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...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
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,...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
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...
