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The Life Cycle of Eimeria bateri (Protozoa, Eimeriidae) in the Japanese Quail Coturnix coturnix japonicum
Author(s) -
NORTON C. C.,
PEIRCE M. A.
Publication year - 1971
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.1550-7408.1971.tb03280.x
Subject(s) - quail , coturnix coturnix , biology , ileum , eimeria , duodenum , coturnix , cloaca , protozoa , gametocyte , eimeriidae , parasite hosting , coccidiosis , cecum , zoology , anatomy , veterinary medicine , medicine , endocrinology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , apicomplexa , malaria , ecology , protozoal disease , world wide web , computer science , plasmodium falciparum
SYNOPSIS.Eimeria bateri , a parasite of the Indian quail, was described from laboratory infections in Japanese quail. First generation schizonts developed in the glands of the duodenum and upper intestine. Second, 3rd and 4th generation schizonts and gametocytes occurred in the villous epithelium. There was a gradual spread along the small intestine until the whole organ was affected. The prepatent period was 4 days and the patent period 6 days. Graded doses from 5,000 to 1,280,000 oocysts produced very little pathogenic effect in young quail. E. bateri did not infect young pheasants or chicks.