About Professor Richard Whittington
Richard works across disciplines in order to provide opportunities for research higher degree students and create future career opportunities for developing scientists in a changing world.
Prof Richard Whittington has long term research interests in aquatic animal health and the impact of infectious disease.
Prof Richard Whittington is Chair of Farm Animal Health and the Veterinary Public Health Management Program. He leads a large and diverse team researching significant infectious diseases of fish and terrestrial animals. He is an OIE nominated technical expert on Epizootic Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus and runs the international reference laboratory with CSIRO.
Selected publications
- Whittington RJ & Chong R (2007). Global trade in ornamental fish from an Australian perspective: The case for revised import risk analysis and management strategies. Preventive Veterinary Medicine (in press). PubMedId: 17485126
- Go J, Lancaster M, Deece K, Dhungyel O & Whittington R (2006). The molecular epidemiology of iridovirus in Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) and dwarf gourami (Colisa lalia) from distant biogeographical regions suggests a link between trade in ornamental fish and emerging iridoviral diseases. Molecular and Cellular Probes 20: 212-222. PubMedId: 16697343
- Go J & Whittington RJ (2006). Experimental transmission and virulence of a megalocytivirus (Family Iridoviridae) of drawf gourami (Colisa lalia) form Asia in Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) in Australia. Aquaculture 258: 140-149.
- Hyatt AD, Gould AR, Zupanovic Z, Cunningham AA, Hengstberger S, Whittington RJ, Kattenbelt J & Coupar BEH (2000). Comparative studies of piscine and amphibian iridoviruses. Archives of Virology 145: 301- 331. PubMedId: 10752555
- Whittington RJ, Reddacliff LA, Marsh I, Kearns C, Zupanovic Z & Callinan RB (1999). Further observations on the epidemiology and spread of epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus (EHNV) in farmed rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in southeastern Australia and a recommended sampling strategy for surveillance. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 35: 125-130. PubMedId: 10092975
- Bryant MS, Lee RP, Lester RJG & Whittington RJ (1999). Anti-immunoglobulin antisera used in an ELISA to detect antibodies in barramundi Lates calcarifer to Cryptocaryon irritans. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 36: 21-28. PubMedId: 10349549
- Whittington RJ, Jones B, Hine M & Hyatt AD (1997). Epizootic mortality in the pilchard Sardinops sagax neopilchardus in Australia and New Zealand in 1995. I. Pathology and epizootiology. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 28: 1-15.
- Ahne W, Bremont M, Hedrick RP, Hyatt AD & Whittington RJ (1997). Special topic review: Iridoviruses associated with epizootic haematopoietic necrosis (EHN) in aquaculture. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 13: 367-373.
- Jones JB, Hyatt AD, Hine PM, Whittington RJ, Griffin DA & Bax NJ (1997). Special topic review: Australasian pilchard mortalities. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 13: 383-392.
- Whittington RJ, Kearns C & Speare R (1997). Detection of antibodies against iridoviruses in the serum of the amphibian Bufo marinus. Journal of Virological Methods 68: 105-108. PubMedId: 9395145