Besnoitia tarandi
| Besnoitia tarandi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Family: | Sarcocystidae |
| Genus: | Besnoitia |
| Species: | B. tarandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Besnoitia tarandi (Hadwen, 1922) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Fibrocystis tarandi Hadwen, 1922 | |
Besnoitia tarandi is a species of single-celled parasites that afflicts reindeer and causes besnoitiosis.
The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, in collaboration with a Finnish university, studied Besnoitia tarandi tissue cysts from infected reindeer.
It has been reported in Canadian woodland caribou.