Sasha Herbert

Reptile parasites, pathogens and people. You can help us with our research into snake and lizard bacteria and mites in Australia. Follow this thread. #vector #reptile #pathogen #zoonoses #herpetology #antimicrobial resistance

🤗🤗Excited to share our latest publication on canine vector-borne pathogens in dogs🐶 in Sri Lanka!! Find out more through >>> doi.org/10.1155/2023/9… #SriLanka #VectorBorne #Dog #Veterinary @VitoColella_ @LucasHuggins3 @rebecca_traub

Out in ME! Nanopore sequencing can be a powerful tool for characterising blood and vector-borne haemoparasites of mammals, excelling at detecting rare or unexpected pathogens! @LucasHuggins3 @rebecca_traub @VitoColella @WileyEcolEvol Link to article: buff.ly/3rQuICP

A great article aimed for kids about the important work we're doing @museumsvictoria to help Victorian Grassland Earless Dragons. Rediscovered after more than 50 years. Featuring a wonderful pic of @joanna_sumner99 kidsnews.com.au/animals/one-of…

🚨PROJECT OPPORTUNITY🚨 Looking for a student interested in #ecology and #genetics to pursue a #PhDproject or #Mastersproject at @BioSci_UniMelb looking for remnant populations of #fattaileddunnarts around Victoria, and assessing #populationgenetics. #PhDopportunity

This was such an exciting day! Great to witness all research happening in #parasitology and beyond within our team at @SciMelb! Proud to be a part of this journey! Can’t wait for the next get together.

The lizards belong to the Ctenophorus family and were identified by Danielle Edwards, curator of terrestrial vertebrates at The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. They are the tjakalpa, kartiwarrui, ibiri and the tuniluki

@sDrewth How wonderful! So lucky to see one.

@sherbertvet abc.net.au/news/2023-06-1…

@ConversationEDU @kailah_thorn @wamuseum @michael_s_y_lee @Flinders It's as big as an Angus cow!

This armoured fossil skink is 1,000 times heavier than the ones in your garden. As @kailah_thorn (@wamuseum), @michael_s_y_lee, and Diana Fusco (@Flinders) write, the closest living relative for this giant is the shingleback lizard. bit.ly/3paINtu

Single-tier point-of-care serodiagnosis of Lyme disease @biorxivpreprint dlvr.it/SqhjX4

@sDrewth Now I want to go to ASH Island and The Australian Museum. Bucket list addition. And I will add "Glorious intellectual promiscuity" to my list of ambitions!

@sDrewth It is unsafe when they vomit it up on your pillow 🤣

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@KerritBareetCam @UrbanBirdsOz I need to see this fairywren stampede. Video please ?

#fairywren stampede (in there somewhere) Putting in #mulch and the little blighters are having a field day. Though the real benefits will flow for years. #habitat planting that looks like a garden @UrbanBirdsOz

Register for the Australian Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference Perth 2023, the national conference held every two years for wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians and veterinary nurses: eventbrite.com.au/e/australian-w…?

Our goal is to empower pet owners with a unique ability called 'Pet Sense,' enabling them to respond to their pets' health needs more effectively, while protecting themselves from potential health risks.

Well done @AS_Para !

Really hoping to get a chance to see this little fella later this year.

Using bioaccoustics to research terrestrial vertebrate biodiversity. Very cool!

Adelaide, Australia, herpers! I am looking to collect samples from pet/captive snakes and lizards during the next two weeks while I am in Adelaide. I will bring plenty of heat packs. Let me know if you would be willing to volunteer any reptiles in your care 😘 #herpetology

@MikeG_lizards Interesting. From a veterinary perspective I see reflexive breath holding skills as very common in reptiles. But that is because I ask them to breathe anaesthetic gas and if I didn't breathe for them I would go to sleep before they did!

Sometimes fieldwork throws up unexpected findings - this is what faced PhD student in the LEGS lab, Kim Michael. Apparently endangered pygmy bluetongues can hold their breath – for a long time. This one stayed under for 40 mins!! See doi.org/10.1111/aec.13… @Austral_Ecology