Wildlife Health Australia

Publications using eWHIS data

The following publications have used data recorded in the national electronic wildlife health information system (eWHIS):

Wildlife Health Australia reports in Animal Health Surveillance Quarterly

Cooke R et al (2022). Widespread exposure of powerful owls to second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides in Australia spans an urban to agricultural and forest landscape. Science of The Total Environment, 819, 153024

Vaughan-Higgins RJ et al (2021). Streamlining disease risk analysis for wildlife using the Shark Bay Bandicoot as a model. EcoHealth, doi: 10.1007/s10393-021-01521-3

Iglesias R et al (2021). Australian bat lyssavirus: analysis of national bat surveillance data from 2010 to 2016. Viruses, 13(2), 189

Le Souëf A et al (2020). Hindlimb paralysis syndrome in wild Carnaby's cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus latirostris): A new threat for an endangered species. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, doi: 10.7589/2019-02-044

Brandis KJ et al (2019). Avian-botulism risk in waterbird breeding colonies and implications for environmental water management. Marine & Freshwater Research, doi: 10.1071/MF18446

Tong L (2019). Chapter 22: Mycobacteriosis; Power M (2019). Chapter 17: Antimicrobial resistance. In: Vogelnest L & Portas T (Eds.) (2019). Current Therapy in Medicine of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing.

Simpson KM et al (2018). Diversity of Salmonella serotypes from humans, food, domestic animals and wildlife in New South Wales, Australia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 18(1), 623

Wicker L et al (2017). Leadbeater’s Possum Translocation Disease Risk Analysis. Zoos Victoria.

Speight KN et al (2017). Outbreaks of sarcoptic mange in free‐ranging koala populations in Victoria and South Australia: a case series. Australian Veterinary Journal, 95(7), 244-249

Australian Department of the Environment (2015). Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease and other identified Threats to Australian threatened Parrots. A paper to the TSSC on the analysis of the relative degree of threat from beak and feather disease compared to other threats for threatened psittacine species.

Reiss A et al (2015). Investigation of potential diseases associated with Northern Territory mammal declines. In: National Environmental Research Program – Small Mammal Disease Investigation: Final Report.

Cox-Witton K et al (2014). Emerging infectious diseases in free-ranging wildlife–Australian zoo based wildlife hospitals contribute to national surveillance. PLoS One, 9(5), e95127

East IJ et al (2013). Use of a multi-criteria analysis framework to inform the design of risk based general surveillance systems for animal disease in Australia. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 112(3), 230-247

WHA Submissions & Reports

2022 National Recovery and Resilence Agency - Developing the Second National Action Plan - Discussion paper - WHA submission

2021 APVMA consultation on anticoagulant rodenticides chemical reivew - Consultation - WHA submission

2021 Consultation on the Draft National Recovery Plan for the Koala - Consultation - WHA submission

2020 National Bushfire Recovery Agency - Unmet recovery needs - Invitiation to provide advice - WHA submission

2020 Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements - Royal Commission - Notice - WHA submission / attachment

2020 Consultation on the import risk review for psittacine birds - Consultation - WHA submission

2020 Inquiry into the problem of feral and domestic cats in Australia - Inquiry - WHA submission

2020 APVMA consultation on use patterns for anticoagulant rodenticide products - Consultation - WHA submission

2020 Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements - Royal Commission - WHA submission

2020 Independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – Review – WHA submission

2019 National Biosecurity Environmental Response Agreement (NEBRA) Review - Review - WHA submission

2019 Public Consultation on Australia's Next Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2020 and Beyond - Consultation - WHA submission

2019 Consultation on the National Environmental Science Program - Consultation - WHA submission available on request

2018 Inquiry into Australia's faunal extinction crisis - Inquiry - WHA submission

2018 Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy for the Australian Animal Sector - WHA submission

