Name - Balantidium struthionis

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1387955 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Balantidium struthionis Hegner 1934

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Recent Publications

• Epidemiology of balantidiosis on Tuscan ostrich farms.
• Specificity in the genus Balantidium based on size and shape of body and macronucleus, with descriptions of six new species.
• Tentative identification of the species of Balantidium from ostriches (Struthio camelus) as Balantidium coli-like by analysis of polymorphic DNA.

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