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Smithson Environmental

Locality: Bassendean, Western Australia, Australia

Phone: +61 434 615 655

Address: 3 Success Road 6054 Bassendean, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.smithsonenvironmental.com.au

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25.01.2022 Increased detection of beak & feather disease virus in wild and captive parrots, push to standardise lab methods http://ow.ly/Lymo300Zlqz

24.01.2022 Us at Smithson Environmental enjoying Great Cocky Count in the Swan Valley. Cockys heard, but not seen at this site. Here's hoping for good counts from everyone else this year.

24.01.2022 We support Operation Green Parrot! Raising $77000 to establish new population of rare Norfolk Islands Green Parrot http://ow.ly/LSgQ309AO2O

19.01.2022 Measuring soil microbes helps understand both soil health and disease supressiveness. Soil immune responses: Science http://ow.ly/6AAW301lMXh

18.01.2022 Smithson_Enviro presents "Updater on Environmental Regulations" to WA Architect Small Practice Group: 14th April, 12.30pm, Helena Valley.

18.01.2022 RBG Kew tallies 390,900 known plants, 21% risking extinction. Botanists from Australia identify many new species http://ow.ly/3bIk3003KXw

18.01.2022 Scientists call to slow land clearing in Australia, among the fastest in the world. Soc Cons Biol declaration: http://ow.ly/QG6J3026Ey4

14.01.2022 Human forest disturbance causes high biodiversity loss, even compared to deforestation. Great bush needs understory! http://ow.ly/3kAK301VdGI

14.01.2022 Research reveals diversity of #Phytophthora #dieback in Australia http://ow.ly/4noObI. Test #Phytophthora now! http://ow.ly/4noOW1

13.01.2022 Beak and feather disease virus infection can outside parrot family: Scientific Reports http://ow.ly/4ntZrr

11.01.2022 Planning requirements for bushfires change 8/4/16. See "How do these Changes Affect Me?", http://ow.ly/10kOPf. Smithson Environmental were out Bushfire Attack Level assessing today in Perth Hills.

11.01.2022 Testing Birds for Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease At the end of last year I received a call from Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre about their rescued parrots and cockatoos. They were concerned that Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD) may be present within wild birds in Western Australia. There was a risk that the disease might spread from and among Kanyanas recently rescued parrots, and also then spread to their endangered Black Cockatoos. PBFD is an inf...ectious virus that affects birds in the parrot family. The disease is often severe, causing feather, claw and beak degeneration, along with other resulting infections. There is no treatment, and the disease often results in the affected birds eventual death. Some birds with no symptoms may act as disease carriers, and in its initial stages disease symptoms are often weak or absent, so the high infection rate between birds means prevention of cross-infection is challenging. Kanyana was sampling all incoming birds by taking a tiny amount of blood that was sent to a laboratory for testing. However, their existing PBFD testing service was shuttling their birds samples from Perth to the Eastern states, and then on to a laboratory in South Africa for analysis, all by post. This often resulted in in lengthy delays between sampling and receiving their birds results, so increasing the risks of disease transfer. In stepped Smithson Environmental! We developed and validated a sensitive genetic test for presence of PBFD in bird blood using a technique similar to DNA Fingerprinting. Because a negative PBFD result might be caused by other problems such as poor sample quality, we also developed a control genetic test that determined the gender of the bird a different DNA Fingerprint is obtained from female parrots compared to male parrots. We are delighted to be able to offer our genetic testing to rescue birds at Kanyana! We hope that this will reduce the risk of spread of this disease, and increase the chances of rehabilitation and rehoming. Our validated test is now available to vets and pet owners on request.

08.01.2022 WA bushfire measures slammed as 'bluntest instrument', but professional surveys give site-specific risk assessments http://ow.ly/7pL7305ZO72

08.01.2022 Phytophthora (dieback) is a fungal root disease that affects many plants. Native plants are often killed, but many other tree and shrub species are affected, including fruit trees. Testing for Phytophthora not only resolves what is making trees sick, but also helps in prevention of disease spread and deciding what remedial actions to take. Smithson Environmental has been out recently to a block, collecting samples from soil, a sick Banksia and nearby sick avocado.

05.01.2022 Smithson Environmental in action! Recent photos taken during some of our surveys

02.01.2022 Smithson_Enviro's DNALab is busy testing bird gender and Beak&Feather virus, see http://ow.ly/4noKDU. Prevent virus spread!