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Burrows with resources have greater visitation and may enhance mange transmission among wombats
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Burrows with resources have greater visitation and may enhance mange transmission among wombats

Alynn M Martin, Hayley Ricardo, Adrianna Tompros, Tamieka A Fraser, Adam Polkinghorne and Scott Carver
Australian Mammalogy, Vol.41(2), pp.287-290
2019
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https://doi.org/10.1071/AM18013View
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Abstract

behaviour disease ectoparasite environment parasitology Vombatidae
Environmental exposure to Sarcoptes scabiei mites in burrows is considered the dominant mechanism of sarcoptic mange transmission among wombats. We document elevated activity of bare-nosed wombats at a burrow with subterranean water access relative to burrows without this resource, suggesting that some burrows may contribute more to mange transmission than others.

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