Species Cryptosporidium muris Tyzzer, 1907

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• Cryptosporidium muris Tyzzer, E.E. 1907. A Sporozoan found in the peptic glands of the common mouse. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 5: 12-13.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Macrotis lagotis (Reid, 1837) [THYLACOMYIDAE] Bilby (faeces (+ PCR)); Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat (faeces); Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE] House Mouse (syn. M. domesticus; gut, faeces (+ PCR)); Pseudechis australis (J.E. Gray, 1842) [ELAPIDAE] King Brown Snake (faeces (+ PCR)); Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Ox (faeces (+ PCR)); Oxyuranus scutellatus (Peters, 1867) [ELAPIDAE] Taipan (faeces (+ PCR))).

Associated Fauna References

Derrick, E.H. & Mackerras, M.J. 1949. Diseases of laboratory mice. Fourth Annual Repport of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (1949):13. pp. (Mus musculus)

Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. Part I. Monotremes and marsupials. Part II. Eutheria. Part III. Introduced herbivora and the domestic pig. Part IV. Man. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160 (Mus musculus)

Morgan, U.M., Sargent, K.D., Deplazes, P., Forbes, D.A., Spano, F., Hertzberg, H., Elliot, A. & Thompson, R.C.A. 1998. Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium from various hosts. Parasitol. Parasitology 117: 31-37 (Oxyuranus scutellatus)

Morgan, U.M., Xiao, L., Fayer, R., Graczyk, T.K., Lal, A.A., Deplazes, P. & Thompson, R.C.A. 1999. Phylogenetic analysis of Cryptosporidium isolates from captive reptiles using 18S rDNA sequence data and random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis. Journal of Parasitology 85: 525-530 (Pseudechis australis)

Speare, R. 1985. The veterinary aspects of man as an intermediate host for Toxoplasma gondii. Australian Veterinary Practitioner 15: 11-18 (Felis catus)

Sulaiman, I.M., Morgan, U.M., Thompson, R.C.A., Lal, A.A., & Xiao, L. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of Cryptosporidium parasites based on the 70-kilodalton heat shock protein (HSP70) gene. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66: 2385-2391 (Bos taurus)

Warren, K.S., Swan, R.A., Morgan-Ryan, U.M., Friend, J.A. & Elliot, A. 2003. Cryptosporidium muris infection in bilbies (Macrotis lagotis). Australian Veterinary Journal 81: 739-741 (Macrotis lagotis; Mus musculus)

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