CHAPTER III. 



PROTOZOA. 



CLASSIFICATION OF THE MORE COMMON 

 PARASITIC PROTOZOA. 



Branch Protozoa. 



Class Flagellata 



Order Monadida 



Family Trypanosomidae 



Genus and Species Trypanosoma Evansi. 



Trypanosoma Brucii. 



Trypanosoma Equiper- 

 dum. 



Trypanosoma Equinum. 



Trypanosoma Lewisi. 



Class Sporozoa 



Order... Coccidia 



Genus and Species Coccidium Oviforme. 



Coccidium Bigeminum 

 var. Canis. 



Coccidium Perforans. 



Coccidium Tenellum. 



Order Sarcosporidia 



Genus and Species Sarcocystis Miescheri. 



Balbiania Gigantea. 



Order Hemasporidia 



Genus and Species , Piroplasma Bigeminum. 



Piroplasma Ovis. 



Piroplasma Canis. 



Piroplasma Equi. 



Class Amoeba 



Genus and Species Amoeba Parasitica. 



Amoeba Meleagridis. 



Protozoa (Proton — first) 

 (Zoon — animal) 



The word protozoon is derived from two words, 

 protoon, first and zoon, animal. It is the first or 



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