The effect of tick infestations on body weight and various blood parameters was monitored in juvenile northern brown bandicoots (Isoodon macrourus) after release into tick-infested or tick-free enclosures. Three species of ticks were observed in the enclosures, Haemaphysalis humerosa, Ixodes tasmani and Ixodes holocyclus. Bandicoots released into tick-infested enclosures showed a reduced growth rate (1.8 versus 2.5 g/day increase in body weight), a reduced haematocrit value (27.4 versus 40.0%) and an increased number of white blood cells when compared with bandicoots released into tick-free enclosures. These results suggest that tick infestations may influence the health of juvenile I. macrourus.
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1 April 1991
SOME EFFECTS OF TICK INFESTATIONS ON JUVENILE NORTHERN BROWN BANDICOOT (ISOODON MACROURUS)
R. T. Gemmell,
G. Cepon,
P. E. Green,
N. P. Stewart
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 27 • No. 2
April 1991
Vol. 27 • No. 2
April 1991
blood parameters
captivity
growth rate
Isoodon macrourus
morbidity
mortality
Northern brown bandicoot