| Cystoisospora canis | |
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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: | Cystoisospora |
| Species: | C. canis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cystoisospora canis (Nemesri, 1960)
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Cystoisospora canis, previously known as Isospora canis, is a microscopic, coccidian parasite that causes an intestinal tract infection in dogs.[2] The intestinal tract infection is coccidiosis caused by a protozoa (one-celled organisms) called coccidia.[3]
- ^ "Cystoisospora canis" (HTML). NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ Houk, Alice E.; O'Connor, Thomas; Pena, Hilda F. J.; Gennari, Solange Maria; Zajac, Anne M.; Lindsay, David S. (October 2013). "Experimentally induced clinical Cystoisospora canis coccidiosis in dogs with prior natural patent Cystoisospora ohioensis-like or C. canis infections". Journal of Parasitology. 99 (5): 892–895. doi:10.1645/13-197.1. hdl:10919/49049. PMID 23517349. S2CID 207248026.
- ^ "Coccidiosis in Dogs". VCA Hospitals. Retrieved 2014-12-10.