Species Sarcocystis murinotechis Munday & Mason, 1980

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• Sarcocystis murinotechis Munday, B.L. & Mason, R.W. 1980. Sarcocystis and related organisms in Australian wildlife: III. Sarcocystis murinotechis sp. n. life cycle in rats (Rattus, Pseudomys and Mastocomys) and tiger snakes (Notechis ater). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 16: 83-87.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat (heart, skeletal muscle, lung, kidney); Notechis ater (Krefft, 1866) [ELAPIDAE] Black Tiger Snake (intestine); Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882 [MURIDAE] Broad-toothed Rat (heart, skeletal muscle, lung, kidney); Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat (syn. Rattus decumanus Pallus, 1778, Mus decumanus; heart, skeletal muscle, lung, kidney); Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat (heart, skeletal muscle, lung, kidney); Pseudomys higginsi (Trouessart, 1897) [MURIDAE] Long-tailed Mouse (heart, skeletal muscle, lung, kidney); Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat (heart, skeletal muscle, lung, kidney)).

Associated Fauna References

Duszynski, D.W. & Upton, S.J. 2009. The Biology of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Snakes of the World. Charleston, USA 422 pp. (Pseudomys higginsi; Mastacomys fuscus; Notechis ater; Rattus fuscipes; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus)

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

Munday, B.L. & Mason, R.W. 1980. Sarcocystis and related organisms in Australian wildlife: III. Sarcocystis murinotechis sp. n. life cycle in rats (Rattus, Pseudomys and Mastocomys) and tiger snakes (Notechis ater). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 16: 83-87 (Pseudomys higginsi; Mastacomys fuscus; Notechis ater; Rattus lutreolus; Rattus fuscipes; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus)

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