ATOXOPLASMA (APICOMPLEXA, EIMERIORINA, ATOXOPLASMATIDAE) IN THE GREENFINCH (CARDUELIS-CHLORIS)

Authors
BALL SJ BROWN MA DASZAK P PITTILO RM
Citation
Sj. Ball et al., ATOXOPLASMA (APICOMPLEXA, EIMERIORINA, ATOXOPLASMATIDAE) IN THE GREENFINCH (CARDUELIS-CHLORIS), The Journal of parasitology, 84(4), 1998, pp. 813-817
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
The Journal of parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223395
Volume
84
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
813 - 817
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3395(1998)84:4<813:A(EAIT>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Merozoites of an Atoxoplasma species were present within parasitophoro us vacuoles in the cytoplasm of leucocytes in the blood vessels in the small intestine of the greenfinch (Carduelis chloris). The merozoites indented the nucleus of the leucocytes. Merozoites, macrogametes, and microgamonts were present in the epithelial cells of the intestines. No merogony was observed. Experiments provided circumstantial evidence linking disporocystid-octozoic oocysts with the blood and intestinal infections.