The Coccidia of Anseriformes
(ducks, geese, swans)

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Coccidia in Ducks

Eimeria abramovi Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina, 1967

Host: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

References: Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina 1967; Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1967

Eimeria anatis Scholtyseck, 1955

Host: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

References: Arnastauskiene & Povilaitis 1967; Bhatia 1968; Golemansky & Kyuljieva 1981; Scholtyseck 1955

Eimeria aythyae Farr, 1965

Host: Aythya affinis (Lesser scaup)

References: Chauve et al. 1991; Farr 1965; Windingstad et al. 1980

Eimeria battakhi Dubey & Pande, 1963

Host: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

References: Dubey & Pande 1963; Golemansky & Kyuljieva 1981

Eimeria boschadis Walden, 1961

Host: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

References: Nation & Wobeser 1977; Walden 1961; Wobeser 1974

Eimeria bucephalae Christiansen & Madsen, 1948

Host: Bucephala clangula (Common goldeneye)

Reference: Christiansen & Madsen 1948

Eimeria danailovi Grafner, Graubmann, & Betke, 1965

Host: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

References: Chauve et al. 1989, 1991; Grafner 1965; Grafner et al. 1965; Pecka 1992b

This has been experimentally transmitted to geese (Grafner et al. 1965).

Eimeria koganae Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina, 1967

Hosts: Anas acuta (Northern pintail), Anas querquedula (Garganey teal),

Anas strepera (Gadwall), Aythya ferina (Common pochard), Netta rufina (Red-crested pochard)

References: Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina 1967; Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1967

Eimeria krylovi Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina, 1967

Synoynym: Eimeria kustanaica Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1967

Hosts: Anas clypeata (Northern shoveler), Anas crecca (Green-winged teal),

Anas querquedula (Garganey teal), Anas penelope (Eurasian widgeon), Anas strepera (Gadwall)

References: Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina 1967; Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1967

Eimeria mulardi Chauve, Reynaud, & Gounel, 1994

Host: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) x Cairina moschata (Muscovy) cross

References: Chauve et al. 1991, 1994a, 1994b; Pascalon-Pekelniczky et al. 1994, 1996

Eimeria nottion Matschoulsky, 1947

Host: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

References: Matschoulsky 1947; Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina 1967

Eimeria nyroca Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina, 1967

Host: Aythya nyroca (White-eyed pochard)

References: Chauve et al. 1991; Frank 1978; Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina 1967;

Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1967

Eimeria saitamae Inoue, 1967

Host: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

References: Inoue 1967; Inoue et al. 1965, 1966a, 1966b

Eimeria schachdagica Musav, Surkova, Jelchiev, & Alieva, 1966

Host: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

Reference: Musaev et al. 1966

Eimeria somateriae Christiansen, 1952

Hosts: Athyna marila (Greater scaup), Clangula hyemalis (Oldsquaw), Somateria mollisima (Common eider)

References: Christiansen 1952; Frandson & Derksen 1981; Morner 1975; Penner 1956;

Persson et al. 1974; Walden 1961

Isospora mandari Bhatia, Chauhan, Arora, & Agrawal, 1971

Host: Aix galericulata (Mandarin)

References: Bhatia 1968; Bhatia et al. 1972

This is likely a pseudoparasite.

Isospora sp. of Chauve, Reynaud, & Gounel, 1993

Host: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard), Cairina moschata (Muscovy)

Anser anser (Greylag goose); all experimental hosts

Reference: Chauve et al. 1993

Oocysts were obtained from a "Mule duck" (Mallard x Muscovy) hybrid.

Some reports of unnamed Eimeria spp. in ducks:

Anas acuta (Northern pintail)

Reference: Bristol et al. 1981

Reference: Fujomoto et al. 1989 (species A)

Reference: Fujomoto et al. 1989 (species B)

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983b

Reference: Matschoulsky 1941

Reference: Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina 1967

Reference: Wobeser 1974

Anas americana (American wigeon)

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983b

Reference: Nation & Wobeser 1977

Anas clypeata (Northern shoveler)

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983b

Reference: Pronin 1961

Reference: Nation & Wobeser 1977

Anas crecca (Green-winged teal)

Reference: Bristol et al. 1981

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983b

Reference: Nation & Wobeser 1977

Anas discors (Blue-winged teal)

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983b

Reference: Nation & Wobeser 1977

Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

Reference: Bristol et al. 1981

Reference: Davies 1957

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983b

Reference: Matschoulsky 1941

Reference: Pronin 1961

Reference: Smolska-Szymczewska 1980

Reference: Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina 1967

Anas strepera (Gadwall)

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983b

Reference: Matschoulsky 1941

Reference: Nation & Wobeser 1977

Reference: Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina 1967

Aythya affinis (Lesser scaup)

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983b

Reference: Nation & Wobeser 1977

Aythya americana (Redhead)

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983b

Reference: Nation & Wobeser 1977

Aythya collaris (Ring-necked duck)

Reference: Nation & Wobeser 1977

Aythya marila (Greater scaup)

Reference: Penner 1956

Aythya valisineria (Canvasback)

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983b

Reference: Nation & Wobeser 1977

Bucephala clangula (Common goldeneye)

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983b

Oxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy duck)

Reference: Nation & Wobeser 1977

Somateria mollisima (Common eider)

Reference: Christiansen 1952

Tadorna ferruginea (Ruddy shelduck)

Reference: Matschoulsky 1941

Reference: Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina 1967

Anas (?) sp.

