Health evaluation of free-ranging eastern bettongs (Bettongia gaimardi) during translocation for reintroduction in Australia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 210-223

  Portas, Timothy ^a   Fletcher, Don ^a   Spratt, David ^b   Reiss, Andrea ^a   Holz, Peter ^a   Stalder, Kathryn ^a,c   Devlin, Joanne ^c   Taylor, David ^a   Dobroszczyk, David ^a   Manning, Adrian D ^d  

^a Veterinary and Research Centre Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bettongia gaimardi; Eastern bettong; Health evaluation; Herpesvirus; Parasite; Toxoplasmosis; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RAT KANGAROO; THEILERIA; THEILERIOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; MALE; POTOROIDAE; TASMANIA; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84908494808     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2013-08-202     Document Type: Article

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