SARCOCYSTIS-ASSOCIATED ENCEPHALITIS AND MYOCARDITIS IN A WILD TURKEY (MELEAGRIS-GALLOPAVO)

Authors
TEGLAS MB LITTLE SE LATIMER KS DUBEY JP
Citation
Mb. Teglas et al., SARCOCYSTIS-ASSOCIATED ENCEPHALITIS AND MYOCARDITIS IN A WILD TURKEY (MELEAGRIS-GALLOPAVO), The Journal of parasitology, 84(3), 1998, pp. 661-663
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
The Journal of parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223395
Volume
84
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
661 - 663
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3395(1998)84:3<661:SEAMIA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A Sarcocystis-like organism was associated with encephalitis and myoca rditis in an ataxic, emaciated adult male turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) from Gilmer County, West Virginia. Protozoal schizonts and merozoites were associated with areas of inflammation and occasionally necrosis in both the heart and the brain. The organisms divided by endopolygeny and stained positively with anti-Sarcocystis cruzi serum in an immuno histochemical test.