| prevalence of equine sarcocystis in british horses and a comparison of two detection methods. | sarcocystis was detected in oesophageal samples from 245 (62 per cent) of 394 horses and ponies killed at a cheshire abattoir between february and august 1981. prevalence of infection was closely related to age, increasing from 28.6 per cent of animals up to two years old to 88.9 per cent of those over eight years old. there were no significant regional differences in prevalence between horses from north west england, yorkshire or south wales. significantly more female horses were infected (69.7 ... | 1984 | 6437049 |
| [sarcocystis bertrami doflein, 1901, a sarcosporidia of the horse. equus caballus]. | | 1982 | 6819744 |
| pig, donkey and buffalo meat as a source of some coccidian parasites infecting dogs. | experimental infection of dogs with meat samples (oesophagus, heart and diaphragm) from each of 105 pigs, 11 donkeys and 17 egyptian water buffaloes indicated that they contained the infective stages of some coccidian parasites of dogs. the dogs which were fed pig meat shed in their faeces isospora ohioensis, i. canis oocysts and sarcocystis miescheriana sporocysts after prepatent periods of 3-5, 4-7 and 9-10 days, respectively. the dogs which were fed donkey meat excreted only i. ohioensis oocy ... | 1998 | 9760058 |