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1 July 1985 PREVALENCE AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THREE TYPES OF SARCOCYSTIS IN MULE DEER, ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS (RAFINESQUE), IN MONTANA
J. P. Dubey, C. A. Speer
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Abstract

Infection with Sarcocystis (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae) was diagnosed in 130 of 153 (85%) samples of muscle from mule deer around Bozeman, Montana. Three structurally distinct mature and microscopic sarcocysts with characteristic cyst walls were found. Cyst walls of type I sarcocysts were about 2 μm thick and had characteristic inverted tee-shaped villar projections; these cysts were considered to be S. hemionilatrantis Hudkins and Kistner, 1976. Cyst walls in type II sarcocysts were thick-walled (about 7 μm) and their villar projections were 6.7 × 1.1 μm. The core of the villar projections consisted of granular material and some filamentous structures. Bradyzoites were 11.6 × 2.8 μm and were tightly packed in compartments. Cyst walls of type III sarcocysts were also thick-walled (about 9 μm) but the villar projections were 8.5 × 4.7 μm. Bradyzoites were 13 × 3.3 μm and were loosely arranged in compartments.

Dubey and Speer: PREVALENCE AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THREE TYPES OF SARCOCYSTIS IN MULE DEER, ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS (RAFINESQUE), IN MONTANA
J. P. Dubey and C. A. Speer "PREVALENCE AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THREE TYPES OF SARCOCYSTIS IN MULE DEER, ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS (RAFINESQUE), IN MONTANA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 21(3), 219-228, (1 July 1985). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-21.3.219
Received: 26 March 1984; Published: 1 July 1985
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