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The Role of Birds as Definitive Hosts and Intermediate Hosts of Heteroxenous Coccidians
Author(s) -
ČERNÁ Ž.
Publication year - 1984
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.1550-7408.1984.tb05508.x
Subject(s) - accipiter , phasianus , zoology , biology , buteo , anatomy , pheasant , ecology , predation
.Sarcocystis‐ like oocysts‐sporocysts were found in four species of owls (Asio otus, Bubo bubo, Strix aluco , and Tyto alba) and in five species of predatory birds (Accipiter gentilis, Accipiter nisus, Buteo buteo. Circus aeruginosus, Falco tinnunculus). In addition, the muscles of 15 of 41 (36.5%) pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) and one of two jays (Garrulus glandarius) were found to harbor three types of Sarcocystis. Three of 15 (20%) infected pheasants had type I cystozoites (6‐8 × 2 fim) in muscle homogenates, but sarcocysts were not seen whereas the other 12 infected pheasants had type II cystozoites (16 × 2‐3 pm) and sarcocysts (90 × 600 μm) in their muscles. The one infected jay had type III cystozoites (8‐10.5 × 2.5‐3 μm) and sarcocysts (35‐40 × >770 μm) in its muscles.