Abstract
The Sarcocystidae family belongs to the Apicomplexa phylum and is composed of three subfamilies and their respective genera: Sarcocystinae (Frenkelia and Sarcocystis); Cystoisosporinae (Cystoisospora); and Toxoplasmatinae (Besnoitia, Hammondia, Neospora, and Toxoplasma). The life cycle of Sarcocystids is characterized by definitive and intermediate hosts, in which infections are generally…