| acute fatal sarcocystosis hepatitis in an indo-pacific bottlenose dolphin (tursiops aduncus) in hong kong. | unlike most species in the genus sarcocystis, sarcocystis canis has a broad intermediate host range. its life cycle is incompletely known and most reports are from the usa. here we report fatal hepatitis in a 4year old male indo-pacific bottlenose dolphin (tursiops aduncus) from hong kong associated with a s. canis-like infection. diagnosis was made based on clinical presentation, histopathology, transmission electron microscopy (tem), and molecular characterization. microscopically, s. canis-li ... | 2017 | 28215870 |