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Dr Derek Spielman

MVSc BSc PhD MACVSc (Wildlife Medicine)
Lecturer in Veterinary Pathology  

B14 - Mcmaster Building
The University of Sydney

Telephone +61 2 9351 7170
Fax +61 2 9351 7421

Research interests

Wildlife pathology, diseases and ecology and epidemiology of wildlife diseases Pharmacokinetics of antibiotics in Australian marsupials Conservation genetics

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Teaching and supervision

Undergraduate teaching: Principles of Disease & Veterinary Conservation Biology BVSc & AVBSc students year II Veterinary Pathology students year III Postgraduate teaching: Ex-situ Wildlife Management component of the Applied Science (Wildlife Health and Population Management) Master Degree & P-G Diploma students

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Themes

Wildlife Health and Conservation

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Selected publications

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Journals

  • Malik (Krochmalik), R., Spielman, D., Slapeta, J. (2013). "Gone in the Back Legs". Microbiology Australia, March, 8-12.
  • Collins, D., Angles, J., Christodoulou, J., Spielman, D., Lindsay, S., Boyd, J., Krockenberger, M. (2013). Severe Subacute Necrotizing Encephalopathy (Leigh-like Syndrome) in American Staffordshire Bull Terrier Dogs. Journal of Comparative Pathology.
  • Collins, D., Angles, J., Christodoulou, J., Spielman, D., Lindsay, S., Boyd, J., Krockenberger, M. (2013). Severe subacute Necrotizing Encephalopathy (leigh-like Syndrome) in American Staffordshire Bull Terrier Dogs. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 148, 345-353.
  • Ma, G., Dennis, M., Rose, K., Spratt, D., Spielman, D. (2013). Tawny frogmouths and brushtail possums as sentinels for Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm. Veterinary Parasitology, 192, 158-165.
  • Lunn, J., Lee, R., Smaller, J., Mackay, B., King, T., Hunt, G., Martin, P., Krockenberger, M., Spielman, D., Malik (Krochmalik), R. (2012). Twenty two cases of canine neural angiostronglyosis in eastern Australia (2002-2005) and a review of the literature. Parasites and Vectors, 5(70), 1-18.
  • Lunn, J., Lee, R., Smaller, J., Mackay, B., King, T., Hunt, G., Martin, P., Krockenberger, M., Spielman, D., Malik (Krochmalik), R. (2012). Twenty-two cases of canine neural angiostronglyosis in eastern Australia (2002-2005) and a review of the literature. Parasites and Vectors, 5:70.
  • Graham, K., Brain, P., Spielman, D., Martin, P., Allan, G., Malik (Krochmalik), R. (2011). Concurrent infection with Cryptococcus neoformans/gattii species complex and Mycobacterium avium affecting the subcutis and bone of a pelvic limb in a cat. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 13, 776-780.
  • King, J., McAllan, B., Spielman, D., Lindsay, S., Hurkova-Hofmannova, L., Hartigan, A., Al-Qassab, S., Ellis, J., Slapeta, J. (2011). Extensive production of Neospora caninum tissue cysts in a carnivorous marsupial succumbing to experimental neosporosis. Veterinary Research: a journal of animal infection and epidemiology, 42(1), 1-10.
  • Christensen, N., Canfield, P., Martin, P., Krockenberger, M., Spielman, D., Bosward, K. (2009). Cytopathological and histopathological diagnosis of canine splenic disorders. Australian Veterinary Journal, 87(5), 175-181.
  • Spielman, D., Brook, B., Briscoe, D., Frankham, R. (2004). Does inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity decrease disease resistance? Conservation Genetics, 5(4), 439-448.
  • Spielman, D., Brook, B., Frankham, R. (2004). Most species are not driven to extinction before genetic factors impact them. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 101(42), 15261-15264.

