The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health is committed to the preservation of Australia’s biodiversity through increased understanding of the interaction among animals, the environment, and disease causing agents.
The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health improves Australia's ability to detect and diagnose endemic, emerging and exotic diseases of wildlife that could have negative impacts on Australia's trade/economy, biodiversity, tourism and human health. To report a notifiable wildlife disease or mass mortality event please call the Emergency Animal Disease Watch Hotline on 1800 675 888 or if you suspect that the event may be the result of pollution or intoxication please call the Environment Line on 131 555. If the event is suitable for the Registry’s involvement we will be contacted via the relevant agencies to investigate.
During 2024 the Registry hosted both the Wildlife Pathology Short Course and a pre-conference workshop for the Wildlife Disease Association. As part of these education programs we offered wildlife necropsy workshops, part of which was dedicated to the art of cytology. Here we present scanned slide images that were used during the workshops, and the […]
Read MoreAs part of the Wildlife Health and Pathology Short Course held at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia in February 2024, participants presented some interesting pathology cases at the Histopathology Master Class. Here we include case notes and a link to view slides. Many thanks to all contributors for the excellent case material and to all participants […]
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