%0 Journal Article
%T Especies de Eimeria (Eucoccidida: Eimeriidae) en la rata de milpa Sigmodon hispidus de Costa Rica
%A Alfredo Castro
%A Misael Chinchilla
%A Olga M. Guerrero
%A Ricardo Gonz¨˘lez
%J Revista de Biolog¨Şa Tropical
%D 1998
%I Universidad de Costa Rica
%X Cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) were collected from Ojo de Agua, Alajuela (N=74) and Ca as, 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.
%K Eimeria
%K Coccidia
%K Sigmodon hispidus
%K prevalence
%K cotton rat
%U http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77441998000200016