| completion of the life cycle of sarcocystis zuoi, a parasite from norway rat, rattus norvegicus. | abstract transmission experiments were performed to elucidate the life cycle of sarcocystis zuoi found in norway rats (rattus norvegicus) from china. two king rat snakes (elaphe carinata) fed sarcocysts from the muscles of 4 naturally infected norway rats shed sporocyts measuring 10.8 ± 0.7 × 8.0 ± 0.7 μm with a prepatent period of 8 to 9 days. sporocyts from the intestine of 2 experimentally infected king rat snakes were given to the laboratory sd rats (rattus norvegicus) and km mice (mus mus ... | 2011 | 22150019 |
| molecular evidence of sarcocystis species in captive snakes in japan. | sarcocystis nesbitti, using snakes as the definitive host, is a causative agent of acute human muscular sarcocystosis in malaysia. therefore, it is important to explore the distribution and prevalence of s. nesbitti in snakes. nevertheless, epizootiological information of s. nesbitti in snakes remains insufficient because few surveys have assessed sarcocystis infection in snakes in endemic countries. in japan, snakes are popular exotic pet animals that are imported from overseas, but the degree ... | 2015 | 26044884 |
| molecular characterization of the ribosomal dna unit of sarcocystis singaporensis, sarcocystis zamani and sarcocystis zuoi from rodents in thailand. | sarcocystis species are heteroxenous cyst-forming coccidian protozoan parasites with a wide host range, including rodents. in this study, sarcocystis spp. samples were isolated from bandicota indica, rattus argentiventer, r. tiomanicus and r. norvegicus across five provinces of thailand. two major groups of sarcocystis cysts were determined in this study: large and small cysts. by sequence comparisons and phylogenetic analyses based on the partial sequences of 28s ribosomal dna, the large cysts ... | 2017 | 28701623 |