Sarcocystis sp from white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons): cyst morphology and life cycle studies

• Published in: Parasitology Research
• Main Authors: Kutkienė, Liuda, Sruoga, Aniolas, Butkauskas, Dalius
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Western canada; Birds; Lankester; Sporozoa; Rileyi; Arctic; Canada; Alopex lagopus; Arctic Fox
• Online Access: http://lmavb.lvb.lt/LMAVB:ELABAPDB5666649&prefLang=en_US

An experiment was carried out using three cubs of the arctic fox (Alopex lagopus). Twenty-five-day-old cubs were infected by feeding them with the leg muscles of the white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) containing Sarcocystis sp. (cyst type III) cysts. Under the light microscope, the cysts were rib...