Beyond the disease: Is Toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)?

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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Main Authors: Fancourt, Bronwyn A., Nicol, Stewart C., Hawkins, Clare E., Jones, Menna E., Johnson, Chris N.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4142269/
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spelling pubmed-41422692014-08-26 Beyond the disease: Is Toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)? Fancourt, Bronwyn A. Nicol, Stewart C. Hawkins, Clare E. Jones, Menna E. Johnson, Chris N. Article •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. Elsevier 2014-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4142269/ /pubmed/25161908 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.05.001 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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author Fancourt, Bronwyn A.
Nicol, Stewart C.
Hawkins, Clare E.
Jones, Menna E.
Johnson, Chris N.
spellingShingle Fancourt, Bronwyn A.
Nicol, Stewart C.
Hawkins, Clare E.
Jones, Menna E.
Johnson, Chris N.
Beyond the disease: Is Toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)?
author_facet Fancourt, Bronwyn A.
Nicol, Stewart C.
Hawkins, Clare E.
Jones, Menna E.
Johnson, Chris N.
author_sort Fancourt, Bronwyn A.
title Beyond the disease: Is Toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)?
title_short Beyond the disease: Is Toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)?
title_full Beyond the disease: Is Toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)?
title_fullStr Beyond the disease: Is Toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)?
title_full_unstemmed Beyond the disease: Is Toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)?
title_sort beyond the disease: is toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (dasyurus viverrinus)?
description •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.
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2014
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4142269/
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