The contribution of spotted-tailed quolls ( Dasyurus maculatus ) to the transmission of Echinococcus granulosus in the Byadbo Wilderness Area, Kosciuszko National Park, Australia

Date

2005

Authors

Jenkins, David
Murray, Andy J
Claridge, A
Story, Georgeanna L
Bradshaw, H
Craig, P S

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CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Scats were collected from 19 wild spotted-tailed quolls (Dasyurus maculatus) caught in a region of south-eastern mainland Australia where hydatidosis (Echinococcus granulosus) occurs commonly in swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolour) and other wildlife. All

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Keywords: flatworm; host-parasite interaction; marsupial; range expansion; Australasia; Australia; Eastern Hemisphere; Kosciuszko National Park; New South Wales; World; Cestoda; Dasyurus; Dasyurus maculatus; Echinococcus granulosus; Macropodidae; Scatophagidae (fis

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Wildlife Research

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