Giardia spp

Hillman, Alison E., Ash, Amanda L., Lymbery, Alan J. & Thompson, R. C. Andrew, 2019, Anthropozoonotic significance, risk factors and spatial distribution of Giardia spp. infections in quenda (Isoodon obesulus) in the greater Perth region, Western Australia, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 9, pp. 42-48 : 47

4.4. Association between Giardia spp . infection and indicators of ill health

There was no evidence of an association between Giardia spp . infection and faecal, skin, fur and body condition in this study. However, these results should be considered representative of G. peramelis only, as infections with other Giardia spp . were too rare to have impacted study findings. Though the relatively small sample sizes and a lack of temporal sequence in these observations are substantial limitations, it is reasonable to assume that a balanced host parasite relationship exists in infections with a parasite adapted to its marsupial host, particularly in animals on a good plane of nutrition.