Sugar glider ectoparasites and endoparasites
Verbatim first-hand facts from Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference). All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified.
Parasitic disease
- 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.
- Internal parasites rarely cause disease in captive gliders; however, giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis have been reported in captive animals ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ).
- Other internal parasites reported to infect sugar gliders include nematodes of the genus Parastrongyloides and Paraustrostrongylus and a liver trematode of the genus Athesmia .