| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| molecular surveillance of piroplasms in ticks from small and medium-sized urban and peri-urban mammals in australia. | natural landscape alterations as a consequence of urbanisation are one of the main drivers in the movements of wildlife into metropolitan and peri-urban areas. worldwide, these wildlife species are highly adaptable and may be responsible for the transmission of tick-borne pathogens including piroplasms (babesia, theileria and cytauxzoon spp.) that cause piroplasmosis in animals and occasionally in humans. little is known about piroplasms in the ticks of urban wildlife in australia. ticks from lo ... | 2018 | 29988853 |
| hormonal control of birth behavior in the bandicoot (perameles gunnii: marsupialia) and other marsupials. | the barred bandicoot is a small marsupial, locally common on the island of tasmania, australia. several marsupial species have been shown to respond to injections of prostaglandin f2alpha or oxytocin by demonstrating birth behavior but that if an inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis was given prior to oxytocin, no birth behavior was demonstrated. the barred bandicoot has behaved in a similar manner, demonstrating a significant increase in grooming and three other behaviors (crouching/prone, late ... | 2001 | 11282136 |
| the development of endothermy during pouch life in the eastern barred bandicoot (perameles gunnii), a marsupial. | marsupials are born ectothermic and gradually become endothermic during pouch occupancy. in order to study the timing of this transition, we measured the metabolic rates of eight pouch-young eastern barred bandicoots (perameles gunnii) at 25 degrees c (the thermoneutral zone of adults), at 35 degrees c (pouch temperature), and after injection with norepinephrine. from 5 to 7 wk of age, oxygen consumption (vo(2)) was higher at 35 degrees c than at 25 degrees c. at 8 wk, vo(2) was significantly hi ... | 2013 | 16691513 |
| mitogen-induced responses in lymphocytes from platypus, the tasmanian devil and the eastern barred bandicoot. | as the platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus), the tasmanian devil (sarcophilus harrisi) and the eastern barred bandicoot (perameles gunni) are currently at risk of serious population decline or extinction from fatal diseases in tasmania, the goal of the present study was to describe the normal immune response of these species to challenge using the lymphocyte proliferation assay, to give a solid basis for further studies. | 2008 | 18826514 |
| how to build an efficient conservation fence. | barriers are used to achieve diverse objectives in conservation and biosecurity. in conservation management, fences are often erected to exclude introduced predators and to contain diseased animals or invasive species. planning an efficient conservation fence involves a number of decisions, including the size and design of the enclosure. we formulated the first general framework for building a fence that minimizes long-term management costs by balancing the expense of constructing a more secure ... | 2010 | 19604295 |
| 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 |
| eastern barred bandicoot recovery; the role of the veterinarian in the management of endangered species. | | 1997 | 9034506 |
| disseminated haemangiosarcoma in an eastern barred bandicoot (perameles gunnii). | a captive adult male eastern barred bandicoot (perameles gunnii) presented with three palpable subcutaneous masses in november 1998. a diagnosis of haemangiosarcoma was made based on histological examination of one excised mass. euthanasia of the animal was performed 11 days postsurgery and a proliferative lesion in the paralumbar musculature and similar, smaller proliferative lesions surrounding the right popliteal lymph node and in the ventricular wall of the heart were found. metastatic lesio ... | 2000 | 11022285 |
| development of the teeth in a pouch-young specimen of isoodon obesulus and one of perameles gunnii (peramedidae: marsupialia). | | 1972 | 4504644 |
| 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 |
| agglutinating antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in sera from captive eastern barred bandicoots in australia. | toxoplasmosis is considered a severe health risk for many marsupial species. the mainland australian population of bandicoot is endangered. therefore, a preliminary serosurvey was conducted to evaluate exposure to toxoplasma gondii in 57 captive eastern barred bandicoot and to estimate the possible impact of toxoplasma on recovering populations. five (9%) bandicoot were classified as seropositive using a modified agglutination test. nineteen additional bandicoot (33%) were classified as serosusp ... | 2000 | 10813601 |
