Besnoitia tarandi

Besnoitia tarandi is a species of single-celled parasites that afflicts reindeer.

Besnoitia tarandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Chromista
Superphylum: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Eucoccidiorida
Family: Sarcocystidae
Genus: Besnoitia
Species:
B. tarandi
Binomial name
Besnoitia tarandi

The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, in collaboration with a Finnish university, studied Besnoitia tarandi tissue cysts from infected reindeer.[1]

References

  1. "Redescription of Besnoitia Tarandi (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) from the Reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus)". United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Retrieved 23 October 2010.


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