| metabolism and defluorination of fluoroacetate in the brush-tailed possum (trichosurus vulpecula). | the brush-tailed possum (t. vulpecula) from western australia was found to be nearly 150 times more resistant to fluoroacetate intoxication in vivo than the same species from south australia. acetone powder preparations from the liver of animals from both populations showed similar abilities to convert fluoroacetate into fluorocitrate. aconitate hydratase activity in liver preparations from both western australian and south australian animals was similarly and competitively inhibited by fluoroci ... | 1979 | 485974 |
| [peramelistrongylus mawson, 1960 and profilarinema n. gen., trichostrongyloid nematodes apparently transitional between the strongyloidea and the atypical genus filarinema mönnig, 1929 (author's transl)]. | peramelistrongylus skedastos mawson, 1960, type species of the genus peramelistrongylus mawson, 1960 is redescribed. also described is profilarinema hemsleyi n. gen., n. sp. from trichosurus vulpecula in western australia. the new genus, which is similar to filarinema, differs from it essentially by the absence of the complex buccal armature which characterizes the latter genus. the genera batrachostrongylus yuen, 1963, parasitic in amphibians, peramelistromgylus, parasitic in perameloid and das ... | 1981 | 7259005 |
| identification of novel trypanosome genotypes in native australian marsupials. | in the present study, the occurrence and molecular phylogeny of trypanosome parasites were studied in both wild and captive marsupials from western australia and queensland. blood samples were screened by pcr at the 18s rdna locus, and the glycosomal glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase gene. overall, 5.3% of the blood samples were positive at the 18s rdna locus. all positives belonged to wild-captured western australian individuals, where trypanosome-specific dna was detected in 9.8% of the s ... | 2011 | 21802854 |
| incorporating field studies into species distribution and climate change modelling: a case study of the koomal trichosurus vulpecula hypoleucus (phalangeridae). | species distribution models (sdms) are an effective way of predicting the potential distribution of species and their response to environmental change. most sdms apply presence data to a relatively generic set of predictive variables such as climate. however, this weakens the modelling process by overlooking the responses to more cryptic predictive variables. in this paper we demonstrate a means by which data gathered from an intensive animal trapping study can be used to enhance sdms by combini ... | 2016 | 27104611 |