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the prevalence of giardia and other intestinal parasites in children, dogs and cats from aboriginal communities in the kimberley.to determine the prevalence of giardia duodenalis and other intestinal parasites in children, dogs and cats from aboriginal communities in the west kimberley region of western australia.19938450779
reproductive implications of exposure to toxoplasma gondii and neospora caninum in western grey kangaroos (macropus fuliginosus ocydromus).australian marsupials are thought to be particularly vulnerable to pathologic impacts of toxoplasma gondii, and they may be similarly affected by neospora caninum. pathology due to either organism could be expressed as reduced female reproductive performance. we studied adult female western grey kangaroos (macropus fuliginosus ocydromus) from suburban perth, western australia, between may 2006 and october 2008. we used indirect fluorescent antibody tests to look for evidence of exposure to t. go ...201424506426
infectious disease surveillance in the woylie (bettongia penicillata).wild populations of the critically endangered woylie (bettongia penicillata) recently declined by 90% in southwest western australia. increased predation is the leading hypothesis for decline, but disease may be playing a role increasing susceptibility to predation. to explore this possibility, we surveyed woylie populations in the wild, in captivity and in a predator-free sanctuary for exposure to, and infection with, four known pathogens of macropods: herpesviruses, wallal and warrego orbiviru ...201728634781
western australian marsupials are multiply infected with genetically diverse strains of toxoplasma gondii.five different organs from 16 asymptomatic free-ranging marsupial macropods (macropus rufus, m. fuliginosus, and m. robustus) from inland western australia were tested for infection with toxoplasma gondii by multi-locus pcr-dna sequencing. all macropods were infected with t. gondii, and 13 had parasite dna in at least 2 organs. in total, 45 distinct t. gondii genotypes were detected. fourteen of the 16 macropods were multiply infected with genetically distinct t. gondii genotypes that often part ...201223028812
seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii in wild kangaroos using an elisa.infection with toxoplasma gondii is a significant problem in australian marsupials, and can lead to devastating disease and predispose animals to predation. t. gondii infection in kangaroos is also of public health significance due to the kangaroo meat trade. a moderate seroprevalence of t. gondii was observed in a study of western grey kangaroos located in the perth metropolitan area in western australia. of 219 kangaroos tested, 15.5% (95%ci: 10.7-20.3) were positive for t. gondii antibodies u ...200919567231
a high prevalence of toxoplasma in australian chickens.a small survey was undertaken of commercially reared free-range chickens in western australia using serology and molecular detection. eighteen out of 20 serum samples showed antibody responses with titers of 1:64 in 5 chickens and ≥ 1:128 in 13 chickens. dna extracted from 22 out of 50 tissue samples, 10 brains and 12 spleens, were positive by nested pcr, and sequencing at the b1 locus on dna from 3 brain and 3 spleen samples confirmed that 2 isolates were toxoplasma gondii, type i, and 4 type i ...201323394799
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