Besnoitia tarandi

Short description: Species of single-celled organism

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

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

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q4896334 entry

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