Table 4.

Summary of phage display applications in Eimeria research.

Target	Library	Result	References
Eimeria sporozoites/live	Random peptides	Identification of PW2 peptide with activity against E. acervulina and E. tenella sporozoites	da Silva et al., 2002
E. tenella sporozoites/cryopreserved	Chicken scFV antibodies from E. tenella immune birds	Isolation of an scFV antibody that binds specifically to E. tenella sporozoites	Abi-Ghanem et al., 2008
Cryopreserved E. acervulina merozoites	Chicken scFV antibodies from E. tenella immune birds	Identification of antibody fragments with high specificity and binding capacity for soluble antigens and intact fixed merozoites	Zhao et al., 2010
Anti-GAM56 protein	E. tenella cDNA phage display	Identification of EtGAM22 expressed predominantly at the gametocyte stage	Krucken et al., 2008