SARCOCYSTIS-LIKE ORGANISMS IN MUSCULATURE OF A DOMESTIC DOG (CANIS-FAMILIARIS) AND WILD DOGS (LYCAON-PICTUS) IN KENYA

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BWANGAMOI, O
NGATIA, TA
RICHARDSON, JD
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[1] UNIV NAIROBI,FAC VET MED,DEPT PATHOL & MICROBIOL,NAIROBI,KENYA
[2] MPAKA RD VET CLIN,NAIROBI,KENYA
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10.1016/0304-4017(93)90119-8
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
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Three of six wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) which died of rabies, and one Alsatian dog which died of adenocarcinoma, were found to harbour sarcocysts in their cardiac and/or skeletal muscles. The bradyzoites and metrocytes of the cysts were smaller than those seen in a lion infected with Microbesnoitia leoni and the common Sarcocystis spp. found in ruminants. It is proposed that Lycaon pictus is the natural intermediate host of the unidentified Sarcocystis-like species.
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