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Coccidian Parasites (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Insectivores. V. Ten Forms from the Moles of Japan ( Euroscaptor, Mogera spp.) 1
Author(s) -
DUSZYNSKI DONALD W.,
WATTAM ALICE R.
Publication year - 1988
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.1550-7408.1988.tb04076.x
Subject(s) - eimeriidae , coccidia , biology , apicomplexa , feces , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , parasite hosting , immunology , protozoal disease , malaria , world wide web , computer science
. Moles from Japan were examined for coccidian oocysts, and 67 of 77 (87%) hosts were infected including 8 of 11 (73%) Euroscaptor mizura , 31 of 36 (86%) Mogera kobeae , 17 of 17 M. tokudae , and 11 of 13 (85%) M. wogura . Of 67 infected hosts, 57 (85%) had multiple infections representing 2–5 coccidian species when examined. All oocysts in the infected fecal samples remained unsporulated and the absence of sporulation may be the result of storing feces from Japanese moles in 2% aqueous H 2 SO 4 . Five structurally distinct forms of unsporulated oocysts were found in E. mizura , and five distinct forms of unsporulated oocysts were also seen in Mogera spp. Two of the forms from E. mizura were similar to forms from Mogera spp., and the five forms from Mogera were shared freely between the three Mogera species. This is the first systematic survey of Japanese moles for coccidia.