Dr. Meagan Dewar
Lecturer, Cell Biology
A call to innovate Antarctic avian influenza surveillance
Long-Distance Avian Migrants Fail to Bring 2.3.4.4b HPAI H5N1 Into Australia for a Second Year in a Row
Searching for high pathogenicity avian influenza virus in Antarctica
Unexpected Delayed Incursion of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 (Clade 2.3.4.4b) Into the Antarctic Region
The risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Southern Ocean: a practical guide for operators and scientists interacting with wildlife
Factors that shape the host microbiome
Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean: Birds and Marine Mammals in a Changing Climate
The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals (cetaceans and...
Microbiomes of soils, plants and animals: an introduction
Risk assessment of SARS-CoV-2 in Antarctic wildlife
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is caused by the severe acute respiratory...
Happy feet in a hostile world? The future of penguins depends on proactive management of current and expected threats
Penguins face a wide range of threats. Most observed population changes have been negative and...
Conventional and molecular analysis of the diet of gentoo penguins: contributions to assess scats for non-invasive penguin diet monitoring
There is a growing search for less invasive methods while studying the diet of Antarctic animals...
Macroparasites in Antarctic penguins
Parasitism is a highly common mode of living in animals being parasite species very abundant....
Microbiota of little penguins and short-tailed shearwaters during development
The establishment and early colonisation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract has been recognised...
Influence of Fasting during Moult on the Faecal Microbiota of Penguins
Many seabirds including penguins are adapted to long periods of fasting, particularly during...
Interspecific variations in the faecal microbiota of Procellariiform seabirds
Despite the enormous amount of data available on the importance of gut microbiota in vertebrates...
Age-related differences revealed in Australian fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus gut microbiota
The gut microbiota of Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) was examined at...
Interspecific variations in the gastrointestinal microbiota in penguins
Despite the enormous amount of data available on the importance of the gastrointestinal (GI)...
MICROBIAL IMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH STOMACH FLUSHING OF LITTLE PENGUINS
The stomach flushing technique is a vital tool in bird dietary studies. The technique requires a...