Investigation of ticks and red blood cell parasites of a population of reintroduced mainland tammar wallabies (Notamacropus eugenii eugenii)
H. P. Waudby
A B E , S. Petit A , B. Matthews A , A. Sharp C , R. Pradhan D and B. Dale D
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A Sustainable Environments Research Group, School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia.
B Present address: Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Thurgoona, NSW 2640, Australia.
C Department for Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Clare, SA 5453, Australia.
D School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
E Corresponding author. Email: hpwaudby@gmail.com
Australian Mammalogy 41(2) 269-272 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM18033
Submitted: 8 September 2018 Accepted: 2 October 2018 Published: 12 November 2018
Abstract
Ticks and blood smears were collected from a reintroduced population of threatened tammar wallabies (Notamacropus eugenii eugenii). Ixodes hirsti was common during autumn/winter, and Amblyomma spp. in spring/summer, reflecting the seasonal density of questing A. triguttatum triguttatum. Red blood cell parasites were not detected in the 90 smears analysed.
Additional keywords: macropods, marsupial, threatened species, tick-borne diseases, wildlife disease, zoonoses.
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