The Tasmanian Devil
Immune recognition of devil facial tumour disease by the Tasmanian devil
... the Tasmanian devil include the maintenance of a genetically sustainable captive insurance population, the translocation of healthy devils to disease free areas, and research aimed at developing a ...
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Population and disease modelling in the Tasmanian devil
... combines two simple and well-known modelling techniques, and demonstrates that parameter estimation can be quickly performed using available observational data. The second section of the thesis explores the spatial ...
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An investigation into factors affecting breeding success in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
... 70 With the complexity of enclosure size and design, transfer of animals between facilities for breeding, husbandry requirements, mate choice and limited genetic diversity, there are many interacting factors which may be ...
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The diet of the Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, as determined from analysis of scat and stomach contents
... THE TASMANIAN DEVIL, SARCOPH/LUS HARRIS/I, AS DETERMINED FROM ANALYSIS OF SCAT AND STOMACH CONTENTS by David Pemberton, Sam Gales, Belinda Bauer, Rosemary Gales, Billie Lazenby and Kathryn Medlock (with two ...
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The Tasmanian devil microbiome—implications for conservation and management
... adult devil (>2 years) on aver- age measures around 60 cm long with a 25-cm tail and 30 cm high at the shoulder ...female devil has only four teats in her pouch ...
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Social organisation and behaviour of the Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii
... Interaction between the members of this population is intense and manifests itself in the lower reproductive potential of those females who are not continuous residents and the latent [r] ...
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Social organisation and behaviour of the Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii
... The open squares are the cells in which the animals were located by triangulation and the numbers in the cell frequency with which animals were located in the cell if they were caught [r] ...
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Landscape genetics of the Tasmanian devil: Implications for spread of an infectious cancer
... spatial scale of our study area, there is limited influence of landscape processes on devil gene 427. flow[r] ...
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Temporal and spatial distribution of the Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisi (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia)
... Early diarists write of devils being found around the camps during the period of the settlement of Hobart and i t can be inferred that devils were widespread [r] ...
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Observations on the Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisi (Dasyuridae: fvlarsupiala) at Granville Harbour, 1966 75
... The lVeight-sex composition of each year's catch is descrihed belOW, together lVith details of its composi tion in relation to previous years and the fate of the[r] ...
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Reproductive physiology of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harisii) and spotted tailed quail (Dasyurus maculatus)
... Although the duration of reproductive readiness for males was comparatively extensive, males did not remain fertile year-round, in common with most marsupials (Tyndale-Bisc[r] ...
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Toll like receptors in the endangered Tasmanian devil and devil facial tumour disease
... the Tasmanian devil is required to confirm that these pathways are functional, as TLR function has not yet been investigated in any marsupial ...the Tasmanian devil to confirm that these ...
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The devil is in the details: Genomics of transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils
... female Tasmanian devil (top) with a representative karyotype of DFT1 (middle) and DFT2 ...the Tasmanian devil and DFT1 follow [19]; this arrangement differs from [10] in respect to Chromosomes ...
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Spatial analysis of Tasmanian Devil facial tumour disease
... Chapter 1 Introduction The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is the world’s largest surviving carnivorous marsupial, and is only found in Tasmania. Approximately 10 years ago the devils began showing ...
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The ERBB STAT3 Axis Drives Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease
... Blocking the ERBB-STAT3 axis may present a promising drug target whose interference arrests cancer cells and at the same time leads to increased tumor surveillance through re-expres- sion of MHC class I (Garrido et al., ...
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Regression of devil facial tumour disease following immunotherapy in immunised Tasmanian devils
... devastating Tasmanian devil facial tumour ...the Tasmanian devil is able to mount specific humoral and cellular responses to facilitate the eradication of established ...
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Heat shock proteins expressed in the marsupial Tasmanian devil are potential antigenic candidates in a vaccine against devil facial tumour disease
... HSPs have not been studied in the Tasmanian devil. Consequently, this study presents the first characterisation of HSPs in this marsupial and evaluates the suitability of these proteins as components for ...
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Untangling the model muddle: Empirical tumour growth in Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease
... Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) is a rare transmissible cancer threatening its unique host, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) 16, 17 .... Devil facial tumours ...
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Transcriptome and proteome profiling reveals stress induced expression signatures of imiquimod treated Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) cells
... from devil facial tumor disease (DFTD), a transmissible cancer threatening the survival of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), are sensitive to imiquimod-induced ...the Tasmanian ...
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Spatial analysis of Tasmanian Devil facial tumour disease
... Data Quality Lineage Cadastral information for most urban areas and towns has been derived from the Tasmanian 1:5,000 orthophoto/cadastral map series. In remaining areas information has been sourced from the ...
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