Genus Histomonas Tyzzer, 1920

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• Histomonas Tyzzer, E.E. 1920. The flagellate character and reclassification of the parasite producing "blackhead" in turkeys — Histomonas (gen. nov.) meleagridis (Smith). Journal of Parasitology 6: 124-130 [130].

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from Alectoris chukar Gray, 1830.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Alectoris chukar Gray, 1830 [PHASIANIDAE] Chukar Partridge; Coturnix sp. [PHASIANIDAE]).

General References

Morrow, C. 1986. Poultry parasites. pp. 663-700 in Poultry Health. Post-Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney.

Reece, R.L., Beddome, V.D., Barr, D.A. & Scott, P.C. 1992. Common necroscopy findings in captive birds in Victoria, Australia (1978-1987). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 23: 301-312

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