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Published: 15/07/2010

Research publications related to Devil Facial Tumour Disease

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AUSVET. 2005. Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease response. Technical Workshop: 29-31 August 2005. Final Report, Department of Primary Industries, Water, and Environment, Hobart (Tasmania).

Benton, T. G., S. J. Plaistow, and T. N. Coulson. 2006. Complex population dynamics and complex causation: devils, details and demography. Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 273:1173-1181.

Bode, M., C. Hawkins, T. Rout, and B. Wintle. 2009. Efficiently locating conservation boundaries: Searching for the Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease front. Biological Conservation 142:1333-1339.

Bode, M. and B. Wintle. How to build an efficient conservation fence: Contributed paper. Conservation Biology 24:182-188.

Bradshaw, C. J. A. and B. W. Brook. 2005. Disease and the devil: density-dependent epidemiological processes explain historical population fluctuations in the Tasmanian devil. Ecography 28:181-190.

CBSG. 2008. Tasmanian Devil PHVA Final Report. Apple Valley, MN.

Church, J. S., D. J. Evans, and A. L. Woodhead. 2009. The characterization of Tasmanian devil Sarcophilius harrisii pelage fibres and their associated lipids. Acta Zoologica 90:380-389.

Czarny, N. A. and J. C. Rodger. Vitrification as a method for genome resource banking oocytes from the endangered Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Cryobiology 60:322-325.

Fassati, A. and N. A. Mitchison. 2009. Testing the theory of immune selection in cancers that break the rules of transplantation. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy:1-9.

Hamede, R., J. Bashford, H. McCallum, and M. Jones. 2009. Contact networks in a wild Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) population: using social network analysis to reveal seasonal variability in social behaviour and its implications for transmission of devil facial tumour disease. Ecology Letters 12:1147-1157.

Hamede, R., H. I. McCallum, and M. E. Jones. 2008. Seasonal, demographic and density-related patterns of contact between Tasmanian devils: Implications for transmission of Devil Facial Tumour Disease. Austral Ecology 33:614-622.

Hawkins, C. E., C. Baars, H. Hesterman, G. J. Hocking, M. E. Jones, B. Lazenby, D. Mann, N. Mooney, D. Pemberton, S. Pyecroft, M. Restani, and J. Wiersma. 2006. Emerging disease and population decline of an island endemic, the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii. Biological Conservation 131:307-324.

Hesterman, H. and S. M. Jones. 2009. Longitudinal monitoring of plasma and fecal androgens in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) and the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus). Animal Reproduction Science 112:334-346.

Hesterman, H., S. M. Jones, and F. Schwarzenberger. 2008. Pouch appearance is a reliable indicator of the reproductive status in the Tasmanian devil and the spotted-tailed quoll. Journal of Zoology 275:130-138.

Hesterman, H., S. M. Jones, and F. Schwarzenberger. 2008. Reproductive endocrinology of the largest dasyurids: Characterization of ovarian cycles by plasma and fecal steroid monitoring. Part I. The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). General and Comparative Endocrinology 155:244-254.

Holtcamp, W. 2007. Sympathy for the devil. Ideas emerge to save the dying Tasmanian devil. Scientific American 296:27.

Izzard, L., S. Graves, E. Cox, S. Fenwick, N. Unsworth, and J. Stenos. 2009. Novel rickettsia in ticks, Tasmania, Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases 15:1654-1656.

Jackson, A. E. In this issue - May 2010. Australian Veterinary Journal 88:157-159.

Jones, M., P. Jarman, C. Lees, H. Hesterman, R. Hamede, N. Mooney, D. Mann, C. Pukk, J. Bergfeld, and H. McCallum. 2007. Conservation management of Tasmanian devils in the context of an emerging, extinction-threatening disease: Devil Facial Tumor Disease. EcoHealth 4:326-337.

Jones, M. E. 1993. Road mortality of eastern quolls and devils on the Cradle Mountain tourist road., Department of Transport and Works and Department of Environment and Land Management, Parks and Wildlife Service.

