Species Eimeria necatrix Johnson, 1930

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Regional Maps

• Eimeria necatrix Johnson, W.T. 1930. A study on Eimeria necatrix. Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 538: 30–33.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), 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 (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)

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)

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. 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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