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TOXOPLASMOSIS IN THE ROTTNEST QUOKKA ( SETONIX BRACHYURUS )
Author(s) -
Gibb DGA,
Kakulas BA,
Perret Dorothy H,
Jenkyn Dorothy J
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1966.63
Subject(s) - toxoplasmosis , zoology , biology , toxoplasma gondii , population , serology , immunology , ecology , medicine , environmental health , antibody
Summary Evidence of toxoplasma infection was found in 32 Rottnest Island quokkas. Pseudocysts containing the organisms were demonstrated histologically in skeletal muscle, heart, brain or kidney in 25 animals and serologic evidence of infection was present in 13. The organisms were cultured from 2 animals. Quokkas from all topographic areas of Rottnest were tested, but evidence of infection was found only in those animals captured near the island settlement. The existence of toxoplasmosis in the wild quokka population is another factor to be considered in the ecology of the species.