Lr. Smales et Dl. Obendorf, PROTOZOAN PARASITES AND PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN HYDROMYS CHRYSOGASTER (MURIDAE, HYDROMYINAE) FROM QUEENSLAND, Journal of wildlife diseases, 32(2), 1996, pp. 344-347
Tissues from 23 Australian water rats (Hydromys chrysogaster) collecte
d from live localities in central and northern Queensland, Australia,
between February 1992 and May 1993, were examined for protozoan parasi
tes and additional pathological changes. We found Klossiella hydromyos
in the kidneys, Toxoplasma gondii in the brain and skeletal muscles a
nd Sarcocystis sp. in the somatic musculature. Other pathological find
ings, including interstitial nephritis, interstitial pneumonia and a t
ongue abscess, as well as helminth-induced lesions in the lungs, mesen
teries, stomach wall and cecal wall were also noted.