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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
J 599.27 PATE	Junior Non Fiction		Panania .	. Available .

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ISBN	9780544991484 (hardback)
Name	Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw author.
Title	Saving the Tasmanian devil : how science is helping the world's largest marsupial carnivore survive / Dorothy Hinshaw Patent.
Published	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
Published	©2019
Description	79 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-77) and index.
Summary	The author follows the scientists trying to put a stop to a gruesome disease killing Tasmanian devils before it's too late. Tasmanian devils are dying at an alarming rate from a type of tumor that appears to be contagious. What scientists are learning while researching the Tasmanian devil has potential to affect all animals, and even humans, as they learn more about how to prevent and hopefully eradicate certain genetic diseases.
Target audience note	For ages 10+ years.
Subjects	Tasmanian devil -- Diseases -- Juvenile literature
	Epidemics -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Juvenile literature
	Tumors -- Juvenile literature
	Genetic disorders -- Juvenile literature
	Wildlife conservation -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Juvenile literature
	Wildlife rescue -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Juvenile literature
	Tasmania -- Juvenile literature
Series	Scientists in the field
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Epidemics -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Juvenile literature . Genetic disorders -- Juvenile literature . Tasmania -- Juvenile literature . Tasmanian devil -- Diseases -- Juvenile literature . Tumors -- Juvenile literature . Wildlife conservation -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Juvenile literature . Wildlife rescue -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Juvenile literature . Authors: Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw . Series: Scientists in the field .

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Saving the Tasmanian devil : how science is helping the world's largest marsupial carnivore survive / Dorothy Hinshaw Patent.