STUDIES ON SARCOCYSTOSIS AMONG SOME FARM ANIMALS. I- HOST SPECIFICITY

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Animal Health Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.

2 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

3 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Abstract

The host specifity of some Sarcocystis species to their intermediate host were studied. It was found that the S. fusiformis of buffaloes and S. camel of camels could be transmitted to the lambs. The merozoites were detected in the mononuclear leucocytes of experimentally infected lambs with S. fusiformis and S. came&