| the life cycle of cryptosporidium baileyi n. sp. (apicomplexa, cryptosporidiidae) infecting chickens. | the life cycle and morphology of a previously undescribed species of cryptosporidium isolated from commercial broiler chickens is described. the prepatent period for cryptosporidium baileyi n. sp. was three days post oral inoculation (pi) of oocysts, and the patent period was days 4-24 pi for chickens inoculated at two days of age and days 4-14 for chickens inoculated at one and six months of age. during the first three days pi, most developmental stages of c. baileyi were found in the microvill ... | 1986 | 3735157 |