Pam Whiteley

Health surveillance representative of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) distribution in Victoria, Australia.

M Cooley, P Whiteley, G Thornton, M Stevenson

Journal article  |  2022  |  Australian Veterinary Journal

Health surveillance of wildlife populations is essential for conservation and reduction of the impacts of disease. Population decl..

Molecular detection of two new putative species of gammaherpesvirus in petaurid possums

JK Douch, JM Devlin, P Whiteley, CA Hartley, PK Vaz

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

A molecular survey of herpesviruses in Australian native mammals was conducted, spanning 260 individuals from 27 species. Among th..

Widespread exposure of powerful owls to second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides in Australia spans an urban to agricultural and forest landscape.

Raylene Cooke, Pam Whiteley, Yun Jin, Clare Death, Michael A Weston, Nicholas Carter, John G White

Journal article  |  2022  |  Sci Total Environ

The powerful owl (Ninox strenua) is a threatened apex predator that consumes mainly arboreal marsupial prey. Low density populatio..

Histological survey for oxalate nephrosis in Victorian koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus).

N Speight, B Bacci, A Stent, P Whiteley

Journal article  |  2020  |  Aust Vet J

The Mount Lofty Ranges koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) population in South Australia has a high prevalence of the renal disease oxa..

SURVEILLANCE FOR CHLAMYDIA SPP. WITH MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING ANALYSIS IN WILD AND CAPTIVE BIRDS IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

Jemima Amery-Gale, Alistair R Legione, Marc S Marenda, Jane Owens, Paul A Eden, Barbara M Konsak-Ilievski, Pam L Whiteley, Elizabeth C Dobson, Elizabeth A Browne, Ron F Slocombe, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Chlamydia psittaci typically infects birds and can cause outbreaks of avian chlamydiosis, but it also has the potential to cause z..

Plant poisoning leads to alpha-synucleinopathy and neuromelanopathy in kangaroos

Mourad Tayebi, Charles M El-Hage, Pedro Pinczowski, Pam Whiteley, Monique David, Qiao-Xin Li, Shiji Varghese, Meena Mikhael, Umma Habiba, David Harman, Liliana Tatarczuch, Mirjana Bogeski, Ian Birchall, Kirsty Ferguson, Larry Walker, Colin Masters, Brian A Summers

Journal article  |  2019  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

The pathogenesis of synucleinopathies, common neuropathological lesions normally associated with some human neurodegenerative diso..

Disease surveillance in wild Victorian cacatuids reveals co-infection with multiple agents and detection of novel avian viruses

Michelle Sutherland, Subir Sarker, Paola K Vaz, Alistair R Legione, Joanne M Devlin, Patricia L Macwhirter, Pamela L Whiteley, Shane R Raidal

Journal article  |  2019  |  VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Wild birds are known reservoirs of bacterial and viral pathogens, some of which have zoonotic potential. This poses a risk to both..

The treatment of sarcoptic mange in wildlife: a systematic review.

Madeleine L Rowe, Pam L Whiteley, Scott Carver

Journal article  |  2019  |  Parasit Vectors

BACKGROUND: Sarcoptic mange, caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei mite, is an infectious disease of wildlife, domestic animals and huma..

Expanded Molecular Typing of Sarcoptes scabiei Provides Further Evidence of Disease Spillover Events in the Epidemiology of Sarcoptic Mange in Australian Marsupials.

Tamieka A Fraser, Roz Holme, Alynn Martin, Pam Whiteley, Merridy Montarello, Cam Raw, Scott Carver, Adam Polkinghorne

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Wildlife Diseases

The invasive ectoparasite Sarcoptes scabiei affects the welfare and conservation of Australian marsupials. Molecular data suggest ..

Mitochondrial genome sequencing reveals potential origins of the scabies mite Sarcoptes scabiei infesting two iconic Australian marsupials

Tamieka A Fraser, Renfu Shao, Nicholas M Fountain-Jones, Michael Charleston, Alynn Martin, Pam Whiteley, Roz Holme, Scott Carver, Adam Polkinghorne

Journal article  |  2017  |  BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Debilitating skin infestations caused by the mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, have a profound impact on human and animal healt..