Jones, M. E. 2000. Road upgrade, road mortality and remedial measures: impacts on a population of eastern quolls and Tasmanian devils. Wildlife Research 27:289-296.

Jones, M. E., A. Cockburn, R. Hamede, C. Hawkins, H. Hesterman, S. Lachish, D. Mann, H. McCallum, and D. Pemberton. 2008. Life-history change in disease-ravaged Tasmanian devil populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105:10023-10027.

Jones, M. E., D. Paetkau, E. Geffen, and C. Moritz. 2003. Microsatellites for the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus laniarius). Molecular Ecology Notes 3:277-279.

Jones, M. E., D. Paetkou, E. Geffen, and C. Moritz. 2004. Genetic diversity and population structure of Tasmanian devils, the largest marsupial carnivore. Molecular Ecology 13:2197-2209.

Jones, S. M., T. J. Lockhart, and R. W. Rose. 2005. Adaptation of wild-caught Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) to captivity: evidence from physical parameters and plasma cortisol concentrations. Australian Journal of Zoology 53:339-344.

Kreiss, A., N. Fox, J. Bergfeld, S. J. Quinn, S. Pyecroft, and G. M. Woods. 2008. Assessment of cellular immune responses of healthy and diseased Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii). Developmental and Comparative Immunology 32:544-553.

Kreiss, A., D. L. Obendorf, S. Hemsley, P. J. Canfield, and G. M. Woods. 2009. A histological and immunohistochemical analysis of lymphoid tissues of the Tasmanian devil. Anatomical Record 292:611-620.

Kreiss, A., B. Wells, and G. M. Woods. 2009. The humoral immune response of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) against horse red blood cells. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 130:135-137.

Lachish, S., M. H., D. Mann, C. E. Pukk, and M. E. Jones. 2010. Evaluating selective culling of infected individuals to control Tasmanian devil Facial Tumor Disease. Conservation Biology.

Lachish, S., M. Jones, and H. McCallum. 2007. The impact of devil facial tumour disease on the survival and population growth rate of the Tasmanian devil. Journal of Animal Ecology 76:926-936.

Lachish, S., H. McCallum, and M. Jones. 2009. Demography, disease and the devil: Life-history changes in a disease-affected population of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii). Journal of Animal Ecology 78:427-436.

Lachish, S., K. J. Miller, A. Storfer, A. W. Goldizen, and M. E. Jones. 2010 Evidence that disease-induced population decline changes genetic structure and alters dispersal patterns in the Tasmanian devil. Heredity.

Loh, R., J. Bergfeld, D. Hayes, A. O'Hara, S. Pyecroft, S. Raidal, and R. Sharpe. 2006. The pathology of Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) in Tasmanian Devils (Sarcophilus harrisii). Veterinary Pathology 43:890-895.

Loh, R., D. Hayes, A. Mahjoor, A. O'Hara, S. Pyecroft, and S. Raidal. 2006. The immunohistochemical characterization of Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) in the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Veterinary Pathology 43:896-903.

Lunney, D., M. Jones, and H. McCallum. 2008. Lessons from the looming extinction of the Tasmanian Devil. Pacific Conservation Biology 14:151-153.

McCallum, H. 2008. Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease: lessons for conservation biology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 23:631-637.

McCallum, H. and M. Jones. 2006. To lose both would look like carelessness... Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease. Public Library of Science. Plos Biology 4:1671 - 1674.

McCallum, H. and M. Jones. 2010. Sins of omission and sins of commission: St Thomas Aquinas and the devil. Australian Zoologist.

McCallum, H., M. Jones, C. Hawkins, R. Hamede, S. Lachish, D. L. Sinn, N. Beeton, and B. Lazenby. 2009. Transmission dynamics of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease may lead to disease-induced extinction. Ecology 90:3379-3392.

McCallum, H., D. M. Tompkins, M. Jones, S. Lachish, S. Marvanek, B. Lazenby, G. Hocking, J. Wiersma, and C. E. Hawkins. 2007. Distribution and impacts of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease. EcoHealth 4:318-325.

