SARCOCYSTIS FELIS (PROTOZOA, SARCOCYSTIDAE) FROM THE AFRICAN LION (PANTHERA LEO)

Authors
DUBEY JP BWANGAMOI O
Citation
Jp. Dubey et O. Bwangamoi, SARCOCYSTIS FELIS (PROTOZOA, SARCOCYSTIDAE) FROM THE AFRICAN LION (PANTHERA LEO), Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 61(1), 1994, pp. 113-114
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
61
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
113 - 114
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1994)61:1<113:SF(SFT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Sarcocysts of Sarcocystis felis were found in skeletal muscle of a 7-y r-old African lioness (Panthera lee) from Kenya, Africa. Sarcocysts we re up to 1,650 mu m long and up to 150 mu m wide. The cyst wall was 1. 0-1.5 mu m thick and had characteristic fingerlike villar projections.