in individual cats represents a ...Open AccessArticle -
Survey of Australian equine veterinarians evaluating their biosecurity training and perceptions and opinions about the management of the 2007 equine influenza outbreak
Published 2014-01-01Objectives To evaluate the level of biosecurity training among Australian equine veterinarians, to assess their biosecurity and infectious disease perceptions and their opinions about the 2007 equine influenza outbreak ...Open AccessArticle -
Untangling the complex inter-relationships between horse managers' perceptions of effectiveness of biosecurity practices using Bayesian graphical modelling.
Published 2013-01-01On-farm biosecurity practices have been promoted in many animal industries to protect animal populations from infections. Current approaches based on regression modelling techniques for assessing biosecurity perceptions ...Open AccessArticle -
Association of farm soil characteristics with ovine Johne's disease in Australia
Published 2009-01-01Speculation about the association of soil characteristics with the expression of ovine Johne’s disease (OJD) prompted this cross-sectional study. We enrolled 92 sheep flocks in Australia during 2004-05 and in each enrolled ...Open AccessArticle