Between March 1989 and February 1994, 4 bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) from various localities in Kansas were examined for coccidia. One (25%) of the bald eagles was found to be passing an undescribed species of Caryospora in its feces. Oocysts of Caryospora hanebrinki n. sp. are ellipsoidal to ovoidal with a bilayered wall and measure 48.1 × 42.1 μm with a shape index of 1.2. A micropyle, oocyst residuum, and polar granule were absent. Sporocysts are spheroidal, 24.8 μm wide. Stieda, substieda, and parastieda bodies were absent; a spheroidal sporocyst residuum is present; it measures 17.5 μm and is composed of many intact homogenous globules with a few dispersed in a loose spiral around the sporocysts. This is the first caryosporan documented from the bald eagle and is the largest known Caryospora from raptors.
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1 April 2013
A New Species of Caryospora (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae), from Kansas
Chris T. McAllister,
Donald W. Duszynski,
Richard D. McKown
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Journal of Parasitology
Vol. 99 • No. 2
April 2013
Vol. 99 • No. 2
April 2013