| molecular identification of sarcocystis rileyi sporocysts in red foxes (vulpes vulpes) and raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides) in lithuania. | despite the fact that sarcocystis rileyi is one of the earliest described species of the genus sarcocystis forming macrocysts in ducks, the life cycle of this species is still unknown in europe. sarcocystis spp. oocysts/sporocysts were observed in faeces of four of 23 (17.4 %) and in small intestine mucosal scrapings of four of 20 (20.0 %) red foxes (vulpes vulpes) and in small intestine mucosal scrapings of seven of 13 (53.8 %) raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides) hunted in lithuania. a very ... | 2015 | 25656464 |