This project found and described a baculovirus similar to Monodon Baculovirus (MBV) that was called Plebejus Baculovirus (PBV) as it was in eastern king prawns (Penaeus plebejus). It later found it in Australian cultured Penaeus monodon.

The project investigated other conditions, particularly Hepatopancreatic Parvolike Virus (HPV) and Shann Bodies. Results were published in the scientific literature and presented at industry meetings. It was recommended that prawns be screened for the known virus infections in Australian prawns by subsamples of 25 prawns examined in H. and E. sections without stressing prawns for viral enhancement. Prawns were screened to be moved interstate for the governments of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, and many examinations were carried out for individual prawn farmers. 4 papers and 7 reviews on prawn diseases were published.