Species Eimeria brunetti Levine, 1942

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• Eimeria brunetti Levine, N.D. 1942. A new coccidium pathogenic for-chickens, Eimeria brunetti n. sp. Cornell Veterinarian 32: 430-439.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

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

Associated Fauna References

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)

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)

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