| preliminary investigation into the prevalence of mucormycosis in the platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus) in three catchments in north-west tasmania. | to investigate the distribution and prevalence of mucormycosis in platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus) from the inglis, emu and black-detention catchment areas in north-west tasmania. | 2010 | 20529030 |
| possible differences in pathogenicity between cane toad-, frog- and platypus-derived isolates of mucor amphibiorum, and a platypus-derived isolate of mucor circinelloides. | platypuses (ornithorhynchus anatinus) in the north of the island state of tasmania, australia, suffer from a serious disease called ulcerative mycosis, which is responsible for high morbidity and, presumably, mortality rates in areas where it occurs. the disease is caused by the dimorphic fungus mucor amphibiorum, which is also found in queensland, new south wales and victoria. however, it does not cause disease in platypuses in those states. it has been previously reported that a closely relate ... | 2005 | 15832556 |
| serological responses against the pathogenic dimorphic fungus mucor amphibiorum in populations of platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus) with and without ulcerative mycotic dermatitis. | mucor amphibiorum, a dimorphic fungus, causes ulcerative dermatitis and systemic infections in the platypus ornithorhynchus anatinus in some river systems in tasmania but apparently not in other regions of australia. as yet there are no suitable tests for population surveys, nor for detection of internal lesions in live animals. consequently, immunoglobulins were purified from the serum of platypuses and anti-immunoglobulin antisera were prepared in rabbits in order to develop an enzyme-linked i ... | 2002 | 12079747 |
| disease conditions and subclinical infections of the platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus). | before the arrival of european settlers in australia, the platypus, ornithorhynchus anatinus, probably suffered from little disease. among other things, european settlement has involved substantial environmental perturbation, introduction of large predators, introduction of motor vehicles and translocation of potential pathogens. as a result, platypuses are now killed by motor vehicles, dogs, foxes and discarded plastic litter. information programmes targeting appropriate segments of the public ... | 1998 | 9720107 |
| genotypic analysis of mucor from the platypus in australia. | mucor amphibiorum is the only pathogen known to cause significant morbidity and mortality in the free-living platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus) in tasmania. infection has also been reported in free-ranging cane toads (bufo marinus) and green tree frogs (litoria caerulea) from mainland australia but has not been confirmed in platypuses from the mainland. to date, there has been little genotyping specifically conducted on m. amphibiorum. a collection of 21 mucor isolates representing isolates fro ... | 2010 | 20090018 |
| haematological, serum biochemical and serological features of platypuses with and without mycotic granulomatous dermatitis. | to determine whether there are haematological, serum biochemical and serological differences between platypuses (ornithorhynchus anatinus) with and without granulomatous dermatitis due to mucor amphibiorum infection. an additional objective was to establish reference haematological and serum biochemical ranges for the species in tasmania. | 1999 | 10685184 |
| mucor amphibiorum infection in platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus) from tasmania. | mucor amphibiorum, a fungus previously isolated from frogs and toads, is reported from free-living platypus, ornithorhynchus anatinus, from rivers in northern tasmania. this fungus is responsible for the severe ulcerative skin condition originally described by munday and peel (1983). mucor amphibiorum was isolated from dermal lesions on four separate occasions. the gross and histopathological appearance of the fungal lesions were similar to the earlier description. in vivo this fungus develops a ... | 1993 | 8355354 |