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Research

The members of the WHCC are committed to cutting edge research that addresses critical processes impacting Australian and global wildlife.

Twenty two members of the faulty and their many staff, honours students and post graduate students are working on projects ranging from reproduction and nutrition to genetic diversity and disease in species from reptiles and birds to koalas and platypus

Faculty Members of the WHCC and Their Reseach Interests

  • Kathy Belov: Marsupial evolution and immunology, the composition of platypus venom, Tasmanian devil facial tumours.
  • Paul Canfield: Koala diseases, clinical pathology of wildlife.
  • Pietro Celi: Trace mineral imbalances in rhinoceroses.
  • Tony English: Sustainable use of wildlife, impact of feral and pest species
  • Gareth Evans: Wildlife reproduction.
  • Susan Hemsley: Anatomy and pathology of marsupials
  • Damein Higgins: Wildlife Disease and immunopathology
  • Mark Krockenberger: Diseases of marsupials, particularly fungal and intracellular bacterial diseases, drug absorption and distribution in marsupials.
  • Anne Fowler: Treatment, care, rehabilitation and release of burned wildlife, spontaneous diseases in wildlife.
  • Rachael Gray: Health monitoring in seals and pup mortality in Australian fur seals.
  • Jaime Gongora: Genetic diversity of wild suids, mapping the MHC of crocodiles.
  • Paul McGreevy: Animal behaviour.
  • Merran Govendir: Wildlife pharmacology.
  • Roy McClements: Nutrition and nutritional diseases of penguins, prairie grouse, seals and elephants.
  • Chis Maxwell: Artificial breeding technology.
  • Chris Moran: Wildlife genetics, evolution and population biology.
  • David Phalen: Infectious/noninfectious diseases of wildlife, particularly diseases of birds. Koala population dynaimcs in the southern tablelands and crocodile immmobolisation.
  • Tracy Rogers: Monitoring seal and penguin populations in the Antarctic.
  • Jan Slapeta: Intracellular parasites of wildlife.
  • Glen Shea: Reptile taxonomy, ecology and health.
  • Richard Whittington: Diseases of fresh and salt water fish and the platypus, the impact of diseases of introduced fish on native species of fish.
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Collaborating Institutions

  • Association of Avian Veterinarians, Australasian Committee
  • Australian Wildlife Health Network
  • Birds Australia
  • Botanic Gardens Trust
  • Blue Mountain Wilderness Heritage Institute
  • Healesville Sanctuary
  • John Sturt University
  • New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
  • Port Macquarie Koala Hospital
  • Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association
  • Sydney Catchment Authority
  • Texas A&M University
  • University of Western Sydney
  • Unusual and Exotic Pets, Special Interest Group AVA
  • Wildlife Disease Association, Australasian committee
  • Wildlife Pathology Registry
  • Wildlife Council of NSW
  • Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales
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