Species Eimeria perforans (Leuckart, 1879)

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• Coccidium perforans Leuckart, R. 1879. Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Parasiten: mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der bei menschen Schmarotzenden Arten. Liepzig und Heidelberg : C.F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung 216 pp.

Generic Combinations

• Eimeria perforans (Leuckart, 1879). —
  Sluiter, C.P. & Swellengrebel, N.H. 1912. Die dierlijke parasieten denmensch en van onze huisdieren. Tweede veel en verbeterde druk. Amsterdam : Scheltema & Holkema pp.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 [LEPORIDAE] European Brown Hare (faeces); Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) [LEPORIDAE] Rabbit (faeces)).

Associated Fauna References

Hobbs, R.P., Twigg, L.E., Elliot, A.D. & Wheeler, A.G. 1999. Evaluation of the association of parasitism with mortality of wild European rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.) in southwestern Australia. Journal of Parasitology 85: 803-808 (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Hobbs, R.P., Twigg, L.E., Elliot, A.D. & Wheeler, A.G. 1999. Factors influencing the fecal egg and oocyst counts of parasites of wild European rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.) in southern Western Australia. Journal of Parasitology 85: 796-802 (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Hobbs, R.P. & Twigg, L.E. 1998. Coccidia (Eimeria spp.) of wild rabbits in southwestern Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal 76: 209-210 (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

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 (Lepus europaeus; Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Mykytowycz, R. 1956. A survey of the endoparasites of the wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.) in Australia. CSIRO Wildlife Research 1: 19-25 (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Mykytowycz, R. 1962. Epidemiology of coccidiosis (Eimeria spp.) in an experimental population of the Australian wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.). Parasitology 52: 375-395 (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Phillips, S., Zenger, K.R. & Richardson, B.J. 2002. Are Sydney rabbits different? The Australian Zoologist 32: 49-55 (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

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. (Lepus europaeus; Oryctolagus cuniculus)

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. (Lepus europaeus; Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Seddon, H.R. & Carne, H.R. 1927. Incidence of coccidiosis in Australian rabbits as determined by faecal examination. Veterinary Res. Rep. 3: 33-42 (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Stodart, E. 1968. Coccidiosis in wild rabbits, Oryctolagus cunniculus (L.), at four sites in different climatic regions in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 69-85 (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Stodart, E. 1971. Coccidiosis in wild rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.), at a site on the coastal plain in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 287-292 (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

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