Lista dos “protozoários” (Reinos Protozoa e Chromista) parasitas dos ruminantes domésticos do Uruguai

Resumo

Twenty-seven taxa of parasitic “protozoa” (unicellular eukaryotes of the Kingdoms Protozoa and Chromista) have been diagnosed in domestic ruminants Uruguay: 21 in cattle (16 of them diagnosed at the species level, four at the genus level, and one at a higher taxonomic category), 12 in sheep (nine at the species level and three at the genus level) and one (at generic level) in goats. Only two species (Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii) have been diagnosed in both cattle and sheep, and a third species (Babesia bovis), a cattle parasite under natural conditions, has been successfully experimentally inoculated into sheep. Two species of Eimeria, a genus whose species are highly host-specific, diagnosed in sheep in Uruguay (E. arloingi and E. ninakohlyakimovae), parasitize, according to specialized literature, goats, so it is necessary to review their specific assignation.