Field placements and projects

Students enrolled in postgraduate coursework degrees in Conservation Medicine have undertaken the following field placements/projects for the units VET639 (Conservation Medicine Field Placement/Project) and VET649 (Veterinary Surveillance Research Project).

Name	Year	Student’s origin	Project	Field placement
Dr Lesley Arnott	2005	Australia	Case study: Disseminated Cryptococcus gattii infection in a long nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) at Perth Zoo. Case study: Foreign body surgery in a little penguin (Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae) at Perth Zoo.	Perth Zoo, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Corey Bradshaw	2005	Australia	Determination of lung volume-body size relationship in hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata).	Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory, Australia
Dr Felicity Bradshaw	2005	Australia	Establish reference haematological and plasma biochemical values of captive banded hare-wallabies, (Lagostrophus fasciatus) and a review of their values as a tool in the health management of a captive population.	Project Eden, The Captive Breeding Centre, Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Nigel Edwards	2005	Australia	Domoic Acid Toxicosis in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus).	The Marine Mammal Center Marin Headlands, California, USA
Dr Tiffany Jacobs	2005	America	Establishing a link between chronic stress, inhibition of reproductive function and management strategies in captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) via faecal hormone analysis: a review.	Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, South Africa
Dr Ren Lim	2005	Singapore	The causes of coral mortality and the future of the Singapore reef.
Dr Clive McMahon	2005	Australia	Integrating ecological and veterinary skills in the study and conservation of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta).`	University of Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom
Dr Mark O’Byrne	2005	Hong Kong	The role of the wildlife veterinarian in the conception and development of a new non-government organisation (NGO) in a developing country in South-East Asia.	Hong Kong
Dr Mark Powell	2005	Australia	Morbidity and mortality of Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) as affected by seasonal rainfall variation in the Noosa Area 1993-2005.
Dr Jarunee Siengsanan	2005	Thailand	Veterinary management of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in captivity.
Dr Helene Donohoe	2006	Zimbabwe	Dehorning of black rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis) in Zimbabwe.	Zimbabwe
Dr Ian Douglas	2006	Australia	Development of methods for reducing the impact of feral dogs on the fauna and peoples of the Cold Desert of Sikkim, India.	Vets Beyond Borders, Sikkim, India
Dr Dave Edmonds	2006	Australia	The development and implementation of a health screening protocol associated with the translocation program for the noisy scrub bird (Atrichornis clamosus), an endangered bird found only in the South West of Western Australia.	(Department of Environment and Conservation Albany) Western Australia, Australia
Dr Julia Galvez	2006	Australia	Veterinary care of injured wild bobtail lizards (Tiliqua rugosa).	Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Stephanie Haigh	2006	Australia	Callitrichidae hepatitis.	New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine, Auckland Zoo, New Zealand
Dr Tiffany Jacobs	2006	Australia	A review of Chytridiomycosis in Australia.
Dr Cate McPherson	2006	Australia	Literature review of Devil Facial Tumour Disease in Tasmanian Devils.
Dr Nina Stephenson	2006	Australia	Case study: Medical management of Domoic acid toxicity in a Californian Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus). Case study: Medical management of a Californian Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) infected with Leptospira interrogans.	The Marine Mammal Center Marin Headlands, California, USA
Dr Lesley Arnott	2007	Australia	Mycobacterium marinum infection in marsupials.	Project Eden, The Captive Breeding Centre, Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Roger Fisher	2007	Australia	Protocol for quarantine and disease monitoring of the Spotted Tree Frog (Litoria spenceri) to be used in a threatened species/captive breeding plan.	Healesville Sanctuary Healesville, Victoria, Australia
Dr Bronwen Gill	2007	United Kingdom	Factors affecting nest site selection by loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) on Sekania beach, Zakynthos, western Greece.	Zakynthos, western Greece Bronwen works in conjunction with ARCHELON the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, Greece
Dr Alexander Kabat	2007	United Kingdom	Assessment of allometric scaling.
