{"topic_id":"exotic_sugar_glider_parasites","category":"exotic-pet-health","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_sugar_glider_parasites\ncategory: exotic-pet-health\ntitle: \"Sugar glider ectoparasites and endoparasites\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Sugar glider ectoparasites and endoparasites\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_sugarglider_disease.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Sugar glider ectoparasites and endoparasites\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Sugar glider ectoparasites and endoparasites\nVerbatim first-hand facts from Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference). All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified.\n## Parasitic disease\n- Protozoal and Parasitic Diseases of Sugar Gliders Toxoplasmosis is a common and serious disease of marsupials, and patients typically present with neurological signs and sudden death.\n- Internal parasites rarely cause disease in captive gliders; however, giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis have been reported in captive animals ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ).\n- Other internal parasites reported to infect sugar gliders include nematodes of the genus Parastrongyloides and Paraustrostrongylus and a liver trematode of the genus Athesmia .\n","sources":["exotic-pet-health — Sugar glider ectoparasites and endoparasites (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-health","title":"Sugar glider ectoparasites and endoparasites","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_sugarglider_disease.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_sugarglider_disease.txt","tokens_estimated":228,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}