Species Isospora felis Wenyon, 1923

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Regional Maps

• Isospora felis 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 felis (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), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat (faeces (+ PCR)); Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog (faeces)).

Associated Fauna References

Adams, P.J., Elliot, A.D., Algar, D. & Brazell, R.I. 2008. Gastrointestinal parasites of feral cats from Christmas Island. Australian Veterinary Journal 86: 60-63 (Felis catus)

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

Bearup, A.J. 1960. Parasitic infection in cats in Sydney, with special reference to the occurrence of Ollulanus tricuspis. Australian Veterinary Journal 36: 352-354 (Felis catus)

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

Collins, G.H., Emslie, D.R., Farrow, B.R.H. & Watson, A.D.J. 1983. Sporozoa in dogs and cats. Australian Veterinary Journal 60: 289-290 (Felis catus)

Coman, B.J., Jones, E.H. & Westbury, H.A. 1981. Protozoan and viral infections of feral cats. Australian Veterinary Journal 57: 319-323 (Felis catus)

Ford, G.E. & Beveridge, I. 1980. Clinical Parasitology for the diagnosis of the cyst-forming sporozoa at the vector stage in companion animals. Australian Advances in Veterinary Science 1980: 66-67 (Canis familiaris; Felis catus)

Gregory, G.C. & Munday, B.L. 1976. Internal parasites of feral cats from the Tasmanian Midlands and King Island. Australian Veterinary Journal 52: 317-320 (Felis catus)

Henderson, W.R. 2009. Pathogens in Vertebrate Pests in Australia. Canberra, Australia : Invasive Animnals Cooperative Research Centre 30 pp. (Felis catus)

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; Felis catus)

McGlade, T.R., Robertson, I.D., Elliot, A.D., Read, C. & Thompson, R.C.A. 2003. Gastrointestinal parasites of domestic cats in Perth, Western Australia. Veterinary Microbiology 117: 251-262 (Felis catus)

Meloni, B.P., Thompson, R.C.A., Hopkins, R.M., Reynoldson, J.A. & Gracey, M. 1993. The prevalence of Giardia and other intestinal parasites in children, dogs and cats from Aboriginal communities in the Kimberely. Medical Journal of Australia 158: 157-159 (Felis catus)

O'Callaghan, M., Reddin, J. & Lehmann, D. 2005. Helminth and protozoan parasites of feral cats from Kangaroo Island. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 129: 81-83 (Felis catus)

O'Callaghan, M.G. & Beveridge, I. 1996. Gastro-intestinal parasites of feral cats in the Northern Territory. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 120: 175-176 (Felis catus)

Plant, J.W., Richardson, N. & Moyle, G.G. 1974. Toxoplasma infection and abortion in sheep associated with feeding of grain contaminated with cat faeces. Australian Veterinary Journal 50: 19-21 (Felis catus)

Samarasinghe, B., Johnson, J. & Ryan, U. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of Cystoisospora species at the rRNA ITS1 locus and development of a PCR-RFLP assay. Experimental Parasitology 118: 592-595 (Felis catus)

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; Felis catus)

Shaw, J., Dunsmore, J. & Jakob-Hoff, R. 1983. Prevalence of some gastrointestinal parasites in cats in the Perth area. Australian Veterinary Journal 60: 151-152 (Felis catus)

Speare, R. 1985. The veterinary aspects of man as an intermediate host for Toxoplasma gondii. Australian Veterinary Practitioner 15: 11-18 (Felis catus)

Thompson, R.C.A., Meloni, B.P., Hopkins, R.M., Deplazes, P. & Reynoldson, J.A. 1993. Observations on the endo- and ectoparasites affecting dogs and cats in Aboriginal communities in the north-west of Western Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal 70: 268-270 (Felis catus)

Wilkinson, G.T. 1977. Coccidial infection in a cat colony. Veterinary Record 100: 156-157 (Felis catus)

Wilson-Hanson, S.L. & Prescott, C.W. 1982. A survey for parasites in cats. Australian Veterinary Journal 59: 194 (Felis catus)

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