| sarcocystis caninum and sarcocystis svanai n. spp. (apicomplexa: sarcocystidae) associated with severe myositis and hepatitis in the domestic dog (canis familiaris). | there are several reports of sarcocystis sarcocysts in muscles of dogs, but these species have not been named. additionally, there are two reports of sarcocystis neurona in dogs. here, we propose two new names, sarcocystis caninum, and sarcocystis svanai for sarcocysts associated with clinical muscular sarcocystosis in four domestic dogs (canis familiaris), one each from montana and colorado in the usa, and two from british columbia, canada. only the sarcocyst stage was identified. most of the s ... | 2016 | 25256157 |