| hemoproteids (apicomplexa: haemoproteidae) from south african tortoises (cryptodira: testudinidae). | terrestrial tortoises, chersina angulata (schweigger, 1812), kinixys belliana belliana gray, 1831, k. lobatsiana power, 1927, k. natalensis hewitt, 1935, and stigmochelys pardalis (bell, 1828), both wild (n = 84) and captive (n = 70), were examined for hematozoans from the provinces of gauteng, kwazulu-natal, north west, and western cape, south africa. in giemsa-stained blood films, 2 species of hemoproteids were identified, 1 previously described, that is, haemoproteus testudinalis ( lavera ... | 2010 | 21158631 |
| a redescription of haemogregarina fitzsimonsi dias, 1953 and some comments on haemogregarina parvula dias, 1953 (adeleorina: haemogregarinidae) from southern african tortoises (cryptodira: testudinidae), with new host data and distribution records. | blood films were examined from 154 wild and captive tortoises from four provinces of south africa, including gauteng, kwazulu-natal, north west and western cape. the five species ofchelonians studied were chersina angulata (schweigger), kinixys belliana belliana (gray), k. lobatsiana power, k. natalensis hewitt, and stigmochelys pardalis (bell). two species of haemogregarines, previously reported from mozambique, were identified in blood films, namely haemogregarina fitzsimonsi dias, 1953 and ha ... | 2009 | 19827360 |