Sarcocystis caninum and Sarcocystis svanai n. spp. (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) Associated with Severe Myositis and Hepatitis in the Domestic Dog ( Canis familiaris )

• Published in: Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
• Main Authors: Dubey, Jitender P., Sykes, Jane E., Shelton, G. Diane, Sharp, Nick, Verma, Shiv K., Calero‐Bernal, Rafael, Viviano, Jenifer, Sundar, Natarajan, Khan, Asis, Grigg, Michael E.
• Other Authors: NIH, NIAID, Department of Employment and Innovation of the Regional Government of Extremadura, Spain, European Social Fund
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Microbiology; Arctic; British Columbia; Canada; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12182; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjeu.12182; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jeu.12182

Abstract There are several reports of Sarcocystis sarcocysts in muscles of dogs, but these species have not been named. Additionally, there are two reports of Sarcocystis neurona in dogs. Here, we propose two new names, Sarcocystis caninum , and Sarcocystis svanai for sarcocysts associated with clin...