Eimeria couesii
Encyclopedia
Eimeria couesii is an apicomplexa
n parasite of the genus Eimeria
that infects the intestine
of the rice rat
Oryzomys couesi in Mexico. It has an oocyst residuum and Stieda bodies, structures that are absent in some other Eimeria.
Apicomplexa
The Apicomplexa are a large group of protists, most of which possess a unique organelle called apicoplast and an apical complex structure involved in penetrating a host's cell. They are unicellular, spore-forming, and exclusively parasites of animals. Motile structures such as flagella or...
n parasite of the genus Eimeria
Eimeria
Eimeria is a genus of Apicomplexan parasites that includes various species responsible for the poultry disease coccidiosis. The genus is named for the German zoologist Theodor Eimer...
that infects the intestine
Intestine
In human anatomy, the intestine is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the pyloric sphincter of the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine...
of the rice rat
Oryzomyini
Oryzomyini is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Sigmodontinae of family Cricetidae. It includes about 120 species in about thirty genera, distributed from the eastern United States to the southernmost parts of South America, including many offshore islands...
Oryzomys couesi in Mexico. It has an oocyst residuum and Stieda bodies, structures that are absent in some other Eimeria.
Literature cited
- Barnard, W.P., Ernst, J.V. and Stevens, R.O. 1971. Eimeria palustris sp. n. and Isospora hammondi sp. n. (Coccidia: Eimeriidae) from the marsh rice rat, Oryzomys palustris (Harlan) (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 57(6):1293–1296.
- Barnard, W.P., Ernst, J.V. and Dixon, C.F. 1974. Coccidia of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from Alabama (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 60(3):406–414.
- Kruidenier, F.J., Levine, N.D. and Ivens, V. 1960. Eimeria (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) from the rice rat and pygmy mouse in Mexico. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Sciences 52:100–101.