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Subcutaneous larval Taenia serialis in a ring‐tailed possum ( Pseudocheirus peregrinus )
Author(s) -
HOUGH I
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb11860.x
Subject(s) - marsupial , arboreal locomotion , larva , peregrinus , biology , zoology , taenia , anatomy , helminths , ecology , habitat
Coenuriasis is a condition resulting in subcutaneous cyst formation associated with infection by the larval stage of Taenia serialis , a tapeworm of the dog and associated carnivores. 1,2 This article is the first report of coenuriasis in an Australian arboreal marsupial (I Beveridge personal communication) and only the second in an Australian marsupial. 3