Besnoitia tarandi
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Besnoitia tarandi is a single-celled parasite that afflicts reindeer
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The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in collaboration with a Finnish University studied Besnoitia tarandi tissue cysts from infected reindeer.
Reindeer
The reindeer , also known as the caribou in North America, is a deer from the Arctic and Subarctic, including both resident and migratory populations. While overall widespread and numerous, some of its subspecies are rare and one has already gone extinct.Reindeer vary considerably in color and size...
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The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in collaboration with a Finnish University studied Besnoitia tarandi tissue cysts from infected reindeer.