Tick Paralysis in Spectacled Flying-Foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in North Queensland, Australia: Impact of a Ground-Dwelling Ectoparasite Finding an Arboreal Host

Petra G. Buettner; David A. Westcott; Jennefer Maclean; Lawrence Brown; Adam McKeown; Ashleigh Johnson; Karen Wilson; David Blair; Jonathan Luly; Lee Skerratt; Reinhold Muller; Richard Speare

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073078

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Tick Paralysis in Spectacled Flying-Foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in North Queensland, Australia: Impact of a Ground-Dwelling Ectoparasite Finding an Arboreal Host

Petra G. Buettner ,

* E-mail: petra.buttner@jcu.edu.au

Affiliations School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, Tropical Health Solutions Pty Ltd, Idalia, Townsville, Australia
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David A. Westcott,

Affiliations CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Atherton, Queensland, Australia, Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
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Jennefer Maclean,

Affiliation Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, Australia
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Lawrence Brown,

Affiliation School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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Adam McKeown,

Affiliation CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Atherton, Queensland, Australia
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Ashleigh Johnson,

Affiliation Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, Australia
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Karen Wilson,

Affiliation School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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David Blair,

Affiliation School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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Jonathan Luly,

Affiliation School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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Lee Skerratt,

Affiliation School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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Reinhold Muller,

Affiliations School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, Tropical Health Solutions Pty Ltd, Idalia, Townsville, Australia
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Richard Speare

Affiliations School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, Tropical Health Solutions Pty Ltd, Idalia, Townsville, Australia
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Tick Paralysis in Spectacled Flying-Foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in North Queensland, Australia: Impact of a Ground-Dwelling Ectoparasite Finding an Arboreal Host

Petra G. Buettner,
David A. Westcott,
Jennefer Maclean,
Lawrence Brown,
Adam McKeown,
Ashleigh Johnson,
Karen Wilson,
David Blair,
Jonathan Luly,
Lee Skerratt

Published: September 16, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073078

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