| blood and intestinal parasites of squirrels (rodentia: sciuridae) in amazonian brazil. | we report the result of an examination for blood and intestinal protozoa in 12 specimens of the red squirrel sciurus spadiceus (rodentia: sciuridae) from birroque, municipality of placido de castro, state of acre, brazil. no parasites were detected in thin, giemsa-stained blood films of the animals, but culture of the blood of three in difco b45 medium blood-agar slants gave rise to isolates of epimastigotes. inoculation of one isolate into laboratory mice resulted in the appearance of trypanoso ... | 2004 | 15558167 |