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Table 2 PCR results showing the presence of T. copemani P1 and P2 tested at NAR between April 2011 and April 2012

From: Morphological polymorphism of Trypanosoma copemani and description of the genetically diverse T. vegrandis sp. nov. from the critically endangered Australian potoroid, the brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata (Gray, 1837))

Woylie ID

Trypanosome

April

June

July

Nov

Dec

March

April

number

species

2011

2011

2011

2011

2011

2012

2012

WC2741

T. copemani P1

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

WC2830

T. copemani P1

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

WC2842

T. copemani P1

+

+

+

+

-*

 

+

WC2844

T. copemani P1

 

+

+

+

+

+

+

WC2920

T. copemani P1

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

WC2807

T. copemani P2

+

+

-

+

+

-

-

WC2841

T. copemani P2

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

WC2930

T. copemani P2

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

  1. [+] PCR positive for T. copemani.
  2. [−] PCR negative for T. copemani.
  3. [ ] Woylie not trapped that month.
  4. [*] PCR negative but positive to T. copemani by microscopy.