Reference: Matschoulsky 1941

Reference: Pronin 1961 (2 species)

Reference: Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina 1967

"domestic duck"

References: Tiboldy 1933, 1934

Some reports of unnamed Isospora spp. in ducks (most are likely pseudoparasites):

Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

Reference: Arnastauskiene & Povilaitis 1967

Reference: Davies 1957

Reference: Faust & Pappas 1977

Reference: Golemansky & Kyuljieva 1981

Reference: Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina 1967

"Khaki Campbell duck" (Anas spp. domestic hybrid)

Reference: Bhatia 1968

"domestic ducks"

Reference: Anpilogova 1965

Reference: Davies, 1957

"Unknown renal coccidiosis in ducks"(these may represent Eimeria somateriae Christiansen, 1952):

Reference: Pronin 1961

Reference: Smolska-Szymczewska 1980

Reference: Thompson & Wright 1978

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Coccidia in Geese

Eimeria anseris (Kotlan, 1932) Kotlan, 1933

Hosts: Anser anser (Greylag goose), Anser caerulescens (Snow goose),

Branta canadensis (Canada goose)

References: Arnaoudov 1969; Arnastauskiene 1967; Betke & Wilhelm 1976; Cerna 1956; Dorenkamp 1981

Friedhoff et al. 1983; Golemansky 1961; Hanson et al. 1957; Kasykhanova, 1977; Klimes 1963;

Kotlan 1932, 1933; Pecka et al. 1989; Randall & Norton 1973; Versenyi & Pellerdy 1970

Eimeria brantae Levine, 1953

Host: Branta canadensis (Canada goose)

References: Farr 1953; Hanson et al. 1957; Levine 1953

Eimeria clarki Hanson, Levine, & Ivens, 1957

Hosts: Anser caerulescens, Branta canadensis

Reference: Chauve 1988; Greiner et al. 1981; Hanson et al. 1957; Zu 1981

Eimeria crassa Farr, 1963

Host: Branta canadensis (Canada goose)

Reference: Farr 1963; Greiner et al. 1981

Eimeria farrae Hanson, Levine, & Ivens, 1957

Host: Anser albifrons (White-fronted goose)

Reference: Hanson et al. 1957

Eimeria fulva Farr, 1953

Hosts: Anser anser (Greylag goose), Anser caerulescens (Snow goose), Branta canadensis (Canada goose)

References: Farr 1953; Greiner et al. 1981; Hanson et al. 1957; Xie et al. 1988

Eimeria hermani Farr, 1953

Hosts: Anser anser (Greylag goose), Anser caerulescens (Snow goose),

Branta canadensis (Canada goose)

References: Farr 1953; Greiner et al. 1981; Hanson et al. 1957; Pecka 1992a;

Skene et al. 1981; Svobodova 1992; Xie et al. 1988

Eimeria kotlani Grafner & Graubmann, 1964

Host: Anser anser (Greylag goose)

References: Antukhaev 1976a, 1976b; Grafner & Graubmann 1964; Shibalova 1976;

Shibalova & Antukhaev 1979; Xie et al. 1986, 1988

Eimeria magnalabia Levine, 1951

Hosts: Anser albifrons (White-fronted goose), Anser anser (Greylag goose),

Anser caerulescens (Snow goose), Branta canadensis (Canada goose)

References: Greiner et al. 1981; Hanson et al. 1957; Levine 1951, 1952; Skene et al. 1981; Zu 1981

Eimeria nocens Kotlan, 1933

Hosts: Anser anser (Greylag goose), Anser caerulescens (Snow goose)

References: Arnaoudov 1976; Arnastauskiene 1967; Cerna 1956; Golemansky 1961; Hanson et al. 1957;

Klimes 1963; Kotlan 1933; Ponizovskii 1976; Ponizovskii & Shibalova 1978;

Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1967; Zu 1981

Eimeria pulchella Farr, 1963

Host: Branta canadensis (Canada goose)

Reference: Farr 1963

Eimeria sp. of Chauve, Gounel, & Reynaud, 1991

Host: Anser anser (Greylag goose)

Reference: Chauve et al. 1991

Eimeria sp. of Faust & Pappas, 1977

Host: Anser anser (Greylag goose)

Reference: Faust & Pappas 1977

Eimeria sp. 1 of Golemansky, 1964

Host: Anser anser (Greylag goose)

