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ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS IN THE BLUE FOX — MORPHOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE PARASITE
Author(s) -
MOHN SVEIN FR.,
LANDSVERK THOR,
NORDSTOGA KNUT
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-131X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1981.tb00162_89b.x
Subject(s) - parasite hosting , encephalitozoon cuniculi , nosema , biology , ultrastructure , lagopus , polar filament , zoology , morphology (biology) , microsporidia , microbiology and biotechnology , anatomy , spore , ecology , world wide web , computer science , arctic
Microsporidian organisms causing great losses among young blue foxes ( Alopex lagopus ) were isolated and propagated in monolayer cell cultures and examined by transmission‐ and scanning electron microscopy. The parasite was found to fullfil the criteria set up for the genus Encephalitozoon and the ultrastructural findings indicated that the parasite was morphologically identical to Encephalitozoon cuniculi previously isolated from some other mammalian species. Terminal vesicles on the extruded polar filaments seen on scanning electron micrographs were discussed to be similar formation as described for the microsporidian Nosema michaelis .