| prevalence and identity of sarcocystis infections in armadillos (dasypus novemcinctus). | little is known about the prevalence or identity of sarcocystis species infecting armadillos in north america. sarcocysts were observed in the tongues of 23 (96%) of 24 armadillos collected between 1989 and 1994 from texas, oklahoma, kansas, and arkansas. the identity of the species present was determined in histological sections of tongue from armadillos. sarcocystis dasypi was present in 21 (88%) and sarcocystis diminuta was present in 5 (21%). mixed infections with s. dasypi and s. diminuta w ... | 1996 | 8636867 |
| the nine-banded armadillo (dasypus novemcinctus) is an intermediate host for sarcocystis neurona. | the nine-banded armadillo (dasypus novemcinctus) is an intermediate host of at least three species of sarcocystis, sarcocystis dasypi, sarcocystis diminuta, and an unidentified species; however, life cycles of these species have not been determined. following feeding of armadillo muscles containing sarcocysts to the virginia opossum (didelphis virginiana), the opossums shed sporulated sarcocystis sporocysts in their faeces. mean dimensions for sporocysts were 11.0x7.5 microm and each contained f ... | 2001 | 11306111 |
| prevalence of sarcocystis sarcocysts in nine-banded armadillos (dasypus novemcinctus) from florida. | the prevalence and identity of sarcocystis spp. sarcocysts in the skeletal muscles of nine-banded armadillos (dasypus novemcinctus) collected from alachua county, fl, were determined. h & e stained sections of skeletal muscle from tongue and thigh were examined. thirty nine of 63 (61.9%) armadillos examined contained sarcocystis sarcocysts. two species were identified, sarcocystis dasypi and sarcocystis diminuta. sarcocystis dasypi sarcocysts were found in 38 of 63 (60.3%) and s. diminuta sarcoc ... | 2002 | 11750113 |
| sarcocystis neurona: molecular characterization of enolase domain i region and a comparison to other protozoa. | sarcocystis neurona causes protozoal myeloencephalitis and has the ability to infect a wide host range in contrast to other sarcocystis species. in the current study, five s. neurona isolates from a variety of sources, three sarcocystis falcatula, one sarcocystis dasypi/s. neurona-like isolate, and one besnoitia darlingi isolate were used to compare the enolase 2 gene segment containing the domain i region to previously sequenced enolase genes from neospora caninum, neospora hughesi, toxoplasma ... | 2008 | 18625501 |
| sarcocystis sp. encephalomyelitis in a cat. | a 5-month-old male neutered domestic shorthair cat was evaluated for spinal pain, ataxia, and anisocoria. neuroanatomic localization indicated diffuse or multifocal central nervous system disease. on cerebrospinal fluid analysis, neutrophilic pleocytosis and intracellular protozoal merozoites were observed. the merozoites were oval, 2-4 microm in width and 4-6 microm in length, and had linear arrays of nuclear material concentrated at one pole. serum was positive for sarcocystis sp. antibodies a ... | 2010 | 19548967 |
| sarcocystis spp. infection in two red panda cubs (ailurus fulgens). | two neonatal male red panda (ailurus fulgens) littermates were submitted for necropsy examination. one animal was found dead with no prior signs of illness; the other had a brief history of laboured breathing. post-mortem examination revealed disseminated protozoal infection. to further characterize the causative agent, transmission electron microscopy (tem), immunohistochemistry (ihc), polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and amplification and nucleic acid sequencing were performed. ihc was negative ... | 2015 | 26054654 |