The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Marsupials of the World

Dr. Duszynski, is Professor Emeritus Biology and past Chair of the Department of Biology, The University of New Mexico (UNM). He spent 33 years in academia, publishing numerous articles, monographs, and books, secured private, state and federal grants exceeding $8 million, and mentored > 25 masters and doctoral students and numerous undergraduates in his laboratory, before spending 8 years in administration. During his 41 year tenure at UNM, he taught many courses including parasitology, tropical biology and marine invertebrate biology, and took >1000 students to the neotropics (Belize, Jamaica, Mexico). Don has been a Visiting Research Associate Professor, Department of Physiology & Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, a Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, and Visiting Research Scholar, Kyoto University, Japan. Among the honors received are the Distinguished Service Award and the Clark P. Read Mentor Award from the American Society of Parasitologists (ASP), and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of Biology, Colorado State University.

I. Introduction & overview of marsupials of the world and the parasitesII. Order DidelphomorphiaIII. Order DasyuromorphiaIV. Order DiprotodontiaV. Orders Pacituberculata, Microbiotheria, Notoryctemorphia, PermelmorphiaVI. Cryptosporidium, Sarcocystis, and Toxoplasma in marsupialsVII. Species inquirendaeVIII. Discussion and summary (Host specificity, pathology, epidemiology, treatment and controlIX. Literature Cited