Stercorarian Trypanosomes from Deer (Cervidae) in Germany 1,2,3

ABSTRACT. Twenty of 35 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), eight of 12 red deer (Cervus elaphus), and nine of 21 fallow deer (Cervus da ma) but none of four moose (Alces alces) examined from April to November 1983 were infected with trypanosomes. Morphometric data of the bloodstream trypomastigotes from...

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Published in:The Journal of Protozoology
Main Authors: HOFFMANN, MANFRED, BUSCHER, GOTTFRIED, FRIEDHOFF, KARL T.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1984
Subjects:
Alces alces
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1984.tb05509.x
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Summary:ABSTRACT. Twenty of 35 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), eight of 12 red deer (Cervus elaphus), and nine of 21 fallow deer (Cervus da ma) but none of four moose (Alces alces) examined from April to November 1983 were infected with trypanosomes. Morphometric data of the bloodstream trypomastigotes from the three deer species differed significantly. This appears to be the first report of stercorarian trypanosomes from Cervidae in the Old World and the first description of representatives of the subgenus Megatrypanum in the three deer species.

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