Contents
Foreword iii
Preface viii
Acknowledgements ix
List of contributors x
SECTION 1 GENERAL TOPICS AND CONDITIONS AFFECTING MULTIPLE TAXA 1
1 Wildlife health in Australia 3
Tiggy Grillo and Rupert Woods
2 Veterinary aspects of native mammal conservation translocations 19
Timothy Portas
3 Disease risk analysis for wildlife translocations 39
Rebecca Vaughan-Higgins
4 Wildlife rehabilitation practices in Australia 53
Andrew Tribe and Bronwyn Orr
5 Assessment and management of reproduction in Australian monotremes and marsupials 66
Tamara Keeley and Stephen Johnston
6 Management of overabundant populations 87
Timothy Portas
7 Monotreme, marsupial and bat immunology 99
Emma Peel, Han Jia Justin Ng and Katherine Belov
8 Stress physiology of Australian mammals 112
Kerry Fanson
9 Capture, physical and chemical restraint 122
Larry Vogelnest
10 Surgery 152
Kimberly Vinette Herrin
11 Pharmacology 169
Merran Govendir
12 Dermatology 186
Linda Vogelnest
13 Dentistry 212
Nadine Fiani
14 Nutrition 229
Michelle Shaw and Angela Jarman
15 Paediatrics 256
Michelle Campbell-Ward
16 Zoonoses 273
Frances Hulst
17 Antimicrobial resistance 290
Michelle Power and Fiona McDougall
18 Neoplasia 299
Lydia Tong Marwood
19 Plant and other toxicoses 321
Wayne Boardman
20 Emerging infectious diseases 332
Andrea Reiss
21 Toxoplasmosis 343
Timothy Portas
22 Mycobacteriosis 349
Lydia Tong Marwood
23 Marsupial herpesviruses 359
Joanne Devlin and Kathryn Stalder
24 Neural angiostrongyliasis 365
Larry Vogelnest
25 Cryptococcosis 372
Mark Krockenberger, Laura J.
Schmertmann, Paul Canfield and Richard Malik26 Haemoprotozoan parasites 386
Amanda Barbosa, Peter Irwin and Una Ryan
27 Assessment, triage and treatment of bushfire-affected wildlife 404
Larry Vogelnest
SECTION 2 TAXON-SPECIFIC UPDATES AND TOPICS 421
28 Platypus 423
Larry Vogelnest and Jess Whinfield
29 Short-beaked echidna 435
Gabrielle Tobias
30 Coccidiosis in short-beaked echidnas 457
Gabrielle Tobias
31 Macropods 465
David McLelland
32 Macropod progressive periodontal disease (‘lumpy jaw') 483
David McLelland
33 Koala 495
Amber Gillett and Jon Hanger
34 Koala retrovirus 521
Damien Higgins and Iona Maher
35 Chlamydiosis in koalas 529
Martina Jelocnik, Amber Gillett, Jon Hanger and Adam Polkinghorne
36 Veterinary involvement in the research and management of free-ranging koala
populations 543
Jon Hanger and Amber Gillett
37 Wombats 551
Michelle Campbell-Ward
38 Possums and gliders 562
T. Franciscus Scheelings
39 Dasyurids and the numbat 570
PaulEden
40 Devil facial tumour disease 578
Stephen B.
Pyecroft41 Bandicoots and the greater bilby 588
Michael Lynch
42 Bats 594
Keren Cox-Witton and Tania Bishop
43 Hendra virus 610
Alison J. Peel and Hume Field
44 Rodents 618
T. Franciscus Scheelings
45 Pinnipeds 621
Kate Bodley
46 Cetaceans 635
David Blyde
47 Dugong 648
David Blyde
Appendix 1. Clinical pathology and physiological values 656
David McLelland
Appendix 2. Blood collection sites 720
Timothy Portas
Appendix 3. Suggested chemical restraint agents, regimens and doses 725
Larry Vogelnest
Appendix 4. Drug formulary 732
Kate Bodley
Appendix 5. Dentition charts for selected Australian mammal Families 762
Beth Croce and Michael Lynch
Appendix 6. Abbreviations 771
Colour plates 773
Index 786