Renal coccidiosis in black skimmers in North America reveals an uncharacterized Eimeria lineage (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae)

• Kátia R. Groch ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: katia.groch@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2359-6391

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• Tiana L. Sanders,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Elena M. I. Duran,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Texas A&M Interdepartmental Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Dallas Clontz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary Diagnostic Pathology, LLC, Polkton, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Jacquelyn K. Grace,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Texas A&M Interdepartmental Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Raquel R. Rech,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Guilherme G. Verocai,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Laura K. Bryan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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