Forum : Diseases and disease agents
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Echinococcosis (Echinococcus, hydatids)
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Tamsin Barnes
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9/11/2007 4:31:15 PM
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t.barnes@uq.edu.au
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L Haynes
05/06/2008
Barnes, T. S., Goldizen, A. W., Morton, J. M. Coleman, G. T. (2008). Cystic echinococcosis in a wild population of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata), a threatened macropodid. Parasitology 135: 715 - 723. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1886224&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0031182008004423
L Haynes
03/03/2008
Local experts agree the incidence of zoonoses - diseases transmitted from animals to humans - in Australia is low. But a small tapeworm could be what one expert calls a ticking time-bomb. Incidence of hydatid disease in Australia is rising, says Dr Rebecca Traub, a lecturer in veterinary public health at the University of Queensland. "Children living in rural communities where offal from hunted kangaroos or culled sheep is fed to the farm dog are at increased risk of acquiring hydatid disease," she says. http://www.smh.com.au/news/pets/dog-of-a-tapeworm- infection-is-creeping-up-again/2008/02/20/1203467182865.html
R Woods
21/11/2007
New paper of particular interest since it demonstrates the unususlly fast development of hydatid disease in wallabies (compared to sheep) and its negative impact on wallaby health. Barnes T.S, Hinds L.A, Jenkins D.J, Coleman G.T. (2007) Precocious development of hydatid cysts in a macropod host. International Journal for Parasitology 37: 1379-1389.
R Woods
21/11/2007
Publication on hydatid infections in macropods: Barnes, T.S., Morton, J.M., Coleman, G.T., 2007, Clustering of hydatid infection in macropodids. Int J Parasitol 37 943-952. The abstract is available from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00207519
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