Species Eimeria christenseni Levine, Ivens & Fritz, 1962

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• Eimeria christenseni Levine, N.D., Ivens, V. & Fritz, T.E. 1962. Eimeria christenseni sp. n. and Other Coccidia (Protozoa:Eimeriidae) of the Goat. Journal of Parasitology 48(2): 255-269 [Date published April] [259-262].
• Eimeria ahsata Honess, R.F. 1942. Coccidia infesting the Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep in Wyoming, with descriptions of two new species. Bulletin Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station 249: 1-28.

  Secondary source:

   Levine, N.D., Ivens, V., Smith, W.N. & Davis, L.R. 1962. A redescription of the oocysts of Eimeria ahsata Honess, 1942 from the domestic sheep. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 29: 87-90.

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), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Goat (faeces)).

Associated Fauna References

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

Kanyari, P.W.N. 1988. Coccidiosis in goats and aspects of epidemiology. Australian Veterinary Journal 65: 257-258 (Capra hircus)

O'Callaghan, M.G. 1989. Coccidia of domestic and feral goats in South Australia. Veterinary Microbiology 30: 267-272 (Capra hircus)

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