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

(Hadwen, 1922)

Synonyms

Fibrocystis tarandi Hadwen, 1922

Besnoitia tarandi is a species of single-celled parasites that afflicts reindeer and causes besnoitiosis.[1]

The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, in collaboration with a Finnish university, studied Besnoitia tarandi tissue cysts from infected reindeer.[2]

It has been reported in Canadian woodland caribou.[3][4]

## References

1. ↑ "Besnoitiosis in Alaska's Species, Alaska Department of Fish and Game" (in en). https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=disease.general7.
2. ↑ "Redescription of Besnoitia Tarandi (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) from the Reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus)". United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publication/?seqNo115=166738.
3. ↑ Schares, Gereon; Jutras, Charles; Bärwald, Andrea; Basso, Walter; Maksimov, Aline; Schares, Susann; Tuschy, Mareen; Conraths, Franz J. et al. (2019-04-01). "Besnoitia tarandi in Canadian woodland caribou – Isolation, characterization and suitability for serological tests". International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 8: 1–9. doi:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.11.005. ISSN 2213-2244. PMID 30555783. Bibcode: 2019IJPPW...8....1S.
4. ↑ Brown, Kevin (November 29, 2024). "Besnoitia tarandi in caribou: "I've got you under my skin"". https://healthywildlife.ca/besnoitia-tarandi-in-caribou-ive-got-you-under-my-skin/.

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