Introduction
In
recent years there has been a renewed interest in the use of marsupials as
unique models for biomedical research (Tyndale-Biscoe and Janssens 1988;
Saunders and Hinds 1997). Of these the North American opossum
(Didelphis virginiana) has received more scientific scrutiny than
any other marsupial to date. Didelphis has long been a popular
animal model among gastroenterologists (Krause and Cutts 1992) and
numerous studies concerned with its reproductive biology (Hartman 1952),
early embryology (Hartman 1916, 1919; McCrady 1938),
histogenesis/organogenesis (Krause 1998a, 1998b), developmental
neurobiology (Martin and Wang 1997) and spinal cord regeneration (Wang et
al. 1998a, 1998b; Martin et al. 2000) have been published. In addition,
Didelphis virginiana has played a pivotal role not only in predicting
the existence of a newly discovered family of guanylyl cyclase stimulating
peptides (guanylin, uroguanylin, and lymphoguanylin) but also was the
animal model used in the initial discovery, isolation and purification of
the most recent members of this family of peptides, uroguanylin and
lymphoguanylin (Krause et al.1998, Forte et al. 1999, 2000). Recently, a
small protein known as lethal toxin neutralizing factor (LTNF) was
isolated from opossum serum. This factor has been shown to be a potent
antidote for several animal, plant, and bacterial toxins. An effective,
synthetic form of LTNF has been made so that this peptide can be made in
abundance without depending upon the natural source, opossum serum. It is
believed that the synthetic form of LTNF may become a universal therapy
against animal, plant and bacterial toxins ( Lipps 1999, Lipps
2000).
The purpose of this literature survey is to
provide an introduction into the literature with regard to the biology of
Didelphis virginiana and to gather together a variety of studies
that have focused on this particular species. Although numerous studies
have been published on Didelphis, these are scattered throughout a
very diverse literature with regard both to discipline and time. The
primary aim is to gather these references under one cover as a desk
reference for those interested either in using Didelphis as a
biomedical model for study or in the biology and natural history of this
North American marsupial. The bibliography cites the primary references
and serves as a guide into the diverse literature where specific topics
with regard to Didelphis virginiana are most likely to be
encountered. The reference list has been restricted as much as possible
to Didelphis virginiana although some confusion does exist
in the early literature with regards as to which actual species was used
in some studies. According to Gardner (1973), the genus Didelphis
contains three distinct species: Didelphis virginiana of North and
Central America; Didelphis marsupialis of Central and South
America; and Didelphis albiventris of the highlands in South
America. Prior to this work, the North American opossum was commonly
referred to as either Didelphis marsupialis or Didelphis
virginiana. The references cited in this survey are restricted as much
as possible to the North American or Virginia opossum, Didelphis
virginiana. The earliest reference is Tyson 1698, the latest includes
a few references published in 2001. The references have been organized
under 43 subheadings to aid the reader in finding specific references with
regard to general areas or topics of interest. In addition to published
accounts on the husbandry of Didelphis, videotape also is available
on its husbandry and care as well as the establishment of a
temporary-breeding colony for the North American opossum (Krause
1999).
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James WT (1959) Behavior of the opossum in the Fink arrow maize. J Genet Psycho
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1.10 Husbandry
Brooks MB (1959) Care
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Feldman DB, Self JL (1973)
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Krupp JH, Quillin R (1964) A review of
the use of the opossum for research-husbandry, experimental techniques and
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1.11 Use as Model
Adzick NS, Longaker
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Jurgelski W Jr (1983) An alternative animal model for perinatal carcinogenesis.
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Jurgelski W Jr, Hudson PM, Boyd CW (1972) Induction of seizures in
the opossum (Didelphis marsupials virginiana Kerr) with an
inhibitor of cholesterol biosynthesis - a new model for experimental
epilepsy. Fed Proc 31:304
Jurgelski W Jr, Hudson PM, Falk HL,
Kotin P (1972) Ethyl nitrosourea carcinogenesis in the neonatal marsupial
(Didelphis marsupialis virginiana Kerr) - a new animal model for
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Jurgelski W Jr, Hudson PM, Falk HL, Kotin P (1976) Embryonal
neoplasms in the opossum: a new model for solid tumors of infancy and
childhood. Science 193:328-332
Jurgelski, W Jr, Hudson PM, Falk HL, Zimmerman LE, Henry JM, Palmer
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clinicopathological and histo-pathological comparison with analogous
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M, Isaacs JJ (1970) Induced regeneration of hindlimbs in the newborn
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76:319-327
New DAT, Mizell M (1972) Opossum
fetuses grown in culture. Science 175:533-536
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Northway MG, Libshitz HI, West JJ, Withers HR, Mukhopadhyay AK,
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studying radiation esophagitis. Radiology 131:731-735
Senninger N, Moody FG, Coelho JCU, Van Buren DH (1986) The role of
biliary obstruction in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis in the
opossum. Surgery 99:688-693
Steinhardt GF, Salinas-Madrigal L, Farber R, Lynch R, Vogler G
(1990) Experimental ureteral obstruction in the fetal opossum. I. Renal
functional assessment. J Urol144:564-566
Steinhardt GF, Vogler G, Salinas-Madrigal L, LaRegina M (1988)
Induced renal dysplasia in the young pouch opossum. J Pediatr Surg
23:1127-1130
Wiedorn WS (1954) A new experimental
animal for psychiatric research: the opossum, Didelphis
virginiana. Science 119:360-361
1.12 Experimental
Techniques using Didelphis
Feldman DB, Self JL (1971) Sedation and
anesthesia of the Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana.
