<i>Babesia tachyglossi</i> n. sp. from the Echidna <i>Tachyglossus aculeatus</i>

Backhouse, T. C.; Bolliger, Adolph

doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1959.tb04377.x

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“…Babesia tachyglossi and an unspeciated Babesia sp. have also been reported in the short-beaked echidna ( Tachyglossus aculeatus ) ( Backhouse and Bolliger, 1957, 1959; Mackerras, 1959; Bolliger and Backhouse, 1960 ).…”

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confidence: 81%

Observation of a novel Babesia spp. in Eastern Grey Kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) in Australia

Dawood

Morgan

Busfield³

et al. 2013

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

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Observation of a novel Babesia spp. in Eastern Grey Kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) in Australia

Dawood

Morgan

Busfield³

et al. 2013

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

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“…Plasmodium falciparum (Accession number M19172) was used as an outgroup. Maximum Likelihood (ML) analyses (1959); Priestley (1915); Seddon (1952); Seddon and Albiston (1966) Isoodon obesulus (Southern brown bandicoot) Theileria peramelis Mackerras (1959); Munday (1978Munday ( , 1988 Perameles nasuta (Long-nosed bandicoot) Theileria peramelis Mackerras (1959) Potorous tridactylus (Long-nosed potoroo) Theileria peramelis Mackerras (1959) Tachyglossus aculeatus (Short-beaked echidna) Babesia tachyglossi Backhouse and Bolliger (1959); Ristic and Lewis (1977) Isoodon obesulus (Southern brown bandicoot) Babesia thylacis Mackerras (1959) Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Platypus) Theileria sp. Mackerras (1958) Perameles nasuta (Long-nosed bandicoot) Theileria sp.…”

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Theileria gilberti n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Theileriidae) in the Gilbert's Potoroo (Potorous gilbertii)

Lee

Ryan

Jefferies

et al. 2009

J Eukaryotic Microbiology

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The morphology and genetic characterisation of a new species of piroplasm identified in the blood of the Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertii) from the Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve near Albany, Western Australia, is described from blood and tissue samples from 16 Gilbert's potoroos. Microscopy of blood showed these parasites are highly pleomorphic with a mean length of 1.8 mum and mean width of 0.85 mum. Phylogenetic analysis of 18S rRNA sequence data identified the piroplasm as a new species of Theileria that is closely related to other Australian marsupial piroplasm species. Based on biological and molecular data, it is proposed that the parasite from Gilbert's potoroo be given the name Theileria gilberti n. sp.

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“…Species of Babesia occur in a wide range of domestic and wild mammals, B.bigemina and B. bovis in cattle representing the most economically important and pathogenic species in Australia (Dawood et al 2013). Although several species of Babesia have been described or identified in dasyurid, peramelid, potoroid and macropodid marsupials as well as the echidna, reports of clinical babesiosis in wildlife have been rare (Backhouse and Bolliger 1959;Mackerras 1959;Barker et al 1978;O'Donoghue and Adlard 2000;Paparini et al 2012;Dawood et al 2013;Donahoe et al 2015b). Disease is associated with infections in male antechinus with physiological stress in the postmating period (Cheal et al 1976;Barker et al 1978) and has been reported in eastern grey kangaroos with neurological signs, depression and anaemia attributed to stress due to handling, transportation and captivity (Dawood et al 2013).…”

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Wildlife parasitology in Australia: past, present and future

Spratt

Beveridge

2018

Aust. J. Zool.

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Wildlife parasitology is a highly diverse area of research encompassing many fields including taxonomy, ecology, pathology and epidemiology, and with participants from extremely disparate scientific fields. In addition, the organisms studied are highly dissimilar, ranging from platyhelminths, nematodes and acanthocephalans to insects, arachnids, crustaceans and protists. This review of the parasites of wildlife in Australia highlights the advances made to date, focussing on the work, interests and major findings of researchers over the years and identifies current significant gaps that exist in our understanding. The review is divided into three sections covering protist, helminth and arthropod parasites. The challenge to document the diversity of parasites in Australia continues at a traditional level but the advent of molecular methods has heightened the significance of this issue. Modern methods are providing an avenue for major advances in documenting and restructuring the phylogeny of protistan parasites in particular, while facilitating the recognition of species complexes in helminth taxa previously defined by traditional morphological methods. The life cycles, ecology and general biology of most parasites of wildlife in Australia are extremely poorly understood. While the phylogenetic origins of the Australian vertebrate fauna are complex, so too are the likely origins of their parasites, which do not necessarily mirror those of their hosts. This aspect of parasite evolution is a continuing area for research in the case of helminths, but remains to be addressed for many other parasitic groups.

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Babesia tachyglossi n. sp. from the Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus

Abstract: SYNOPSIS. A piroplasm occurring in the erythrocytes of 38 of 42 echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus) has been described and named Babesia tachyglossi.

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Observation of a novel Babesia spp. in Eastern Grey Kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) in Australia

Observation of a novel Babesia spp. in Eastern Grey Kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) in Australia

Theileria gilberti n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Theileriidae) in the Gilbert's Potoroo (Potorous gilbertii)

Wildlife parasitology in Australia: past, present and future

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