Revista de Biología Tropical (Jun 1998)

Especies de Eimeria (Eucoccidida: Eimeriidae) en la rata de milpa Sigmodon hispidus de Costa Rica

  • Alfredo Castro,
  • Misael Chinchilla,
  • Olga M. Guerrero,
  • Ricardo González

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 46, no. 2
pp. 339 – 340

Abstract

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Cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) were collected from Ojo de Agua, Alajuela (N=74) and Cañas, Guanacaste (N=29). Feces had 31 E. sigmodontis, nine E. tuskegeensis, eight E. roperi, three E. webbae and two Eimeria sp. This is the first report of these coccidian parasites for Costa Rica.

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