Projects · PhD research
Carcasses at the wild–domestic interface
How scavenger activity around carrion could bridge disease transmission between wild and domestic animals.
My PhD research defines the wild–domestic animal interface and microbial spillover risk. In Cape York, I study which wildlife scavengers visit carcasses, how they overlap with domestic animals, and how infectious disease dynamics play out around carrion.
A key question is preparedness: if rabies were to reach Australia’s remote north, could carcasses accelerate its spread through dingo populations?