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A New Paper-based Test for the Zika Virus: Inexpensive Device Can Diagnose Zika in Just a Few Hours (May 6, 2016)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT News.

A Pacific Battle to Eradicate the Rhinoceros Beetle (Oct 2017)

Secretariat of the Pacific Community.

Recently, the health of coconut palms has come under severe threat. The Pacific Community (SPC), working with Pacific Island countries and territories, and development partners, is looking for ways to meet this threat before it devastates the hopes of economic progress in the region. In August of 2017 an alert was issued identifying a new danger to the Pacific, which is causing devastation to coconut palms and expanding rapidly across the region. The new threat comes from a longstanding adversary in the region: the rhinoceros beetle.

A-Z Insect Pests of Field Crops: Helicoverpa

Business Queensland (Australia).

A-Z List of Horticultural Insect Pests: Silverleaf Whitefly
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Australia). 
A-Z List of Significant Animal Pests and Diseases - White-Nose Syndrome
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Australia). 
About the Exotic Indo-Pacific Lionfish
DOI. NPS. Biscayne National Park.
Activities - Invasive Species
Washington Native Plant Society.
Agriculture Victoria - Biosecurity

Victoria Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Australia). Agriculture.

Air Potato in Florida (PDF | 113 KB)

University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

See also: IPM Florida - Invasive Plants for more publications
Animal Factsheets: Cane Toad

Australian Museum.

Animal Health Division - African Swine Fever
North Dakota Department of Agriculture.
Animal Pathogens - African Swine Fever

University of Florida. Emerging Pathogens Institute.

ANS Species List
North Dakota Game and Fish Department.
Aquatic Animal Diseases Significant to Australia: Identification Field Guide, 5th Edition - Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (VHS) (2020) (PDF | 555 KB)

Australian Government. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.

See also: Aquatic Animal Diseases Significant to Australia: Identification Field Guide, 5th Edition

Aquatic Animal Diseases Significant to Australia: Identification Field Guide, 5th Edition - Whirling Disease (2020) (PDF | 803 KB)

Australian Government. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.

See also: Aquatic Animal Diseases Significant to Australia: Identification Field Guide, 5th Edition

Aquatic Biosecurity
Western Australia Department of Fisheries.
See also: Freshwater Fish Distribution in Western Australia
Aquatic Invasive Species - African Clawed Frog

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Aquatic Invasive Species - Ballast Water
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Aquatic Invasive Species - European Green Crab
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Aquatic Invasive Species - New Zealand mudsnail
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.