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 Post subject: Re: Do possums pose a health risk
PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:09 pm 
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Thats good info from the rspca


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 Post subject: Re: Do possums pose a health risk
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I don't know about being a health risk to chooks but we in Tasmania have had a fungal infection in our cattle that we are told has come from possums and wallabies.

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Which infection is that Ian?


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 Post subject: Re: Do possums pose a health risk
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I live in Burnie and not heard about that can you give more details please


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 Post subject: Re: Do possums pose a health risk
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Is this what you mean?


Fungal Disease
Ringtail possums being hand reared can be susceptible to overgrowth of Candida sp.
yeast within their gastrointestinal tracts. A small number of wild, young ringtail
possums have also been found with a moist dermatitis caused by Candida sp.
Candida spp are yeasts that are commensal within the upper gastrointestinal tract.
Disease associated with an overabundance of this organism occurs most commonly in
young, hand-raised possums, particularly under conditions of poor hygiene,
inappropriate hand rearing formulas, antibiotic therapy, or significant stress. Adult
brushtail and ringtail possums that are administered broad-spectrum antibiotics orally,
or those possums that have concurrent systemic illness, are also susceptible to
candidiasis.Young, wild ringtail possum with moist dermatitis, Candida albicans
Budding yeasts and hyphae. Candida albicans Overgrowth of Candida sp. within the oral cavity, oesophagus, and stomach results in weight loss, depression, anorexia, regurgitation, and diarrhoea. Oral infections may result in visible white plaques along the mucosa. Diagnosis of candidiasis relies upon microscopic examination of smears made from
oral lesions, moist skin lesions, or wet preparations of faeces. Gram stains and Diff
Quik ® stains are useful to illustrate the presence of yeast within smears. Candida
spp. are commensal within the gastrointestinal tract, and scattered yeast cells within
tissue smears or faeces are not unusual. The presence of large numbers of budding
yeast, and pseudohyphae reflect active infection with Candida sp. Candida sp can
also be identified through standard fungal culture techniques.

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 Post subject: Re: Do possums pose a health risk
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If I reading right that would not affect other types of animal or birds?


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 Post subject: Re: Do possums pose a health risk
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Hi All wave.gif

The infection was very common in cattle in our area during winter. Dry scaly patched around the eyes, head, neck and other parts. Some people called it ringworm, but it was not that. It seemed to clear up all by it's self, if it was ringworm it would not have cleared up by it's self. I'm trying to go organic so all I used on it was Apple Cider Vinegar and Copper Sulphate.

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Candida is a gastrointestinal (gut) infection, not a skin infection and is not infectious so it's not that.

I am unaware of any skin fungus that is transmitted from wildlife to domestic livestock, but if it occurs during a Tassie winter it would be a specific type of fungus or dermatophyte.


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Would they carry stick fleas and pass them on to chooks? Trying to workout how my hens go these fleas and possums seem likely if they do get them?


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I can tell you they do carry fleas when we trapped one to relocate it had heaps on it so another reason to move them on


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