A/Prof Lee Skerratt

Lee leads a One Health Research Group together with Principal Research Fellow, Assoc Prof Lee Berger.
Please see https://fvas.unimelb.edu.au/research/areas/biosciences/one-health-research-group
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Lee Skerratt's highlights

FEATURED Journal article

Infectious disease and emergency conservation interventions.

Lee Skerratt's selected work

Zoos Vic Scholarship - Honeyeater Project

Research Contracts

The invasive fungus threatening Earth’s biodiversity

NEWS ARTICLE

A rapid and inexpensive viability assay for zoospores and zoosporangia of Batrachochytrium..

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First Phase Study On Moxidectin Pharmacology In Bare-Nosed Wombatsfirst Phase Study On Mox..

Research Contracts

Connectivity over a disease risk gradient enables recovery of rainforest frogs

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Improving Disease Resilience In Ecosystems Using Synthetic Biology

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Projects

Displaying the 5 most recent projects by Lee Skerratt.

Zoos Vic Scholarship - Honeyeater Project

2020 - 2023

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First Phase Study On Moxidectin Pharmacology In Bare-Nosed Wombatsfirst Phase Study On Moxidectin Pharmacology In Bare-Nosed Wombats

2020 - 2020

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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 185 most recent scholarly works by Lee Skerratt.

Infectious disease and emergency conservation interventions.

Andrew Peters, Anna Meredith, Lee Skerratt, Scott Carver, Shane Raidal

Journal article | 2020 | Conservation Biology

A rapid and inexpensive viability assay for zoospores and zoosporangia of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (vol 165, 105688, 2019)

Rebecca J Webb, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt, Alexandra A Roberts

Journal article | 2020 | Journal of Microbiological Methods

Connectivity over a disease risk gradient enables recovery of rainforest frogs

Sara C Bell, Geoffrey W Heard, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2020 | Ecological Applications

Chytridiomycosis has been a key driver of global frog declines and extinctions, particularly for high-altitude populations across ..

Herpesvirus Infection in Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi).

Amy L Shima, Paola Vaz, Linda Johnson, Joanne Devlin, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2020 | Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Herpesvirus infections associated with a range of clinical findings are widespread in free-ranging and captive Australian marsupia..

An unprecedented cluster of Australian bat lyssavirus in Pteropus conspicillatus indicates pre-flight flying fox pups are at risk of mass infection

Janine Barrett, Alison Hoger, Kalpana Agnihotri, Jane Oakey, Lee F Skerratt, Hume E Field, Joanne Meers, Craig Smith

Journal article | 2020 | Zoonoses and Public Health

In November 2017, two groups of P. conspicillatus pups from separate locations in Far North Queensland presented with neurological..

Response to Comment on "Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity"

Ben C Scheele, Frank Pasmans, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger, An Martel, Wouter Beukema, Aldemar A Acevedo, Patricia A Burrowes, Tamilie Carvalho, Alessandro Catenazzi, Ignacio De la Riva, Matthew C Fisher, Sandra V Flechas, Claire N Foster, Patricia Frias-Alvarez, Trenton WJ Garner, Brian Gratwicke, Juan M Guayasamin, Mareike Hirschfeld, Jonathan E Kolby, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | Science

Lambert et al question our retrospective and holistic epidemiological assessment of the role of chytridiomycosis in amphibian decl..

A Solutions-Focused Translational Research Framework for Wildlife Health

Andrew Peters, Scott Carver, Lee F Skerratt, Anna Meredith, Rupert Woods

Journal article | 2019 | BioScience

Abstract Wildlife health is of emerging relevance for conservation, human health, and domestic animal health. Incre..

A rapid and inexpensive viability assay for zoospores and zoosporangia of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Rebecca Jane Webb, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt, Alexandra A Roberts

Journal article | 2019 | Journal of Microbiological Methods

The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is causing global amphibian declines. Here we describe a simple, rapid and inexpensive m..

Dose-dependent morbidity of freshwater turtle hatchlings, Emydura macquarii krefftii, inoculated with Ranavirus isolate (Bohle iridovirus, Iridoviridae)

Wytamma Wirth, Lin Schwarzkopf, Lee F Skerratt, Anna Tzamouzaki, Ellen Ariel

Journal article | 2019 | Journal of General Virology

Ranaviral infections cause mass die-offs in wild and captive turtle populations. Two experimental studies were performed to first ..

Airborne lead dust concentration in Townsville, Queensland is associated with port activity and may contribute to estuarine sediment contamination

Clive S Berger, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2019 | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Australia has a history of overlooking heavy metal contamination in towns and water bodies that can impact on human and environmen..

