Besnoitia tarandi

Besnoitia tarandi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Sar
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Subclass:	Coccidiasina
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Family:	Sarcocystidae
Subfamily:	Toxoplasmatinae
Genus:	Besnoitia
Species:	B. tarandi
Binomial name
Besnoitia tarandi

Besnoitia tarandi is a species of single-celled parasites that afflicts reindeers.

The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in collaboration with a Finnish University studied Besnoitia tarandi tissue cysts from infected reindeer.

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