| 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 |
| 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 |
| mucormycosis in a free-ranging green tree frog from australia. | mucor amphibiorum is reported for the first time from a free-ranging native amphibian, a green tree frog (litoria caerulea) from queensland, australia. the nasal cavity was largely replaced by granulomatous inflammatory tissue, and most internal organs had nodular granulomas. typical mother and daughter sphaerules of m. amphibiorum occurred in these nodules which were due to granulomatous inflammation as well as areas of more active mixed inflammation with necrosis. tissue homogenate from the sp ... | 1997 | 9391982 |