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Title

Reproduction and parasitology of Didelphis albiventris (Didelphimorphia) in an agroecosystem landscape in central Argentina.

Authors

Carusi, Lorena C. Perez; Farace, Maria I.; Ribicich, Miriam M.; Villafañe, Isabel E. Gómez

Abstract

The article discusses research on the reproductive biology and parasitology of Didelphis albiventris in an agroecosystem landscape at Exaltación de la Cruz in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The research observed 179 individuals from pouch young to age class VI which found that 13 percent of the opossum were suffering from Leptospira interrogans infection. It also discovered that four percent of the study population were infected with Salmonella enterica. On the other hand, no Trypanosoma cruzi or Trichinella spiralis were seen in all opossums.

Subjects

BUENOS Aires (Argentina); ARGENTINA; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; DIDELPHIS; OPOSSUMS; TRICHINELLA spiralis; TRYPANOSOMA cruzi

Publication

Mammalia: International Journal of the Systematics, Biology & Ecology of Mammals, 2009, Vol 73, Issue 2, p89

ISSN

0025-1461

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1515/MAMM.2009.033