Can the Devil disease spread to other animals?
The Mount Pleasant Laboratories, in Launceston, are the only animal health laboratories in Tasmania, and handle all cases concerning farmed and wild animals. To date, they have found no evidence of the Tasmanian devil disease in other animals. The field team is running surveillance with many traps and has caught many species that showed no clinical signs of the disease. Species include possums, quolls, cats and even a sausage dog.