Susceptibility of frogs to chytridiomycosis correlates with increased levels of immunomodulatory serotonin in the skin

Sieara C Claytor, Joel PA Gummer, Laura F Grogan, Lee F Skerratt, Rebecca J Webb, Laura A Brannelly, Lee Berger, Alexandra A Roberts

Journal article | 2019 | Cellular Microbiology

Island of opportunity: can New Guinea protect amphibians from a globally emerging pathogen?

Deborah S Bower, Karen R Lips, Yolarnie Amepou, Stephen Richards, Chris Dahl, Elizah Nagombi, Miriam Supuma, Lisa Dabek, Ross A Alford, Lin Schwarzkopf, Mark Ziembicki, Jeffrey N Noro, Amir Hamidy, Graeme R Gillespie, Lee Berger, Carla Eisemberg, Yiming Li, Xuan Liu, Charlotte K Jennings, Burhan Tjaturadi, et al.

Journal article | 2019 | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Genetic potential for disease resistance in critically endangered amphibians decimated by chytridiomycosis

TA Kosch, CNS Silva, LA Brannelly, AA Roberts, Q Lau, G Marantelli, L Berger, LF Skerratt

Journal article | 2019 | Animal Conservation

Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

Journal article | 2019 | Science

The efficacy and pharmacokinetics of terbinafine against the frog-killing fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)

Alexandra A Roberts, Lee Berger, Sherryl G Robertson, Rebecca J Webb, Tiffany A Kosch, Michael McFadden, Lee F Skerratt, Beverley D Glass, Cherie A Motti, Laura A Brannelly

Journal article | 2019 | Medical Mycology

Conservation and health of Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi)

Amy L Shima, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2019 | Australian Mammalogy

Health and zoonotic Infections of snow leopards Panthera unica in the South Gobi desert of Mongolia.

Carol Esson, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger, Jonas Malmsten, Tanja Strand, Åke Lundkvist, Josef D Järhult, Johan Michaux, Tserennadmid Nadia Mijiddorj, Rana Bayrakçısmith, Charudutt Mishra, Örjan Johansson

Journal article | 2019 | Infection Ecology & Epidemiology

Background: Snow leopards, Panthera uncia, are a threatened apex predator, scattered across the mountains of Central and South Asi..

Ranaviruses and reptiles

Wytamma Wirth, Lin Schwarzkopf, Lee F Skerratt, Ellen Ariel

Journal article | 2018 | PeerJ

Review of the Amphibian Immune Response to Chytridiomycosis, and Future Directions

Laura F Grogan, Jacques Robert, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt, Benjamin C Scheele, J Guy Castley, David A Newell, Hamish I McCallum

Journal article | 2018 | Front Immunol

Age- and size-dependent resistance to chytridiomycosis in the invasive cane toad Rhinella marina

Laura A Brannelly, Gerardo Martin, John Llewelyn, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger

Journal article | 2018 | Dis Aquat Organ

Zoonotic Helminth Diseases in Dogs and Dingoes Utilising Shared Resources in an Australian Aboriginal Community.

Felicity A Smout, Lee F Skerratt, Christopher N Johnson, James RA Butler, Bradley C Congdon

Journal article | 2018 | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

The impacts of free-roaming canids (domestic and wild) on public health have long been a concern in Australian Indigenous communit..

Climate Change Could Increase the Geographic Extent of Hendra Virus Spillover Risk

Gerardo Martin, Carlos Yanez-Arenas, Carla Chen, Raina K Plowright, Rebecca J Webb, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2018 | EcoHealth

Hendra Virus Spillover is a Bimodal System Driven by Climatic Factors

Gerardo Martin, Carlos Yanez-Arenas, Raina K Plowright, Carla Chen, Billie Roberts, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2018 | EcoHealth

Chytridiomycosis

A Martel, F Pasmans, MC Fisher, LF Grogan, LF Skerratt, L Berger

Book Chapter | 2018

Chytridiomycosis causes catastrophic organism-wide metabolic dysregulation including profound failure of cellular energy pathways

Laura F Grogan, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger, Scott D Cashins, Robert D Trengove, Joel PA Gummer

Journal article | 2018 | Scientific Reports

Development and worldwide use of non-lethal, and minimal population-level impact, protocols for the isolation of amphibian chytrid fungi

Matthew C Fisher, Pria Ghosh, Jennifer MG Shelton, Kieran Bates, Lola Brookes, Claudia Wierzbicki, Goncalo M Rosa, Rhys A Farrer, David M Aanensen, Mario Alvarado-Rybak, Arnaud Bataille, Lee Berger, Susanne Boell, Jaime Bosch, Frances C Clare, Elodie A Courtois, Angelica Crottini, Andrew A Cunningham, Thomas M Doherty-Bone, Fikirte Gebresenbet, et al.

