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Studies on Sarcocystis in Malaysia

I. Sarcocystis levinei n. sp. from the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis

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Light and electron microscopic studies and feeding experiments have confirmed the presence of two species of Sarcocystis in the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis. One is the already known species with large macroscopic sarcocysts, Sarcocystis fusiformis (Railliet, 1897) Bernard and Bauche, 1912 and the other is S. levinei n. sp. which is being described in detail. The sarcocysts of S. levinei are 0.9×0.1 mm and the zoites in them 17.8×4.2 μm. Ultrastructurally, the primary cyst wall shows sloping villi with irregular wavy outlines. Within the villi are coarse granules and annulated fibrils. Trabeculae are present. The sexual stages of S. levinei occur in the subepithelial tissue of the small intestine of the dog and sporocysts shed by this definitive host are 15–16 by 10 μm.

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  1. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    A. S. Dissanaike & S. P. Kan

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Dissanaike, A.S., Kan, S.P. Studies on Sarcocystis in Malaysia. Z. F. Parasitenkunde 55, 127–138 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00384828

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