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x Lainson, R.; Naiff, R. D.; Best, Robin Christopher; Shaw, J. J.
  1983
Eimeria trichechi n. sp. from the Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis (Mammalia: Sirenia).
Syst. Parasitol. 5(4): 287-289. 2 figs.
–Describes oocysts and sporocysts of this new coccidial protozoan from captive and wild manatees, the majority of which were found to be infected.

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Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
x  1983Lainson et al. (TI; coprophagy as ?route of coccidial infection; 289.)
Brazil
x  1983Best, R.C. (TI; dry-season fasting; 61-64.)
x  1983Lainson et al. (TI; protozoan Eimeria trichechi; 287-289.)
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
x  1983Lainson et al. (TI; Manaus; protozoan Eimeria trichechi; 287-289.)
Excretion and Defecation
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
x  1983Best, R.C. (TI; production of feces while fasting; 61-62.)
Food
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
x  1983Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; dry-season fasting; 61-64.)
Food Plants: Luziola spruceana
x  1983Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; 62.)
Food Plants: Scirpus cubensis
x  1983Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; 61.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x  1983Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; hunted during dry-season congregations; 62-63.)
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
x  1983Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; moving between lakes & rivers; 63.)
Natural Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Captivity, Sirenians in; Natural Enemies; Pathology; Temperature, Effects of)
x  1983Best, R.C. (TI; bowel obstruction during fasting; 62.)
Parasites: Eimeria trichechi Lainson, Naiff, Best, and Shaw, 1983
x *1983Lainson et al. (n.sp.; TI; Brazil; 287-289.)
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
x *1983Best, R.C. (dry-season fasting; 61-64.)
x  1983Lainson et al. (protozoan Eimeria trichechi; 287-289.)