Tawny frogmouths and brushtail possums as sentinels for Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 158-165

  Ma, Gemma ^a   Dennis, Michelle ^b   Rose, Karrie ^c   Spratt, David ^d   Spielman, Derek ^e  

^a RSPCA NSW   (Australia)

^b QML Pathology   (Australia)

^c TARONGA CONSERVATION SOCIETY AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylosis; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Podargus strigoides; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; BRAIN; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PODARGUS STRIGOIDES; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPINAL CORD; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; PODARGIDAE; PODARGUS STRIGOIDES; RATTUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TRICHOSURUS;

EID: 84871685837     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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