Fatal toxoplasmosis in Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) from Penguin Island, Western Australia

• Published in: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
• Main Authors: Kym Campbell, Andrea Paparini, Adriana Botero Gomez, Belinda Cannell, Nahiid Stephens
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Little penguin; Toxoplasma; Hepatitis; Splenitis; Haemoproteus; Apicomplexa; Zoology; QL1-991; Penguin Island; Murdoch
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.02.006; https://doaj.org/article/f7b0adee7a2040a19dd26591f65f9b1b

Routine post mortems of deceased penguins from Penguin Island, Western Australia, found that a temporal cluster of cases presented with characteristic gross and microscopic changes, namely birds in good body condition with hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, multifocal hepatic and splenic necrosis and nu...