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COCCIDIOSIS:
EIMERIA SPECIES ~ EIMERIA IN SELECTED HOSTS

By Enid Latham - Keeper Western Plains Zoo.
Jan 1998


A SIMPLE IDENTIFICATION TO THE OOCYSTS
COMMON TO GREY KANGAROOS

EIMERIA SPECIES

1]  Gungahlinensis A very small oocyst spherical sub spherical. [round] easy to miss under the microscope.
2]  Macropodis Very small irregular shape often flat on one side . pointed one end. ovoid ellipsoid or cylindroid.
3]  Marsupailium Very small more regular shape and size than Macropodis subsperical ellipsoidal or ovoid.
4]  Yathongensis Constantly ovoid.  [larger]
5]  Toganmainensis Bluntly ovoid to slightly ellipsoidal occasionally slightly flattened one side.
6]  Wilcanniensis Approximately ellipsoidal slightly pointed one end or slightly ovoid.
7]  Hestermani Ovoid.  [I have not seen this oocyst]
 


Description taken from paper by IAN K BARKER, M.G. O'CALLAGAN & I. BEVERIDGE "Host Parasite Association of Eimeria Spp. in Kangaroos and Wallabys of Genus Macropus" - International Journal of Parasitology. Vol 19 no 3 1998.



EIMERIA IN SELECTED HOSTS

1a. Eastern Grey M. giganteus
can host up to seven species
E .hestermani   8%
E. toganmainensis   2%
E. wilcanniensis 2%
E. macropodis 50%
E. marsupialium 17%
E. yathongensis 2%
E. gungahlinensis 2% 		1b. Western Grey M fuliginosus

E. hestermani 17%
E toganmainensis 2%
E. wilcanniensis 5%
E. maccropodis 27%
E. marsupialium 20%
E. yathongensis 25%
E. gungahlinensis 20%
2. Red M. rufus
E . toganmainnsis 7%
E. wilcanniensis 12%
E. macropdis 2% 		3. Wallaroo Euro M robustus
E wilcanniensis 14%
only one stain
4.Black Stripe Wallaby M. dorsalis.
E. priotemni 7%
E. hestermani 21%
E. macropodis 78% 		5. Red Neck Wallaby M rufogriseus
E. hestermani 44
E prionotemni 5%
E. macropodis 50%
E. desmaresti 17%
E. toganmainensis 72%
E. flindersi 22%
6. Tammar Wallaby M eugenii
E. hestermani 35%
E flindersi 35%
E. priontemni 25%
E. toganmainensis 30%
E. macropodis 100% 		7. Whiptail or Pretty Face Wallaby
M. parryi
E priontemni 36%
E. mykytowycz 18%
E. parryi 27%
E. macropodis 54%.
8. Agile Wallaby M agilis
E. prionotemni 50%
E. mykytowyczi 50% 		  



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