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Monoxenous development

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A parasite exhibits monoxenous development, or monoxeny, when its development is restricted to a single host species.

The species may be strictly host specific (using only a single host species, such as gregarines) or not (e.g. Eimeria, Coccidia).

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Monoxenous development Wikipedia