Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• ADAMS, JOHN H.
• LEVINE, NORMAN D.
• TODD Jr, KENNETH S.

Titel

Eimeria and Sarcocystis in raccoons in Illinois [Possible transmission to domestic animals]

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of Protozoology, 1981-01, Vol.28 (2), p.221-222

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1981

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Eimeria nuttalli oocysts were found in 58% (21/36) and E. procyonis oocysts in 25% (9/36) of raccoons Procyon lotor in Illinois, and sporocysts of Sarcocystis sp. in 17% (2/12) of other raccoons in Illinois. The oocysts of E. nuttalli were ellipsoidal to ovoid, 15-21 X 12-17 micrometer, with a one-layered, smooth, colorless wall. The oocysts of E. procyonis were 22-28 X 18-22 micrometer, with a rough, striated, brownish, two-layered wall. The sporulated sporocysts of Sarcocystis sp. were 11-13 X 8-10 micrometer. Attempts to infect baby pigs by feeding them sporocysts of Sarcocystis sp. from the reaction failed.