Coccidian parasites in the endangered Forest Musk Deer (Moschus berezovskii) in China, with the description of six new species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae)

We examined 674 fresh fecal samples from forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii Flerov) in Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces, China, for coccidian oocysts and 65% were infected with Eimeria spp. Previously, only four Eimeria species were known from Moschus spp. Here we describe six new Eimeria species. E...

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Published in:	Parasite
Main Authors:	Gao Yunyun, Duszynski Donald W., Yuan Fulin, Hu Defu, Zhang Dong
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	EDP Sciences 2021-01-01
Subjects:	coccidia eimeria new species prevalence moschus berezovskii
Online Access:	https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/full_html/2021/01/parasite210087/parasite210087.html