Species Eimeria canis Wenyon, 1923

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• Eimeria canis Wenyon, C.M. 1923. Coccidiosis of cats and dogs and the status of the Isospora of man. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 17: 231-288.

Generic Combinations

• Cystoisospora canis (Wenyon, 1923). —
  Frenkel, J.K. 1977. Besnoitia wallacei of cats and rodents: with a reclassification of other cyst-forming isosporoid Coccidia. Journal of Parasitology 63(4): 611-628, illust.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Canis familiaris dingo Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Dingo (= Canis lupus dingo; faeces); Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog (faeces)).

Associated Fauna References

Bearup, A.J. 1954. The coccidia of carnivores in Sydney. Australian Veterinary Journal 30: 185-186 (Canis familiaris dingo)

Callow, L.L. 1984. Animal Health in Australia. Volume 5. Protozoal and Rickettsial Diseases. Canberra : Aust. Govt. Publ. Service. (Canis familiaris; Canis familiaris dingo)

Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. Part I. Monotremes and marsupials. Part II. Eutheria. Part III. Introduced herbivora and the domestic pig. Part IV. Man. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160 (Canis familiaris dingo)

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. (Canis familiaris dingo)

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