Besnoitia tarandi

Besnoitia tarandi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Family:	Sarcocystidae
Genus:	Besnoitia
Species:	B. tarandi
Binomial name
	Besnoitia tarandi; (Hadwen, 1922)
Synonyms
	Fibrocystis tarandi Hadwen, 1922

Short description: Species of single-celled organism

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

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

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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[1] "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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Besnoitia tarandi

Topic: Biology

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