Debilitating disease in a polyparasitised woylie ( Bettongia penicillata ): A diagnostic investigation.

Autor:	Northover AS; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia., Elliot AD; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia., Keatley S; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia., Lim Z; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia., Botero A; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia., Ash A; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia., Lymbery AJ; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia., Wayne AF; Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Brain Street, Manjimup, Western Australia, 6258, Australia., Godfrey SS; Department of Zoology, University of Otago, 362 Leith Street, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand., Thompson RCA; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife [Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl] 2018 Jul 17; Vol. 7 (3), pp. 274-279. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jul 17 (Print Publication: 2018).
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.07.004
Abstrakt:	During monitoring of critically endangered woylie ( Bettongia penicillata ) populations within the south-west of Western Australia, an adult female woylie was euthanased after being found in extremely poor body condition with diffuse alopecia, debilitating skin lesions and severe ectoparasite infestation. Trypanosoma copemani G2 and Sarcocystis sp. were detected molecularly within tissue samples collected post-mortem. Potorostrongylus woyliei and Paraustrostrongylus sp. nematodes were present within the stomach and small intestine, respectively. Blood collected ante-mortem revealed the presence of moderate hypomagnesaemia, mild hypokalaemia, mild hyperglobulinaemia and mild hypoalbuminaemia. Diffuse megakaryocytic hypoplasia was evident within the bone marrow. We propose various hypotheses that may explain the presence of severe ectoparasite infection, skin disease and poor body condition in this woylie. Given the potential deleterious effects of parasite infection, the importance of monitoring parasites cannot be over-emphasised.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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