Plasmodium gallinaceum

Plasmodium gallinaceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Protista
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemosporida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. gallinaceum
Binomial name
Plasmodium gallinaceum Brumpt, 1935

Plasmodium gallinaceum is a species of the genus Plasmodium (subgenus Haemamoeba) that causes malaria in poultry.

This species was described by Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt (1877–1951) a French professor of parasitology during a trip to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

Kumnuan, Rapeeporn; Pattaradilokrat, Sittiporn; Chumpolbanchornc,, Kamlang (November 2013). "In vivo transmission blocking activities of artesunate on the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium gallinaceum". Veterinary Parasitology. 197 (3-4): 447–454. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.07.024. 

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