Coccidia (Eimeria and Isospora) of Crocodilians

Compiled by
Donald W. Duszynski and Lee Couch
Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
and
Steve J. Upton
Division of Biology, Kansas State University

Supported by NSF-PEET DEB 9521687

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Updated: 21 July 2000
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    Eimeria alligatori McAllister and Upton, 1990
    1. Host: Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator - Alligatorinae)
    2. Reference: McAllister and Upton 1990

    Eimeria caimani Aquino-Shuster and Duszynski, 1989

    1. Host: Caiman yacare (Yacare caiman - Alligatorinae)
    2. Reference: Aquino-Shuster and Duszynski 1989

    Eimeria crocodyli Lainson, 1968

    1. Host: Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile - Crocodylinae)
    2. Reference: Lainson 1968

    Eimeria hatcheri McAllister and Upton, 1990

    1. Host: Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator - Alligatorinae)
    2. Reference: McAllister and Upton 1990

    Eimeria kermorganti (Simond, 1901) Braun, 1908

    1. Synonym: Coccidium kermorganti Simond, 1901
    2. Synonym:Eimeria hermoganti Reichenbach-Klinke, 1977 lapsus
    3. Synonym:Eimeria sp. of Griner, 1983
    4. Synonym:Eimeria sp. of Gardiner, Imes, Jacobson, and Foggins, 1986
    5. Host: Gavialis gangeticus (Indian gharial - Gavialinae)
    6. References: Braun 1908; Gardiner et al. 1986; Griner 1983; Reichenbach-Klinke 1977; Simond 1901

    Eimeria paraguayensis Aquino-Shuster and Duszynski, 1989

    1. Host: Caiman yacare (Yacare caiman - Alligatorinae)
    2. Reference: Aquino-Shuster and Duszynski 1989
    3. Remarks: It is likely that this species represents Eimeria caimani.

    Eimeria pintoi Carini, 1931

    1. Host: Caiman sp. (Caiman - Alligatorinae)
    2. References: Carini 1931, 1932, 1933

    Eimeria sp. of Gardiner, Imes, Jacobson, and Foggin, 1986

    1. Synonym: Goussia sp. of Gardiner, Imes, Jacobson, and Foggin, 1986
    2. Synonym: Haemogregarina pettiti Thiroux, 1910
    3. Host: Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile - Crocodylinae)
    4. References: Gardiner et al. 1986; Levine 1987; Thiroux 1910, 1913

    Eimeria spp. of Owens, Glazebrook, Ladds, and Campbell, 1988

    1. Synonym: Goussia sp. of Ladds amd Sims, 1990
    2. Synonym: Goussia sp. of Owens, Glazebrook, Ladds, and Campbell, 1988
    3. Hosts: Crocodylus novaeguineae (New Guinea freshwater crocodile - Crocodylinae), C. porosus (Australian saltwater crocodile - Crocodylinae)
    4. References: Ladds and Sims 1990; Ladds et al. 1995; Owens et al. 1988

    Isospora jacarei Carini and Biocca, 1940

    1. Synonym: Isospora jocarei Carini and Biocca, 1940 lapsus
    2. Host: Caiman latirosris (Broad-snouted caiman - Alligatorinae)
    3. References: Aquino-Shuster and Duszynski 1989; Carini and Biocca 1940

    Isospora wilkiei Lainson, 1968

    1. Host: Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile - Crocodylinae)
    2. Reference: Lainson 1968

    Genus unknown of Solger, 1877

    1. Host: Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile - Crocodylinae)
    2. References: Solger 1877; Solger and Gabriel 1877

References

Aquino-Shuster, A. L. and D. W. Duszynski. 1989. Coccidian parasites (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from two species of crocodilian, Caiman yacare Daudin and Caiman latirostris Daudin, (Alligatoridae) from Paraguay, South America. Journal of Parasitology 75: 348-352.

Braun, M. 1908. Die Tierischen Parasiten des Menschen. Ein Handbuch fur Studierende und Arzte. Curt Kabitzsch (A. Stuber's Verlag), Wurzburd. 623 pp.

Carini, A. 1931. Coccidio que denomina "Eimeria pintoi", halladoen el intestino de un yacare. Sociedad Argentina de Pathologie Regional de Norte 1: 33.

Carini, A. 1932. Eimeria pintoi n. sp. parasita de um jacare. Sociedad Argentina de Patologie Regional del Norte 2: 922-923.

Carini, A. 1933. Eimeria pintoi n. sp. parasitia de un jacare. Archivos de Biologia, Sao Paulo 16: 15.

Carini, A. and E. Biocca. 1940. Uma nova Isospora do intestino do jacare. Archivos de Biologia, Sao Paulo 24: 252-253.

Gardiner, C.H., G.D. Imes, E.R. Jacobson, and C.M. Foggin. 1986. Sporulated coccidian oocysts resembling Goussia Labbe, 1896 in the viscera of nile crocodiles. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 22: 575-577.

Griner, L.A. 1983. Pathology of Zoo Animals, Zoological Society of San Diego, California, p. 88.

Ladds, P.W. and Sims, L.D. 1990. Diseases of young captive crocodiles in Papua New Guinea. Australian Veterinary Journal 67: 323-330.

Ladds, P.W., Mangunwirjo, H., Sebayang, D., and Daviels, P.W. 1995. Diseases in young farmed crocodiles in Irian Jaya. Veterinary Record 136: 121-124.

Lainson, R. 1968. Parasitological studies in British Honduras. IV. Some coccidial parasites of reptiles. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 62: 260-266.

Levine, N.D. 1987. Goussia-like coccidium in crocodiles. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 23: 442.

McAllister, C.T. and S.J. Upton. 1990. The coccidia (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) of Crocodilia, with descriptions of two new species from Alligator mississippiensis (Reptilia: Alligatoridae), from Texas. Journal of Parasitology 76: 332-336.

Owens, L., Glazebrook, J.S., Ladds, P.W., & Campbell, R.S.F. 1988. Disease in tropical mariculture in Australia. In, Fish Diseases. Refresher course for Veterinarians, Proceedings 106. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science, 23-27 May 1988, University of Sydney, Sydney. pp. 375-416.

Reichenbach-Klinke, H.H. 1977. Krankheiten der Reptilien. 2nd ed. Gustav Fischer Verlag, New York. 228 pp.

Simond, P.L. 1901. Note sur une coccidie nouvelle, Coccidium kermoganti, parasite de Gabialis gangeticus. Comptes Rendus de la Seances, Societe de Biologie 53: 483-485.

Solger, B. 1877. Ueber eine neue species von Trichosoma R. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 43: 19-23.

Solger, B. and B. Gabriel. 1877. untitled. Jahresbericht Schlesische Gesellschaft fur Vaterlandische Kulture. 54: 44-45.

Thiroux, A. 1910. Une hemogregarine de Crocodilus niloticus. Competes Rendus Societe de Biologie 69: 577-578.

Thiroux, A. 1913. Les formes de reproduction par schizogonie et sporogonie d'Haemogregarina pettiti (Thiroux, 1910) chez Crocodilus niloticus. Bulletin de la Societie de Pathologie Exotique 6: 327-330.