Search
Results
Fully-matching results
-
Time nearly up for tiny frog - Oct 2016
www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2016/october/time-nearly-up-for-tiny-frogJCU postdoctoral researcher Tiffany Kosch said the main threat to the species is the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus. ... The Amphibian Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) has already caused the extinction of six Australian frog species, and a
-
Local researchers receive funding - Jan 2015
www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2012/november/local-researchers-receive-fundingUnderstanding the tipping point between epidemic and endemic disease: amphibian chytridiomycosis as a model system. ... The infection also occurs in lowland frog populations but usually does not cause severe disease.
-
Wildlife diseases in spotlight - Jan 2015
www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2014/february/news-and-media1111111111111111111111111111119Our goal is to improve timely disease recognition and management, and minimize future species loss.”. ... Scale bar = 10 μm. Photo captions:. Chytridiomycosis: a catastrophic biodiversity disease causing amphibian declines.
-
Five-year study unlocks global frog death mystery - Jan 2015
www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2015/may/news-and-media11111Vulnerable species and individuals should now be identifiable before the disease spreads to them. ... Furthermore, recovery programs can be planned to breed disease-resistant amphibians for release back into the wild.
-
JCU AEC Operating Procedures V02 06.2022 JCU Animal Ethics ... PDF (441k)
www.jcu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/1244872/JCU-AEC-Operating-Procedures-V02-04.2022.pdffish and amphibian larval stages once they become free-feeding. Scientific activities include the following:. • ... iii. Induction of an infectious disease or illness; iv. Production of nutritional deficiency; v.
-
Tadpoles are not just baby frogs - Jan 2015
www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2013/february/news-and-media1111111115Ms Schmidt said amphibian declines had become a serious conservation problem worldwide, resulting in the loss of populations or even entire species. ... Many of the declines had been linked to the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, she said.
-
Frog researcher snares PM’s Science Prize - Oct 2018
www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2018/october/frog-researcher-snares-pms-science-prizeThrough her PhD research, Lee Berger discovered chytridiomycosis - an infectious disease caused by the chytrid fungus - that was the cause of mysterious amphibian declines in pristine areas of Queensland and beyond. ... Our work has led to a paradigm
-
Researchers say act now on frog decline - Aug 2017
www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2017/august/researchers-say-act-now-on-frog-declineMany places are still free of the amphibian chytrid fungus,” Dr Bower said. ... strict biosecurity measures around at-risk areas to delay the introduction of the disease.
Results that match 1 of 2 words
-
Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease
www.jcu.edu.au/qrcpvdQueensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease.
-
QRC-PVD - QRC-PVD Clinical Trial - Brief Behavioural Counselling…
www.jcu.edu.au/qrcpvd/get-involved/bipBIP. This study involves health workers delivering brief behavioural counselling sessions with an aim to improve self-management of patients with blocked leg arteries. The results of this study will help develop new treatments, increase