Whey protein of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula): isolation, characterization and changes in concentration in milk during lactation of transferrin, alpha-lactalbumin and serum albumin

Transferrin and serum albumin were purified from both whey and serum, and alpha-lactalbumin was purified from whey from the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). The N-terminal amino acid sequences for transferrin and serum albumin were identic

Uterine oxytocin receptors in an Australian marsupial, the brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula

Tuberculosis in New Zealand – current status and control policies

The epidemiology and control of tuberculosis in New Zealand is discussed. The source of infection for cattle and deer is the wild possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). The number of tuberculin reactors increased from 3610 in 1980-81 testing season, to 6011 in the 1989-90 season. The number of cattle herds placed under movement control restriction because of [...]

Traumatic injuries occurring in possums and gliders in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales

The ecology of brushtail possum populations infected with bovine tuberculosis

The aetiology and pathogenesis of Johne’s disease

Intracellular iron (Fe) storage and enteropathic changes were studied histologically in the bovine, ovine and caprine intestinal tract. Comparative studies were made on natural or experimental diseases caused by M. bovis in cattle and the brush-tailed pos

Symposium on tuberculosis, Palmerston North, April 1991. Proceedings from a symposium organised by the New Zealand Veterinary Association

Experts from a wide variety of expertise have contributed to this symposium of the feral reservoir of bovine tuberculosis infection and how to deal with the problem. The first 8 papers deal with ecology, and there are 15 papers on epidemiology, disease prevalence in farmed and feral animals, diagnostic techniques and disease control and 9 [...]

Successful management of tuberculosis possum populations

Social relationships in a group of horses without a mature stallion

1. The social relationships in a group of Icelandic horses without a mature stallion were studied. The horses were all familiar to each other. Mutual grooming and play relationships, spatial associations, dominance-subordinate relations and the effect of

Researching feral horse ecology and behavior: Turning political debate into opportunity

Funding for biological research on feral horse populations is often motivated by political debate. Thus, research may start too late to contribute substantially to decisions about population monitoring and management, or to resolve public debate. Feral ho

Liver function in normal koalas and macropods

Bromosulphothalein (BSP) half-lives were determined in 7 male and 3 female koalas, 2 male and 1 female grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus), one male red kangaroo (M. rufus) and one red-necked wallaby (M. rufrogriseus Banksianus) and compared with BSP half

Leptospiral infection in common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) from lowland podocarp/mixed hardwood forest in New Zealand

A survey of 261 common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) from New Zealand lowland podocarp/mixed hardwood forest showed 34% of possums with antibodies to Leptospira interrogans serovar balcanica, 35% with antibodies to serovar hardjo, and isolatio

Intestinal lactase (beta-galactosidase) and other disaccharidase activities of suckling and adult common brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula (Marsupialia:Phalangeridae).

Activity of disaccharidases in the small intestine of 8 sucking Trichosurus vulpecula, 34 to 150 days old, and of 2 adult possums were investigated. Intestinal maltase, isomaltase and sucrase activities increased with age, whereas lactase activities decre

Immobilization of marsupials with tiletamine and zolazepam

The effects of combined tiletamine and zolazepam immobilization on 23 animals of 11 marsupial species (5 common wombat-Vombatus ursinus, 4 koala-Phascolarctos cinereus, 3 squirrel glider-Petaurus neofolcensis, 2 Tasmanian devil-Sarcophilus harrisii, 2 ringtail possum-Pseudocheirus peregrinus, 2 red-necked wallaby-Macropus rafriseus, 1 mountain pygmy possum-Burramys parvus, 1 brush-tailed bettong-Bettongia penicilliata, 1 brush-tailed rock wallaby-Petrogale penicillata, 1 short-nosed bandicoot-Isoodon [...]

Future directions for control

Experimental infections with the Tasmanian isolate of Trichinella pseudospiralis using a non-enzymatic recovery technique

Laboratory rats and mice, cats, brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), and 2 species of raptor (marsh harrier, Circus aeruginosus, and brown falcon, Falco berigora) were either infected orally with larvae of Trichinella pseudospiralis isolated by a non-enzymatic technique or by feeding infected muscle tissue. Muscle from a naturally infected Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) and an eastern [...]

Evaluation of a bio-dynamic technique for possum pest control

Bio-dynamic materials from burnt possum pelts and testes were tested for repellent or disturbing effect on live possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) in pens and for effects on bait consumption from treated and untreated feeder stations in the field in New Zealand. The bio-dynamic materials had no effect on the pests and are not recommended as control [...]

Ecology of an uninfected farm possum population

Disturbance in the forests of the Ruahine Range since 1770

The forests of the Ruahine Range, New Zealand, are subject to many and varied destructive forces which may occur at any time but intensify during periods of warmer, windier climate (erosion periods). The evidence of damage to forests in the Ruahine Range

Dermatitis in free-living common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)