Journal article | 2018 | Sci Rep

Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines

Simon J O'Hanlon, Adrien Rieux, Rhys A Farrer, Goncalo M Rosa, Bruce Waldman, Arnaud Bataille, Tiffany A Kosch, Kris A Murray, Balazs Brankovics, Matteo Fumagalli, Michael D Martin, Nathan Wales, Mario Alvarado-Rybak, Kieran A Bates, Lee Berger, Susanne Boell, Lola Brookes, Frances Clare, Elodie A Courtois, Andrew A Cunningham, et al.

Journal article | 2018 | Science

Echinococcus Granulosus Infection in Two Free-Ranging Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) from the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland.

Amy L Shima, Constantin C Constantinoiu, Linda K Johnson, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2018 | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Infection with the larval stage of the cestode, Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (s.l.), causes hydatid disease (hydatidosis) in..

Using Terminal Transferase-mediated dUTP Nick End-labelling (TUNEL) and Caspase 3/7 Assays to Measure Epidermal Cell Death in Frogs with Chytridiomycosis

Laura A Brannelly, Alexandra A Roberts, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger

Journal article | 2018 | Journal of Visualized Experiments

Non-declining amphibians can be important reservoir hosts for amphibian chytrid fungus

LA Brannelly, RJ Webb, DA Hunter, N Clemann, K Howard, LF Skerratt, L Berger, BC Scheele

Journal article | 2018 | Animal Conservation

Investigating community disease dynamics can lead to more effective conservation efforts

LA Brannelly, N Clemann, LF Skerratt, RJ Webb, L Berger, BC Scheele

Journal article | 2018 | Animal Conservation

Survival, gene and metabolite responses of Litoria verreauxii alpina frogs to fungal disease chytridiomycosis

Laura F Grogan, Jason Mulvenna, Joel PA Gummer, Ben C Scheele, Lee Berger, Scott D Cashins, Michael S McFadden, Peter Harlow, David A Hunter, Robert D Trengove, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2018 | Scientific Data

Evolution of resistance to chytridiomycosis is associated with a robust early immune response

Laura F Grogan, Scott D Cashins, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger, Michael S McFadden, Peter Harlow, David A Hunter, Ben C Scheele, Jason Mulvenna

Journal article | 2018 | Molecular Ecology

Naive rainforest frogs on Cape York, Australia, are at risk of the introduction of amphibian chytridiomycosis disease

Conrad J Hoskin, Harry B Hines, Rebecca J Webb, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger

Journal article | 2018 | Australian Journal of Zoology

More bark than bite: Comparative studies are needed to determine the importance of canine zoonoses in Aboriginal communities. A critical review of published research

F Smout, L Schrieber, R Speare, LF Skerratt

Journal article | 2017 | Zoonoses and Public Health

A guide for ecologists: Detecting the role of disease in faunal declines and managing population recovery

Noel D Preece, Sandra E Abell, Laura Grogan, Adrian Wayne, Lee F Skerratt, Penny Van Oosterzee, Amy L Shima, Daszak Peter, Hume Field, Andrea Reiss, Lee Berger, Tasmin L Rymer, Diana O Fisher, Michael J Lawes, Susan G Laurance, Hamish McCallum, Carol Esson, Jon H Epstein

Journal article | 2017 | Biological Conservation

Disease-associated change in an amphibian life-history trait

Benjamin C Scheele, Lee F Skerratt, David A Hunter, Sam C Banks, Jennifer C Pierson, Don A Driscoll, Philip G Byrne, Lee Berger

Journal article | 2017 | Oecologia

Microclimates Might Limit Indirect Spillover of the Bat Borne Zoonotic Hendra Virus

Gerardo Martin, Rebecca J Webb, Carla Chen, Raina K Plowright, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2017 | Microbial Ecology

Reservoir-host amplification of disease impact in an endangered amphibian

Ben C Scheele, David A Hunter, Laura A Brannelly, Lee F Skerratt, Don A Driscoll

Journal article | 2017 | Conservation Biology

The hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum: An emerging public health risk in Australian tropical rainforests and Indigenous communities

Felicity A Smout, Lee F Skerratt, James RA Butler, Christopher N Johnson, Bradley C Congdon, RC Andrew Thompson

