Species Theileria ornithorhynchi Mackerras, 1959

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• Theileria ornithorhynchi Mackerras, M.J. 1959. The haematozoa of Australian mammals. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 105-135.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) [ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE] Platypus (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Collins, G.H., Whittington, R.J. & Canfield, P.J. 1986. Theileria ornithorhynchi Mackerras, 1959 in the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 22: 19-24 (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

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

Mackerras, M.J. 1959. The haematozoa of Australian mammals. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 105-135 (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

McMillan, B. & Bancroft, B.J. 1974. On the morphology of Trypanosoma binneyi Mackerras, 1959 from the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. International Journal for Parasitology 4: 441-442 (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Seddon, H.R. 1952. Diseases of domestic animals in Australia. Part 4. Protozoan and viral diseases. Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) Vol. No. 8. (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Seddon, H.R. & Albiston, H.E. 1966. Diseases of domestic animals in Australia. Part 4. Protozoan and virus diseases. Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) Vol. No. 8 2. (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Stewart, N.P., Uilenberg, G. & De Vos, A.J. 1996. Review of Australian species of Theileria, with special reference to Theileria buffeli of cattle. Tropical Animal Health and Production 28: 81-90 (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

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