0157582 - PAU-O 20023057 RIV FR eng J - Journal Article
Modrý, David - Šlapeta, Jan Roger - Koudela, Břetislav
Caryospora matatu sp.n., a new coccidian parasite (Apicomplexa : Eimeriidae) from the horned bush-viper, Atheris ceratophorus Werner, 1895 from Tanzania.
Parasite. Roč. 9, č. 4 (2002), s. 341-344. ISSN 1252-607X. E-ISSN 1776-1042
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Keywords : coccidia * Apicomplexa * Caryospora matatu
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
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Caryospora matatu n. sp. is the first species of coccidia reported from the horned bush viper, Atheris ceratophorus, endemic to Tanzania. Oocysts are spherical or slightly subspherical, 19.8 (16-23) mum, a micropyle and an oocyst residuum are absent, a single polar granule is present. An oocyst wall is bilayered, 1.5 mum thick, brownish and distinctly pitted. Sporocysts are ellipsoidal, 15.6 (12.5-17.0) x 10.1 (8-12) mum, tightly fitting an internal oocyst diameter, Stieda and substieda bodies are present. An experimental inoculation of SCID mice did not confirm a facultatively heteroxenous life cycle in the studied coccidium. Morphology and evolutionary history of Caryospora species from viperids is reviewed and discussed.
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