Dr Yaduraj Khadpekar	2007	India	Anaesthesia of snakes.	Armadale Reptile & Wildlife Centre, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Anna Le Souef	2007	Australia	Case study: Hyperprolactinaemia in a female Sumatran orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus abelii).	Perth Zoo, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Jenny McLelland	2007	Australia	A retrospective study of necropsy findings in takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri) from 1992-2007.	Resident in Avian and Wildlife Health at the New Zealand Wildlife Health Centre, Massey University, New Zealand
Dr Gareth Pearce	2007	United Kingdom	The use of photo identification records to investigate epidermal disease in cetaceans: possible uses as indicators of wild animal and ecosystem health.	Scotland, the island of St Helena and the Institute of Zoology, London, United Kingdom
Dr Federique Vincent De Madjouguinsky	2007	France	Protocol for the translocation of long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Singapore.	Singapore
Dr Paola Zlatar Ochoa	2007	Argentina	The consequences of human and wildlife interactions.	Sea World, Queensland, Australia
Dr Gary Beilby	2008	Australia	Finding a solution: Broadscale control of feral cats in Australia.	Project Eden, The Captive Breeding Centre, Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Megan Curnick	2008	Australia	Case Study: Oil contamination of the Plumage in a Group of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor). Case Study: Lead Toxicity in a Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus).
Dr Terungwa Ikye-Tor	2008	Nigeria	Translocation of African Buffalo from the Markele National Park due to Theileria parva infection. Pansteatitis in Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Oliphants and Letaba Rivers in Kruger National Park in South Africa.
Dr Roan Johnson	2008	Australia	Domestic dogs as a source of canine distemper virus for wildlife – a review.	Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT), Thailand
Dr An Pas	2008	Belgium	Disease Risk Assessment for the proposed reintroduction of the Arabian Tahr (Hemitragus jaykari).
Dr Federique Vincent De Madjouguinsky	2008	France	Thiamine Deficiency in Carnivores and Pinnipeds.
Dr Lucinda Booth	2009	Australia	Case study: Management of hind flipper trauma and verminous pneumonia in a California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus). Case study: Chronic domoic acid toxicity in a California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus).	The Marine Mammal Center, Marin Headlands, California, USA
Dr Carol Esson	2009	Australia	Case study: Acute toxoplasmosis in a pied tamarin (Sanguinus bicolour). Case study: Cholelithiasis and Intestinal Adenocarcinoma in a Black Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus).	Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey, United Kingdom
Dr Sarah Gill	2009	Australia	Avian Influenza literature review.
Dr Bethany Jackson	2009	Australia	Case study: Cardiomyopathy in a takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri) Visceral Gout in an Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii).	New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine, Auckland Zoo, New Zealand
Dr Pedro Martinez	2009	Columbia	Photosensitisation in black swans (Cygnus atratus).	Perth Zoo, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Joanna McLachlan	2009	Australia	A retrospective study of anaesthetic-related mortality in otariid pinnipeds at Taronga Zoo.	Taronga Zoo, New South Wales, Australia
Dr Megan Williamson	2009	Australia	Managing and minimising disease in captive Bilbies.	Project Eden, The Captive Breeding Centre, Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Western Australia, Australia Kanyana Wildlife Rehabiliation Centre, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Rebecca Griffin	2009/2010	Australia	Feral pest management in Australia: Past, present and future.
Dr Alireza Zahedi Abdi	2009/2010	Iran	Extensive Review of Assisted Reproductive Technologies for Amphibian Conservation.
