by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Microsporidium buyukmichii Canning and Lom, 1986 ETYMOLOGY:Microsporidium representing undefined genera and buyukmichii for the first author of the original description). Buyukmihci et al. (1977) described an infection of the cornea of the eye of a cat due to a...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Encephalitozoon cuniculi Levaditi, Nicolau, and Schoen, 1923 (Figure 1-40) ETYMOLOGY:Encephalito (brain) + zoon (animal) and cuniculi (rabbit). Schuster (1925) described neuropathology associated with meningoencephalitis in cats infected with Encephalitozoon...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
MICROSPORA ) Microsporidia are typically parasites of invertebrates (Canning EU, J Lom. 1986. The Microsporidia of Vertebrates. Academic Press, New York, 289 pp.). They are characterized by having spores that contain a tubular filament through which the nuclear...