2018 Australia's Strategy for Nature - Consultation - WHA submission

2017 National Biosecurity Environmental Response Agreement (NEBRA) Five Year Review - Review - WHA submission

2016 National Research Infrastructure Capability Issues Paper - Issues paper - WHA submission

2016 Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity Review - Review - WHA submission

2016 Inquiry into the growing evidence of an emerging tick-borne disease that causes a Lyme-like illness for many Australian patients - Inquiry - WHA submission

2015 Managing Established Pests and Disease of National Significance - Discussion paper - WHA submission

2014 Inquiry into environmental biosecurity - Inquiry - WHA submission

2014 Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper - White Paper - WHA submission

2014 Cooperative Research Centres Program Review - WHA submission

2014 National Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy - Strategy - WHA submission

2013 Foot and Mouth Disease Risks Relating to Wildlife - Scope, Gap Analysis and Future Priorities - Report

2012 Inquiry into effectiveness of threatened species and ecological communities' protection in Australia - Inquiry - AWHN submission

WHA staff publications

WHA reports quarterly on wildlife disease events in the publication Animal Health Surveillance Quarterly, produced by Animal Health Australia. Visit the SciQuest library to read and search WHA reports in this publication.

Cox-Witton K et al., (2021). Risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from humans to bats – An Australian assessment. One Health, 13, 100247

Vaughan-Higgins R et al., (2021). Streamlining disease risk analysis for wildlife using the Shark Bay bandicoot as a model. EcoHealth, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01521-3

Iglesias R et al., (2021). Australian bat lyssavirus: analysis of national bat surveillance data from 2010 to 2016. Viruses, 13(2), 189

Baptista J et al., (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the welfare of animals in Australia. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 621843

Salleh S et al., (2021). Caver Knowledge and biosecurity attitudes towards white-nose syndrome and implications for global spread. EcoHealth, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-020-01510-y

Ban de Gouvea Pedroso S et al., (2020) Coccidiosis in green turtles (Chelonia Mydas) in Australia: Pathogenesis, spatial and temporal distribution, and climate-related determinants of disease outbreaks. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 56(2), 359-371

Peters A et al., (2019) A solutions-focused translational research framework for wildlife health. Bioscience, 69(12), 1019-27

Woods R & Grillo T (2019) Wildlife health in Australia. In: Vogelnest L & Portas T (Eds.) Current Therapy in Medicine of Australian Mammals, 2019, CSIRO Publishing.

Reiss A (2019). Emerging infectious diseases. In: Vogelnest L & Portas T (Eds.) Current Therapy in Medicine of Australian Mammals, 2019, CSIRO Publishing.

Cox-Witton K (2019) Bats. In: Vogelnest L & Portas T (Eds.) Current Therapy in Medicine of Australian Mammals, 2019, CSIRO Publishing.

Woods R et al., (2019) The importance of wildlife disease monitoring as part of global surveillance for zoonotic diseases: The role of Australia. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 4(1), 29, https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4010029 [Open access]

Cox-Witton K (2019). Australian bat lyssavirus - two decades on. Australian Veterinary Journal News.

Stephens C et al., (2018) Proposed attributes of national wildlife health programmes. OIE Rev Sci Tech, 37(3):925-936

Merritt T et al., (2018) Australian bat lyssavirus. Australian Journal of General Practitioners, 47(3), 93-96 [Open access]

Jakob-Hoff R et al., (2017) Bellinger River snapping turtle status review, disease risk analysis and conservation plan. IUCN SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group: Apple Valley, MN

Nguyen NT et al., (2017) Report of the workshop on evidence-based design of national wildlife health programs: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017–1038, 18p, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171038

Preece ND et al., (2017) A guide for ecologists: Detecting the role of disease in faunal declines and managing population recovery. Biological Conservation, 214, 136-146

Barbosa A et al., (2017). Prevalence, genetic diversity and potential clinical impact of blood-borne and enteric protozoan parasites in native mammals from northern Australia. Veterinary Parasitology, 238, 94-105