Dr Kerrie Bennison	2010	Australia	Monitoring and managing the health of translocated populations	Uluru Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Dr Catherine Bergzoll	2010	United Kingdom	Malnutrition and hypoglycaemia in naturally fasting postweaning northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) pups at a Californian rehabilitation facility.	The Marine Mammal Center, Marin Headlands, California, USA
Dr Amber Christie	2010	United Kingdom	An evaluation of the use of medetomidine (Domitor) and atipamezole (Antisedan) in anaesthetic regimes of free ranging animals.	Wildlifevets.com,Ngongoni, South Africa
Dr Jessica Gillespie	2010	Australia	Case study: Rehabilitation of an injured kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae). Case study: Dental disease in a resident burrowing bettong (Bettongia lesueur).	Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Jenny Jenkins	2010	Australia	Case study: Suspected glaucoma in an Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) at Coffs Harbour Pet Porpoise Pool. Case study: Suspected morbillivirus in a stranded Indio-pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus).	Pet Porpoise Pool, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Dr Julia Lloyd-Jones	2010	New Zealand	Case study: Possible zinc poisoning in a Kereru (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae). Case study: Mycotic dermatitis in northland green geckos (Naultinus grayii).	New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine, Auckland Zoo, New Zealand
Dr Scott Miller	2010	Australia	Case study: Supplementation of potassium in debilitated California sea lions presented to The Marine Mammal Centre, San Francisco based on findings of case study ‘Sizzling’ CSL-9844.	The Marine Mammal Center, Marin Headlands, California, USA
Dr Suzanne McNabb	2010	South Africa	Case study: Heart failure in a De Brazza’s monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus). Case study: Gastrointestinal foreign body removal from an Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus).	Taronga Zoo, New South Wales, Australia
Dr Melanie Panayiotou	2010	Australia	A literature review on the conservation of Leadbeaters Possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri).	Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia
Dr Melanie Panayiotou	2010	Australia	Case study: Salmonellosis and chronic hepatitis in a Sumatran orang-utan (Pongo abelii). Case study: Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis in a Sumatran orang-utan (Pongo abelii).	Sumatran Orang-utan Conservation Project, Sumatra, Indonesia
Dr Ana Maria Puerta Ocampo	2010	Columbia	Reintroduction of carnivores and the importance of disease.
Dr Bahwan Salim Al Mukhaini	2010	Oman	Chemical immobilization of Antelope (Oryx spp).
Dr Diana Sinclair	2010	Canada	Case study: Suspicion of circovirus in an Australian raven (Corvus coronolides). Case study: A suspected case of herpesvirus hepatitis in a burrowing betttong (Bettongia lesueur).	Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Thaya Sivapiragasam	2010	Sri Lanka	The importance of surveillance of leptospirosis in wildlife for early detection and prevention of leptospirosis in humans in the South-east Asian region.	Perth Zoo, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Rhys Sweaney	2010	Australia	A literature review of disease in Eastern quolls (Dasyurus viverrinus) to aid in the design of preventative health protocols for captive breeding and release programs.	Australian Ecosystem Foundation, New South Wales, Australia
Dr Virginia Wang	2010	Taiwan	Nutrition of Sugar Gliders (Petaurus breviceps).
Dr Shangzhe Xie	2010	Australia	Splay leg in a juvenile galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) in Whyalla; Facial lump in a Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea) in Whyalla.	Arid Zone Recovery; South Australia, Australia
Dr Ian Field	2010/2011	Australia	Phocid chemical imobilisation: sedation and anaesthesia techniques of wild seats for conservation management and research in remote areas
Dr Lisa Treatch	2010/2011	Australia	Tuberculosis: will places like Kruger national park ever be able to breathe easy?	Kruger NP, Ngongoni Game Reserve
Dr Amanda Briedahl	2011	Australia	Case study reports Annotated Bibliography Conservation of an endangered species, Mountain Pygmy Possum (Burramys parvus), through a captive breeding program at Healesville Sanctuary,Victoria.	Healesville Sanctuary Healesville, Victoria, Australia
Dr Michelle Barrows	2011	UK	Case reports from Bristol Zoo - Egg yolk coelomitis in a Satyr Tragopan (Tragopan satyra) at Bristol Zoo Gardens. Urogenital carcinoma associated with a gammaherpesvirus in a South American Fur Seal (Arctocephalus australis) at Bristol Zoo Gardens.	Bristol Zoo
Dr Sarah Frith	2011	Australia	S1 Project – Theories and methods utilised by the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program to achieve their conservation goals S2 FP – case reports	Save the Tasmanian Devil Project -Tasmania Healesville Sanctuary Healesville, Victoria, Australia
Dr Alex Grioni	2011	Italy	Case reports - Proventriculotomy for fish hook removal in a Black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (Hong Kong). Shoulder joint trauma and aspergillosis in and a White-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (Hong Kong).	Fauna Conservation Department, Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden Hong Kong
Dr Alisa Kubala	2011	USA	A Serologic Survey of Viral Infections in Free-Ranging Namibian Carnivores and the Domestic Dogs and Cats Sharing Their Habitat at the Wildlife/Domestic Animal Interface.	Namibia
Dr Lynley Johnson	2011	Australia	Are there southern hemisphere differences in Giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in relation to health parameters and reproductive cyclicity (Adelaide Zoo)	Adelaide Zoo, South Australia, Australia
Dr Margit Nezold	2011	Australia	Reproduction and genetic management of a captive population of greater bilbies, Macrotis lagotis	Peron Captive Breeding Centre (PCBC) in Shark Bay, Western Australia.