| first record of trypanosomes in tasmanian bandicoots. | trypanosomes were observed in 38% of blood smears from southern brown bandicoots (isoodon obesulus) and in 10% of blood smears from eastern barred bandicoots (perameles gunnii). this is the first record of such hemoparasites in tasmanian marsupials. there appeared to be a statistically significant size difference between trypanosomes found in the 2 bandicoot species, suggesting the possibility of 2 distinct species of parasite. there appears to be a distinction between the trypanosomes found in ... | 1998 | 9645853 |
| 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 |
| klossiella quimrensis (apicomplexa: klossiellidae) causes renal coccidiosis in western barred bandicoots perameles bougainville (marsupialia: peramelidae) in western australia. | previous studies have described a range of klossiella species parasitic in marsupial hosts. klossiella quimrensis is the etiologic agent of renal coccidiosis in the peramelid marsupial hosts isoodon obesulus and perameles gunnii in eastern australia, but there is no previous report of klossiellosis in western australian peramelids. this study describes klossiellosis diagnosed by histology of renal tissue sections collected during necropsy of 20 perameles bougainville between 2000 and 2005. sporo ... | 2007 | 17436946 |
| posttranslational modification of alpha 1-antitrypsin (protease inhibitor) and alkaline phosphatase in the marsupial, perameles gunnii. | | 1990 | 2344345 |
| eastern barred bandicoot recovery: the role of the veterinarian in the management of endangered species. | the eastern barred bandicoot, perameles gunnii, formerly widespread on the volcanic plains of western victoria, has been reduced to a single, rapidly-declining, remnant population at hamilton. recovery of this critically endangered species has included local management, in an attempt to stabilise the wild population, captive breeding and reintroduction to selected sites. veterinary advice and assistance have been an integral part of the investigation, planning and implementation phases of the pr ... | 1996 | 8660217 |
| panting in small mammals: a comparison of two marsupials and the laboratory rabbit. | by use of a barometric technique, tidal volume (vt), minute volume (ve), respiratory frequency (f), and respiratory evaporative heat loss (eex) were measured from conscious unrestrained potoroos (potorous tridactylus), barred bandicoots (perameles gunnii), and new zealand white rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) at temperatures in and above the thermoneutral zone (tnz). rectal temperature (tre) and oxygen consumption were also measured. vt initially decreased with rising ta, but in the potoroo and ... | 1977 | 863814 |
| imidacloprid treatment of marsupials for fleas (pygiopsylla hoplia). | two eastern barred bandicoots (perameles gunnii), two eastern quells (dasyunrus viverrinus), four fat-tailed dunnarts (sminthopsis crassicaudata), a leadbeater's possum (gymnobelideus leadbeateri), a yellow-bellied glider (petaurus australis), and a ring-tailed possum (pseudocheirus peregrinus) were treated with imidacloprid (10.7 +/- 0.6 mg/kg topically, minimum dose 0.5 mg) after observation of fleas (pygiopsylla hoplia) on animals and in their nest boxes. no live fleas or adverse reactions to ... | 2001 | 12785692 |
| redescriptions of the species of physaloptera rudolphi, 1819 (nematoda: spirurida) parasitic in bandicoots (marsupialia: perameloidea) in australia. | the species of physaloptera rudolphi, 1819 (nematoda: spirurida) occurring in bandicoots (families peramelidae and thalacomyidae) in australia were re-examined and re-described. physaloptera peramelis johnston & mawson, 1939 was found in perameles nasuta geoffroy and occasionally in isoodon macrourus (gould) in eastern australia. ph. peragale johnson & mawson, 1940 from macrotis leucura (thomas) from the northern territory is treated as a junior synonym of ph. peramelis. ph. thalacomys johnston ... | 1999 | 10619061 |
| klossiella spp. in the kidneys of peramelid, petaurid, and macropodid marsupials. | klossiella spp. were found in kidneys of individuals from six genera in two of the three superfamilies of australian marsupials. klossiella quimrensis sp.n. is described in the bandicoots, isoodon obesulus and perameles gunnii (peramelidae). k. convolutor sp.n. is described in the ringtail possum pseudocheirus peregrinus (petauridae). three macropodid genera were infected. k.serendipensis sp.n. is described in the swamp wallaby, wallabia bicolor, and k. callitris sp.n. is described in the wester ... | 1975 | 807049 |