CARYOSPORA-SIMPLEX (APICOMPLEXA, EIMERIIDAE) FROM A CAPTIVE KAZNAKOV VIPER (VIPERA-KAMAKOVI)

Authors
WILBER PG HNIDA JA RICHARD MJ DUSZYNSKI DW
Citation
Pg. Wilber et al., CARYOSPORA-SIMPLEX (APICOMPLEXA, EIMERIIDAE) FROM A CAPTIVE KAZNAKOV VIPER (VIPERA-KAMAKOVI), Journal of wildlife diseases, 31(3), 1995, pp. 397-399
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of wildlife diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903558
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
397 - 399
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(1995)31:3<397:C(EFAC>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Caryospora simplex is reported for the first time from the feces of a captive female Kaznakov's viper (Vipera kaznakovi) in Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA). Coccidian meronts and gamonts were observed in the inte stinal epithelial cells of another female Kaznakov's viper that died i n October 1993.