Journal article | 2017 | One Health

Characterization of MHC class IA in the endangered southern corroboree frog

Tiffany A Kosch, John A Eimes, Chelsea Didinger, Laura A Brannelly, Bruce Waldman, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2017 | Immunogenetics

After the epidemic: Ongoing declines, stabilizations and recoveries in amphibians afflicted by chytridiomycosis

Ben C Scheele, Lee F Skerratt, Laura F Grogan, David A Hunter, Nick Clemann, Michael McFadden, David Newell, Conrad J Hoskin, Graeme R Gillespie, Geoffrey W Heard, Laura Brannelly, Alexandra A Roberts, Lee Berger

Journal article | 2017 | Biological Conservation

Epidermal cell death in frogs with chytridiomycosis

Laura A Brannelly, Alexandra A Roberts, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger

Journal article | 2017 | PEERJ

Comment on chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungal infection in freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man)-a new report

Allan P Pessier, Maria J Forzan, Joyce E Longcore, Lee Berger, Louise Rollins-Smith, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2017 | Aquaculture

Models that predict risk of Hendra virus transmission from flying foxes to horses

Lee Skerratt, Gerardo Martin

Report | 2017

The report describes how we have improved our understanding of the transmission of Hendra virus from flying foxes to horses. This ..

Climatic suitability influences species specific abundance patterns of Australian flying foxes and risk of Hendra virus spillover

Gerardo A Martin, Carlos Yanez-Arenas, Billie J Roberts, Carla Chen, Raina K Plowright, Rebecca J Webb, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2016 | One Health

High adult mortality in disease-challenged frog populations increases vulnerability to drought

Ben C Scheele, David A Hunter, Sam C Banks, Jennifer C Pierson, Lee F Skerratt, Rebecca Webb, Don A Driscoll

Journal article | 2016 | Journal of Animal Ecology

Effects of chytridiomycosis on hematopoietic tissue in the spleen, kidney and bone marrow in three diverse amphibian species

Laura A Brannelly, Rebecca J Webb, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger

Journal article | 2016 | Pathog Dis

In Memory of Rick Speare

Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt, Ian Beveridge, David M Spratt

Journal article | 2016 | Ecohealth

Amphibians with infectious disease increase their reproductive effort: evidence for the terminal investment hypothesis

Laura A Brannelly, Rebecca Webb, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger

Journal article | 2016 | Open Biol

Endemicity of chytridiomycosis features pathogen overdispersion

Laura F Grogan, Andrea D Phillott, Benjamin C Scheele, Lee Berger, Scott D Cashins, Sara C Bell, Robert Puschendorf, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2016 | J Anim Ecol

Chytrid infection and post-release fitness in the reintroduction of an endangered alpine tree frog

LA Brannelly, DA Hunter, LF Skerratt, BC Scheele, D Lenger, MS McFadden, PS Harlow, L Berger

Journal article | 2016 | Animal Conservation

History and recent progress on chytridiomycosis in amphibians

Lee Berger, Alexandra A Roberts, Jamie Voyles, Joyce E Longcore, Kris A Murray, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2016 | Fungal Ecology

Dingoes (Canis dingo Meyer, 1793) continue to be an important reservoir host of Dirofilaria immitis in low density housing areas in Australia

Felicity A Smout, Lee F Skerratt, James RA Butler, Christopher N Johnson, Bradley C Congdon

Journal article | 2016 | Veterinary Parasitology

Priorities for management of chytridiomycosis in Australia: saving frogs from extinction

Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger, Nick Clemann, Dave A Hunter, Gerry Marantelli, David A Newell, Annie Philips, Michael McFadden, Harry B Hines, Ben C Scheele, Laura A Brannelly, Rick Speare, Stephanie Versteegen, Scott D Cashins, Matt West

Journal article | 2016 | Wildlife Research

The equine Hendra virus vaccine remains a highly effective preventative measure against infection in horses and humans: 'The imperative to develop a human vaccine for the Hendra virus in Australia'.

Alison J Peel, Hume E Field, Peter A Reid, Raina K Plowright, Christopher C Broder, Lee F Skerratt, David TS Hayman, Olivier Restif, Melanie Taylor, Gerardo Martin, Gary Crameri, Ina Smith, Michelle Baker, Glenn A Marsh, Jennifer Barr, Andrew C Breed, James LN Wood, Navneet Dhand, Jenny-Ann Toribio, Andrew A Cunningham, et al.

