Species Eimeria tenella (Railliet & Lucet, 1891)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Coccidium tenellum Railliet, A. & Lucet, A. 1891. Note sur quelques espèces de coccidies encore peu étudiées. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 16: 246-250.

Generic Combinations

• Eimeria tenella (Railliet & Lucet, 1891). —
  Fantham, H.B. 1909. The sporozoan E. tenella ( Coccidium avium ) parasitic in the alimentary canal of the grouse. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 43-44

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Coccidium avium (Silvestrina & Rivolta, 1871) [misidentification]. —
  Leuckart, R. 1879. Die Parasiten des Menschen und die von ihnen herruhrenden Krankheiten. Leipzig und Heidelberg Vol. i(1) 2nd.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Gallus gallus Linnaeus, 1758 [PHASIANIDAE] Domestic Chicken (caeca, intestines, faeces (+ PCR))).

Associated Fauna References

Andrews, R., O'Donoghue, P., Adams, M. & Prowse, S. 1990. Enzyme markers for the genetic characterization of avian Eimeria spp. Parasitology Research 76: 627-629 (Gallus gallus)

Arundel J.H. 1957. The control of caecal coccidiosis. Australian Veterinary Journal 33: 256-263 (Gallus gallus)

Arundel J.H. 1959. The efficiency and toxicity of pyrimethamine in the control of caecal coccidiosis of chickens. Australian Veterinary Journal 35: 7-12 (Gallus gallus)

Arundel J.H. 1960. Chemotherapy of caecal coccidiosis in chickens. Australian Veterinary Journal 36: 49-53 (Gallus gallus)

Belli, S.I., Ferguson, D.J.P., Katrib, M., Slapetova, I., Mai, K., Slapeta, J., Flowers, S.A., Miska, K.B., Tomley, F.M., Shirley, M.W., Wallach, M.G. & Smith, N.C. 2009. Conservation of proteins involved in oocyst wall formation in Eimeria maxima, Eimeria tenella and Eimeria acervulina. International Journal for Parasitology 39: 1063-1070 (Gallus gallus)

Bennetts, H.W. 1930. Bacillus welchii and bowel lesions, with special reference to a case of coccidiosis. Australian Veterinary Journal 6: 153-154 (Gallus gallus)

Callow, L.L. 1984. Animal Health in Australia. Volume 5. Protozoal and Rickettsial Diseases. Canberra : Aust. Govt. Publ. Service. (Gallus gallus)

Gasser, R.B., Skinner, R., Fadavi, R., Richards, G. & Morris, G. 2005. High-throughput capillary electrophoresis for the identification and differentiation of seven species of Eimeria from chickens. Electrophoresis 26: 3479-3485 (Gallus gallus)

Groves, P.J. 1986. Coccidiosis in chickens, turkeys and ducks. Pp. in Poultry Health (Post-Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney). pp. 361-383 (Gallus gallus)

Hart, L. 1938. Eimeria tenella infection in chickens eight days old. Australian Veterinary Journal 14: 74 (Gallus gallus)

Hart, L. 1939. Coccidiosis of adult fowls. Australian Veterinary Journal 15: 30-34 (Gallus gallus)

Hart, L. 1945. A symposium on poultry diseases. Australian Veterinary Journal 21: 15-18 (Gallus gallus)

Hungerford, T.G. 1941. Coccidiosis. A serious disease of chickens. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 52: 389-391 (Gallus gallus)

Jeston, P.J., Blight, G.W., Anderson, G.R., Molloy, J.B. & Jorgensen, W.K. 2002. Comparison of infectivity of Eimeria tenella oocysts maintained at 4, 12 or 28ºC for up to 10 months. Australian Veterinary Journal 80: 91-92 (Gallus gallus)

Jorgensen, W.K., Stewart, N.P., Jeston, P.J., Molloy, J.B., Blight, G.W. & Dalgliesh, R.J. 1997. Isolation and pathogenicity of Australian strains of Eimeria praecox and Eimeria mitis. Australian Veterinary Journal 75: 592-595 (Gallus gallus)

Lew, A.E., Anderson, G.R., Minchin, C.M., Jeston, P.J. & Jorgensen, W.K. 2003. Inter- and intra-strain variation and PCR detection of the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS-1) sequences of Australian isolates of Eimeria species from chickens. Veterinary Microbiology 112: 33-50 (Gallus gallus)

Morrow, C. 1986. Poultry parasites. pp. 663-700 in Poultry Health. Post-Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. (Gallus gallus)

Motha, M.X.J. & Egerton, J.R. 1984. Influence of reticuloendotheliosis on the severity of Eimeria tenella infection in broiler chickens. Veterinary Microbiology 9: 121-129 (Gallus gallus)

Newton, L.G. 1944. Coccidiosis of poultry. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 59: 367-369 (Gallus gallus)

Newton, L.G. & Green, P.E. 1965. Species of Eimeria in Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal 41: 299 (Gallus gallus)

Seddon, H.R. 1952. Diseases of domestic animals in Australia. Part 4. Protozoan and viral diseases. Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) Vol. No. 8. (Gallus gallus)

Seddon, H.R. & Albiston, H.E. 1966. Diseases of domestic animals in Australia. Part 4. Protozoan and virus diseases. Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) Vol. No. 8 2. (Gallus gallus)

Woods, W.G., Whithear, K.G., Richards, D.G., Anderson, G.R., Jorgensen, W.K. & Gasser, R.B. 2000. Single-strand restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the second internal transcribed spacer (ribosomal DNA) for six species of Eimeria from chickens in Australia. International Journal for Parasitology 30: 1019-1023 (Gallus gallus)

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