Wobbly Possum Disease is a fatal neurological condition of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), first reported in 1995.[1][2] Symptoms include a stumbling gait, tremors, blindness, activity during the daytime, and falling from trees.[2] The disease is believed to be caused by a virus.[3]
References
edit- ^ Goss, Helen (4 August 1995). "The mysterious case of the wobbly possum". New Scientist. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ a b Mackintosh, C.G.; Crawford, J.L.; Thompson, E.G.; McLeod, B.J.; Gill, J.M.; O'Keefe, J.S. (6 January 1995). "A newly discovered disease of the brushtail possum: Wobbly possum syndrome". New Zealand Veterinary Journal. 43 (3). Informa UK Limited: 126. doi:10.1080/00480169.1995.35869. ISSN 0048-0169. PMID 16031829.
- ^ Dunowska, M.; Biggs, P.J.; Zheng, T.; Perrott, M.R. (2012). "Identification of a novel nidovirus associated with a neurological disease of the Australian brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)". Veterinary Microbiology. 156 (3–4). Elsevier BV: 418–424. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.11.013. ISSN 0378-1135. PMC 7117198. PMID 22153843.
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