Microsporidium buyukmichii

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...

Encephalitozoon cuniculi

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...

MICROSPORA

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...

Entamoeba histolytica

Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903 (Figures 1-38 and 1-39) ETYMOLOGY: (Ent=internal + amoeba; histo=tissue + lytica=lysis) SYNONYMS:Amoeba coli Lösch, 1878; Amoeba dysenteriae Councilman and Lafleur, 1891; Entamoeba dysenteriae (Councilman and Lafleur, 1891) Craig,...

SARCODINA

SARCODINA The sarcodinid parasites of concern are the amebae (spelled by some with an "o", e.g., "amoebae"). These organisms are characterized by their form of movement which involves the directional extension of the cell body by processes called pseudopodia; this...