Besnoitia tarandi
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| Besnoitia tarandi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Family: | Sarcocystidae |
| Genus: | Besnoitia |
| Species: | B. tarandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Besnoitia tarandi |
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Besnoitia tarandi is a single-celled parasite that afflicts reindeer.
The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in collaboration with a Finnish University studied Besnoitia tarandi tissue cysts from infected reindeer.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Redescription of Besnoitia Tarandi (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) from the Reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus)". United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=166738. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
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