Wildlife Health and Pathology Short Courses 2024
This video series captures key presentations and practical demonstrations from the 2024 short course, designed to build knowledge and skills in wildlife disease investigation, pathology, and biosecurity.
Through these sessions, participants gain insights into best-practice approaches for field response, diagnostics, and conservation-focused health management, contributing to stronger national capacity for wildlife health surveillance and response.
Diseases of Marine Mammals
Presented by Nahiid Stephens, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, WA
Current and "Emerging" Reptile Diseases
Presented by Robert Ossiboff, University of Florida.
Emerging Diseases of Bats
Presented by Anna Fagre, Colorado State University.
Possums, Gliders, Bandicoots and Bilbies
Presented by Karrie Rose, The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health.
One Health perspectives in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Presented by Cam Raw, University of Melbourne.
Pathology of Short-beaked Echidnas
Presented by Karrie Rose, The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health.
Diseases of Macropods
Presented by Heather Fenton, The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health.
Diseases of Wombats
Presented by Lucy Woolford, Vetnostics and University of Adelaide.
Koala Diseases
Presented by Damien Higgins, University of Sydney.
Threatened Species Management and Policy in Australia
Presented by Fiona Fraser, Threatened Species Commissioner.
Biofilms and Biodiversity: The Enterococcus Story in Christmas Island Reptiles
Presented by Karrie Rose, The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health.
Australian National Perspective on One Health
Presented by Stacey Lynch, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness.
Impacts of land use and climate on domestic animal, human and wildlife health
Presented by Mike Walsh, University of Sydney.
Pathogen discovery at the interface of human and animal health
Presented by John-Sebastian Eden, University of Sydney.
Mystery Cases - Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness
Presented by Willy Suen, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness.
Dasyuridae
Presented by Graeme Knowles, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Tasmania.
Diseases of Platypuses
Presented by Jessica Whinfield, Murdoch University.
Emerging Invertebrate Diseases
Presented by Michelle Dennis, University of Tennessee.
Marine Turtle Health
Presented by Michelle Dennis, University of Tennessee.
Mystery Cases - Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness
Presented by Richard Ploeg, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness.
North American perspective on large-scale avian mortality events
Presented by Heather Fenton, The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health.
Diseases of native Aotearoa/New Zealand birds
Presented by Stuart Hunter, Massey University.
Selected diseases of fish
Presented by Cheryl Sangster.
Studies of nidoviruses in Australian freshwater turtles
Presented by Kate Parrish, Department of Primary Industries.
Wildlife Health in Tanzania National Park
Presented by Ines Machelle, Tanzania National Parks.
Avian Influenza in Australia
Presented by Tiggy Grillo, Wildlife Health Australia.
Insight into Pathology of Indonesian Wildlife
Presented by Fransiska Sulistyo, Orangutan Veterinary Advisory Group, Indonesia.
A One Health approach to wildlife disease outbreaks in New South Wales
Presented by Jo Coombe, NSW Chief Veterinary Officer/Director Animal Biosecurity, NSW DPI.
Diseases of Australian Wild Birds
Presented by Peter Holz, Zoos Victoria.
Amphibians
Presented by María Forzán, Long Island University.
Crocodilians
Presented by Cathy Shilton, Berrimah Veterinary Laboratory, Northern Territory Government.