Recent publications from One Health Research Group researchers.
2026
Davidson, M. J., K. R.Zenger, J. S.Keogh, L.Berger, L. F. Skerratt, and T. A.Kosch. 2026. Design and Application of a Genome-Wide SNP Array to Improve Conservation Outcomes in the Critically Endangered Southern Corroboree Frog. Molecular Ecology Resources 26, no. 3: e70080. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70080.
Ferro A., Gardner B, Girling S, Quintard B, Delnatte P, Larouche CB, Dutton C, Crawshaw G, Masters N, Gordon G, Milnes EL. 2026 Urinary obstruction in camelids and zoo ruminants. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 57(2), 346-355, (20 April 2026), https://doi.org/10.1638/2025-0053
Guinto DJ, Hernández-Poveda M, Aquilina A, Davidson MJ, Skerratt LF, Kosch TA, Berger L (2026) Voriconazole is an effective treatment for clinical chytridiomycosis in two Critically Endangered amphibians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 165:dao03889 https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03889
Holmes, M. L., S. W. Kaiser, S. S. Basu, L. Berger , L.F. Skerratt, R. Shine, A. Waddle, 2026. Disease Refuge or Ecological Trap: Location-Specific Performance of Amphibian Hotspot Shelters. Ecology and Evolution, 16, no. 4: e72590. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72590.
Langguth, A., Wu, N. C., Villada-Cadavid, T., Brannelly, L. A., Hufschmid, J., Czirják, G. Á., and Turbill, C. (2026). Emergence from torpor rapidly elevates suppressed blood immune parameters in a bat species hibernating in a moderate climate. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.251962
Lastica-Ternura E.A., Horwood P., Skerratt L.F., Gummow B. 2026 A review of drivers of emerging infectious diseases within the wildlife-human-domestic animal interface in the West Pacific Tropics, One Health, 22, 101395 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2026.101395
Pfeiffer, C. N., McMeekin, B., Skerratt, L. F., & Ploeg, R. J. 2026. Retrospective Analysis of Triage and Hospitalisation Records for Bushfire-Affected Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and Other Wildlife Species from Victoria, Australia, 2019–2020. Animals, 16(6), 944. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani16060944
Poh A, Ross P, Chan V, McMahon T, Nordheim-Maestas C, Brannelly LA. 2026. Field survey of freshwater invertebrates reveals that several groups are potential carriers of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Ecology and Evolution. 16: e73513 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73513
Poh A, Ross PA, Brannelly LA. Cost effective DNA extraction method for detection of amphibian fungal pathogen in invertebrate samples. 2026. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 165:dao03905. doi: 10.3355/dao03905
Stott, E. K., Skerratt, L. F., Whittem, T., Leeming, M., Pillay, K., Doran, G. S., Gardner, B., Lynch, M., Klein, M., Holz, P., Chen, T., Hufschmid, J., and Woodward, A. P. 2026. Pharmacokinetics of moxidectin in bare‐nosed wombats ( Vombatus ursinus) after intravenous, sub‐cutaneous and transdermal administration. Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics early online. doi: 10.1111/jvp.70074. Non-expert summary of publication.
Sumanasekera, K.K., Berger, L., Vu, A.L., Robert, J., Akram, N., Skerratt, L.F., Andino, F.D.J. and Webb, R.J., 2026. Using fluorescent in vitro amphibian cell infection models to quantify Batrachochytrium dendrobatidi pathogenicity. Methods. 249: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2026.02.006
Sumanasekera, K.K., Skerratt, L.F., Berger, L. and Webb, R.J., 2026. Evaluation of in-vitro growth assays for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis revealed methylene blue colorimetry is the most accurate. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 241: p.107394 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2026.107394
Webb R.J., AA Roberts, J Robert, L Berger & LF Skerratt. 2026 The complex dual roles of glutathione as a virulence trigger for fungal reproduction and a protective molecule for amphibian defense against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Microbiology Open. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.70271
2025
Austen JL, Wheelahan JW, O'Dwyer J, Beths S, Rourke NL, Gardner BR. Acute onset neurological deficits and hypocalcaemia associated with nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism in three juvenile servals (Leptailurus serval). Australian Veterinary Journal. 2025 Nov;103(11):767-774. doi: 10.1111/avj.
Beveridge, I., Gauci, C. & Jabbar, A. 2025. Review of the Progamotaenia macropodis (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) species complex from Australian marsupials, with description of P. mollicola sp. nov. Journal of Helminthology 99, e65, 1-14. doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X2510031X
Beveridge, I., Gauci, C. & Jabbar, A. 2025b. A review of Triplotaenia undosa Beveridge, 1976 (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from macropodid marsupials, with the erection of T. macropodis sp. nov. Journal of Helminthology 99, e96, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x25100618
Brannelly L.A., DK Wallace, AS Wendt, Q Higgs, S Zhang, MA Hough, K Diao, E Ferguson, L Berger, LF Skerratt. 2025. Devastating disease can cause increased breeding effort and success that improves population resilience. Open Biology 15 (5), 240385. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.240385
Brannelly LA, Ohmer MEB, Zimmerman L, Wantman T, Reuben P, Zegar J, Fontaine SS, Bletz MC, LaBumbard B, Venesky MD, Cramp R, Woodhams D, Richards-Zawacki CL. 2025. Post-metamorphic growth partially compensates for the effects of climate-driven stressors on juvenile frog performance . Ecosphere. 16(2): e70177. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70177
Breidahl, A. J., Jansen, E., McKee, E., Maclagan, S., Charles, J., Samuel, J., Beveridge, I., Whiteley, P., Traub, R., and Hufschmid, J. (2025). Causes of mortality and morbidity in the endangered southern brown bandicoot ( Isoodon obesulus). Australian veterinary journal 103, 138-148. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13417.
