| giardiasis in native marsupials of tasmania. | tasmanian native marsupials were screened for the presence of giardia spp. over a 3 yr period, revealing a 21% prevalence in the 295 animals tested. a pilot study of experimentally infected eastern barred bandicoots (perameles gunnii) indicated susceptibility to infection with giardia duodenalis from a human source. | 1997 | 9131575 |
| plagiorhynchus (prosthorhynchus) cylindraceus (goeze, 1782) schmidt and kuntz, 1966, from the australian bandicoots, perameles gunnii gray 1838, and isoodon obesulus (shaw, 1797). | plagiorhynchus (prosthorhynchus) cylindraceus (goeze, 1782) schmidt and kuntz, 1966, usually parasitic in passerine birds, is here reported to be found encysted in the peritoneum of the bandicoot isoodon obesulus from tasmania. specimens recovered from the bandicoot perameles gunnii, also collected from tasmania, are the first reported from the intestine of a mammal. the origin of p. cylindraceus infection in australian hosts is discussed. | 1988 | 3193330 |
| earthworms as paratenic hosts of toxoplasmosis in eastern barred bandicoots in tasmania. | an experimental feeding study was designed to assess the role of earthworms in the transmission of toxoplasma gondii infection to eastern barred bandicoots (perameles gunnii). six animals with no agglutinating antibodies to t. gondii were fed artificially cultured earthworms that had been maintained in autoclaved nutrient-enriched soil. two animals were given earthworms that had been maintained in soil contaminated with t. gondii oocysts (p89/veg strain); two animals were fed on earthworms, whic ... | 2000 | 10682756 |
| pathology of experimental toxoplasmosis in eastern barred bandicoots in tasmania. | wild-caught eastern barred bandicoots (perameles gunnii) initially seronegative to toxoplasma gondii, were inoculated orally with approximately 100 t. gondii oocysts. the bandicoots were maintained in indoor pens under laboratory conditions and observed daily. serial blood samples were tested for agglutinating antibodies to t. gondii. inoculated bandicoots died 15 and 17 days post infection. a rise in direct agglutination test (dat) titres was detected at the time of death (1:256, 1:64 respectiv ... | 2000 | 10682755 |
| detection of agglutinating antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in sera from free-ranging eastern barred bandicoots (perameles gunnii). | sera from 150 eastern barred bandicoots (perameles gunnii) were collected from two study sites in southern tasmania between 1992 and 1995. samples were tested for antibodies to the protozoan parasite, toxoplasma gondii, using formalin-treated tachyzoites as the antigen in direct (dat) and modified agglutination tests (mat). cut-off titers were set based on confirmed cases of toxoplasmosis in this species. a total of 133 animals (89%) were classified as negative, seven (4.6%) had suspicious react ... | 1996 | 9359062 |
| the first record of a member of the genus hepatozoon in the eastern barred bandicoot (perameles gunnii) in tasmania. | of 220 wild eastern barred bandicoots (perameles gunnii) captured in two locations in tasmania, australia, 55 (25%) had a detectable parasitaemia with gametocytes of the protozoan genus hepatozoon in blood films. blood films were stained with leishman stain and acridine orange o. gamonts were commonly found as intracellular forms and occasionally observed as extracellular forms in peripheral erythrocytes. this is the first record of a member of the genus hepatozoon in any temperate bandicoot and ... | 1996 | 8885895 |