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- Title
Morbidity and mortality of monotremes admitted to the Australian Wildlife Health Centre, Healesville Sanctuary, Australia, 2000-2014.
- Authors
Scheelings, TF
- Abstract
Objective The medical records of individual monotremes admitted to the Australian Wildlife Health Centre from 2000 to 2014 were reviewed to determine the causes of morbidity and mortality. Results During this period, a total of 38 platypus ( Ornithorhyncus anatanus) and 273 short-beaked echidnas ( Tachyglossus aculeatus) were examined. Trauma was the most significant reason for monotreme admissions, accounting for 73.7% of platypus cases and 90.1% of short-beaked echidna cases. Within the category of trauma, entanglement (28.6%) and unknown trauma (28.6%) were most significant for platypus, while impact with motor vehicle (73.2%) and domestic dog attack (14.2%) were the most significant subcategories for short-beaked echidnas. Conclusion Indirect anthropogenic factors are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality of monotremes in Victoria, Australia.
- Subjects
MONOTREMES; DISEASE research; PLATYPUS; TACHYGLOSSIDAE; VETERINARY traumatology; DOG attacks; DISEASES
- Publication
Australian Veterinary Journal, 2016, Vol 94, Issue 4, p121
- ISSN
0005-0423
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/avj.12417