Lab Anim Sci 21:717-720
Jackson RK (1971) Experimental talipes
in the Virginia opossum. Clin Orthopaed Related Res 81:152-157
Jurgelski W Jr (1971) Administration of test materials to the
neonatal North American opossum (Didelphys marsupialis virginiana
Kerr). Lab Anim Sci 21:748-751
La Regina MC, Lonigro
J, Woods L, Williams GA, Vogler GA (1988) Valvular endocarditis associated
with experimental Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection in the
opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Lab Anim Sci 38:159-161
Moore DM (1984) A simple technique for blood collection in the
opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Lab Anim
18:52-54
Nelsen OE, White EL (1941) A method for
inducing ovulation in the anoestrous opossum (Didelphys
virginiana). Anat Rec 81:529-535
New DAT, Mizell M
(1972) Opossum fetuses grown in culture. Science
175:533-536
Northway MG, Libshitz HI, Szwarc IA
(1979) A technique for barium esophagram in
the opossum. Lab Anim Sci 29:534-537
Parmelee AH, Brooks MB, Stone RS (1960) The effect of high oxygen concentration
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on the opossum pouch young (Didelphis virginiana). Anat Rec
136:73-78
Senninger N, Moody FG, Coelho JCU, Van
Buren DH (1986) The role of biliary obstruction in the pathogenesis of
acute pancreatitis in the opossum. Surgery 99:688-693
Spagnoli DB, Fidler SF, Carmichael SW, Culberson JL (1979)
Perfusion fixation of
the newborn opossum: equipment and techniques. Lab Anim Sci 29:246-248
Steinhardt GF, Salinas-Madrigal L,
Farber R, Lynch R, Vogler G (1990) Experimental ureteral obstruction in
the fetal opossum. I. Renal functional assessment. J Urol 144:564-566
Steinhardt GF, Vogler G, Salinas-Madrigal L, and LaRegina M
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dysplasia in the young pouch opossum. J Pediatr Surg 23:1127-1130
1.13 Experimental (Induced)
Pathologies
Amundson TE, Yuill
TM, DeFoliar GR (1985) Experimental La Crosse virus infection
of red fox (Vulpes fulva), raccoon (Procyon lotor), opossum
(Didelphis virginiana), and woodchuck (Marmota monax). Am J
Trop Med Hyg 34:586-595
Andrews EJ (1973) Methylcholanthrene
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Bowen GS (1976)
Experimental infection of North American mammals with epidemic Venezuelan
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Box ED, Duszynski DW
(1978) Experimental transmission of Sarcocystis from
icterid birds to sparrows and canaries by sporocysts from the opossum. J
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Darling ST (1910) Sarcosporidiosis in
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Fenger CK, Granstrom DE, Gajadhar AA, Williams NM, Mccrillus SA,
Stamper S, Langemeier JL, Dubey JP (1997) Experimental induction of equine
myeloencephalitis in horses using Sarcocystis sp., sporocysts from
the opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Vet Parasitol 68:
199-213
Gandolfi R, Culbertson R (1983)
Corticosteroid-induced death in an opossum. J Am
Vet Med Assoc 183:1277-1279
Johnson JI, Hamilton TC, Hsung J-C, and Ulinski PS (1972) Gracile nucleus absen
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in adult opossums after leg removal in infancy. Brain Res
38:421-424
Jurgelski W Jr, Hudson PM (1971) The
response of the pituitary-thyroid axis of the opossum (Didelphis
marsupialis virginiana Kerr) to chronic neonatal administration of
Aminotriazole. Fed Proc 30: 294
Jurgelski W Jr,
Hudson PM, Boyd CW (1972) Rickets associated with triparanol induced
