SARCOCYSTIS SP (APICOMPLEXA) FROM THE NEW-MEXICO RIDGENOSE RATTLESNAKE, CROTALUS-WILLARDI-OBSCURUS (SERPENTES, VIPERIDAE) FROM SONORA, MEXICO

Authors
MCALLISTER CT UPTON SJ BARKER DG PAINTER CW
Citation
Ct. Mcallister et al., SARCOCYSTIS SP (APICOMPLEXA) FROM THE NEW-MEXICO RIDGENOSE RATTLESNAKE, CROTALUS-WILLARDI-OBSCURUS (SERPENTES, VIPERIDAE) FROM SONORA, MEXICO, Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 63(1), 1996, pp. 128-130
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
63
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
128 - 130
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1996)63:1<128:SS(FTN>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Two of 4 New Mexico ridgenose rattlesnakes, Crotalus willardi obscurus Harris, 1974, from Sonora, Mexico, were found to be passing oocysts a nd free sporocysts of a Sarcocystis sp. in their feces. Sporocysts mea sured 11.9 x 10.3 (11.0-13.6 x 9.6-11.2) mu m (N = 20) and had a shape index (length/width) of 1.15 (1.07-1.23). Attempts to transmit the Sa rcocystis sp. experimentally to Mus musculus, Peromyscus leucopus, or Microtus ochrogaster were unsuccessful. This represents the first repo rt of a parasite from this host.