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Scanning electron microscopic identification of Sarcocystis gracilis from roe deer and cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

M. Stolte ,
I. Bockhardt  and
K. Odening
M. Stolte
Affiliation:
Institute for Zoo Biology and Wildlife Research, PF 601103, 10252 Berlin, Germany
I. Bockhardt
Affiliation:
Institute for Zoo Biology and Wildlife Research, PF 601103, 10252 Berlin, Germany
K. Odening
Affiliation:
Institute for Zoo Biology and Wildlife Research, PF 601103, 10252 Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

Sarcocysts morphologically not distinguishable from Sarcocystis gracilis of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus, Cervidae) were found in the skeletal musculature of dwarf zebu and humpless cattle (Bos taurus, Bovidae). We contribute to the identification of this species by means of scanning electron microscopy. Special attention is paid to the species-specific cyst wall structure. Our findings confirm previous descriptions by light and transmission electron microscopy and support the peculiarity and uniqueness of the cyst wall type ‘gracilis’.

Keywords

Sarcocystis graciliscattleroe deerscanning electron microscopy
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Zoology , Volume 244 , Issue 2 , February 1998 , pp. 265 - 268
Copyright
© 1998 The Zoological Society of London

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