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This study investigated the potential of three common feeder insects \u2013 the Argentine cockroach (\n                    <jats:italic>Blaptica dubia<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), the banana cricket (\n                    <jats:italic>Gryllus assimilis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) and the superworm larva (\n                    <jats:italic>Zophobas morio<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) \u2013 to act as passive vectors for coccidian oocysts, specifically\n                    <jats:italic>Isospora amphiboluri<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Choleoeimeria pogonae<\/jats:italic>\n                    , common enteric parasites of captive bearded dragons. Faecal samples from experimentally infected bearded dragons were fed to the insects to assess the passage of viable oocysts through their digestive tracts.\n                    <jats:italic>Gryllus assimilis<\/jats:italic>\n                    exhibited the highest passage rates for both coccidia, followed by\n                    <jats:italic>B. dubia; Z. morio<\/jats:italic>\n                    showed the lowest rates. However, only\n                    <jats:italic>G. assimilis<\/jats:italic>\n                    passed both\n                    <jats:italic>I. amphiboluri<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>C. pogonae<\/jats:italic>\n                    at a significantly higher rate than\n                    <jats:italic>Z. morio<\/jats:italic>\n                    . 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