Conferences

  • Spielman, D., Krockenberger, M., Hemsley, S. (2012). Necrotising Lesions in Possums. Zoonoses, Sydney: Australian Society for HIV Medicine.
  • Ma, G., Dennis, M., Rose, K., Spratt, D., Spielman, D. (2012). Tawny frogmouths and Brushtail Possums as Sentinels for Angiostrongylus cantonenis, the rat lungworm. Zoonoses, Sydney: Australian Society for HIV Medicine.
  • Hemsley, S., Spielman, D. (2009). faecal bacterial community profiles in brushtail and ringtail possums. Wildlife Disease Association (Australasian Section) and Wildlife Society of the New Zealand Veterinary Association Joint Conference 2009, The Catlins, New Zealand: Wildlife Disease Association (Australasian Section).

2013

  • Malik (Krochmalik), R., Spielman, D., Slapeta, J. (2013). "Gone in the Back Legs". Microbiology Australia, March, 8-12.
  • Collins, D., Angles, J., Christodoulou, J., Spielman, D., Lindsay, S., Boyd, J., Krockenberger, M. (2013). Severe Subacute Necrotizing Encephalopathy (Leigh-like Syndrome) in American Staffordshire Bull Terrier Dogs. Journal of Comparative Pathology.
  • Collins, D., Angles, J., Christodoulou, J., Spielman, D., Lindsay, S., Boyd, J., Krockenberger, M. (2013). Severe subacute Necrotizing Encephalopathy (leigh-like Syndrome) in American Staffordshire Bull Terrier Dogs. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 148, 345-353.
  • Ma, G., Dennis, M., Rose, K., Spratt, D., Spielman, D. (2013). Tawny frogmouths and brushtail possums as sentinels for Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm. Veterinary Parasitology, 192, 158-165.

2012

  • Spielman, D., Krockenberger, M., Hemsley, S. (2012). Necrotising Lesions in Possums. Zoonoses, Sydney: Australian Society for HIV Medicine.
  • Ma, G., Dennis, M., Rose, K., Spratt, D., Spielman, D. (2012). Tawny frogmouths and Brushtail Possums as Sentinels for Angiostrongylus cantonenis, the rat lungworm. Zoonoses, Sydney: Australian Society for HIV Medicine.
  • Lunn, J., Lee, R., Smaller, J., Mackay, B., King, T., Hunt, G., Martin, P., Krockenberger, M., Spielman, D., Malik (Krochmalik), R. (2012). Twenty two cases of canine neural angiostronglyosis in eastern Australia (2002-2005) and a review of the literature. Parasites and Vectors, 5(70), 1-18.
  • Lunn, J., Lee, R., Smaller, J., Mackay, B., King, T., Hunt, G., Martin, P., Krockenberger, M., Spielman, D., Malik (Krochmalik), R. (2012). Twenty-two cases of canine neural angiostronglyosis in eastern Australia (2002-2005) and a review of the literature. Parasites and Vectors, 5:70.

2011

  • Graham, K., Brain, P., Spielman, D., Martin, P., Allan, G., Malik (Krochmalik), R. (2011). Concurrent infection with Cryptococcus neoformans/gattii species complex and Mycobacterium avium affecting the subcutis and bone of a pelvic limb in a cat. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 13, 776-780.
  • King, J., McAllan, B., Spielman, D., Lindsay, S., Hurkova-Hofmannova, L., Hartigan, A., Al-Qassab, S., Ellis, J., Slapeta, J. (2011). Extensive production of Neospora caninum tissue cysts in a carnivorous marsupial succumbing to experimental neosporosis. Veterinary Research: a journal of animal infection and epidemiology, 42(1), 1-10.

2009

  • Christensen, N., Canfield, P., Martin, P., Krockenberger, M., Spielman, D., Bosward, K. (2009). Cytopathological and histopathological diagnosis of canine splenic disorders. Australian Veterinary Journal, 87(5), 175-181.
  • Hemsley, S., Spielman, D. (2009). faecal bacterial community profiles in brushtail and ringtail possums. Wildlife Disease Association (Australasian Section) and Wildlife Society of the New Zealand Veterinary Association Joint Conference 2009, The Catlins, New Zealand: Wildlife Disease Association (Australasian Section).

2004

  • Spielman, D., Brook, B., Briscoe, D., Frankham, R. (2004). Does inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity decrease disease resistance? Conservation Genetics, 5(4), 439-448.
  • Spielman, D., Brook, B., Frankham, R. (2004). Most species are not driven to extinction before genetic factors impact them. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 101(42), 15261-15264.
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