Presence of Disease in the Penguins and Skuas of Macquarie Island

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This study investigated the role of Antarctic skuas in the transmission of diseases to royal and king penguins on Macquarie Island. Using blood samples and cloacal swabs we assessed the parasites and viral diseases of the Antarctic skua and the two penguin species. Up to 150 subjects of each species were inspected. We compared the sub-Antarctic environment of Macquarie with previous work in a continental environment. By understanding the role that skuas play in the dynamics of diseases in Antarctica we are better able to define the role of humans in the system.


The download file contains several excel spreadsheets, a readme document and a copy of a poster.


Taken from the readme:

"There are three files that simply enumerate the samples taken and the sample numbers associated with each individual skua or penguin. In general we took two faecal swabs; one was preserved in viral transport medium (medium +streptomycin) and the other was preserved in BHB + glycerin. Both sets were then frozen at -80 degrees C.

Blood was drawn from the brachial vein and where possible, one drop was used to make a thin smear that was air dried. The rest of the blood sample was allowed to clot for at least 3 hours then spun down by centrifuge. The serum was drawn off and has been stored at -80. The RBC pellet was treated with Queen's lysis buffer and has been stored at 4 degrees C.


The other three files are the results of testing for Newcastle Disease and Infectious Bursal Diisease. They are redundant files. One contains the results from both pathogens and the other two contain just the results from a single set of pathogens.


Finally, there is a copy of a poster presentation from the International penguin conference in Hobart in 2007."

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Identification info

Alternate title
Presence of Disease in the Penguins and Skuas of Macquarie Island
Date (Publication)
2011-12-08
Edition
2
Citation identifier
Dataset DOI

Title
Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
Date (Publication)
2012-04-23
Citation identifier
ISO 26324:2012

Citation identifier
doi:10.4225/15/574BC4F16A33A

Originator

Shellam, G.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

SHELLAM (DECEASED), GEOFF
Department of Microbiology
The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
University of Western Australia
Nedlands
Western Australia
6009
Australia

Collaborator

SHELLAM (DECEASED), GEOFF
Department of Microbiology
The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
University of Western Australia
Nedlands
Western Australia
6009
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2555

Status
Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans

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Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
2006-02-18 2006-03-18
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
Keywords
  • disease
  • penguins
  • skuas
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • FIELD SURVEYS
  • LABORATORY
  • FIELD INVESTIGATION
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
  • AMD
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

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This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

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Other constraints
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

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Linkage
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Title
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
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Other constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_2555 when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

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Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Distributor

Fees
Free
Planned available datetime
2011-12-08T00:00:00
Units of distribution
MB
Transfer size
2.2
Distribution format
  • Excel, Word, PDF, csv

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PROJECT HOME PAGE

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Statement
2018-08-29 - The original files was reformatted to fit OBIS/GBFI/IPT Biodiversity.AQ tracking standards, and a new datasheet "PenguinDisease_2006.csv" was created. The new dataset contains datasetID, occurrenceID, recordNumber, eventDate, year, month, day, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, locationID, locality, island, institutionCode, country, countryCode, lifeStage, samplingProtocol, occurrenceStatus, occurrenceRemarks, and basisOfRecord. The lowest taxonomical rank of the species identified that could be determined is provided, after matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species).
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2011-12-09 - record updated by Dave Connell, after data were provided by Gary Miller. 2016-04-29 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2018-08-29 - record updated by Dave Connell after a reformatted dataset was provided by Daniela Farias for GBIF/OBIS compliance.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/ASAC_2555

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

CONNELL, DAVE J.
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
b16c6609-6d7f-4370-b4ea-a01c8e6c063b

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-30T04:53:00

Identifier

Description
metadata.extraction_date

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2555

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2006-07-27T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2018-08-29

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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