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The development of Theileria = Cytauxzoon taurotragi (Martin and Brocklesby, 1960) from eland in its tick vector Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

A. S. Young ,
J. G. Grootenhuis ,
B. L. Leitch  and
E. Schein
A. S. Young
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Department, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Muguga, P.O. Box 32, Kikuyu, Kenya
J. G. Grootenhuis
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Department, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Muguga, P.O. Box 32, Kikuyu, Kenya
B. L. Leitch
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Department, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Muguga, P.O. Box 32, Kikuyu, Kenya
E. Schein
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Department, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Muguga, P.O. Box 32, Kikuyu, Kenya
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Summary

The sexual cycle of Theileria taurotragi was identified in the gut lumen of replete Rhipicephalus appendiculatus nymphs maintained at 28°C which had fed on eland with rising parasitaemias. Macro- and microgametes developed from ring-form piroplasms within 24 h after repletion. The microgamonts were elongate with 2 or more lateral projections. The nuclei of the microgamonts divided into 4 and the microgamonts differentiated into 4 thread-like microgametes each with a central nucleus. Round macrogametes developed at the same time and stages indicative of the fusion of the macro- and microgametes were observed after 48 h. The resultant zygotes were detected in the gut wall cells by day 4, many being rounded and vacuolated with a peripheral nucleus. By day 7 the zygote cytoplasm became dense and they lay in clusters still within the cells. Binucleate zygotes were observed at this stage. The zygotes increased in size and by day 12 began to transform into kinetes by invagination. By the time the nymphs moulted into adults (about day 14), the kinete straightened to a broad anterior end and a tapering posterior with a mean length of 22·1 μm. Kinetes were detected in the haemolymph by day 16. By day 20 the kinetes had penetrated the salivary gland acinar cells where they underwent schizogony until the infected acinar cells were filled with multinucleated sporoblasts. The nuclei of the infected acinar cells became greatly enlarged soon after penetration of the kinete. Division of the sporoblast nuclei was stimulated by feeding of the adult ticks. From the 2nd day of attachment of the ticks to rabbits the sporoblasts underwent a process of schizogony to produce cytomeres. Each nucleus of the cytomere divided to produce several small nuclei which differentiated into uninucleated sporozoites.

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Parasitology , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , August 1980 , pp. 129 - 144
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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