Experimental transmission of Eimeria confusa Joseph 1969 to the fox squirrel.
Eimeria confusa Joseph, 1969 from the gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis was transmitted to the fox squirrel Sciurus niger rufiventer. This is the first report of the successful cross-transmission of a gray squirrel coccidium to the fox squirrel.
D000818:Animals; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D004539:Eimeria / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006799:Housing, Animal; D012589:Sciuridae