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Table 1 Eimeria species that infected chickens and their main biological characteristics

Organism	Prepatent period (h)	Development site	Fecundity	Pathogenicity	Schizogony number	Genome size (Mb)	Predicted proteins	References
E. acervulina	89	Duodenum, Jejunum	+ + + + +	+ +	4	46.1	6867	Vetterling et al., 1966 [23]; Long et al., 1976 [24]; Eckert et al., 1995 [25]; Reid et al., 2014 [26]
E. brunetti	120	Cecum, Rectum	+ +	+ + + +	3	65.6	8711	Kheysin,1972 [27]; Long et al., 1976 [24]; Eckert et al., 1995 [25]; Reid et al., 2014 [26]
E. maxima	120	Jejunum, Ileum	+ +	+ + +	2–3	46.2	6057	Long et al., 1976 [24]; Eckert et al., 1995 [25]; Reid et al., 2014 [26]; Dubey and Jenkins, 2018 [28]
E. mitis	91	Ileum	+ + + +	+	4	69.5	10,077	Long et al., 1976 [24]; Novilla et al., 1987 [29]; Eckert et al., 1995 [25]; Reid et al., 2014 [26]
E. necatrix	138	Jejunum, Ileum, Cecun	+	+ + + + +	3	55.2	8627	Long et al., 1976 [24]; McDonald and Rose, 1987 [30]; Eckert et al., 1995 [25]; Reid et al., 2014 [26]
E. praecox	84	Duodenum, Jejunum	+ + + +	+	2	56.7	7635	Kheysin, 1972 [27]; Long et al., 1976 [24]; Eckert et al., 1995 [25]; Reid et al., 2014 [26]
E. tenella	132	Cecum	+ + +	+ + + +	3	53.25	7268	Kheysin, 1972 [27]; Long et al., 1976 [24]; McDonald and Rose, 1987 [30]; Eckert et al., 1995 [25]; Aunin et al., 2021 [31]
E. lata	125–130	Duodenum, Jejunum	+ +	+ + +	na	42.9	10,309	Blake et al., 2021 [22]
E. nagambie	132	Duodenum, Jejunum	na	+ + +	na	58.0	12,777	Cantacessi et al., 2008 [32]; Blake et al., 2021 [22]
E. zaria	130–135	Duodenum, Jejunum	+ + +	+ +	na	50.6	11,705	Blake et al., 2021 [22]

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