Muscular Sarcocystosis in Coyotes from Oklahoma

Connie A. Cummings; Alan A. Kocan; Robert W. Barker; J. P. Dubey

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.761

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1 October 2000 Muscular Sarcocystosis in Coyotes from Oklahoma

Connie A. Cummings, Alan A. Kocan, Robert W. Barker, J. P. Dubey

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 36(4):761-763 (2000). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.761

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In a recent survey in Oklahoma (USA), 52 free-ranging coyotes were examined for the presence of sarcocysts. Two of these coyotes were found infected with sarcocysts in skeletal muscle. By light microscopy, the cyst wall was thin and smooth. Ultrastructurally, the cyst wall had minute villar protrusions. The sarcocysts were 14.4 to 50.4 μm wide and 46.8 to 99 μm long. This is the first report of Sarcocystis sp. sarcocysts in the skeletal muscle of coyotes.

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Connie A. Cummings, Alan A. Kocan, Robert W. Barker, and J. P. Dubey "Muscular Sarcocystosis in Coyotes from Oklahoma," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36(4), 761-763, (1 October 2000). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.761

Received: 5 November 1999; Published: 1 October 2000

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