Journal article | 2016 | Infection Ecology & Epidemiology

Dynamics of Chytridiomycosis during the Breeding Season in an Australian Alpine Amphibian

Laura A Brannelly, David A Hunter, Daniel Lenger, Ben C Scheele, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger

Journal article | 2015 | PLOS ONE

Phylogenetic and pathogenic characterization of novel adenoviruses isolated from long-tailed ducks (Clangula hyemalis)

Katrina L Counihan, Lee F Skerratt, J Christian Franson, Tuula E Hollmen

Journal article | 2015 | Virology

Avian influenza in Australia: a summary of 5 years of wild bird surveillance

VL Grillo, KE Arzey, PM Hansbro, AC Hurt, S Warner, J Bergfeld, GW Burgess, B Cookson, CJ Dickason, M Ferenczi, T Hollingsworth, MDA Hoque, RB Jackson, M Klaassen, PD Kirkland, NY Kung, S Lisovski, MA O'Dea, K O'Riley, D Roshier, et al.

Journal article | 2015 | Australian Veterinary Journal

Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in Madagascar neither Shows Widespread Presence nor Signs of Certain Establishment

Jonathan E Kolby, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2015 | PLOS ONE

Presence of amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in rainwater suggests aerial dispersal is possible

Jonathan E Kolby, Sara D Ramirez, Lee Berger, Dale W Griffin, Merlijn Jocque, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2015 | Aerobiologia

Using site-occupancy models to prepare for the spread of chytridiomyosis and identify factors affecting detectability of a cryptic susceptible species, the Tasmanian tree frog

Scott D Cashins, Annie Philips, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2015 | Wildlife Research

Treatment trial of clinically ill corroboree frogs with chytridiomycosis with two triazole antifungals and electrolyte therapy

Laura A Brannelly, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger

Journal article | 2015 | Vet Res Commun

Rapid Response to Evaluate the Presence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Wild Amphibian Populations in Madagascar (vol 10, e0125330, 2015)

Jonathan E Kolby, Kristine M Smith, Sara D Ramirez, Falitiana Rabemananjara, Allan P Pessier, Jesse L Brunner, Caren S Goldberg, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2015 | Plos One

Rapid Response to Evaluate the Presence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Wild Amphibian Populations in Madagascar

Jonathan E Kolby, Kristine M Smith, Sara D Ramirez, Falitiana Rabemananjara, Allan P Pessier, Jesse L Brunner, Caren S Goldberg, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2015 | Plos One

Hendra virus survival does not explain spillover patterns and implicates relatively direct transmission routes from flying foxes to horses

Gerardo Martin, Raina Plowright, Carla Chen, David Kault, Paul Selleck, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2015 | Journal of General Virology

Terrestrial Dispersal and Potential Environmental Transmission of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)

Jonathan E Kolby, Sara D Ramirez, Lee Berger, Kathryn L Richards-Hrdlicka, Merlijn Jocque, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2015 | Plos One

Susceptibility of amphibians to chytridiomycosis is associated with MHC class II conformation

Arnaud Bataille, Scott D Cashins, Laura Grogan, Lee F Skerratt, David Hunter, Michael McFadden, Benjamin Scheele, Laura A Brannelly, Amy Macris, Peter S Harlow, Sara Bell, Lee Berger, Bruce Waldman

Journal article | 2015 | Proc Biol Sci

Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife: a critical perspective

Daniel M Tompkins, Scott Carver, Menna E Jones, Martin Krkosek, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2015 | Trends in Parasitology

Low impact of chytridiomycosis on frog recruitment enables persistence in refuges despite high adult mortality

Ben C Scheele, David A Hunter, Lee F Skerratt, Laura A Brannelly, Don A Driscoll

Journal article | 2015 | Biological Conservation

Ecological dynamics of emerging bat virus spillover

Raina K Plowright, Peggy Eby, Peter J Hudson, Ina L Smith, David Westcott, Wayne L Bryden, Deborah Middleton, Peter A Reid, Rosemary A McFarlane, Gerardo Martin, Gary M Tabor, Lee F Skerratt, Dale L Anderson, Gary Crameri, David Quammen, David Jordan, Paul Freeman, Lin-Fa Wang, Jonathan H Epstein, Glenn A Marsh, et al.

