Demonstration of the sexual phases of Sarcocystis fusiformis (Railliet, 1897) and Sarcocystis sp. of the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in the small intestines of cats and dogs

“…According to the written descriptions of the two species, the sarcocysts of S. bertrami differ from those of S. equicanis in being much larger, in having a striated wall, and in causing a tissue reaction; their sporocysts are unknown. It is a puzzling fact, however, that Rommel & Geisel (1975) did not find S. bertrami in any of the many horses they examined in the same country (Germany) where Dissanaike et al (1977). 39.…”

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Named species and hosts of Sarcocystis (Protozoa: Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae)

Levine

Tadros

1980

Syst Parasitol

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“…In Malaysia, livestock sarcocystosis has been identified in water buffaloes (Dissanaike et al 1977;Dissanaike and Kan 1978;Kan and Dissanaike 1978;Latif et al 2013), sheep (Norlida et al 2012), and cattle (Latif et al 2013). The prevalence of sarcocystosis is being increasingly recognized in Malaysia, and consumption of meat of livestock is very common.…”

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Detection of sarcocystosis in goats in Malaysia by light microscopy, histology, and PCR

Kutty

Latif

Muslim

et al. 2015

Trop Anim Health Prod

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A number of methods have been used for the detection of the presence of microsarcocysts in animals, but little information exists on the value between the various methods. This study therefore examined for Sarcocystis spp. using three different methods in 105 samples of skeletal muscle collected from goats slaughtered in an abattoir in Selangor, Malaysia from January to February 2014. Three methods were used, direct light microscopy of squashed fresh muscle tissues; histological examination of fixed, sectioned, and hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained samples of muscle; and molecular identification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Of the 105 tissue samples, 55 (52.38 %) were positive by light microscopy (LM), 46 (43.8 %) by histology, and 95 (90.48 %) by PCR. Only 29 (27.6 %) and 5 (4.76 %) samples were positive and negative, respectively, by all three methods. The cysts were elongated to a spindle shape with a mean size of 393.30 × 81.6 μm and containing banana-shaped bradyzoites of size 12.32 × 2.08 μm. The wall of the cyst was radially striated with a thickness of 2.83 μm. Samples were tested for the presence of Sarcocystis-specific 18S rRNA and were identified as Sarcocystis capracanis. Of the three methods used, the PCR test appears to be the most useful method for the diagnosis of sarcocystosis especially for species identification.

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Demonstration of the sexual phases of Sarcocystis fusiformis (Railliet, 1897) and Sarcocystis sp. of the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in the small intestines of cats and dogs

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Named species and hosts of Sarcocystis (Protozoa: Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae)

Detection of sarcocystosis in goats in Malaysia by light microscopy, histology, and PCR

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