{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["152(13)"],"submitter":["Berec M"],"pubmed_abstract":["Coccidia (Apicomplexa) may have a devastating effect on captive reptiles, particularly chameleons and bearded dragons (<i>Pogona vitticeps</i>). This study investigated the potential of three common feeder insects - the Argentine cockroach (<i>Blaptica dubia</i>), the banana cricket (<i>Gryllus assimilis</i>) and the superworm larva (<i>Zophobas morio</i>) - to act as passive vectors for coccidian oocysts, specifically <i>Isospora amphiboluri</i> and <i>Choleoeimeria pogonae</i>, common enteric parasites of captive bearded dragons. Faecal samples from experimentally infected bearded dragons were fed to the insects to assess the passage of viable oocysts through their digestive tracts. <i>Gryllus assimilis</i> exhibited the highest passage rates for both coccidia, followed by <i>B. dubia; Z"],"journal":["Parasitology"],"pagination":["1381-1386"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12917416"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Feeder insects differ in passage of coccidian oocysts in captive reptiles."],"pmcid":["PMC12917416"],"pubmed_authors":["Berec M","Zahourek J","Kvicerova J","Totuskova G","Setlikova I"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Feeder insects differ in passage of coccidian oocysts in captive reptiles.","description":"Coccidia (Apicomplexa) may have a devastating effect on captive reptiles, particularly chameleons and bearded dragons (<i>Pogona vitticeps</i>). This study investigated the potential of three common feeder insects - the Argentine cockroach (<i>Blaptica dubia</i>), the banana cricket (<i>Gryllus assimilis</i>) and the superworm larva (<i>Zophobas morio</i>) - to act as passive vectors for coccidian oocysts, specifically <i>Isospora amphiboluri</i> and <i>Choleoeimeria pogonae</i>, common enteric parasites of captive bearded dragons. Faecal samples from experimentally infected bearded dragons were fed to the insects to assess the passage of viable oocysts through their digestive tracts. <i>Gryllus assimilis</i> exhibited the highest passage rates for both coccidia, followed by <i>B. dubia; Z","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Nov","modification":"2026-07-16T09:59:02.668Z","creation":"2026-07-09T10:49:51.791Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12917416","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41140104"],"doi":["10.1017/S0031182025101005"]}}