Journal article | 2015 | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Low humidity is a failed treatment option for chytridiomycosis in the critically endangered southern corroboree frog

Laura A Brannelly, Lee Berger, Gerry Marrantelli, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2015 | Wildlife Research

Epidemiology of avian influenza in wild aquatic birds in a biosecurity hotspot, North Queensland, Australia

Md Ahasanul Hoque, Graham William Burgess, Ai Lee Cheam, Lee Francis Skerratt

Journal article | 2015 | Preventive Veterinary Medicine

A survey of gastro-intestinal parasitic infection in domestic and wild birds in Chittagong and Greater Sylhet, Bangladesh

Md Ahasanul Hoque, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan, Enamul Hague, Amir Hossan Shaikat, Shahneaz Ali Khan, Abdul Alim, Lee Francis Skerratt, Ariful Islam, Hein Min Tun, Ravi Dissanayake, Tapan Kumar Day, Nitish Chandra Debnath, Mat Yamage

Journal article | 2014 | Preventive Veterinary Medicine

COMPARISON OF THREE WIDELY USED MARKING TECHNIQUES FOR ADULT ANURAN SPECIES LITORIA VERREAUXII ALPINA

Laura A Brannelly, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2014 | Herpetological Conservation and Biology

BASELINE CUTANEOUS BACTERIA OF FREE-LIVING NEW ZEALAND NATIVE FROGS (LEIOPELMA ARCHEYI AND LEIOPELMA HOCHSTETTERI) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THEIR ROLE IN DEFENSE AGAINST THE AMPHIBIAN CHYTRID (BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS)

Stephanie D Shaw, Lee Berger, Sara Bell, Sarah Dodd, Tim Y James, Lee F Skerratt, Phillip J Bishop, Rick Speare

Journal article | 2014 | J Wildl Dis

Interventions for Reducing Extinction Risk in Chytridiomycosis-Threatened Amphibians

Ben C Scheele, David A Hunter, Laura F Grogan, Lee Berger, Jon E Kolby, Michael S Mcfadden, Gerry Marantelli, Lee F Skerratt, Don A Driscoll

Journal article | 2014 | Conserv Biol

In vitro sensitivity of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis to antifungal therapeutics

A Woodward, L Berger, LF Skerratt

Journal article | 2014 | Res Vet Sci

Defects in Host Immune Function in Tree Frogs with Chronic Chytridiomycosis

Sam Young, Paul Whitehorn, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt, Rick Speare, Stephen Garland, Rebecca Webb

Journal article | 2014 | Plos One

Experimental evolution alters the rate and temporal pattern of population growth in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal fungal pathogen of amphibians

Jamie Voyles, Leah R Johnson, Cheryl J Briggs, Scott D Cashins, Ross A Alford, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt, Rick Speare, Erica Bree Rosenblum

Journal article | 2014 | Ecol Evol

INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY AND PATHOGEN VIRULENCE FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF TASMANIAN AMPHIBIANS

Jamie Voyles, Annie Phillips, Michael Dreiessen, Matthew Webb, Lee Berger, Douglas C Woodhams, Kris Murray, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2014 | Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Surveillance for Emerging Biodiversity Diseases of Wildlife

Laura F Grogan, Lee Berger, Karrie Rose, Victoria Grillo, Scott D Cashins, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2014 | Plos Pathog

First Evidence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Hong Kong Amphibian Trade

Jonathan E Kolby, Kristine M Smith, Lee Berger, William B Karesh, Asa Preston, Allan P Pessier, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2014 | Plos One

Decline and re-expansion of an amphibian with high prevalence of chytrid fungus

Ben C Scheele, Fiorenzo Guarino, William Osborne, David A Hunter, Lee F Skerratt, Don A Driscoll

Journal article | 2014 | Biological Conservation

Historical trends in frog populations in New Zealand based on public perceptions

SD Shaw, PJ Bishop, LF Skerratt, J Myhre, R Speare

Journal article | 2014 | New Zealand Journal of Zoology

First report of Ancylostoma ceylanicum in wild canids.

Felicity A Smout, RC Andrew Thompson, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2013 | International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

The parasitic nematode Ancylostoma ceylanicum is common in dogs, cats and humans throughout Asia, inhabiting the small intestine a..

Underestimated ranges and overlooked refuges from amphibian chytridiomycosis

Robert Puschendorf, Lauren Hodgson, Ross A Alford, Lee F Skerratt, Jeremy VanDerWal

Journal article | 2013 | Diversity and Distributions

Chytridiomycosis and Seasonal Mortality of Tropical Stream-Associated Frogs 15 Years after Introduction of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Andrea D Phillott, Laura F Grogan, Scott D Cashins, Keith R Mcdonald, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2013 | Conserv Biol

Tick Paralysis in Spectacled Flying-Foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in North Queensland, Australia: Impact of a Ground-Dwelling Ectoparasite Finding an Arboreal Host

Petra G Buettner, David A Westcott, Jennefer Maclean, Lawrence Brown, Adam McKeown, Ashleigh Johnson, Karen Wilson, David Blair, Jonathan Luly, Lee Skerratt, Reinhold Muller, Richard Speare

