Besnoitia tarandi

Besnoitia tarandi
Scientific classification
Clade:	SAR
Infrakingdom:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Family:	Sarcocystidae
Genus:	Besnoitia
Species:	B. tarandi
Binomial name
	Besnoitia tarandi;

Besnoitia tarandi is a species of single-celled parasites that afflicts reindeer.

The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in collaboration with a Finnish university studied Besnoitia tarandi tissue cysts from infected reindeer.[1]

References

"Redescription of Besnoitia Tarandi (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) from the Reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus)". United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

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[1] "Redescription of Besnoitia Tarandi (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) from the Reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus)". United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Retrieved 23 October 2010.