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IS SARCOCYSTIS TENELLA TWO SPECIES?
Author(s) -
Munday B. L.,
Rickard M. D.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1974.tb14076.x
Subject(s) - cats , sarcocystis , feces , biology , veterinary medicine , sarcocystosis , feral cat , host (biology) , zoology , carnivora , microbiology and biotechnology , parasite hosting , ecology , felis catus , medicine , endocrinology , world wide web , computer science
Summary When mutton containing microscopic sarcocysts of Sarcocystis spp was fed to dogs and cats, only dogs excreted sporocysts in their faeces. Conversely, mutton containing macroscopic sarcocysts produced infection in cats but not dogs. Sheep were experimentally infected with sporocysts from the faeces of dogs and cats either separately or together, and reciprocal feeding trials with their meat carried out with dogs and cats. The results of the experiments strongly suggest that Sarcocystis tenella of sheep may be 2 distinct species, one with the cat as definitive host, and the other parasitising the dog.