intestinal lesions in the marsupial (Didelphis marsupialis
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Jurgelski W Jr,
Hudson P, Falk HL (1979) Tissue differentiation and susceptibility to
embryonal tumor induction by ethylnitrosourea in the opossum. Natl Cancer
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Jurgelski W Jr, Hudson PM, Falk HL,
Kotin P (1976) Embryonal neoplasms in the opossum: a new model for solid
tumors of infancy and childhood. Science 193:328-332
Jurgelski W Jr, Hudson PM, Henery JM, Falk HL (1978) Chemically
induced ganglioglioma in the opossum (Didelphis virginiana Kerr). J
Neuropathol Exp Neurol 37: 638
Jurgelski W Jr,
Hudson PM, Vogel FS (1973) Induction of a chronic somatosensory
epilepsy in the opossum (Didelphis virginiana Kerr) with an
inhibitor of cholesterol biosynthesis. Brain Res 64:466-471
Jurgelski W Jr, Hudson P, Boyd C (1972) Induction of seizures on
the opossum (Didelphis marsupialis virginiana) with an
inhibitor of cholesterol biosynthesis. II. Relationship between seizure
induction, brain sterol composition, and drug configuration. J Cell Biol
55:126A
Jurgelski W Jr, Hudson P, Zimmerman LE,
Falk HL, Kotin P (1974) Induction of malignant intraocular
medulloepitheliomas in opossums orally exposed to a chemical carcinogen
(ethyl nitrosourea) early in postnatal life. Am J Pathol
74:40A
Jurgelski W Jr, Alderson G, Hudson P
(1973) Odontogenic tumor induction in the opossum by a chemical
carcinogen. J Dent Res 52:201
Jurgelski W Jr,
Palmer NF, Hudson PM, Falk HL (1980) Chemical induction of embryonal renal
tumors: an accurate model for pediatric renal neoplasia. Fed Proc 39:
331
La Regina MC, Lonigro J, Woods L, Williams GA, Vogler GA (1988)
Valvular endocarditis associated with experimental Erysipelothrix
rhusiopathiae infection in the opossum (Didelphis
virginiana). Lab Anim Sci 38:159-161
Larsen F, Schlarman
D, Andrus CC, Kaminski DL (1991) The effect of the CCK receptor antagonist
CR 1409 on bile reflux pancreatitis in the opossum. Pancreas 6:291-297
Lerch MM, Saluja AK, Dawra R, Ramarao P, Saluja M, Steer ML
(1992) Acute necrotizing pancreatitis in the opossum: earliest
morphological changes involve acinar cells. Gastroenterology 103:205-213
Lindsay DS, Hendrix CM, Blagburn BL (1988) Experimental
Cryptosporidium parvum infections in opossums (Didelphis
virginiana). J Wildl Dis 24:157-159
Malek EA (1970)
Further studies on mammalian susceptibility to experimental infection with
Heterobilharzia americana. J Parasitol 56:64-66
Mizell M (1975) Tumour induction in vivo : major events
leading to tumorigenesis in embryos inoculated with oncogenic herpes
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Moore CG,
Schnurrenberger PR (1981) Experimental infection of opossums with
Brucella abortus. J Am Vet Med Assoc 179:1113-1116
Prasad N, Bushong SC, MacIntyre RS (1973) Radiocytogenetic
effects on bone marrow cells of opossum in vivo. Can J Genet Cytol
15:123-126
Prasad N, Bushong SC, North LB, Thornby
J (1976) Radiation lethality in the opossum. Rad Res 68:514-517
Prasad N, Prasad R, Bushong SC (1973) In vivo and in
vitro response of opossum testes to ionizing radiation: morphological
and enzymatic studies. J Cell Biol 59:270A
Prasad N, Prasad R,
Bushong SC, North LB (1977) Effect of irradiation on electrophoretic
properties of enzymes in haemopoietic cells of opossum. Experientia 33:
263-264
Prasad N, Prasad R, Bushong SC, North
LB (1977) Effect of irradiation on testicular cells of opossum.
