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Sarcocystis mucosa in Bennetts wallabies and pademelons from Tasmania
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Jakes, KA, Sarcocystis mucosa in Bennetts wallabies and pademelons from Tasmania, Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 34, (3) pp. 594-599. ISSN 0090-3558 (1998) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.7589/0090-3558-34.3.594
Abstract
Macroscopic gastrointestinal sarcocysts were detected in 36 of 270 (13%) Tasmanian pademelons (Thylogale billardierii) and 47 of 292 (16%) Bennetts wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) from January 1995 to March 1996 at onshore and offshore study sites in Tasmania (Australia). The sarcocysts were characterized using light and electron microscopy. The ultrastructure of the primary cyst wall was consistent with that of Sarcocystis mucosa, an apicomplexan parasite commonly found in macropodid marsupials. Although conventional statistical tests were not applied to data, there were apparent differences in the prevalence of infection in macropodid marsupials inhabiting onshore (19%) versus offshore (0%) sites. These differences were attributed to the presence or absence of medium-sized dasyurid marsupials. The results of this study provide strong circumstantial evidence that these dasyurid marsupials are the probable definitive hosts for S. mucosa in free-ranging Tasmanian macropodids. © Wildlife Disease Association 1998.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Microbiology |
Research Field: | Microbiology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Other environmental management |
Objective Field: | Other environmental management not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Jakes, KA (Ms Jakes) |
ID Code: | 13226 |
Year Published: | 1998 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 6 |
Deposited By: | Health Sciences A |
Deposited On: | 1998-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2011-08-08 |
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