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Compiler and date details

July 2014 - Checked by Peter O’Donoghue, The University of Queensland

July 2010 - Data provided by O’Donoghue, entered in AFD by ABRS

Introduction

Tissue cyst-forming coccidia;, heteroxenous (two-host) life-cycles (‘predator-prey’); gamogony and oocyst formation in gut of definitive host (‘predator’); oocysts with two sporocysts, each sporocyst with four sporozoites; merogony in tissues of intermediate host (‘prey’ animal).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
03-Dec-2014 APICOMPLEXA Levine, 1970 18-Aug-2014 MODIFIED
26-Jul-2012 26-Jul-2012 MODIFIED
22-Aug-2011 ADDED