Species Isospora suis Biester, 1934

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Regional Maps

• Isospora suis Biester, H.E. 1934. Isospora suis, n. sp. from the pig. pp. 106-107 in Becker, E.R. Coccidia and coccidiosis of domesticated, game and laboratory animals and of man. Ames, Iowa : Collegiate Press 147 pp.

Generic Combinations

• Cystoisospora suis (Biester, 1934). —
  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), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), 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), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), 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), 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), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 [SUIDAE] Pig (faeces (+ PCR))).

Associated Fauna References

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

Driesen, S.J., Carland, P.G. & Fahy, V.A. 1993. Studies on preweaning piglet diarrhoea. Australian Veterinary Journal 70: 259-263 (Sus scrofa)

Driesen, S.J., Fahy, V.A. & Carland, P.G. 1995. The use of toltrazuril for the prevention of coccidiosis in piglets before weaning. Australian Veterinary Journal 72: 139-141 (Sus scrofa)

Johnson, J., Samarasinghe, B., Buddle, R., Armson, A. & Ryan, U. 2008. Molecular identification and prevalence of Isospora sp. in pigs in Western Australia using a PCR-RFLP assay. Experimental Parasitology 120: 191-193 (Sus scrofa)

Ryan, U.M., Samarasinghe, B., Read, C., Buddle, J.R., Robertson, I.D. & Thompson, R.C.A. 2003. Identification of a novel Cryptosporidium genotype in pigs. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69: 3970-3974 (Sus scrofa)

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 (Sus scrofa)

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