McGlashan, N. D., D. L. Obendorf, and J. S. Harington. 2007. Update on the devil facial tumour in Tasmania. European Journal of Oncology 12:75-80.

Morner, T., D. L. Obendorf, M. Artois, and M. H. Woodford. 2002. Surveillance and monitoring of wildlife diseases. Rev. sci. tech. Off. int. Epiz. 21:67-76.

Murchison, E. P. 2008. Clonally transmissible cancers in dogs and Tasmanian devils. Oncogene 27.

Murchison, E. P. 2009. Clonally transmissible cancers in dogs and Tasmanian devils. Oncogene 29:S19-S30.

Murchison, E. P., C. Tovar, A. Hsu, H. S. Bender, P. Kheradpour, C. A. Rebbeck, D. Obendorf, C. Conlan, M. Bahlo, C. A. Blizzard, S. Pyecroft, A. Kreiss, M. Kellis, A. Stark, T. T. Harkins, J. A. M. Graves, G. M. Woods, G. J. Hannon, and A. T. Papenfuss. 2010. The Tasmanian devil transcriptome reveals Schwann cell origins of a clonally tranmitted cancer. Science 327:84-87.

Obendorf, D. L. and N. D. McGlashan. 2008. Research priorities in the Tasmanian devil facial tumour debate. European Journal of Oncology 13:229-238.

Pearse, A.-M. and K. Swift. 2006. Transmission of devil facial-tumour disease. Nature 439:549.

Phillips, B. T. and S. M. Jackson. 2003. Growth and development of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) at Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia. Zoo Biology 22:497-505.

Pyecroft, S. B., A.-M. Pearse, R. Loh, K. Swift, K. Belov, N. Fox, E. Noonan, D. Hayes, A. D. Hyatt, L. F. Wang, D. B. Boyle, J. S. Church, D. J. Middleton, and R. J. Moore. 2007. Towards a case definition for Devil Facial Tumour Disease: What is it? EcoHealth 4:346-351.

Reppas, G., P. Nosworthy, T. Hansen, M. Govendir, and R. Malik. Inguinal panniculitis in a young tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) caused by Mycobacterium mageritense. Australian Veterinary Journal 88:197-200.

Siddle, H. V., A. Kreiss, M. D. B. Eldridge, E. Noonan, C. J. Clarke, S. Pyecroft, G. M. Woods, and K. Belov. 2007. Transmission of a fatal clonal tumor by biting occurs due to depleted MHC diversity in a threatened carnivorous marsupial. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104:16221-16226.

Siddle, H. V., J. Marzec, Y. Cheng, M. Jones, and K. Belov. 2010. MHC gene copy number variation in Tasmanian devils: Implications for the spread of a contagious cancer. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (accepted 9 Feb 2010; on-line 10 March 2010).

Siddle, H. V., C. Sanderson, and K. Belov. 2007. Characterization of major histocompatibility complex class I and class II genes from the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Immunogenetics 59:753-760.

Stewart, N. J., S. S. Bettiol, A. Kreiss, N. Fox, and G. M. Woods. 2008. Mitogen-induced responses in lymphocytes from platypus, the Tasmanian devil and the eastern barred bandicoot. Australian Veterinary Journal 86:408-413.

Vanherberghen, M. and D. Desmecht. 2007. The transmissible facial tumor of the Tasmanian Devil. La tumeur faciale transmissible du Diable de Tasmanie 151:107-111.

Vetter, W., R. Von Der Recke, R. Symons, and S. Pyecroft. 2008. Determination of polybrominated biphenyls in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) by gas chromatography coupled to electron capture negative ion tandem mass spectrometry or electron ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22:4165-4170.

Vilcins, I. M. E., J. M. Old, and E. Deane. 2009. Detection of a Hepatozoon and spotted fever group Rickettsia species in the common marsupial tick (Ixodes tasmani) collected from wild Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii), Tasmania. Veterinary Parasitology 162:23-31.

Woods, G. M., A. Kreiss, K. Belov, H. V. Siddle, D. L. Obendorf, and H. K. Muller. 2007. The immune response of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) and devil facial tumour disease. EcoHealth 4:338-345.