Beyond the disease: Is Toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)?
•Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii was investigated in eastern quolls.•Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies was higher at sites where quolls were declining.•T. gondii infection did not reduce quoll survival or reproduction.•Higher seroprevalence signals higher exposure to feral cats at declining sites...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4142269/ |