Table 1. Presence of Toxoplasma gondii in tissue samples from five different organs in 16 macropod marsupials of three species (Macropus rufus, M. fuliginosus and M. robustus) tested by direct PCR.
Animal ID | Species | Organ | Infected? | Animal ID | Species | Organ | Infected? |
K-1 | M. rufus | Heart | positive | K-9 | M. fuliginosus | Heart | positive |
Liver | negative | Liver | positive | ||||
Lung | positive | Lung | negative | ||||
Spleen | positive | Spleen | positive | ||||
Diaphragm | positive | Diaphragm | positive | ||||
K-2 | M. rufus | Heart | negative | K-10 | M. fuliginosus | Heart | positive |
Liver | positive | Liver | positive | ||||
Lung | negative | Lung | negative | ||||
Spleen | negative | Spleen | positive | ||||
Diaphragm | positive | Diaphragm | positive | ||||
K-3 | M. rufus | Heart | positive | K-11 | M. fuliginosus | Heart | positive |
Liver | positive | Liver | positive | ||||
Lung | positive | Lung | positive | ||||
Spleen | positive | Spleen | positive | ||||
Diaphragm | positive | Diaphragm | positive | ||||
K-4 | M. rufus | Heart | positive | K-12 | M. robustus | Heart | positive |
Liver | negative | Liver | negative | ||||
Lung | negative | Lung | negative | ||||
Spleen | positive | Spleen | positive | ||||
Diaphragm | positive | Diaphragm | negative | ||||
K-5 | M. rufus | Heart | negative | K-13 | M. robustus | Heart | positive |
Liver | negative | Liver | negative | ||||
Lung | negative | Lung | negative | ||||
Spleen | positive | Spleen | negative | ||||
Diaphragm | negative | Diaphragm | positive | ||||
K-6 | M. rufus | Heart | negative | K-14 | M. robustus | Heart | positive |
Liver | positive | Liver | negative | ||||
Lung | negative | Lung | positive | ||||
Spleen | negative | Spleen | positive | ||||
Diaphragm | negative | Diaphragm | negative | ||||
K-7 | M. fuliginosus | Heart | positive | K-15 | M. robustus | Heart | positive |
Liver | negative | Liver | negative | ||||
Lung | negative | Lung | negative | ||||
Spleen | positive | Spleen | negative | ||||
Diaphragm | negative | Diaphragm | negative | ||||
K-8 | M. fuliginosus | Heart | positive | K-16 | M. robustus | Heart | positive |
Liver | positive | Liver | negative | ||||
Lung | negative | Lung | positive | ||||
Spleen | negative | Spleen | negative | ||||
Diaphragm | positive | Diaphragm | negative |