Dr Ruth Pye	2011	Australia	Ecology and Conservation status of Black neck Cranes in Ladakh and the effect of initiating dog population control to protect the crane population	Ladakh, India
Dr Kim Skogvold	2011	Australia	Project -A Comparative Health and Disease Investigation in the Woylie – Captive vs Free-Range Enclosure vs Wild	Department of Environment and Conservation, Manjimup, Western Australia.
Dr Leisel Wion	2011	Australia	Conservation of the Endangered Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi)
Dr Michelle Barrows	2011	UK	Case reports from Bristol Zoo - Egg yolk coelomitis in a Satyr Tragopan (Tragopan satyra) at Bristol Zoo Gardens. Urogenital carcinoma associated with a gammaherpesvirus in a South American Fur Seal (Arctocephalus australis) at Bristol Zoo Gardens.	Bristol Zoo
Dr Alex Grioni	2011	Italy	Case reports - Proventriculotomy for fish hook removal in a Black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (Hong Kong). Shoulder joint trauma and aspergillosis in and a White-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (Hong Kong).	Fauna Conservation Department,Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden Hong Kong
Dr Margit Nezold	2011	Australia	reproduction and genetic management of a captive population of greater bilbies, Macrotis lagotis,	Peron Captive Breeding Centre (PCBC) in Shark Bay, Western Australia.
Dr Jade Patterson	2011	Australia	PAWZ – Project for African Wildlife Zambia	Zambia
Dr Gretchen Szabat	2011	Australia/USA	Case studies Domoic acid toxicity in a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) at the Marine Mammal Center Leptospirosis complicated by massive sharkbite trauma in a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)	Marine mammal Centre, USA
Dr Diana Sinclair	2011	Canada	Case reports - West Nile Virus infection in a great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) A suspected case of head trauma in a red tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)	Toronto wildlife Centre
Dr Leonardo De Amorim	2011/12	Brazil	Case reports – TBA Project - Fungal dermatitis in Tuataras Sphenodon punctatus	Sao Paolo Zoo NZ Centre for Conservation Medicine
Dr Bonny Cumming	2012	Australia	Immobilisation of Weddell Seals in Antartica	Antarctica
Alessandro Grioni	2012	Italy	Plasmodium spp.: incidence in humans and non-human primates	International Animal Rescue, Ketapang, Indonesia
Dr Laetitia Volait	2012	France	A Shaky Grey Parrot, Dystocia in a Chameleon, Reproductive system and reproduction assistance in captive elephants	France
Dr Amanda Briedahl	2012	Australia	A Retrospective study of cases of damaged coracoids presented at Healesville Sanctuary Wildlife Hospital Sparganosis in a short beaked echidna	Healesville Sanctuary Healesville, Victoria, Australia
Dr Sue White	2012	Australia	Case reports -Presumptive Infection of a Ringtailed Lemur (Lemur catta) with Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Cutaneous Nodular Dermatofibrosis in a five-year-old male desexed Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)	Taronga Zoo, New South Wales, Australia
Dr Sue White	2012	Australia	Awaiting submission	Perth Zoo,Western Australia, Australia
Dr Ana Vale	2012	Portugal	Project – gastrointestinal parasites in Portugese carnivores. Ongoing	Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Technical University of Lisbon
Dr Jana Leshinsky	2012	Australia	Case reports – suspected Aspergillosis in a Pelican, Exudative dermatitis in a Brushtail Possum	RSCPA Wacol Queensland
Dr Elizabeth Brown	2012	Australia	Project – "Do our planned-burn management practices for south-eastern temperate Australian landscapes really enhance biodiversity of fauna?"
