Genus Entamoeba Casagrandi & Barbagallo, 1895

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• Entamoeba Casagrandi, O.G.V. & Barbagallo-Rapisardi, P. 1895. Sull Amoeba coli (Lösch). Ricerche biologiche e cliniche. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali n.s. 41: 5-15.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from eastern and western Australia.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Morelia spilotes (Lacepede, 1804) [BOIDAE] Carpet & Diamond Pythons (syn. Morelia spilota; faeces); Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) [PHALANGERIDAE] Common Brushtail (from intestines); Rattus villosissimus (Waite, 1898) [MURIDAE] Long-haired Rat (gut); Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 [SUIDAE] Pig (faeces); Setonix brachyurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) [MACROPODIDAE] Quokka (from intestines); Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot (syn. Thylacis obesulus; intestines); Macropus sp. [MACROPODIDAE] (from faeces and forestomach, in zoo animal (USA))).

General References

Hampton, J., Spencer, P.B.S., Elliot, A.D. & Thompson, R.C.A. 2006. Prevalence of zoonotic pathogens from feral pigs in major public drinking water catchments in Western Australia. EcoHealth 3: 103-108

Henderson, W.R. 2009. Pathogens in Vertebrate Pests in Australia. Canberra, Australia : Invasive Animnals Cooperative Research Centre 30 pp.

Ladds, P. 2009. Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp.

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. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160

O'Donoghue, P.J. 1997. Protozoan parasites of wildlife in south-east Queensland. pp. 119-136 in Tribe, A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists. Brisbane : Australian Veterinary Association.

Roberts, E.D., Williams, J.C. & Pirie, G. 1973. Naturally occurring gastric amebiasis in the wallaroo. Veterinary Pathology 10: 323-329

Viggers, K.L. & Spratt, D.M. 1995. The parasites recorded from Trichosurus species (Marsupialia, Phalangeridae). Wildlife Research 22: 311-332

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