Strahlentherapie 153:470-473
Prestwood AK, Nettles VF, Farrell RL (1977) Pathologic
manifestations of experimentally and naturally acquired lungworm
infections in opossums. Am J Vet Res 38:529-532
Ramirez R, Brems J, Lee T,
Kaminski DL (1984) The effect of 16, 16-dimenthyl prostaglandin E2 on
experimental bile reflux pancreatitis in the opossum. Surg Gastroenterol
3:60-68
Rowlands DT Jr, Vakilzadeh J, Sherwood
BF, LeMay JC (1970) Experimental bacterial endocarditis in the opossum
(Didelphis virginiana). I. Valvular changes following a single
injection of bacteria in unmodified adult opossums. Am J Pathol 58:295-304
Senninger N (1992) Bile-induced pancreatitis. Eur Surg Res 24
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Senninger N, Moody FG, Coelho JCU, Van
Buren DH (1986) The role of biliary obstruction in the pathogenesis of
acute pancreatitis in the opossum. Surgery 99:688-693
Sevy CE, Cameron TP (1968) Two cases of infection with acid-fast
bacteria in the
opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Bull Wildl Dis Assoc 4:22-23
Sherwood BF, Rowlands DT Jr, Vakilzadeh J, LeMay JC (1971)
Experimental bacterial endocarditis in the opossum (Didelphis
virginiana). III. Comparison of spontaneously occurring endocarditis
with that induced experimentally by pyogenic bacteria and fungi. Am J
Pathol 64:513-520
Steinhardt GF, Vogler G,
Salinas-Madrigal L, LaRegina M (1988) Induced renal dysplasia in the young
pouch opossum. J Pediatr Surg 23:1127-1130
Vakilzadeh J, Rowlands DT Jr, Sherwood BF, LeMay JC (1970)
Experimental bacterial endocarditis in the opossum (Didelphis
virginiana). II. Induction of endocarditis with a single injection of
Streptococcus viridans. J Infect Dis 122:89-92
Vakilzadeh J, Sherwood BF, Hackel DB, LeMay JC (1971) Experimental
study of pulmonary adenomas in the opossum (Didelphis virginiana).
Lab Anim Sci 21:224-228
White MR, Chapman WL Jr, Hanson WL
(1989) A comparison of experimental visceral leishmaniasis in the opossum,
armadillo and ferret. Lab Anim Sci 39:47-50
White
MR, Chapman WL Jr, Hanson WL (1989) Chemotherapy of experimental visceral
leishmaniasis in the opossum. J Parasitol 75:176-178
White MR, Chapman WL Jr, Hanson WL, Latimer KS, Greene CE (1989)
Experimental visceral leishmaniasis in the opossum. Vet Pathol 26:314-321
Yaeger RG (1971) Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection
to opossums
via the oral route. J Parasitol 57:1375-1376
1.14 Diseases : Natural
Pathologies
Almgren
CM, McClure DE (2000) Granulomatous pneumonia in the opossum
(Didelphis virginiana) associated with an intracellular
fungal agent. Comparative Med 50: 323-328
Barr TRB (1963) Infectious
diseases in the opossum: a review. J Wildl Mgmt
27:53-71
Barrie MT, Snyder RL (1986) Multiple
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189:1160-1161
Brown CC (1988) Endogenous lipid
pneumonia in opossums from Louisiana. J Wildl Dis
24:214-219
Finlayson R (1965) Spontaneous
arterial disease in exotic animals. J Zool
147:229-343
Gupta BN, Feldman DB (1973)
Carcinosarcoma in an opossum. J Am Vet Med Assoc
163:586-588
Gupta BN, Feldman DB (1974) Epidermoid
cysts in opossums. Cornell Vet 64:89-93
Gupta
BN, Feldman DB (1975) Renal agenesis in guinea pig and opossum. Lab Anim
Sci 25:238-240
Harari Y, Calabuig R, Moody F, Castro
G (1991) Immunological sensitization of opossum gallbladder by naturally
acquired stomach roundworm infection. Comp Biochem Physiol
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Kaufman E, Pokras M, Jakowski R (1988)
Biliary adenocarcinoma in a Virginia opossum (Didelphis
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Koller
LD (1972) Cutaneous papillomas on an opossum. J Nat Cancer Inst
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LaPlante ES, Burrell RG (1966)
Bacterial endocarditis in opossums. Bull Widl Dis
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Long GG, Stookey JL, Terrell TG, Whitney GD (1975) Fibrous osteodystrophy in an
opossum. J Wildl Dis 11:221-223
Lu Y-S,
Rehg J, Lawton G (1982) Acute hepatitis in an opossum (Didelphis
virginiana) infected with Salmonella turnidorp. Lab Anim Sci
32:193-194
McConnell EE, Talley FA (1977)
Intracytoplasmic hyaline globules in the adrenal
medulla of laboratory animals. Vet Pathol
14:435-440
Musher DM, Richie Y (1974) Bacterial
clearance and endocarditis in American opossums. Infect Immunol
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Potkay S
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Lab Anim Care 20:502-511
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1.16 Guanylate Cyclase : Guanylin :
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1.17 Lipids
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1.18 Musculo-Skeletal
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1.19 Heart
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1.20 Blood Vascular
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1.21 Lymph Vascular
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1.23 Blood
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