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Neospora caninum and Hammondia heydorni are separate species/organisms

2002; Elsevier BV; Volume: 18; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1471-4922(01)02172-9

1471-5007

J. P. Dubey, Dolores E. Hill, David S. Lindsay, Mark C. Jenkins, A. Uggla, Clarence A. Speer,

Coccidia and coccidiosis research

Neospora caninum and Hammondia heydorni are two coccidian parasites with morphologically similar oocysts in canine feces. It was recently proposed that they are one species. In this paper, we review the biology and morphology of these parasites and present evidence that N. caninum and H. heydorni are separate species.