| 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 |
| parasites of the squirrel sciurus spadiceus (rodentia: sciuridae) from amazonian brasil, with particular reference to eimeria damnosa n. sp. (apicompiexa: eimeriidae). | a description is given of the mature oocysts and endogenous stages of eimeria damnosa n. sp. from the small intestine of the red squirrel, sciurus spadiceus, from the state of acre, north brazil. ten of 12 animals examined were infected. oocysts ovoid to ellipsoidal, occasionally cylindrical but not with parallel sides, 30.2 x 20.0 microm (18.0 x 15.0-40.2 x 30.0), shape-index (ratio length/width) 1.5 (1.3-1.8), n = 40. oocyst wall smooth, colourless, with no micropyle, apparently of a single la ... | 2005 | 16402562 |