Journal article | 2013 | PLoS ONE

The distribution and host range ofBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisin New Zealand, 1930–2010

Stephanie D Shaw, Lee F Skerratt, Amanada Haigh, Ben D Bell, Lisa Daglish, Phillip J Bishop, Rachel Summers, Virginia Moreno, Sabine Melzer, Michel Ohmer, Sarah Herbert, Dianne Gleeson, Lucy Rowe, Richard Speare

Journal article | 2013 | Ecology

Molecular epidemiology of influenza A (H5N1) viruses, Bangladesh, 2007-2011

Md Ahasanul Hoque, Hein Min Tunh, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan, Shahneaz Ali Khan, SKM Azizul Islam, Md Nurul Islam, Md Giasuddin, TABM Muzaffar Goni Osmani, Ariful Islam, Ronald Norman Thornton, Graham William Burgess, Lee Francis Skerratt, Paul Selleck, Edgar Brun, Nitish Chandra Debnatha, Frederick Chi-Ching Leung

Journal article | 2013 | Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Whether the Weather Drives Patterns of Endemic Amphibian Chytridiomycosis: A Pathogen Proliferation Approach

Kris A Murray, Lee F Skerratt, Stephen Garland, Darren Kriticos, Hamish McCallum

Journal article | 2013 | PLoS ONE

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis not detected in anurans in the northern kimberley region of Western Australia

DJ McLelland, IAN Smith, L Olds, C Myers, LF Skerratt

Journal article | 2013 | Herpetological Review

Prior Infection Does Not Improve Survival against the Amphibian Disease Chytridiomycosis

Scott D Cashins, Laura F Grogan, Michael McFadden, David Hunter, Peter S Harlow, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2013 | Plos One

Hematologic and plasma biochemical reference intervals for health monitoring of wild Australian tree frogs

Sam Young, Jeff Warner, Rick Speare, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt, Reinhold Muller

Journal article | 2012 | Vet Clin Pathol

Adaptations of a Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for the Detection of Antibodies to Influenza A Virus in Horse Sera for Use in Wild Aquatic Birds

MA Hoque, LF Skerratt, S Garland, GW Burgess, P Selleck

Journal article | 2012 | Indian Journal of Virology

Cooling off health security hot spots: Getting on top of it down under

Kris A Murray, Lee F Skerratt, Rick Speare, Scott Ritchie, Felicity Smout, Robert Hedlefs, Jonathan Lee

Journal article | 2012 | Environment International

Temperature alters reproductive life history patterns in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal pathogen associated with the global loss of amphibians

Jamie Voyles, Leah R Johnson, Cheryl J Briggs, Scott D Cashins, Ross A Alford, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt, Rick Speare, Erica Bree Rosenblum

Journal article | 2012 | Ecol Evol

FLUOROSIS AS A PROBABLE FACTOR IN METABOLIC BONE DISEASE IN CAPTIVE NEW ZEALAND NATIVE FROGS (LEIOPELMA SPECIES)

Stephanie D Shaw, Phillip J Bishop, Catherine Harvey, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt, Karen Callon, Maureen Watson, John Potter, Richard Jakob-Hoff, Mike Goold, Nicole Kunzmann, Peter West, Rick Speare

Journal article | 2012 | J Zoo Wildl Med

Anthelmintic efficacy of five tropical native Australian plants against Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis in experimentally infected goats (Capra hircus)

FC Moreno, IJ Gordon, MR Knox, PM Summer, LF Skerrat, MA Benvenutti, CA Saumell

Journal article | 2012 | Veterinary Parasitology

CHLORAMPHENICOL WITH FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE THERAPY CURES TERMINALLY ILL GREEN TREE FROGS (LITORIA CAERULEA) WITH CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS

Sam Young, Rick Speare, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2012 | J Zoo Wildl Med

Causes of Morbidity and Mortality of Wild Aquatic Birds at Billabong Sanctuary, Townsville, North Queensland, Australia

MA Hoque, GW Burgess, AR Greenhil, R Hedlefs, LF Skerratt

Journal article | 2012 | Avian Diseases

Designing a diet for captive native frogs from the analysis of stomach contents from free-ranging Leiopelma

SD Shaw, LF Skerratt, R Kleinpaste, L Daglish, PJ Bishop

Journal article | 2012 | New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Using community surveillance data to differentiate between emerging and endemic amphibian diseases

