| ectoparasitic dermatitis in free-ranging swamp wallabies (wallabia bicolor) in new south wales. | we report extensive dermatological lesions in three, free-ranging, adult, male swamp wallabies (wallabia bicolor), presented to taronga western plains zoo wildlife hospital. all three animals were moderately infested with the louse species heterodoxus ualabati, and two were concurrently infested with a previously undescribed sarcoptiform mite of the genus diabolicoptes. histological changes included moderate to marked compact hyperkeratosis, focal deep pyoderma and superficial dermatophytosis. m ... | 2009 | 19335473 |
| parasites and associated pathology of the swamp wallaby, wallabia bicolor (marsupialia). | thirty-five swamp wallabies from victoria, new south wales and queensland, australia were examined for parasites. thirty-nine species of nematodes, five species of cestodes and eight species of arthropods were found. wallabies from queensland and northern new south wales had a less diverse helminth fauna (23 species) than did wallabies from southern new south wales and victoria (32 species). rugopharynx spp. and cloacina spp. occurred in large numbers in the stomach but provoked no pathological ... | 1985 | 4078972 |