Front Cover; The Biology and Identification of The Coccidia (Apicomplex A) of Rabbits of The World; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 --;Introduction; RABBITS ARE FOOD, PETS, LAB ANIMALS, AND PESTS; RABBITS AND THE HISTORY OF DISCOVERY OF THE COCCIDIA; HIGH PREVALENCE AND MULTIPLE SPECIES; AN EMERGING DISEASE PROBLEM; COCCIDIOSIS: DISEASE, SYMPTOMS, PERPETRATORS; EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISEASE IN RABBITS AND ITS LIMITATIONS; THE SPECIES CONCEPT; TAXONOMY AND SYSTEMATICS CRISES AFFECT BIODIVERSITY; MODERN DNA TAXONOMY; TAXONOMY VS. BARCODING. PARASITES, SHRINKING ECOSYSTEMS, AND DISEASEChapter 2 --;Lagomorpha Origins and Diversification; LAGOMORPH BIODIVERSITY AND FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIPS; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AND HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY; Chapter 3 --;Coccidia (Eimeriidae) of the Family Ochotonidae: Genus Ochotona; INTRODUCTION; FAMILY OCHOTONIDAE THOMAS, 1897; HOST GENUS OCHOTONA LINK, 1795; EIMERIA BALCHANICA GLEBEZDIN, 1978; EIMERIA BANFFENSIS LEPP, TODD & SAMUEL, 1973; EIMERIA BARRETTI LEPP, TODD & SAMUEL, 1972; EIMERIA CALENTINEI DUSZYNSKI & BRUNSON, 1973; EIMERIA CIRCUMBOREALIS HOBBS & SAMUEL, 1974. EIMERIA CRYPTOBARRETTI DUSZYNSKI & BRUNSON, 1973EIMERIA DAURICA MATSCHOULSKY, 1947A; EIMERIA ERSCHOVI MATSCHOULSKY, 1949; EIMERIA HAIBEIENSIS YI-FAN, RUN-ROUNG, JIAN-HUA, JIANG-HUI & DUSZYNSKI, 2009; EIMERIA KLONDIKENSIS HOBBS & SAMUEL, 1974; EIMERIA METELKINI MATSCHOULSKY, 1949; EIMERIA OCHOTONA MATSCHOULSKY, 1949; EIMERIA PRINCEPSIS DUSZYNSKI & BRUNSON, 1973; EIMERIA QINGHAIENSIS YI-FAN, RUN-ROUNG, JIAN-HUA, JIANG-HUI & DUSZYNSKI, 2009; EIMERIA WORLEYI LEPP, TODD & SAMUEL, 1972; ISOSPORA MARQUARDTI DUSZYNSKI & BRUNSON, 1972; ISOSPORA YUKONENSIS HOBBS & SAMUEL, 1974; SPECIES INQUIRENDAE (5+). DISCUSSION AND SUMMARYChapter 4 --;Coccidia (Eimeriidae) from the Family Leporidae: Genus Brachylagus; FAMILY LEPORIDAE FISCHER, 1817; HOST GENUS BRACHYLAGUS MILLER, 1900; EIMERIA BRACHYLAGIA DUSZYNSKI, HARRENSTIEN, COUCH & GARNER, 2005; Chapter 5 --;Coccidia (Eimeriidae) from the Family Leporidae: Genus Lepus; INTRODUCTION; HOST GENUS LEPUS LINNAEUS, 1758; EIMERIA AMERICANA CARVALHO, 1943; EIMERIA ATHABASCENSIS SAMOIL & SAMUEL, 1977A; EIMERIA AUDUBONII DUSZYNSKI & MARQUARDT, 1969 (FIGURES 7.2, 7.3); EIMERIA BAINAE AOUTIL, BERTANI, BORDES, SNOUNOU, CHABAUD & LANDAU, 2005. EIMERIA CABARETI AOUTIL, BERTANI, CORDES, SNOUNOU, CHABAUD & LANDAU, 2005EIMERIA CAMPANIA (CARVALHO, 1943) LEVINE & IVENS, 1972; EIMERIA COQUELINAE AOUTIL, BERTANI, BORDES, SNOUNOU, CHABAUD & LANDAU, 2005; EIMERIA EUROPAEA PELLÉRDY, 1956; EIMERIA EXIGUA YAKIMOFF, 1934 (FIGURES 6.4, 6.5); EIMERIA GANTIERI AOUTIL, BERTANI, BORDES, SNOUNOU, CHABAUD & LANDAU, 2005; EIMERIA GOBIENSIS GARDNER, SAGGERMAN, BATSAIKAN, GANZORIG, TINNIN & DUSZYNSKI, 2009; EIMERIA GROENLANDICA MADSEN, 1938 EMEND. LEVINE & IVENS, 1972; EIMERIA HOLMESI SAMOIL & SAMUEL, 1977A; EIMERIA HUNGARICA PELLÉRDY, 1956.
Summarizes the world's literature on the parasite Coccidia (Apicomplexa) and also provides a quick guide to isolation procedures, identification, strategies for management, and available chemotherapy. This title offers a treatise for the identification of coccidia and their treatment as needed.