Dr Anita Hicks	2012	Australia	Myxomatosis in a Dwarf Lop rabbit, Sarcoptic Mange and Radial Nerve Paralysis in a British Red Fox
Dr Amy Northover	2012	Australia	Aspergillosis in a Regent Honeyeater, Sparganosis in a short-beaked Echidna	Taronga Zoo, New South Wales, Australia
Dr Christina Shaw	2012	Australia	Project - Blood transfusions and cross-matching in pinnipeds	Marine Mammal Centre San Francisco, USA
Dr Sherri Kasper	2012	USA	Project - Reduction in fish mortalities post capture. Ongoing	Gulf Specimens Marine Laboratory, Florida, USA
Dr Najwa Kamel	2012/13	Libya	Project - Avian Aspergillosis. Ongoing	Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Ahmed Eldeib	2012	Libya	Project - Coccidiosis in wild birds.	Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Western Australia, Australia
Dr Toni Dalziel	2013	Australia	Project - population effect of Salmonella typhimurium St Paul on hihi and the possible effect on the reintroduction project.
Dr Neil Walton	2013	Australia	'A retrospective study of ectoparasites on a cheetah population in Namibia'	Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia
Dr Allison Li	2013	China	Trichomonas in wildlife species	Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Western Australia, Australia

VET649: Veterinary Surveillance Research Project

Name	Year	Students origin	Project	Project location
Dr Carlo Pacioni	2006	Italy	Morbidity and mortality of reptiles and amphibians admitted to Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Perth.	Western Australia, Australia
Dr Sabrina Trocini	2006	Italy	Retrospective observational study on bird species admitted at the Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Perth.	Western Australia, Australia
Dr Gaby Flacke	2007	USA	A disease surveillance study of the current population of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.	South Africa
Dr Tom Hollingsworth	2007	Australia	Targeted surveillance of wild birds for avian influenza in south west Western Australia.	Western Australia, Australia
Dr James McGregor	2007	Australia	Investigation of the distribution and prevalence of ulcerative mycosis in platypuses in north-west Tasmania.	Tasmania, Australia
Dr Clare Death	2008	Australia	Pharmacokinetics of moxidectin in the southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons).	South Australia, Australia
Dr Verne Dove	2008	Australia	Development of an “Endangered Species Recovery Analysis” for the Irrawaddy Dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) living in the Mekong basin, in order to identify all the threats they are subjected to including all forms of fishing, tourism and eco-tourism impacts, pathogens, pollution, environmental toxins and other anthropogenic factors, which will allow recommendation and further conservation actions to mitigate threats to River dolphins.	Cambodia
Dr Jen Nesbitt-Hawes	2008	Australia	A study of urinary ketones and gastrointestinal parasites in Sumatran orang-utans (Pongo abelii).	Sumatra, Indonesia
Dr Maungo Molatole	2009	Botswana	A review of bovine tuberculosis in the free-ranging wildlife of Kruger National Park, South Africa.	Kruger National Park, South Africa
Dr Carol Esson	2009-2010	Australia	An investigation of health and disease in the Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) in far north Queensland.	Queensland, Australia
Dr Citrakasih Nente	2010	Indonesia	Validation of tuberculin skin test and Prima TB Stat-pak® blood assays to detect tuberculosis in orangutans at rehabiliation centres in Indonesia.	Kalimantan, Indonesia
Dr Megan Curnick	2011	Australia	A study of koala retrovirus (KoRV) infection in wild koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations in Victoria.	Victoria, Australia
Dr Alisa Kubala	2011-2012	USA	A literature review of infectious disease in the mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), blood smear analysis for the eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei), and collation of biochemistry reference data with preliminary calculation of reference intervals for the species	Rwanda
Dr Corissa Miller	2012-2013	Australia	Investigation of transmission risks and detection techniques of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis in Asian elephants in Nepal	Nepal
Dr Jerome Kalvas	2011-2013	Australia	Chytridiomycosis in amphibians in the Adelaide Bioregion.	South Australia, Australia

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