Breidahl, A. J., Lynch, M., Sutherland, D. R., Traub, R., and Hufschmid, J. 2025. A multi-modal approach to enhance Toxoplasma gondii detection in the Australian landscape. Wildlife Research 52, WR23091. doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/WR23091.
Brustenga, L., Liyanage, K. L. D. T. D., Loukopoulos, P., Fisher, M., Haining, J., Gauci, C. G., Lucentini, L., Uboldi, A. D., Tonkin, C. J., Morganti, G., Rigamonti, G., Passamonti, F., Veronesi, F., Jabbar, A., and Hufschmid, J. 2025. Serological and molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in naturally infected red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Victoria, Australia. Parasitology Research 124: 162,. doi: 10.1007/s00436-025-08606-w.
Buultjens AH, Vandelannoote K, Porter JL, Muhi S, Hobbs EC, Antão CA, . . . Stinear TP, (2025). Defining new Buruli ulcer endemic areas in urban southeastern Australia using bacterial genomics-informed possum excreta surveys. Appl Environ Microbiol, 91(12): p. e0160225. DOI: 10.1128/aem.01602-25. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41251341/
Chen, T., Davis, N., Whiteley, P., Skerratt Lee, F., El-Hage, C. M., and Hufschmid, J. (2025). The reliability of latex weak-links on radio collars used to track eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus). Australian Journal of Zoology 73, ZO24018. doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO24018.
Davidson MJ, L Berger, A Aquilina, M Hernández-Poveda, D Guinto, M McFadden, D Gilbert, D Goodall, KR Zenger, LF Skerratt, TA Kosch. (2025) Exposure to low doses of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis reveals variation in resistance in the Critically Endangered southern corroboree frog. Global Ecology and Conservation 60, e03587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e0358
Davidson MJ, TA Kosch, A Aquilina, RJ Webb, LF Skerratt, L Berger. 2025 Influence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolate and dose on infection outcomes in a critically endangered Australian amphibian. Fungal Ecology 73, 101397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03587
Doidge, N.P., Allen, J.L., Bushell, R., Lynch, M., Browning, G.F., Marenda, M.S. 2025. Development of a qPCR assay to identify and differentiate insect-associated strains of the Serratia marcescens complex. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 37(2):234–243. https://doi.org/10.1177/10406387241313448
Doidge, N.P., Allen, J.L., Bushell, R., Lynch, M., Browning, G.F., Marenda, M.S. 2025. A loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay to detect entomopathogenic Serratia spp. in captive populations of the critically endangered insect Dryococelus australis. Insect Conservation and Diversity 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12812
Feigin SV, DO Wiebers, DT Blumstein, A Knight, G Eshel, G Lueddeke, H Kopnina, VL Feigin, S Morand, K Lee, M Brainin, TK Shackelford, SM Alexander, J Marcum, D Merskin, LF Skerratt, GA Van Kleef, A Whitfort, CP Freeman, AS Winkler, 2025. Solving climate change requires changing our food systems, Oxford Open Climate Change, 5: kgae024, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfclm/kgae024
Graffeo, B. M., Abbas, G., Gauci, C., Brar, K., Brustenga, L., Liyanage, T., Fisher, M., Haining, J., Hufschmid, J., Beveridge, I., and Jabbar, A. (2025). Gastrointestinal helminth parasites of urban and rural foxes around Melbourne, Australia. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 28, 101147. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2025.101147.
Hobbs EC, McNamara B, Hayman S, Blasdell K, Athan E, O’Brien DP, & Muleme M, 2025. The role of foxes in transmitting zoonotic bacteria to humans: a scoping review. Zoonoses Pub Health, 72(6): p. 1-16. DOI: 10.1111/zph.13230. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zph.13230
Kosch TA, L Berger, AJ Crawford, D Gilbert, D Goodall, D Hunter, M McFadden, L Abueg, G Formenti, J Collins, T Tilley, N Jain, B O'Toole, C Whelan, I Cooke, M Muffato, B Yates, O Fedrigo, J Balacco, ED Jarvis, LF Skerratt. 2025. A chromosome-level reference genome for the critically endangered Southern Corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree). Wellcome Open Research 10, 228. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23820.1 Non-expert summary
Kosch TA, AJ Crawford, R Lockridge Mueller, KC Wollenberg Valero, ML Power, A Rodríguez, LA O'Connell, ND Young, LF Skerratt. (2025) Comparative analysis of amphibian genomes: An emerging resource for basic and applied research. Molecular Ecology Resources 25 (1), e14025. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.14025
Langguth, A., Brannelly, L. A., Turbill, C., Villada-Cadavid, T., Wu, N. C., Hufschmid, J., and Cottingham, E. (2025). Deriving fibroblast cell lines from wing-punch biopsies of Australian eastern bent-winged bats (Miniopterus orianae oceanensis). PeerJ 13, e20222. doi: 10.7717/peerj.20222.
