Species | Intermediate hosts | Definitive hosts | Geographic distribution |
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B besnoiti | Bovine, antelope (Aepyceros melampus), impala, blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), red deer (Cervus elaphus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) | Unknowne | Africa, Asia, Europe, and Venezuela |
B bennetti | Donkey (Equus africanus asinus), horse (E ferus caballus) and zebra (E zebra, E quagga, E grevyi) | Unknowne | Africa, Asia, US, and France |
B caprae | Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) | Unknowne | Iran and Kenya |
B tarandi | Muskox (Ovibos moschatus), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) | Unknowne | Canada, Finland, Russia, and Sweden |
B akodoni | Akodon motensisa | Unknown | Brazilf |
B jellisoni | Dipodomys sppa, Peromyscus maniculatusa | Unknown | US |
B darlingi | Ameivab, Basiliscusb, Didelphis marsupialisc | Cat (Felis catus) | US and Panama |
B neotomofelis | Neotoma micropusa | Cat (Felis catus) | USg |
B oryctofelisi | Oryctolagus cuniculusd | Cat (Felis catus) | Argentinah |
B wallacei | Rattus exulansa | Cat (Felis catus) | Australia, Hawaii, Japan, and Kenya |
arodent breptile cmarsupial dlagomorph eA carnivorous definitive host is suspected for B besnoiti. One study (Peteshev VM, Galuzo IG, Polomoshnov AP. Cats—definitive hosts of Besnoitia (Besnoitia besnoiti). Izvest Akad Nauk Kazakh Ser Biol 1974;1:33–38) suggested the role of felids as definitive hosts. However, extensive studies carried out by other authors have been inconclusive. fDubey JP, Sreekumar C, Lindsay DS, Hill D, Rosenthal BM, Venturini L, Venturini MC, Greiner EC. Besnoitia oryctofelisi n. sp. (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) from domestic rabbits. Parasitology. 2003 Jun;126(Pt 6):521-39. PMID: 12879849. gDubey JP, Yabsley MJ. Besnoitia neotomofelis n. sp. (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) from the southern plains woodrat ( Neotoma micropus). Parasitology. 2010 Oct;137(12):1731-47. doi: 10.1017/S0031182010000636. Epub 2010 Jun 21. PMID: 20561393. hDubey JP, Sreekumar C, Rosenthal BM, Lindsay DS, Grisard EC, Vitor RW. Biological and molecular characterization of Besnoitia akodoni n.sp. (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) from the rodent Akodon montensis in Brazil. Parassitologia. 2003 Jun;45(2):61-70. PMID: 15266998. |