A New Species of Blood Trypanosome from Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) in Tasmania |
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| Authors: | HUGH I JONES ERIC J WOEHLER |
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| Institution: | Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6009, Western Australia;Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston 7050, Tasmania, Australia |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT. Trypanosoma eudyptulae n. sp. was present in 9 blood smears from 57 Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor Forster) from Tasmania. Trypanosoma eudyptulae is long and slender (with the kinetoplast situated close to the nucleus) with a long and attenuated posterior end. This is the first report of a trypanosome from a penguin. |
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| Keywords: | Ectoparasites Trypanosoma eudyptulae |
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