| two new species of eimeria (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from eastern red bats, lasiurus borealis (chiroptera: vespertilionidae), in arkansas and north carolina. | during august 2003 and august 2004, 11 adult eastern red bats, lasiurus borealis, were collected and their feces examined for coccidian parasites. bats were obtained in august 2003 from garland, montgomery, and yell counties, arkansas (n=6) and in august 2004 from anson and montgomery counties, north carolina (n=5). seven (63.6%) of the bats were passing oocysts of 2 undescribed species of eimeria. oocysts of eimeria dowleri n. sp. were subspherical to ellipsoidal, 24.7 x 22.0 (23-26 x 20-23) mi ... | 2009 | 20050004 |