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Eimeria leucopi n. sp., a Coccidium from the Deer Mouse Peromyscus leucopus *
Author(s) -
ZELLLEN BRUCE W.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1961.tb01195.x
Subject(s) - peromyscus , biology , eimeria , feces , spore , veterinary medicine , anatomy , zoology , botany , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine
Eimeria leucopi n. sp. (Sporozoa) is described from oocysts in the feces of the deer mouse Peromyscus leu‐copus (Rafinesque) taken in the vicinity of Durham, North Carolina. The oocysts are ellipsoidal, occasionally ovoid, and rarely round, 14‐24 ± 14 ‐ 21 μ, mean of 19.2 ± 16.8 μ. Length‐width index 1.0 to 1.37, mean of 1.13. Micropyle absent. Oocyst wall composed of 2 layers. Clear residual bodies present. Sporocysts 11.5 ‐ 14.0 ± 6.5 ‐ 8.0 μ, mean 12 0 ± 6.8 μ Stieda body present. Minimum sporulation time about 74‐hours, sporulation range about 54 hours. Prepatent period 5 or 6 days with a 6 day patent period. Although the intensity of infection was light in all naturally infected hosts, the incidence of infection ranged from 16.6 to 71.9% E. leucopi could not be transferred to the sympatric golden mouse P. nuttalli .