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Associate Professor David Phalen

Associate Professor David Phalen

JL Shute (CO1)
Faculty of Veterinary Science
The University of Sydney
NSW 2570 Australia
Ph: +61 2 9351 1798
Fax: +61 2 9351 1693
Mob: 0428 116 060
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Qualifications

DVM, PhD, Dipl. American Board of Veterinary Practitioners

Teaching Areas

Veterinary Conservation Biology, Avian and Exotic Animal Medicine

Administration

Director, Wildlife Health and Conservation Centre

Research Interests

Infectious diseases of wildlife, particularly birds

Contribution to the Profession and the Community

  • Board Member Blue Mountain Wilderness Heritage Institute
  • Board Member Australian Wildlife Health Network

Selected Publications

  1. Small, M. F., R. Rosales, J. T. Baccus, F. W. Weckerly, D. N. Phalen, J. A. Roberson. A comparison of effects of radiotransmitter attachement techniques on captive white-winged doves. Wild. Soc. Bull. 32:627-637, 2004.
  2. Phalen, D. N., M. L. Drew, C. Contreras, K. Roset, M. Mora. Naturally occurring secondary nutritional hyperparathyroidism in cattle egrets from central Texas. J. Wildl. Dis. 41:401-415, 2005.
  3. Styles, D. K., E.K. Tomaszewski, D. N. Phalen.* A novel psittacid herpesvirus in African gray parrots (Psittacus erithacus erithacus). Avian Path. 34:150-154, 2005.
  4. Olsen, G. P., K. E. Russell, E. Dierenfield, M. D. Falcon, D.N. Phalen. Impact of supplements on iron absorption from diets containing high and low iron. Concentrations in the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). J. Avian Med. Surg. 2006:20;67-73.
  5. Olsen, G. P., K. E. Russell, E. Dierenfield, D.N. Phalen. A comparison of four treatment regimens for iron stoage disease using the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) as a model. J. Avian Med. Surg. 2006:20, 74-79.
  6. Phalen, D. N, K. S. Logan, K. F. Snowden. Encephalitozoon hellem infection as the cause of a unilateral chronic keratoconjunctivitis in an umbrella cockatoo (Cacatua alba). Vet. Ophth. 2006:9;59-63.
  7. Bohls, R. L., W. W. Collisson, S. L. Gross, Nova J. Silvy, D. N. Phalen. Experimental infection of Attwater’s/greater prairie chicken jybrids with the reticuloendothelisosis virus. Avian Dis. 2006:50;000-000. 2006 (In Press)
  8. Hanafusa, Y., A. Bradley, E. K. Tomaszewski, M. Libel, D. N. Phalen. Growth and metabolic characterization of Macrorhabdus ornithogaster. J. Vet. Med. Diag. (Accepted) 2006.
  9. Tomaszewski, E.K., W. Wigle, D. N. Phalen. Tissue distribution of psittacid herpesviruses in latently infected parrots, repeated sampling of latently infected parrots and prevalence of latency in parrots submitted for necropsy. J. Vet. Diag. Invest. 2006:18; In press.
  10. Phalen, D. N., M. Falcon, E. K. Tomaszewski. Endocrine pancreatic insufficiency secondary to chronic herpesvirus pancreatitis in a cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus). J. Avian Med. Surg. (Accepted) 2006.
  11. Tomaszewski, E. K., D. N. Phalen. Falcon Adenovirus in an American Kestrel (Falco sparverius). J. Avian Med. Surg. (Submitted) 2006.