Albinism in Dasyurus species – a collation of historical and modern records

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Judy Dunlop ◽  
David Peacock ◽  
Harry Moore ◽  
Mitchell Cowan
Keyword(s):  
Adult Female ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New Record ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Healthy Adult ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Tissue Sampling

A new record of an albino marsupial, the northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus), is described and placed in the context of 10 records since 1874 from all four Australian quoll species. Of the 10 previous records, one was D. hallucatus, seven are likely to be D. viverrinus, one D. maculatus and one unknown. The recent record comprises the live capture of a healthy adult female northern quoll from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Despite the rarity and likely deleterious nature of the albino condition, this animal appeared to be in good health, carrying eight pouch young, and was released at location of capture following tissue sampling for DNA analysis.

Dystocia in a wild Western Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus occidentalis)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jari Cornelis ◽  
Damian Lettoof ◽  
Lucinda Lam ◽  
Sam Loughridge ◽  
Fabien Aubret
Keyword(s):  
Adult Female ◽  
Population Study ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Veterinary Practice ◽  
Anthropogenic Stressors ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Professional Assistance

ABSTRACT Dystocia in reptiles is the retention of ova or foetuses within the female due to the failure of the female to complete parturition or oviposition. This disorder is commonly observed in captive reptiles, but has rarely been reported in wild reptiles. We observed a large internal obstruction in an adult female Tiger Snake captured as part of an ongoing population study. We failed to palpate out the object in the field, so we took the snake to a veterinary practice for professional assistance. All non-lethal methods of extracting the object were unsuccessful so we euthanised the specimen and post-mortem dissection revealed five mummified stillborn young lodged in a sealed reproductive tract. Reproductive abnormalities are frequent in Tiger Snakes and large proportions of litters can be comprised of unfertilised eggs, fertilised aborted eggs and stillborn young, yet none of these observations ever resulted in dystocia. It is interesting that this observation occurred in a snake from Herdsman Lake, Western Australia, where the Tiger Snake population is subjected to many anthropogenic stressors. We cannot determine what caused this case of dystocia but suspect it may have been caused by some sort of negative effect onset by the quality of the environment.

scholarly journals Aquilaria yunnanensis S.C. Huang (Thymelaeaceae), A New Record for the Flora of Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 202
Author(s):  
Hoang Van Sam ◽  
Nguyen The Nha ◽  
Tran Van Chu ◽  
Nguyen Thanh Tuan ◽  
Nguyen Thi Tho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Taxonomic Description ◽  
First Time ◽  
Quang Ninh

Aquilaria yunnanensis S.C. Huang (Thymelaeaceae), known to be endemic to Yunnan, is recorded for the first time from Dong Son Ky Thuong Nature Reserve, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam. A taxonomic description and DNA analysis based on our Vietnamese collections are presented, together with information on its distribution, habitat and colour photographs.

A Rare Case of Coexisting Pediculosis Capitis and Tinea Capitis in a Healthy Adult Female

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Ahmed H. Nouh ◽  
Mahmoud A. Rageh
Keyword(s):  
Adult Female ◽  
Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Tinea Capitis ◽  
Healthy Adult ◽  
Head Louse ◽  
Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Human Head ◽  
Pediculosis Capitis ◽  
Clinical Appearance ◽  
Lichen Planopilaris

Pediculosis capitis is a common condition caused by infestation with the human head louse, <i>Pediculus humanus capitis</i>, and primarily affects children in the age-group of 6–12 years. The most prominent symptom is intense scalp itching, yet moving lice or nonmoving nits may be seen on the scalp and hair. Tinea capitis, also known as scalp ringworm, is a superficial fungal infection caused by keratinophilic fungi termed dermatophytes. Tinea capitis is rare in adults, and its symptoms include hair loss, dry scaly areas, redness, and itching. We here report a case of a rare coexistence between pediculosis capitis and tinea capitis in an otherwise healthy adult female, motivating the search for a possible cause of this rare coexistence and alarming dermatologists to be aware of the modified clinical appearance of this coexistence which could be mistaken with other conditions such as cutaneous lupus erythematosus or lichen planopilaris.

A New Record for South-western Australia

1932 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 278-279
Author(s):  
C. F. H. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
New Record

scholarly journals Sudden unilateral visual loss in a healthy adult female

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
S Sanjay ◽  
P Mahendradas ◽  
A Kawali
Keyword(s):  
Adult Female ◽  
Visual Loss ◽  
Healthy Adult

Parasites of the Agile Wallaby, Macropus Agilis (Marsupialia).

1983 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Speare ◽  
I Beveridge ◽  
PMCLA Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New Record ◽  
Bile Ducts ◽  
New Records ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Pathological Changes ◽  
Portal Veins

The parasites found at necropsy of 63 M. agilis from Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory included 18 species of nematodes, 4 of cestodes, 2 of trematodes, 2 of ticks, a louse, a mite and 3 species of protozoa. The most prevalent (>50%) of the helminths were Cloacina spp. (primarily C. australis and C. cornuta) in the stomach, Progamotaenia proterogyna in the small intestine, Labiostrongylus labiostrongylus and Strongyloides sp. in the stomach, Gongylonema alecturae in the oesophagus and stomach, Hypodontus macropi in the caecum and colon and Macropostrongylus macropostrongylus in the stomach. Filarinema sp. and Strongyloides sp. (both undescribed) are new records for this host. Pathological changes were associated with gastric nematodes, P. festiva in the bile ducts, Gemellicotyle wallabicola (new record for Australia) in the stomach, Macropotrema pertinax in the caecum and Durikainema macropi in the portal veins.

scholarly journals A newly recognised species of Cryptes Maskell 1892 (Hemiptera: Coccidae) from Western Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4508 (1) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
YEN-PO LIN ◽  
TAKUMASA KONDO ◽  
TAKUMASA KONDO ◽  
PENNY J. GULLAN ◽  
LYN G. COOK
Keyword(s):  
Adult Female ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Nuclear Loci ◽  
Acacia Aneura ◽  
Western Australian

Cryptes utzoni Lin, Kondo & Cook sp. n. (Hemiptera: Coccidae) is described based on adult female morphology and DNA sequences from mitochondrial and nuclear loci. This Australian endemic species was found on the stem of Acacia aneura (Fabaceae) in Western Australia. All phylogenetic analyses of three independent DNA loci show that C. utzoni is closely related to C. baccatus (Maskell), the type and only species of Cryptes Maskell, 1892. The adult female of C. utzoni is described and illustrated and a table is provided of the characters that differ among adult females of the two species of Cryptes now recognised (C. baccatus and C. utzoni) and a morphologically similar Western Australian species, Austrolichtensia hakearum (Fuller). There is deep genetic divergence in COI among samples of C. baccatus, suggesting the possibility of a species complex in this taxon. 

Description of the Adult Male of Stylops nubeculae Pierce (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae), a New Record for Canada

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4731 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZACHARY S. BALZER ◽  
ARTHUR R. DAVIS
Keyword(s):  
Adult Female ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
New Record ◽  
First Time

The morphology of the adult male of Stylops nubeculae Pierce, encountered in stylopized gasters of two adult bees of Andrena peckhami, is described for the first time. This species was previously known only from the endoparasitic adult female found in Colorado, USA. We report a new locality for this species in Alberta, Canada. 

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