Australian marsupials are considered particularly sus­ceptible to toxoplasmosis and the disease has been reported as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in marsupials in managed care within Australia and internationally

(Boorman et al. 1977; Dubey et al. 1988; Hartley et al. 1990; Miller et al. 1992; Barrows 2006; Ber­mudez et al. 2009; Sos et al. 2012). However, its impact on free-ranging populations of Australian marsupials and other native mammals more broadly is largely unknown.

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