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Taronga’s veterinary teams have extensive experience and expertise in treating and rehabilitating wildlife including in emergency response operations such as providing emergency shelter, medical care and rehabilitation of bushfire-affected wildlife. This E-learning module has been developed to provide expert knowledge through an accessible platform to increase the capacity of veterinarians and veterinary nurses to assess, […]

During 2024 the Registry hosted both the Wildlife Pathology Short Course and a pre-conference workshop for the Wildlife Disease Association. As part of these education programs we offered wildlife necropsy workshops, part of which was dedicated to the art of cytology. Here we present scanned slide images that were used during the workshops, and the […]

As part of the Wildlife Health and Pathology Short Course held at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia in February 2024, participants presented some interesting pathology cases at the Histopathology Master Class. Here we include case notes and a link to view slides. Many thanks to all contributors for the excellent case material and to all participants […]

Since June 2021, the Registry has been receiving reports of mass mortalities in various frog species spanning across all of Australia, but most prominently QLD, NSW, and VIC. We’ve been working with the amazing team at the Australian Museum to get a handle on how big this event is and as of November 2021 we […]

Lorikeet paralysis syndrome is a seasonal syndrome which has been occurring in eastern Australia for a number of years. This summer there has been a particularly high number of cases in northern NSW and southern Qld. The syndrome primarily affects rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) but has also been reported in scaly-breasted lorikeets (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus). Affected […]