Lee J, Porter JL, Globan M, Lavender C, Zhang Y, Tanner N, Hobbs EC . . . Stinear T, (2025). Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans with IS2404 loop-mediated isothermal amplification and a fluorescent reporter probe. Appl Environ Microbiol, 91(5): p. e00270-25. DOI: 10.1128/aem.00270-25. Available from: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/aem.00270-25
Liyanage, K. L. D. T. D., Lynch, M., Omotainse, O. S., Su, C., Hufschmid, J., and Jabbar, A. (2025). Molecular detection and characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii in eastern barred bandicoots (Perameles gunnii) in Victoria, Australia. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 27, 101071. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2025.101071.
Lynch, M., Liyanage, K. L. D. T. D., Stent, A., Sutherland, D. R., Coetsee, A., Adriaanse, K., Jabbar, A., and Hufschmid, J. (2025). Assessing the impact of Toxoplasma gondii in endangered eastern barred bandicoots (Perameles gunnii) on Phillip and French Islands. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 61, 654-662. doi: 10.7589/jwd-d-24-00152.
Mackay, E. S. G., Samandra, S., Partington, J. M., Liyanage, K. L. D. T. D., Clarke, B. O., and Hufschmid, J. 2025. Urban possums as sentinels for environmental contamination: First evidence of PFAS in Australian marsupials. Science of the Total Environment 1004, 180727. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180727. Non-expert summary.
Middleton, S.G, Koehler, A. & Beveridge, I. 2025. Host and geographically related genetic variation in species of Cloacina (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) from western and eastern grey kangaroos, Macropus fuliginosus and M. giganteus (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Parasitology 151: 1555-1569. doi.org/10.1017/S0031182024001458.
Navaratne S, Chan V, Poh A, Meegamage P, Brannelly LA. 2025. Repeated exogenous hormone induction decreases sperm production quantity and quality in threatened frog species. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 370: 114771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2025.114771
Ramsey, D. S. L., Cripps, J., Scroggie, M. P., Pacioni, C., Hufschmid, J., Berger, L., Scheelings, F., Lynch, M., Bennett, A. T. D., and Skerratt F., S. L. (2025). Assessing the risks of endemic and exotic diseases to Victorian terrestrial wildlife. Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. (Heidelberg, Victoria.) https://www.ari.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0033/758247/Technical-Report-Series-No-387-Wildlife-disease-risk-Assessing-the-risks-of-endemic-and-exotic-diseases-to-Victorian-terrestrial-wildlife.pdf
Scheelings TF, S Kodikara, DJ Beale, TTH Van, RJ Moore, LF Skerratt. (2025) Unravelling the impacts of captivity on saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) cloacal bacterial communities and physiology. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 101 (12), fiaf114. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaf114
Scheelings TF, S Kodikara, DJ Beale, TTH Van, RJ Moore, LF Skerratt (2025) Pondering Ponds: Exploring Correlations Between Cloacal Microbiota and Blood Metabolome in Freshwater Turtles: Microbial Ecology 88, 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-025-02556-7
Stott EK, JL Huaman, TG Carvalho, C McCowan, CJ Fingland, JF Hammer, A Websdale, LF Skerratt, Carlo Pacioni. (2025) Moderate Neospora caninum Detection in Wild Dog Populations in Southeast Australia. The Journal of Wildlife Diseases 61 (3), 714-718. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00149
Sukee, T., Beveridge, I., Koehler, A.V., Gasser, R.B. & Jabbar, A. 2025. The nematode family Cloacinidae (Strongyloidea), parasites of Australasian kangaroos, wallabies and wombats: from morphology to molecules. Advances in Parasitology 127: 65-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apar.2025.03.002
Wallace DK, Bowman EK, Roberts C, Hamshaw E, Ma W, Huggins LG, Sukee T, Wendt AS, Brannelly LA. 2025. Intestinal nematode infection confers a benefit to a non-declining frog species, while a fungal parasitic infection has sublethal impacts on body condition and reproductive investment. Ecology and Evolution. ECE372053. Doi: 10.1002/ece3.72053
Wendt AS, Lu H, Brannelly LA. 2025. Sick hops: How infection boosts jumping ability in a threatened frog species. Animal Conservation. doi:10.1111/acv.70042
Wendt AS, Brannelly LA. 2025. Reference genome and reproduction-focused transcriptome for the threatened alpine tree frog (Litoria verreauxii alpina). F1000Research. 14: 514. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.163701.2
Wilson L, Whiteley P, Stent A, Stockman F, Elloy F, Hobbs EC, . . . Loukopoulos P, 2025. Causes of mortality in koalas autopsied at the University of Melbourne. Australian Veterinary Journal, 103(8). https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.13451