Reference: Golemansky 1964

Eimeria sp. 2 of Golemansky, 1964

Host: Anser anser (Greylag goose)

Reference: Golemansky 1964

Eimeria stigmosa Klimes, 1963

Host: Anser anser (Greylag goose)

References: Chauve et al. 1988; Friedhoff et al. 1983; Gajadhar et al. 1986b; Klimes 1963;

Pecka 1992a, 1992c; Svobodova 1992; Xie et al. 1986, 1988

Eimeria striata Farr, 1953

Hosts: Anser anser (Greylag goose), Anser caerulescens (Snow goose), Branta canadensis (Canada goose)

References: Farr 1953; Hanson et al. 1957; Pellerdy 1974

Eimeria truncata (Railliet & Lucet, 1891) Waiselewski, 1904

Synonym: Coccidium truncatum Railliet & Lucet, 1891

Hosts: Anser anser (Greylag goose), Anser indicus (Bar-headed goose),

Anser rossi (Ross goose), Branta canadensis (Canada goose)

Select references: Adler 1948; Allen 1933; Arnaoudov 1969; Arnastauskiene 1967; Cerna 1956;

Christiansen 1952; Clinchy & Barker 1994; Critchner 1950; Dorenkamp 1981; Entzeroth et al. 1981; Farr 1954;

Farr & Wehr 1952; Frank 1978; Friedhoff et al. 1983; Gajadhar & Stockdale 1986;

Gajadhar et al. 1982, 1983a, 1983b, 1986a; Greiner et al. 1981; Hanson et al. 1957;

Hilbert 1951; Klimes 1963; Kotlan 1933; Kucharova et al. 1957; Lerche 1923;

Levine et al. 1950; Lindquist 1951; Locke et al. 1965;

MacGregor 1952; Matschoulsky 1947; McNutt 1929; Munday et al. 1971; Pavlov 1943;

Penner 1956; Railliet & Lucet 1890, 1891; Randall & Norton 1973; Oksanen 1994; Ridala 1936;

Sezen et al. 1980, 1982; Skene 1978; Skene et al. 1981; Spiegl 1921; Stockdale et al. 1982; Tiboldy 1934;

Tuggle & Crites 1984; Tyzzer 1932; Venn 1954; Verwey 1927; Waiselewski 1904; Walden 1961;

Wehage 1983; Wickware 1941; Yakimoff 1932, 1933, 1936; Zeeti 1942

Isospora anseris Skene, Remmler, & Fernando, 1981

Host: Anser canagicus (Emperor goose)

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983a; Skene et al. 1981

This is likely a pseudoparasite.

Isospora sp. of Anpilogova, 1965

Host: Anser anser (Greylag goose)

Reference: Anpilogova 1965

This is likely a pseudoparasite.

Isospora sp. of Cerna, 1956

Host: Anser anser (Greylag goose)

Reference: Cerna 1956

This is likely a pseudoparasite.

Isospora sp. of Chauve, Reynaud, & Gounel, 1993

Host: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard), Cairina moschata (Muscovy)

Anser anser (Greylag goose); all experimental hosts

Reference: Chauve et al. 1993

Oocysts were obtained from a "Mule duck" (Mallard x Muscovy) hybrid (see above).

Isospora sp. of Faust & Pappas, 1977

Host: Anser caerulescens (Snow goose)

Reference: Faust & Pappas 1977

This is likely a pseudoparasite.

Isospora sp. of Golemansky, 1964

Host: Anser anser (Greylag goose)

Reference: Golemansky 1964

This is likely a pseudoparasite.

Isospora sp. of Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1967

Host: Anser anser (Greylag goose)

Reference: Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1967

This is likely a pseudoparasite.

Isospora sp. of Venn 1954

Host: Anser caerulescens (Snow goose)

Reference: Venn 1954

This is likely a pseudoparasite.

Unidentified oocyst of Faust & Pappas, 1977

Host: Cereopsis novaehollandiae (Cape barren goose)

Reference: Faust & Pappas 1977

Unidentified oocyst of Faust & Pappas, 1977

Host: Chloephaga picta (Upland goose)

Reference: Faust & Pappas 1977

Unsporulated oocysts of Davis, 1957

Host: Anser anser (Greylag goose)

Reference: Davis 1957

"Unidentified renal coccidia" of geese

Host: "geese"

Reference: Thompson & Wright 1978

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Coccidia in Swans

Eimeria christianseni Walden, 1961

Host: Cygnus olor

References: Christiansen 1952; Frank 1978; Rysavy & Cerna 1988; Walden 1961

Eimeria sp. of Gajadhar, Cawthorn, Wobeser, & Stockdale, 1983

Host: Cygnus columbianus

Reference: Gajadhar et al. 1983b

"Unidentified renal coccidia" in swans

Host: "swans"

Reference: Thompson & Wright 1978

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