Sam Young, Lee F Skerratt, Diana Mendez, Rick Speare, Lee Berger, Mike Steele

Journal article | 2012 | Dis Aquat Organ

Predicting Wild Hosts for Amphibian Chytridiomycosis: Integrating Host Life-History Traits with Pathogen Environmental Requirements

Kris A Murray, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2012 | Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal

Monitoring of wild birds for Newcastle disease virus in north Queensland, Australia

MA Hoque, GW Burgess, D Karo-Karo, AL Cheam, LF Skerratt

Journal article | 2012 | Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Validation of Diagnostic Tests in Wildlife: The Case of Chytridiomycosis in Wild Amphibians

Lee F Skerratt, Diana Mendez, Keith R McDonald, Stephen Garland, James Livingstone, Lee Berger, Richard Speare

Journal article | 2011 | Journal of Herpetology

Polymorphic repetitive loci of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Stephen Garland, Timothy Y James, David Blair, Lee Berger, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2011 | Dis Aquat Organ

Environmental Refuge from Disease-Driven Amphibian Extinction

Robert Puschendorf, Conrad J Hoskin, Scott D Cashins, Keith McDonald, Lee F Skerratt, Jeremy Vanderwal, Ross A Alford

Journal article | 2011 | Conservation Biology

A descriptive study of the health of ducklings on smallholdings, Hatia Island, Bangladesh

MA Hoque, LF Skerratt, MA Rahman, ABM Rabiul Alam Beg, NC Debnath

Journal article | 2011 | Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Integrating species traits with extrinsic threats: closing the gap between predicting and preventing species declines

Kris A Murray, Dan Rosauer, Hamish McCallum, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2011 | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Comparison of sensitivity between real-time detection of a TaqMan assay for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and conventional detection

Stephen Garland, John Wood, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2011 | Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Engineering a future for amphibians under climate change

Luke P Shoo, Deanna H Olson, Sarah K McMenamin, Kris A Murray, Monique Van Sluys, Maureen A Donnelly, Danial Stratford, Juhani Terhivuo, Andres Merino-Viteri, Sarah M Herbert, Phillip J Bishop, Paul Stephen Corn, Liz Dovey, Richard A Griffiths, Katrin Lowe, Michael Mahony, Hamish McCallum, Jonathan D Shuker, Clay Simpkins, Lee F Skerratt, et al.

Journal article | 2011 | Journal of Applied Ecology

Dynamics of chytridiomycosis in a Tasmanian frog community

MNB Abdul Aziz, LF Skerratt, H McCallum

Journal article | 2011 | Herpetological Review

Meteorological effects on the daily activity patterns of tabanid biting flies in northern Queensland, Australia

K Van Hennekeler, RE Jones, LF Skerratt, MO Muzari, LA Fitzpatrick

Journal article | 2011 | Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Factors limiting the health of semi-scavenging ducks in Bangladesh

MA Hoque, LF Skerratt, AJC Cook, SA Khan, D Grace, MR Alam, A Vidal-Diez, NC Debnath

Journal article | 2011 | Tropical Animal Health and Production

Assessing spatial patterns of disease risk to biodiversity: implications for the management of the amphibian pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Kris A Murray, Richard WR Retallick, Robert Puschendorf, Lee F Skerratt, Dan Rosauer, Hamish I McCallum, Lee Berger, Rick Speare, Jeremy VanDerWal

Journal article | 2011 | Journal of Applied Ecology

Issues with modelling the current and future distribution of invasive pathogens

Kris A Murray, Richard WR Retallick, Robert Puschendorf, Lee F Skerratt, Dan Rosauer, Hamish I McCallum, Lee Berger, Rick Speare, Jeremy VanDerWal

Journal article | 2011 | Journal of Applied Ecology

Monitoring the health and production of household Jinding ducks on Hatia Island of Bangladesh

MA Hoque, LF Skerratt, MA Rahman, MA Alim, D Grace, B Gummow, ABM Rabiul Alam Beg, NC Debnath

Journal article | 2011 | Tropical Animal Health and Production

Inflammation in digits of unmarked and toe-tipped wild hylids

Andrea D Phillott, Keith R McDonald, Lee F Skerratt

Journal article | 2011 | Wildlife Research

Mitigating the Impact of Diseases Affecting Biodiversity - Retrospective on the Outbreak Investigation for Chytridiomycosis

Lee Skerratt, Rick Speare, Lee Berger

Conference Proceedings | 2011 | ECOHEALTH

Host preferences of tabanid flies based on identification of blood meals by ELISA

MO Muzari, GW Burgess, LF Skerratt, RE Jones, TL Duran

Journal article | 2010 | Veterinary Parasitology