| Besnoitia besnoiti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Family: | Sarcocystidae |
| Genus: | Besnoitia |
| Species: | B. besnoiti
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| Binomial name | |
| Besnoitia besnoiti (Franco and Borges, 1916)
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Besnoitia besnoiti is an apicomplexan protozoan parasite, closely related to Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum,[1]. It is part of a larger genus Besnoiti affecting multiple animal species, but Besnoita besnoiti, can affect livestock.[2] and more specifically cattle as intermediate host,[1] although some specific antibodies have been found in roe deer and red deer.[3]
The biological cycle of the parasite remains unknown, it is suggested however that a carnivore, or more specifically the red fox, might be the definitive host.[3]
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- ^ Olias, P.; Schade, B.; Mehlhorn, H. (2011). "Molecular pathology, taxonomy and epidemiology of Besnoitia species (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae)". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 11 (7): 1564–76. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2011.08.006. PMID 21906696.
- ^ a b González‐Barrio, David; Köster, Pamela C.; Habela, Miguel A.; Martín‐Pérez, Manuel; Fernández‐García, Jose L.; Balseiro, Ana; Barral, Marta; Nájera, Fernando; Figueiredo, Ana M.; Palacios, Maria Jesus; Mateo, Marta (November 2021). "Molecular survey of Besnoitia spp. (Apicomplexa) in faeces from European wild mesocarnivores in Spain". Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 68 (6): 3156–3166. doi:10.1111/tbed.14206. ISSN 1865-1674. PMID 34174029. S2CID 235648406.