RIRDC Projects and Results

Project Details

Name	Viral and endogenous retroviral detection and characterisation in crocodiles
Summary	1. Define the best conditions for reliably producing primary cells lines from C. porosus. 2. Develop methods for the maintenance and cryopreservation of primary C. porosus cell lines. 3. Investigate the viral fauna of farmed and wild C. porosus in the Northern Territory 4. Determine the feasability and need for the development of continuous cell lines from primary C. porosus cell lines. 5. Investigate the role of endogenous retroviruses in runting and other diseases.
Program	New Animal Products
Research organisation	NT Department of Resources
Objective summary	1. Define the best conditions for reliably producing primary cells lines from C. porosus. 2. Develop methods for the maintenance and cryopreservation of primary C. porosus cell lines. 3. Investigate the viral fauna of farmed and wild C. porosus in the Northern Territory 4. Determine the feasability and need for the development of continuous cell lines from primary C. porosus cell lines. 5. Investigate the role of endogenous retroviruses in runting and other diseases.
Corporate goal	Develop new opportunities
National priority	Frontier technologies for building and transforming Australian industries
Rural priority	Productivity and adding value
RIRDC goal	NAP-Other
Principal researcher	Lorna Melville, phone 08 8999 2251
Research manager	Julie Bird, phone unknown
Admin contact	Christine Long