Phalen DN et al., (2017) Prevalence of columbid herpesvirus infection in feral pigeons (Columba livia) from New South Wales and Victoria, Australia, with spillover into a wild powerful owl (Ninox struena). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 53(3), 543-51

Burnard D et al., (2017) Molecular evidence of Chlamydia pecorum and arthropod-associated Chlamydiae in an expanded range of marsupials. Scientific Reports, 7, 12844

Grillo T et al., (2015) Avian influenza in Australia: a summary of 5 years of wild bird surveillance. Australian Veterinary Journal, 93 (11), 387–393 Supplementary Information

Grillo T et al., (2015) Contribution to the 2012 Avian Influenza in Wild Birds Surveillance Program. RIRDC Publication No. 15/016. Project No. PRJ-008337. ISBN 978-1-74254-760-2

Pacioni C et al., (2015) Disease hazard identification and assessment associated with wildlife population declines. Ecological Management & Restoration, 16, 142-152

Reiss A et al., (2015). Investigation of potential diseases associated with Northern Territory mammal declines: final report. Charles Darwin University, Darwin

Hyatt A et al., (2015) Effective coordination and management of emerging infectious diseases in wildlife populations. EcoHealth, 12(3), 408–411

Cox-Witton K, et al., (2014) Emerging infectious diseases in free-ranging wildlife – Australian zoo based wildlife hospitals contribute to national surveillance. PLoS One, 9(5): e95127 [Open access]

Quinn E, et al., (2014) Understanding human - bat interactions in NSW, Australia: improving risk communication for prevention of Australian bat lyssavirus. BMC Veterinary Research, 10(1), 144 [Open access]

Grogan LF, et al., (2014) Surveillance for emerging biodiversity diseases of wildlife. PLoS Pathogens, 10(5): e1004015 [Open access]

Woods R, (2011) Australian Bat Lyssavirus in Australia – an inter-sectoral “One Health” Approach to Disease Management. EcoHealth, 7 Supplement 1; S48

Grillo T & Woods R, (2011) Wildlife networking in a One Health space. EcoHealth, 7 Supplement 1; S45-46

Haynes L et al., (2009) Australian surveillance for avian influenza viruses in wild birds (July 2005 to June 2007). Australian Veterinary Journal, 87(7), 266-272

Woods R et al., (2009) Diseases of Antarctic seabirds. In KR Kerry and MJ Riddle (Eds). Health of Antarctic wildlife - A challenge for science and policy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany 530pp

Vogelnest L & Woods R (Eds.) et al., (2008) Medicine of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing

Woods R & Bunn C (2005) Wildlife health surveillance in Australia. Microbiology Australia, 26(2), 56-58

Woods R & Bunn C (2005) Emerging wildlife diseases – impact on trade, human health and the environment. Microbiology Australia, 26(2), 53-55

Tracey JP, et al., (2004) The role of wild birds in the transmission of avian influenza for Australia: an ecological perspective. Emu, 104, 109-124

WHA staff contributions:

Steele SG, et al., (2021). Global health security must embrace a One Health approach: Contributions and experiences of veterinarians during the COVID-19 response in Australia. One Health, 13, 100314.

Jakob-Hoff R, Carraro C, Sainsbury AW, Ewen J, and Canessa S, (Eds) (2014) Regent Honeyeater Disease Risk Analysis. IUCN SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group: Apple Valley, MN

Jakob-Hoff RM, et al., (2014) Manual of Procedures for Wildlife Disease Risk Analysis. World Organisation for Animal Health, Paris, 160 pp. Published in association with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the Species Survival Commission

Newman SH, et al., (Eds) (2011) Safe handling of bats (Chapt 9) In Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. 2011. Investigating the role of bats in emerging zoonoses: Balancing ecology, conservation and public health interests. FAO Animal Production and Health Manual No. 12. Rome

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